White House correspondent starts flame war with Zelensky after her ‘inappropriate’ outfits raised eyebrows… and drags Melania into the fray
A White House correspondent who was previously dragged for her ‘inappropriate’ work outfits hit out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following his heated exchange with US President Donald Trump.
Natalie Winters, the co-host of Steve Bannon’s War Room on Rumble, took aim at the Ukrainian leader on Saturday by sharing photos of herself in a short, tight-fitting red dress.
‘I really don’t care, do you?’ she wrote, making an apparent reference to a jacket First Lady Melania Trump wore during her husband’s first term when they went to visit immigrant children in Texas with the phrase printed on the back.
Winters then tagged the Ukrainian president in her post.
It came just one day after Zelensky and Trump got into a shouting match on-camera in the middle of the Oval Office, leaving Ukraine’s future in doubt as the country fights for its life.
During the tense exchange, Trump threatened to abandon Ukraine completely if Zelensky did not agree to his peace terms. He also accused Zelensky of not being grateful for the aid the United States has already provided in its war.
‘You’re gambling with World War III,’ Trump bellowed Zelensky at one point.
Zelensky held his own, even showing Trump photos he brought of the devastation to his country, and arguing he had thanked the American people.
Natalie Winters, the co-host of Steve Bannon ‘s War Room on Rumble, took aim at the Ukrainian leader on Saturday by sharing photos of herself in a short, tight-fitting red dress
‘I really don’t care, do you?’ Winters captioned her photos, tagging the Ukrainian leader
Both men were tense and on the defensive as they repeatedly tried to talk over one another. Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., seated to the side in the Oval Office, buried her face in her hands.
The U.S. has given billions to the Ukraine for its fight against Russia, and the two world leaders had met to sign a deal that would give the US access to some of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as part of a repayment plan.
That trillion dollar deal was not inked, as the meeting dissolved into chaos when Vice President JD Vance suggested Ukraine and Russia agree to a diplomatic solution to end the violence – like a ceasefire.
‘I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that’s going to end the destruction of your country, Mr. President [Zelensky]. Mr. President, with respect. I think it’s disrespectful for you to come to the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media,’ the vice president said.
Zelensky then replied by asking Vance – who last April voted against a package with $61 billion in aid for Ukraine in the Senate – if he had ever been to the war-torn country.
At that point, Vance accused the Ukrainian president of bringing dignitaries on a ‘propaganda tour.’
The comments were a reference to a controversial jacket First Lady Melania Trump wore during her husband’s first term
The two were visiting migrant children in Texas when the First Lady donned the jacket reading, ‘I really don’t care, do u?’
‘Do you think that it’s respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?’ Vance berated him.
Zelensky tried to respond, but that only got Trump’s ire up.
‘Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel, because you’re in no position to dictate,’ he said.
‘You’ve allowed yourself to be in a very bad position,’ Trump told Zelensky, after last week calling him a ‘dictator’ and blaming Ukraine for starting the war.
‘You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now … You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people,’ he continued.
‘You’re gambling with World War Three. You’re gambling with World War Three, and what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country – this country that’s backed to you far more than a lot of people say they should have.
‘Have you said thank you once, this entire meeting,’ Vance said next in the tag team pile-on.
‘You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October,’ he noted, characterizing Zelensky’s trip to an ammunition factory.
‘I said it a lot of times,’ the Ukrainian leader shot back.
Winters’ post came just one day after Zelensky and Trump got into a shouting match on-camera in the middle of the Oval Office , leaving Ukraine ‘s future in doubt as the country fights for its life
As the argument came to an end, Trump seemed to suggest the spectacle served a purpose for him.
‘I think it’s good for the American people to see what’s going on,’ he said. ‘I think it’s very important. That’s why I kept this going so long.’
Once the cameras were off, Zelensky was sent to a holding room in the West Wing. He and Trump did not meet again.
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who were in the Oval Office meeting, then went and told Zelensky his meetings at the White House were over, a White House official said.
The Ukrainian president was later seen walking walk out of the West Wing and slip into his SUV, which drove away under a flood of camera lights.
Meanwhile, Trump took to Truth Social to share his thoughts.
‘It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and I have determined that President Zelensky is not ready for Peace if America is involved,’ the president wrote.
‘Because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.’
