Posted on 02/28/2025 2:14:35 PM PST by marcusmaximus
President Trump and his top advisers huddled in the Oval Office after the on-camera shouting match with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday before Trump came to a decision: Zelensky had to go.
Behind the scenes: The delegation from Kyiv waited in another room for about an hour, still hoping to sign the minerals deal that prompted Zelensky's trip and to salvage the visit. Trump and Zelensky were still scheduled to have lunch and hold a joint press conference.
Then Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz "went out of the Oval Office, walked to where Zelensky was sitting, and told him to leave," a senior White House official tells Axios.
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The White House official insisted the explosion in the meeting was not a pre-meditated ambush. "Our plan was to sign the minerals deal and get into this economic partnership and move towards peace."
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One small but not insignificant factor that irritated Trump was the fact Zelensky didn't wear a suit, two sources with direct knowledge told Axios.
Trump's advisers told Zelensky's team on multiple occasions that it would be more respectful for Zelensky to ditch his military-style attire when visiting the White House.
(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...
Zelensky is a thug. Nothing more and nothing less.
Military uniform? Looked like a sweat shirt to me.
“Now go home and get your f_____ shinebox!”
Looked like a bum to me.
Oh good cow. It had nothing to with Z’s attire and everything to do with Z’s coked-up arrogance, repeated rude behavior, intransigence, cocky attitude and all-around boorishness.
At one point, Trump actually defended Z from a reporter’s criticism of Z’s wardrobe choice and said he liked the way Z was dressed.
Ridiculous.
Lololol! That’s a great scene!
Oh, and the minerals deal? Ukraine has almost no “rare earth minerals” that are commercially viable. Nearly totally worthless.
Think about it. How it all went down. Interesting.
No soup for you! Next!!!!!
Touche
Yup.
You know your getting a biased article when you read:
“One small but not insignificant factor that irritated Trump was the fact Zelensky didn’t wear a suit, two sources with direct knowledge told Axios. “
Much easier and cheaper to make rare earths deals with Canada.
In exchange for reducing tariffs.
Z looked to Castro and Arafat as role models.
The Tiny Tin-Pot Tyrant thought he could disrespect President Trump. Loved the beatdown!
white house staff ended up eating the meal which is AWESOME
Most of those minerals are on Russian territory, it would take BILLIONS of dollars in order to even unearth it, if any of it is even viable
Probably bought it at Academy.
Why does this little prick not wear a suit, when every other leader of the world wear a suit or their country’s most formal attire?
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