Trump humiliates Zelenskiy in tense White House meeting: ‘You’re gambling with the lives of millions, with World War III’
The US president cancels the joint press conference and claims on social media that his counterpart “is not ready for peace”. Minerals deal remains unsigned after Ukrainian leader rushes out of Oval Office
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have engaged in a very public dispute, raising their voices and interrupting each other, at the start of their meeting in the Oval Office to discuss the future of the war on Friday. The Republican, who was receiving the Ukrainian leader in the White House for the first time, warned the leader of the invaded country: “You don’t hold the cards” in the ongoing negotiations and then accused him directly: “You are gambling with the lives of millions, with World War III.”
