Key takeaways from the fiery White House meeting with Trump and Zelenskyy | Donald Trump News

A high -ranking meeting between Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinsky and his view in the United States Donald Trump moved to a screaming match, where the two leaders clashed on the future of Russia to Ukraine.
On Friday, Zelenskyy arrived at the White House to discuss a proposed deal to give the United States access to rare ground minerals in Ukraine, with pressure for American security assurances.
But when the two leaders sat at a press conference in the Oval Office, the atmosphere quickly went up, with Trump’s screaming in Zelinski, telling him to be “grateful” to support us.
“You will either make a deal or we are outside,” Trump told Zelenskyy.
Shortly after the end of the meeting, Trump issued a statement on social media, and it appears that he withdraws the United States from negotiations with Ukraine and directed Zelinski from the White House. No deal was finally signed.
“I decided that President Zelinski is not ready for peace if America is involved,” Trump wrote. The United States of America was watched in its dear oval office. He can return when he is ready for peace. “
For more than a decade, Ukraine faced regional incursions from Russia, and reached its climax in a large -scale invasion that began in February 2022.
The international community has largely condemned Russia’s actions as illegal, and the United States was a pivotal partner in the defense of Ukraine, which committed $ 65.9BN In military assistance since the beginning of the war three years ago.
But this support has become suspicious since Trump took office in January. Earlier this month, Trump spoke directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin and sent us envoys to negotiate a peace agreement with Russian officials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, without Ukrainian or European participation.
Zelinski and other European leaders condemned these measures as distraction.
Trump has since escalated tensions, described Zelenskyy as a “dictator” for not holding wartime elections and accusing him of taking advantage of the “broth train” in the United States.
Zelinski was the third European leader to visit Trump this week, after French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer were. But unlike these leaders, who made praise for Trump, Zelinski is openly contradictory to Trump and described Putin as a “killer and terrorist.”
Below are the main meals of their meeting.

Fractures appear quickly at the meeting
From the moment Zelinski arrived at the White House, there have been indications that the meeting would be uncomfortable.
Trump Zelinski received at the White House trail with shaking hands and mixing with his homelessness, which was a black version of his usual military uniform – a symbol of his position as president of the war time.
“He wore all of his clothes,” Trump said loudly, referring to Zelinski’s clothes.
When the two leaders in the Oval Office settled for their first journalistic appearance a day, Trump launched the usual talk points, and reached the deal to reach the rare land minerals in Ukraine.
“We will sign an agreement at the conference in the eastern room a little, while immediately after lunch,” Trump said.
“We have something that is a very fair deal, and we look forward to entering, drilling, digging, working, and getting some rare land.”
But very quickly, it became clear that the two leaders were not on the same page about the deal.
Zelenskyy emphasized that any agreement is necessary to include real security assurances for Ukraine, which is something that the United States has avoided under Trump so far.
“I hope this first document will be the first step to ensure real security for Ukraine,” said Ukrainian president. “Our people, our children really count them.”

A clash on relationships with Putin
Trump soon described his ongoing negotiations with Putin, saying they had “very good discussions” together and will close the war.
The US President had said earlier that Ukraine is unlikely to return to its borders before 2014, before Russia began seizing regions such as Crimea and Donitsk. He also stressed that Ukraine’s attempts to join the NATO military alliance were independent.
Critics accused Trump of giving early concessions Putin by making such notes. On Friday, Zelenskyy confirmed that Trump’s support will be “decisive” to maintain regional safety in Ukraine.
“I really count your strong position to stop Putin,” Zelinski said. “I hope we can stop it together. But for us, it is extremely important to save our country, our values, freedom and democracy. Of course, there are no concessions with our land murderer.”
Trump, for his part, tried to blame Zelinski’s hostility towards Putin for the suspension of peace talks. At the same time, he placed himself “tight” and “peacemaker” between the two warring sides.
“You see the hatred he got to Putin. Trump told reporters, referring to Zelinski:” It is difficult to conclude a deal with this type of hatred. “
He also doubled his allegations that Ukraine will have to give up something to achieve peace with Russia: “I think you will always have to make concessions. You cannot make any deals without compromise.”
But the Ukrainian leader pushed back, saying that the war was not a struggle for the characters, but rather a violation of his country’s sovereignty.
“Putin will never stop.” Zelinski said: “He will go further.” He hates us. It is not about me. The Ukrainians hate. He believes that we are not a nation. “
With the launch of the press conference in the open aggression, with the lifting of fingers and sounds, Trump began to go out in both Zelenskyy and correspondents who pressed him about whether he could trust Putin not to violate a potential ceasefire.
“What if there is anything?
He seemed to fly Putin as an ally in his political competition with the Democrats. Trump referred to the federal investigation into his 2016 presidential campaign, which looked at allegations that Russia had intervened on behalf of the Republicans.
“Putin went through the hell of many with me. “He had to go through it.”

