Posted on 02/28/2025 12:24:02 PM PST by Red Badger
The signing of a key minerals agreement with Ukraine and a scheduled news conference Friday by President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were abruptly canceled and the Ukrainian leader's visit cut short after an Oval Office meeting that included Vice President JD Vance descended into insults and chaos.
Afterward, the Ukrainians left the Oval Office to head to a "separated room," while the U.S. team stayed in the Oval Office, a White House official said. While the Ukrainians were waiting in the other room, national security adviser Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio told them to leave. The official said Zelenskyy was trying to smooth things over and asked for a reset, but Mr. Trump and other administration officials were offended by Zelenskyy's behavior.
The contentious meeting exposed severe rifts between the U.S. and Ukraine, upending the planned signing of a rare minerals deal between the two countries as Mr. Trump pressures Ukraine to agree to end the war that Russia began. During the course of the meeting, Mr. Trump threatened Zelenskyy to make a deal with Russia or "we're out," and Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of being "disrespectful."
The meeting veered into tense exchanges after Vance said during the course of the meeting that the world has reached this point in part because of the Biden administration's actions, and said it was time for diplomacy.
"What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about," Zelenskyy asked Vance, suggesting that Russia has broken its promises before in prior agreements.
Vance retorted that it's "disrespectful" for Zelenskyy to try to "litigate" his case in front of the American media.
"You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict," Vance told Zelenskyy.
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Leave.
No parting gifts for you little fella.
DON’T GO AWAY MAD, JUST GO AWAY...................
Trump is always willing to walk away from a deal. It's in his book.
Trump has only 4 years to get stuff done and he doesn’t intend to take any s*it from anyone especially the little tyrant Z.
That was the moment Zelenskyy realized the dementia patient was no longer in office.
He left without signing the minerals agreement.
He didn’t stay for lunch. Wow...
He traveled halfway around the world and didn’t get anything out of the “negotiations “ which never really got going.
“...but Mr. Trump and other administration officials were offended by Zelenskyy’s behavior.”
Mr Trump? That’s President Trump you cbs a$$ holes.
The refuse to refer to him a President....................
Watching JD and Trump tag team him I was waiting for Elon to come off a turnbuckle.
Somehow I feel this is how it was planned to go down all along.
Trump has been badmouthing Zelensky for weeks.
How did he expect it to go? Like best buddies?
Meanwwhile Putin’s ego is being stroked as the ‘reasonable’ one.
a key minerals agreement with Ukraine
Trump is always willing to walk away from a deal. It’s in his book.
Zelensky is now screwed!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldn’t even talk to him again until he signed the mineral deal. Enough is enough. He wouldn’t get let in again without the proper attire either.
The Brits are siding with Z about this. How would they be reacting if he dressed and acted like this with their King? Heaven help him if he’d done this with QE2, but somehow it is “different” with us.
I found Zelenskyy’s remark about “you have a nice ocean” very disrespectful. He went over the line on that one.
Kursk crumbles. Zelinski, Macron and Stramer all sent packing.
Key takeaways - The Brits can defeat Russia by themselves, right, if they want to confront Russia in Ukraine.... Humilation of Stramer.
Macron is well liked by Trump but he was probably told to get the Candance Owens problem under control before sending French surrender monkies to Ukraine.
Zelinski was just tossed, hard. Senators calling for Zelinski’s resignation. US DOS cut’s restoration of energy grid support. Trump will halt relations with Zelinski. The NAZI is finished.
Zelinski is finished. He and his government passed legistation to never have elections during the war or lift martial law. The Uke govt is all going to have to removed.
Trump will probably greenlight to Putin that a Russian Declaration of War against Ukraine will permit removal of the Green Goblin and his government of Banderas Nazi’s.
With the Facism in Romania and England and the lost of freedom of speech or free elections, the US is going to break with the EU and move to hold diplomatic relations with the EU but only with individual countries. The EU is finished and it’s unsavory thought police state is over in 5 years.
This is my key takeaways from the past 72 hours. No more direct or elevated European Union dialouge over diplomacy with individual countries. No more Zelinski/Bandaras Govt in Ukraine. The globalist of Obama-Biden/EU is finished.
lol
Zelensky was here for what amounts to a ceremonial photo op and good will tour of the US to build support for the Ukraine.
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