Ukrainian advocate Senator Lindsey Graham, RS.C. The shot was fired at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who suggested that U.S. lawmakers move to Ukraine so his voice would have weight.
Graham shared a clip released Sunday by Fox News host Laura Ingraham showing Zelenskyy speaking to reporters.
In the interview, Zelenskyy was asked about Graham, who said he should consider resigning as Ukrainian president.
“Lindsey Graham is a great guy … I can give him Ukrainian nationality and then his voice will gain weight,” Zelenskyy said.
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“Unfortunately, no one had a voice in Ukraine until the election,” Graham said in sharing Ingraham’s post.
The South Carolina Republican Party later released on X, trying to “work very hard” to maintain support for Ukrainians’ efforts to resist Russian invasion and even admire the Zelenskyy leadership during tough times.
“I, like many others, can only provide advice,” Graham said. “It is up to President Zelensky (SIC) to determine whether to accept it.”
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The comments were posted a few days after Zelenskyy’s explosion with Trump and Vice President JD Vance during a televised conference in the Oval Office on Friday.
Graham described the meeting as a “complete disaster.”
“He either needs to resign, send people, or do business with us, or change,” Graham said of Zelenskyy during a conversation with White House reporters.
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U.S. President Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacted at the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 28, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder/File Photo)
Graham said: “I have never been proud of the president.
He slammed Zelenskyy’s “disrespectful” Oval Office display, even saying, “I don’t know if we can do business with Zelenskyy again.”
According to the Senator, he believes Americans have not seen the Ukrainian president as the ones they feel comfortable “engaging in business” after the TV dispute.
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Graham also stressed that Ukrainian-American relations are “critical.” However, he expressed doubts about whether Zelenskyy could “get an agreement with the United States.”
Brie Stimson of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
