# Trump pauses aid to Ukraine after dramatic Oval Office clash with Zelenskyy

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**Title:** President Trump pauses aid to Ukraine days after tense meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy  
**Description:** Withholding aid is another sign that the relationship between the Trump administration and Ukrainian leadership has deteriorated. Trump has called for a ceasefire and pushed Zelenskyy to make a peace deal three years after Russia invaded the country.  
**Source:** USA TODAY

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is pausing military aid to Ukraine after last week's dramatic Oval Office clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, widening a division between the two countries over how to end the conflict with Russia.

The administration wants to ensure military aid is contributing to a resolution to the conflict, and it will be reviewed with that goal in mind, two White House officials confirmed to USA TODAY.

Withholding aid is the latest sign that the relationship between the Trump administration and Ukrainian leadership has deteriorated. Trump has called for a ceasefire and pushed Zelenskyy to make a peace deal three years after Russia invaded the country.

Trump and Vice President JD Vance clashed dramatically with the Ukrainian leader in the Oval Office Friday after Zelenskyy complained about Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Zelenskyy was asked to leave the White House and a planned news conference was canceled. The shocking public confrontation roiled global politics, with European leaders rallying around Ukraine.

### Tensions had been building for weeks

The U.S. recently held ceasefire talks with Russian leaders that did not include Ukrainian officials.

Trump was deeply critical of Zelenskyy in the weeks leading up to the Oval Office clash, falsely labeling him a "dictator," blaming Ukrainian leaders for Russia's invasion, and incorrectly claiming the Ukrainian president only has 4% support in opinion polls, while offering friendlier words about Putin.

At one point last month, Zelenskyy responded: "I would like to have more truth with the Trump team" adding, that Trump is living in a "web of disinformation."

The simmering conflict between the two leaders boiled over last week in the dramatic clash at the White House. Trump had been pushing Zelenskyy to sign a mineral rights deal, which was supposed to happen Friday.

Instead, one of the most dramatic Oval Office moments in recent history unfolded as Trump and Vance berated Zelenskyy.

Vance said the Ukrainian leader was being "disrespectful" to Trump. What followed was a heated exchange that lasted for minutes, with the leaders talking over each other.

"Vladimir Putin is telling us to continue to fight," Trump said. "We're looking to end the death."

On Sunday evening, after a meeting in London, Zelenskyy said a peace agreement "is still very, very far away." His comments set Trump off again.

The U.S. president said in a social media post on Monday morning that it was the "worst statement" Zelenskyy could have made and "America will not put up with it for much longer!"

"It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be peace as long as he has America’s backing," Trump said.

The Ukrainian embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the subsequent weapons halt. The suspension applied to assistance former President Joe Biden's administration authorized but had not yet been delivered to Ukraine.

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