President Volodymyr Zelensky left the White House early without signing a mineral deal with the United States following a heated exchange with President Donald Trump on Feb. 28.
Zelensky departed in his motorcade around 1:45 p.m. local time, without holding a joint news conference scheduled for later in the day, after the two leaders got into a heated argument while speaking with journalists in the Oval Office.
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CNN reported that following the exchange, Zelensky and Trump left to separate rooms, with the Ukrainian delegation wanting to continue talks with the Trump administration.
Trump later ordered his officials to tell the Ukrainian officials to leave the White House, despite protest from the Ukrainian delegation.
Zelensky blew it up too soon honestly. The whole asking JD Vance was not disciplined and let his emotions take over. Granted he’s got a lot on his plate, but that was a strategic negotiation mistake on his part.
This was never a negotiation. It was a Shakedown.
Seeing all of Europe line up behind Z. I think things worked out far better than he hope for. Heck, just for driving a wedge between the US and Europe putin might shake Z’s hand. Talk about mission accomplished.
True, he did gain a lot of respect despite messing up the negotiation.
There was never going to be a negotiation, so best is to make Krasnov Trump and Vanker look like fools for messing up the meeting and failing to get a deal.
I can’t believe you did that. you commented on something you knew nothing about. what a rookie mistake. now you’re going to sit there and pout while everyone laughs at how stupid you look. granted you’ve got nothing on your plate in comparison, but whooo…what if you did?
That’s too many sentences for saying nothing.