The “special relationship” between the US and the UK got awkward Thursday, when Vice President JD Vance confronted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office over the longtime American ally’s weakening of freedom of speech.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace paused after showing a clip of what she called the Oval Office "ambush" by President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit.

Fmr. Amb. Michael McFaul reacts to the tense Oval Office meeting between Trump, Vance and Volodymyr Zelensky, during which the pair berated the Ukrainian leader

World leaders pledge support for Ukraine and emphasize Russia is the "aggressor" following Oval Office spat in which the Trump administration accused President Zelenskyy of being 'disrespectful.'

The former presidential candidate took the president and vice president to task after their contentious meeting with the Ukrainian president Friday.

See the transcript of the key moments of the exchange, which began when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky challenged Vice President JD Vance.

With Ukraine's future in the balance, the high-stakes meeting on Friday between President Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy devolved into a shouting match.

Here is a transcript of the key moments of the exchange in which President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

An extraordinary diplomatic rupture unfolded in the Oval Office on Friday when President Trump and Vice President JD Vance publicly berated Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, as an ungrateful ally risking global war in its ongoing defense against Russian invaders.

The remarkable scene of a vice president injecting himself into a tense diplomatic discussion suggested that JD Vance does not want to be relegated to the B-team of the Trump administration.

A meeting in the Oval Office turned tense after Donald Trump and J.D. Vance berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for being 'ungrateful,' then sent him home early without making progress on