In a Truth Social post following a heated exchange between Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, Trump called the meeting “meaningful,” but added, “I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved.”
“We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today. Much was learned that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure,” the president wrote in the post. “It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and 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.”
“I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE,” Trump added in the post. “He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.”
What’s going on today
-Volodymyr Zelenskyy has left the White House after a tense public confrontation with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance while they met in the Oval Office. Raising his voice, Trump called the Ukrainian president “disrespectful” and told him he should be thanking the U.S., saying, “You don’t have any cards.”
-Today’s meeting was supposed to focus in part on a potential U.S.-Ukraine deal on the European country’s rare-earth minerals, which are used to make a variety of tech products. A news conference that had been scheduled for this afternoon has been canceled.
-The Supreme Court has received briefings that were due at noon in the Trump administration’s request to be allowed to withhold payments from contractors at the U.S. Agency for International Development. The justices could rule on the request at any time.
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Zelenskyy departed the White House without a deal on rare-earth minerals
A White House spokesperson confirmed to reporters that Zelenskyy departed the White House without signing a deal on rare-earth minerals.
The purpose of Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House was originally to sign off on a final deal that would have given the U.S. some control over rare-earth minerals in Ukraine, a deal that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt described as “very close to the finish line” earlier this week.
