CHICAGO – Reaction among politicians is pouring in after President Trump’s heated exchange with Ukraine President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.

Following the exchange, Trump ordered the Ukrainians to leave the White House without signing the minerals deal that brought them there designed to help the United States recoup some of what it’s spent to help Ukraine’s defense. A scheduled joint press conference was canceled after the exchange.

Trump later posted on his social media platform, “He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.”

In the meeting’s aftermath, Trump said he wants an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, and warned Zelenskyy to make peace or lose U.S. support.

“I think he very much overplayed his hand. We’re looking for peace. We’re not looking for somebody who’s going to sign up for strong power and then not make peace because they feel emboldened,” Trump said.

Zelenskyy later appeared on Fox News to dissect the breakdown of diplomacy.

When they, for example, say that Ukraine is almost destroyed, that our soldiers run away, that they are not heroes, that Ukraine lost millions of civilians, that his president is dictator. You know what his reaction. It’s not about me. Their action is that where is our friendship between Ukraine and the United States? That’s it. This is feeling, and that’s why I do not want to lose our great partners and the United States,” Zelenskyy said.

Marta Farion, vice president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee Illinois Division, said the Oval Office meeting was hard to watch.

“President Zelenskyy and the whole Ukrainian nation thanked the United States many, many times over and over for all the help the United States has given to Ukraine, but let’s face it, it’s Ukrainians who are giving their lives,” Farion said. “Nobody in the world wants peace more than the Ukrainians, but peace at what price? That is the questions. We can’t give away half of Ukraine to Russia just to stop the shooting because they will just re-arm and come back.”

Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-South Carolina), however, defended Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

“I don’t know if we can ever do business with Zelenskyy again. I think most Americans saw a guy they would not want to go into business with,” Graham said.

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Illinois), who represents Chicago’s Ukrainian Village, sees Trump’s handling of the situation differently.

“He questions the legitimacy of Zelenskyy, who to me is more like Churchill, but he doesn’t question the legitimacy of Putin, who kills his rivals, who suppresses dissent,” Quigley said. “President Trump, you should be thanking Zelenskyy. Our best military people think Ukrainians are the ones giving up their blood, their young people to fight against our greatest threats.”

Quigley has visited Ukraine four times since Russia’s invasion, and he met with Ukrainian military leaders on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

“We’re fundamentally a different country than we were weeks ag and we’re fundamentally less safe. I don’t know who our allies are, but I’m certain that our allies don’t consider us one,” Quigley said.