Facing a wave of criticism from his former Senate colleagues, Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed the complaints lobbed by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance against Ukraine’s leader.

Zelensky had offered a curt apology at the end of an interview after the testy exchange: ‘We are thankful and sorry for this.’

Rubio appeared Sunday for an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week, where he called on the president’s opponents to “grow up” and recognize that the war in Ukraine risked spilling into a much larger conflict.