Speaker Johnson suggests Zelenskyy might need to resign
House Speaker Mike Johnson -- who risked his speakership to pass roughly $60 billion in military aid to Ukraine last year -- is siding with Trump after Friday's fiery Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Johnson sharply criticized Zelenskyy for his actions in the meeting and even suggested a different leader might be necessary to lead the country.
“What President Zelenskyy did in the White House was effectively signaled to us that he's not ready for that [peace] yet, and I think that's a grave disappointment," Johnson said on NBC’s "Meet the Press." "We have to get this settled, and we stand with our allies… I certainly hope that he will, he will come back to his senses. President Trump has been very clear about this, that if he is ready for peace, then we can negotiate a deal."

Johnson said Zelenskyy had been "rather stiff-necked in the Oval Office instead of being gracious and saying thank you and looking for a way out of this mess."
“Well, something has to change. Either he [Zelensky] needs to come to his senses and come back to the table in gratitude, or someone else needs to lead the country to do that," Johnson said, suggesting Zelensky may need to resign. "I mean, it's up to the Ukrainians to figure that out, but I can tell you that we are we are re-exerting peace through strength."
-ABC News' Lauren Peller







