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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance argued with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in a tense exchange in the Oval Office over Kyiv’s war with invading Russian forces. Vance accused Zelenskyy, who had traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with Trump and sign a deal on rare minerals that has become a crucial part of the U.S. continuing its support of Ukraine, of being disrespectful. Trump at one point told Zelenskyy, “You’re gambling with World War III.”

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky's Oval Office meeting erupted into an unprecedented and blistering row. During the spectacular and extended bust up, Trump accused Zelensky of 'gambling with World War III.' Tempers flared with Vice President J.D. Vance also weighing in to give Zelensky a dressing down. The extraordinarily angry confrontation threatened to overshadow talks for a ceasefire in the Ukraine-Russia war.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the United States on Thursday ahead of talks with US President Donald Trump on an agreement to develop minerals and rare earths, Interfax Ukraine news agency reported. The two world leaders are expected to discuss the rare earths deal, protection from Russia and how European nations can share the burden of the costs of security for Ukraine. “I want to coordinate our position with the American position. The war is in Ukraine, so for me, the Ukrainian position is the priority,” Zelensky said during a press conference in Kyiv Wednesday. The deal will grant...

When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky quickly became a global symbol of resistance. Celebrated as a heroic leader standing up against a powerful foe, he appeared on television screens worldwide, calling for support and unity in the face of the Russian threat. However, beneath this image of a brave wartime leader lies a far more complex and troubling reality. Zelensky's rise to power and subsequent actions indicate that he is not merely the victim of an unjust invasion but a figurehead influenced by external forces. As President Trump pointed out in his controversial remarks,...

Zelensky now: it was a grant, not a loan

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has charged that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to “hustle” the US... Rubio said the misrepresentation enraged him, Vice President JD Vance, and Russia and Ukraine special envoy Keith Kellogg after the trio met Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference last weekend and discussed the finer points of the $500 billion economic investment deal, which the Trump administration has described as a security guarantee to Kyiv. "I was personally very upset,” the diplomat told independent journalist Catherine Herridge in a video interview posted on X Thursday night. “We discussed this issue about the mineral...

@ZelenskyyUa NATO is the most cost-effective option for preventing another war. It is the simplest and most logical solution. If Ukraine does not join NATO, we will have to create NATO within Ukraine, which means maintaining an army strong enough to repel aggression, financing it, producing and storing enough of our own weapons, and negotiating with our partners about their participation to deter Russia from starting another war. That’s why we are talking about a comprehensive system of security guarantees—military, economic, and political. We need to weigh everything—what is cheaper, what is more realistic, and what can be done faster....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has just been speaking at a news conference. If you're just joining us, here's what he said: He announced that he was willing to give up being Ukraine's president "if it is for the peace of Ukraine" or for Nato membership On the potential mineral deal between the US and Ukraine, Zelensky said the proposals aren't what they want so far, but talks are moving forward and Ukraine is "ready to share" "I am not a dictator", he said in response to Trump's comments from earlier in the week which labelled him as one, but said...

The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, said that he does not recognize the country's debt to the United States of either 500 or 100 billion dollars, calling the assistance provided grants that are non-refundable. Kiev leader Vladimir Zelensky categorically denies the existence of financial obligations of the country to the United States in the amount of 500 or 100 billion dollars. He insists that the support provided by America is a gratuitous grant. It was Grant. I will not recognize grants as debts. We don't have to repay the debt., — he said, commenting on the issue of...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the Ukraine: Year 2025 forum that Kiev does not recognize a $500 billion debt to the United States, insisting that the aid it received was in the form of grants, not loans. "I don't even recognize $100 billion. We agreed with Biden that it was a grant, not a debt," the Ukrainian president claimed. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has asked Ukraine for a deal that would include giving it access to its minerals as a way to repay for the aid Washington provided for Kiev. Despite rejecting the debt, Zelnesky...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is "not ready" to sign a mineral deal with the United States, deepening the rift between the United States and Ukraine. "In the form in which the draft is now, the president is not ready to accept, we are still trying to make changes and add constructiveness," a Ukrainian source told AFP. -snip- The latest terms appear to be more stringent than the earlier version. -snip- The new proposal, dated February 21 and examined by The New York Times, requires Ukraine to surrender 50% of its revenues from natural resources, including minerals, gas, oil, and earnings...

President Trump joined RINO warmonger Brian Kilmeade Friday morning on his FOX News radio show. During the call, President Trump told Kilmeade that it was “not important” for Volodymyr Zelensky to be at peace talks between President Trump and Vladimir Putin. Trump added that Zelensky, “Makes it very hard to make deals.” Kilmeade was generally horrified to hear these words come from the current Commander in Chief. Here is the transcript. Notice that President Trump completely ignores Brian Kilmeade’s questions and comments and just keeps on talking. President Trump: But look what you have. You have a man who’s led...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky angered Donald Trump so much during the peace talks with Russia that Trump was on the verge of withdrawing American military support from Ukraine, three U.S. officials familiar with the discussions tell Axios. -snip- The deal Trump appears to be negotiating could be highly controversial. Based on their public and private statements, Trump's team is expected to pressure Zelensky into giving up Crimea (which Putin seized in 2014) portions of eastern Ukraine and the Azov Coast (occupied in Russia's 2022 invasion).

President Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an “embattled and courageous leader” after meetings in Kyiv on Friday, a notable shift from Trump’s recent attacks on Zelensky. “A long and intense day with the senior leadership of Ukraine. Extensive and positive discussions with @ZelenskyyUa, the embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war and his talented national security team,” Keith Kellogg posted Thursday morning on the social platform X. Kellogg, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served as a national security official in Trump’s first term, met with Zelensky to discuss the...

...and is insisting on free and democratic elections in Ukraine. Zelensky cannot be trusted. Even Biden admits that. [More at URL].

VOLODYMYR Zelensky should flee Ukraine "immediately" amid escalating tensions between Washington and Kyiv, insiders in the White House have warned. US-Ukraine relations exploded this week, with military intelligence suggesting Russia is just days from declaring victory over the almost three-year war. Donald Trump and Zelensky have been waging a war of words with the US President openly criticising the Ukrainian leader and branding him a "dictator." In response, Kyiv slammed his attempts at peace talks with Russia and accused him of being "in a disinformation bubble". As the relationship between the two leaders continues to deteriorate, a source close to...