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Zelenskyy's White House meeting ends in blowup with Trump and Vance over Ukraine's future

In an Oval Office meeting, Vance and Trump accused Zelenskyy of being "disrespectful." Afterward, Zelenskyy and Ukrainian officials were told to leave.

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Zelenskyy's White House meeting ends in blowup with Trump and Vance over Ukraine's future​

By Kathryn Watson, Jennifer Jacobs, Weijia Jiang, Olivia Rinaldi

Updated on: February 28, 2025 / 8:41 PM EST / CBS News

The signing of a key minerals agreement with Ukraine and a scheduled news conference Friday by President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were abruptly canceled and the Ukrainian leader's visit cut short after an Oval Office meeting that included Vice President JD Vance descended into insults and chaos.

Afterward, the Ukrainians left the Oval Office to head to a "separated room," while the U.S. team stayed in the Oval Office, a White House official said. While the Ukrainians were waiting in the other room, national security adviser Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio told them to leave. The official said Zelenskyy was trying to smooth things over and asked for a reset, but Mr. Trump and other administration officials were offended by Zelenskyy's behavior.

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Trump literally gives Zelensky lunch to staff. This was awesome to watch on video. America punked the punk. YA-freakin-Hooo

 

[Margery]

This opens up possibilities for Russia to gain control of a prominent Magog area in time for the Gog Magog event, whenever that happens. Russia can finally win this war, regain control over Ukraine and hopefully without using small tactical nukes which they've been threatening for some time. (Neutron bombs, which don't leave lingering radiation)

 

[Baby Yoda]

Trump literally gives Zelensky lunch to staff. This was awesome to watch on video

Wish I had seen that