Christiane Amanpour Buries Head in Hands at Shocking Trump-Zelensky Meeting: ‘Never in the History of Modern Diplomacy…’
CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour was visibly shocked after an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky devolved into a bitter shouting match.
Inside Politics anchor Dana Bash was also taken aback by the astonishing video, staring into the camera for a moment before saying “Wow. Just, wow. That was, uh, that was something” and then noticing Amanpour’s stunned expression.
“Look at her face,” said Bash as Amanpour held her face in her hands, clearly appalled and shaking her head.
“Never in the history of modern diplomacy — war, peace, whatever — have I ever, ever, ever seen anything like it,” said Amanpour. “We just have to hope that for the safety of the free world and for the American people, for the European people, for the Ukrainian people, that these two presidents get out of breath and try to iron out their differences. This was an entirely personal go-to with so many mistruths and missed facts. JD Vance, who once said about Ukraine, ‘I don’t really care what ever happens to Ukraine,’ says to Zelenskyy, who spent a long time preparing for –”
Amanpour’s audio had some glitches at this point but she could be heard saying it was “impossible to understand what’s going to happen next” and “the only person” who was winning from this was Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Watch the clip above via CNN.
