Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said in an interview that aired Sunday that the White House is “an arm of the Kremlin” following a tense Oval Office meeting between President Trump, Vice President Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin. Every single day, you hear from the national security adviser, from the president of the United States, from his entire national security team, Kremlin talking points,” Murphy told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”
“The last week, the White House has been pretending as if Ukraine started this war. That’s essentially saying that Poland invaded Germany at the beginning of World War II,” the Connecticut Democrat added.
Murphy’s comments follow the tense Oval Office meeting between Trump, Zelensky and Vance on Friday, which featured shouting and finger-pointing as the president and Zelensky argued over U.S. support for Ukraine.
Following the meeting, Trump said on his Truth Social platform that the Ukrainian president “is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations.”
“It appears as if America is trying to align itself with dictators, that Donald Trump wants us to have our closest relationships with despots all around the world, because that makes it easier for him to transition America into a kleptocratic oligarchy, where Elon Musk and Donald Trump rule and steal from the American people,” Murphy said on “State of the Union.”
In another interview on “State of the Union,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that the president “is trying to be the change agent … to broker a peace and an end to this conflict, and you have to have both parties at the table to do that, you have to negotiate with both parties and there has to be a willingness on … both sides to bring it to an end.”
The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.
