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Vice President J.D. Vance on Wednesday warned the Ukrainian president against attacking President Donald Trump, saying that 'badmouthing' him in public would only backfire.

Vance spoke to DailyMail hours after Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky accused Trump of living in a Russian-made 'disinformation space.'

'The idea that Zelensky is going to change the president's mind by badmouthing him in public media, everyone who knows the President will tell you that is an atrocious way to deal with this administration,' said Vance during an exclusive interview in his West Wing office.

Vance said Zelensky had been getting 'bad advice' on how to deal with the new administration and for the past three years had been told he could do nothing wrong.

'We obviously love the Ukrainian people. We admire the bravery of the soldiers, but we obviously think that this war needs to come to a rapid close,' he continued.

'That is the policy of the president United States. It is not based on Russian disinformation. It's based on the fact that Donald Trump, I think, knows a lot about geopolitics and has a very strong view, and has had a strong view for a very long time.'

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President Donald Trump on Friday continued his ongoing attacks against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as tensions between the two leaders exploded onto the public stage this week.

"I've been watching this man for years now, as his cities get demolished, as his people get killed, as the soldiers get decimated," Trump said on Fox News Radio's "The Brian Kilmeade Show" on Friday morning. "I've been watching for years, and I've been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it. You just get sick of it. And I've had it."

Following the meeting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the preliminary talks included a decision to re-establish embassy staffing and potential economic benefits for Russia if the war in Ukraine ends. But on Friday, Trump told Kilmeade that he doesn't think Zelenskyy is "very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you."

"He's been at a meetings for three years, and nothing got done," Trump said. "So, I don't think he's very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you. He's been there for three years. He makes it very hard to make deals. But look what's happened to his country, it's been demolished."

Later Friday, during a meeting with governors at the White House, Trump added he has had "very good talks with Putin, and I’ve had not such good talks with Ukraine."

Trump added that peace talks are the only way to stop more deaths in the war, telling the governors, “Millions of people are killed. I think, far more people than anyone understands. And we have people that better get to the table, get it ended. Should have never happened.”

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