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Trump-Zelenskyy talks collapse after the Oval Office Shouting Match

The meeting of US President Donald Trump on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy collapsed an unusually tense spectacle in the world of diplomacy after her discussion about how Russia was transformed in front of the media.

The splasen between Trump and Zelenskyy, which could prove to be a positive development for Russia, could make the efforts more difficult to end the three -year war in Ukraine and to pursue effects beyond the fate of the country.

Trump then said reporters that he believes that Zelenskyy does not want an ceasefire and “he very much overplayed his hand”. Before leaving in Florida for a weekend, he also suggested that at least in the near future he cannot re -re -re -re -re -enacted with Zelenskyy.

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet on February 28, 2025 in Washington in the Oval Office of the White House. (AP/Kyodo)

Trump used to say in a social media post that he believes that Zelenskyy is “not ready” for peace when the United States are involved.

“He respected the United States of America in his esteemed Oval Office,” he said back to the presidency after her first personal meeting since Trump.

Zelenskyy left the White House earlier than planned without signing a highly expected mineral agreement or participating in a planned press conference with Trump.

In a short contribution to X, Zelenskyy said: “Ukraine needs fair and permanent peace, and we work exactly for this” after we have expressed appreciation to the United States.

Shortly after the post office, many European executives of the Social Media platform turned to repeat their support for Ukraine. Many said it should never be questioned that Russia is the aggressor of the conflict.

When Zelenskyy pushed for concrete security obligations from the United States, Trump and Vice President JD Vance were frustrated when he heard the statements of Ukraine leader about the war and his skepticism about how to deal with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in English.

About the last 10 minutes of the 50-minute meeting, which was accessible to the press, became a chaotic back and forth after Vance Zelenskyy announced that diplomacy is necessary to end the war, and he advised to be grateful for the efforts of Trump to prevent Ukraine from being blurred by Russia.

“I think it is disrespectful for her to get to the Oval Office to argue from the American media,” said Vance, after Zelenskyy argued that Putin could not be trustworthy, citing his violations of several earlier promises. Vance also said that the Ukraine military had “labor problems”.

Zelenskyy challenged Vance and suggested that the Vice President did not fully record the reality of the war and caused Trump to support his vice president.

“They are not in a very good position at the moment. They allowed themselves in a very bad position,” said Trump to Zelenskyy. “You don't have the cards at the moment … you don't win that.”

While Vance Zelenskyy repeatedly urged Trump “thanks”, said the US President: “It will be a very difficult thing to do such business.”

Russia seems to have greeted the distancing of relationships between the United States and Ukraine as well as in broader Europe. Dmitry Medwedev, a former Russian president, described Zelenskyy in a social media post as a “outrageous pig” and said that he “finally had a real blow in the oval office”.

Medvedev, who is now the deputy chairman of the Russian security council, said Trump is right that Ukraine is playing with the Second World War.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) leaves the White House on February 28, 2025, after meeting US President Donald Trump in Washington. (AP/Kyodo)

Trump and Zelenskyy's delegations should sign an agreement that would have made it possible for the United States to achieve income from the rare earths of Ukraine and other natural resources.

“We have something that is a very fair business,” said Trump together with Zelenskyy at the beginning of the meeting and emphasized that it was a “great commitment” from the United States.

Before the meeting broke, Zelenskyy expressed the hope that the mineral contract would be the first step towards “real security guarantees” for the future of his country.

But he also emphasized that it was important for Ukraine to “save our freedom and democracy”, and he wanted to see “no compromises with a murderer about our territory” that refers to Putin.

He was looking for the security guarantees supported by us and the membership of Ukraine in NATO to ensure permanent peace. But a high -ranking civil servant of the Trump administration said beforehand said it would not make such promises.

Instead, the pact was to create a fund that aims to have built up some American tax money in military assistance for Ukraine since the beginning of the full invasion of Russia in February 2022 and rebuilt the country, according to the civil servant, according to the civil servant.

Trump has expressed confidence that Russia will not enter Ukraine again if he conveys the peace agreement.

After the end of the war, Trump said that Europe should take over the security of Ukraine's security. However, he has also proposed that the mineral contract would offer de facto security and long-term economic stability for Ukraine.

Nevertheless, Trump's efforts to end the conflict quickly without determining what is required by Russia, and which often repeats from the topics of the conversation, western leaders.

After the British Prime Minister Keir Starrer had run in the White House in the White House in the White House on Thursday, he warned that peace in Ukraine cannot happen in a way that “rewarded the attacker”.


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