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Bernie Sanders dismisses ‘horrific’ calls for Volodymyr Zelenskyy to resign

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US senator Bernie Sanders says Volodymyr Zelenskyy may have to resign after a diplomatic meltdown in the Oval Office with Donald Trump .

Sanders' comments came in response to comments from fellow US senator Lindsey Graham and Republican House speaker Mike Johnson .

Johnson said on Meet the Press : “Either he needs to come to his senses and come back to the table in gratitude or someone else needs to lead the country”.

“I know foreign policy is not for the faint of heart, but right now, I am sick to my stomach that the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embrace Putin , a threat to democracy and US values around the world.” Republican US senator James Lankford , for his part, said he disagreed with calls for Zelenskyy to resign. “I’m not interested in calling on the resignation of other world leaders,” Lankford told Meet the Press . “Quite frankly, I think that would spiral Ukraine into chaos right now.”.