It was quite something to see the fireworks at the White House during the meeting between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the signing of the mineral deal on Friday.
Things fell apart because of Zelensky’s attitude. Trump and Vance were not having any of it. They didn’t feel like he was showing any gratitude at all and that he was trying to dictate to us. So they apparently told him to leave until he was ready to come back and talk.
According to Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich, they not only didn’t sign the mineral deal and canceled the press conference, but they gave the lunch they were going to have with him to the press office staffers to eat. Ouch.
Given that the Zelensky team was already backpedaling after the meeting, I suspect they will ultimately come to a better place. But I think he learned…