“Lack of respect” accusations
The Trump team repeated good accusations that its predecessor, Democrat, Joe Biden, was responsible for allowing the war in Ukraine to start in the first place.
When tensions began to rise, US Vice President JD Vance took a swing against Biden, accusing him of “Thumping [his] Al -Sadr “to end the war. He added that, on the contrary, the Trump administration focused on diplomacy.
But Zelinski is facing a problem in this evaluation and asked about the type of diplomacy with Putin, given that the Russian leader has already broke the 2014 agreement to stop the fighting in Donetsk and Luhansk.
At that point, Hominem’s advertising attacks began seriously.
“I am talking about the type of diplomacy that will end the destruction of your country,” Vans replied. “I think it is not respectful to come to the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media.”
When Zelinski indicated that Vans did not go to Ukraine and did not feel directly the influence of the war, Trump was angry.
“Don’t tell us what we will feel. We are trying to solve a problem. Don’t tell us what we will feel.”
“You are a gambling with the lives of millions of people. Trump continued,” You are a gamble with World War III. “” You are gambling with World War III and what you are doing is not very respectful for the country – this country. “
Zelinski has repeatedly tried to intervene that he was already hoping to stop the war, but it seems that Trump was on a roll, and the Ukrainian leader reprimanded him to show him insufficient.
“You have to be grateful. You don’t have the cards. You are buried there. Your people are dying. Trump said:” You explode on the soldiers. “” I enabled you to be a strong young man, and I don’t think you will be a difficult young man without the United States. “
Within minutes, the meeting was at the end.

Undoubted future
No deal was signed on rare Earth’s minerals that afternoon. A second press conference was canceled in the later time in the day. Soon after, Zellinski was seen leaving the White House in a dark vehicle, where a group of actors came out of the Ukrainian delegation from the building.
The war war quickly turned to the Internet, where every leader made notes about what happened in the Oval Office.
“Many have learned that it could never be understood without conversation under this fire and pressure,” Trump, Trump books On his platform, social truth. But he multiplied his accusations that Zelinski “did not respect” his office.
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy made a brief and more neutral recognition of the meeting, focusing on his gratitude for our support.
“Thank you, America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. The Ukrainian leader wrote,” Thank you Potos, Congress and the American people. “
Zelenskyy is now heading to London to attend a meeting with European leaders-and to become the United States coalition in the air.
The Russian leaders soon praised the performance of Trump and Fase during the meeting.
“How Trump and Foss stopped beating that Scumbag is a miracle of restraint,” said Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Senior Republicans, such as Senator Lindsey Graham, also chanted Trump’s statements. But many democrats and prominent European leaders gathered to Zelinski’s defense.
“Dear Zelinski, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone,” the Prime Minister in Poland Donald Tusk soon posted on social media.
What comes after that is unclear – but analysts say that the historical meeting may not represent the end of negotiations between the two rulings until now, especially since the United States is seeking sources of rare ground minerals to compete with China.
“I don’t think this means canceling the deal,” said Samuel Ramani, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute in the United Kingdom.
I think the deal showed a lot of flexibility. The United States originally wanted more than $ 500 billion in minerals. Ukrainians were able to a kind of water that was more than the reconstruction agreement rather than something that was just a sincere guarantee of the military aid that was previously provided. “
But experts agree that the full range of repercussions has not yet been seen.
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