BRUSSELS, March 1 (Reuters) - NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Saturday he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he needs to find a way to restore his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump after their clash at a White House meeting on Friday.

The confrontation flared over differing visions of how to end Russia’s three-year-old invasion, with Zelenskiy seeking strong security guarantees from a Trump administration that has embraced diplomacy with Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

The meeting, which Rutte described as “unfortunate”, plunged ties between Kyiv and its top military backer to a new low. “I said: I think you have to find a way, dear Volodymyr, to restore your relationship with Donald Trump and the American administration. That is important going forward,” Rutte told the BBC, commenting on a call he had with Zelenskiy on Friday.

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    Let’s not just blame the orange one and the couch fucker. You also had their cadre of far-right “journalists” who took a break from their normal conspiracies to get into a fight about Zelensky’s choice of clothes.

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      Yeah, wtf was that? The reporter that asked if Z had any suits should have been throat punched.

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        It’s better. That’s not a reporter. Or anyone with any credentials at all.

        It was MTG’s boyfriend.

        Dating a congressthing gets you Oval Office access now.