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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House has been cut short after he got into a heated exchange with US president Donald Trump and vice-president JD Vance. “He can come back when he is ready for peace,” Trump said after the open display of antagonism in the Oval Office.
“I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations,” he said. “I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace,” Trump wrote in a post on social media.
The joint press conference has also been cancelled, the White House said as Zelenskyy left the White House early.
The meeting, which was initially meant to secure a minerals deal between the two nations, quickly soured after Trump insisted Ukraine must make compromises in any peace negotiations with Russia. Zelenskyy pushed back, saying there should be “no compromises with a killer on our territory,” referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
To which, Trump said that Zelenskyy was “gambling with the lives of millions, with the third world war,” and telling him to stop holding out for further security guarantees saying “you’re either going to make a deal or we are out”.
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