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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Trump gives Zelensky dunce hat and orders him to sit in the corner.
Was this cleared with Vinman.
Surprised it was even "Mr. Trump" and not just "Trump".
Pre-invasion, Russia tried to negotiate with Zelenskyy, no doubt from their perceived position of strength. Based on this meeting, Zelenskyy seems to think that rhetorical stonewalling beats actual force. One might wonder if Russia had their fill of this sort of bs, then decided to invade and get rid of Z. The predictable result was hundreds of thousands of senseless deaths, economic destruction, and an unwinnable war.
Was todays session set up to show people that Zelenskyy is the barrier to peace? I can’t understand why Z. came to the meeting. His judgement of what is winnable is pretty much nil.
Hey genius. It was Z who was insulting in front of the media. He deserved everything he received.
F the mainstream. More and more will be saying it.
Purrfect!
I see all the alphabet news sources hyping hysteria.
Z thought he could play Trump like he did Biden and the Europeans.
I dont think I you’ve been paying attention. DJT has busted his ass to get Ukraine out of he quicksand pit they’ve gotten themselves into with the help of Obama and Biden. Z deserved to get his rude little ass kicked down the stairs.
DITTO!
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