Murkowski Joins Democrats to Criticize Trump Admin for Contentious Meeting With Zelenskyy

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) criticized President Donald Trump and his administration for its handling of U.S.–Ukraine relations after a Feb. 28 Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy devolved into a heated argument. While other Republican lawmakers have stood by Trump and Vice President JD Vance following the White House spat, Murkowski took to the X social media platform on March 1 to direct criticism at the Trump administration. “This week started with administration officials refusing to acknowledge that Russia started the war in Ukraine. It ends with a tense, shocking conversation in the Oval Office and whispers from the White House that they may try to end all U.S. support for Ukraine,” Murkowski wrote....