
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky's White House sit-down last month sourly escalated into an explosive spectacle that shocked the entire world and turned US-Ukraine relations on its head. Zelensky, who has been reeling and attempting to mend fences ever since, is now claiming that a mix-up may have sparked the tension between the two presidents. US officials claim Trump felt Zelensky was trying to shame or blame him in front of the world. Zelensky said he simply wanted to make an emotional appeal to Trump.