GuShiio.com ① Zelensky’s visit to the United States was originally to sign a resource cooperation agreement between the two countries, but after quarreling with Trump in public, the two sides broke up on bad terms;
② It is reported that after Trump issued an eviction order, Ukraine originally wanted to continue negotiations, but White House officials refused;
③ Trump issued a statement saying that Zelensky was not ready for peace, and let him come back for talks when he is ready.
Cailian News, March 1 (Editor Shi Zhengcheng)On Friday local time, Ukraine President Zelensky and US President Trump completed a meeting that will go down in history. After the leaders of the two countries had a big argument at the White House, the Ukraine delegation was directly kicked out of the White House by Trump.
Zelensky’s current visit to the United States was originally to sign a resource development agreement with the United States. Ukraine will deposit 50% of future monetization income from natural resources into the fund to invest in post-war recovery. After Friday’s conflict, the agreement was naturally not signed.
A White House quarrel that goes down in history
As we all know, the relationship between Trump and Zelensky has always been tense due to the completely different positions of the two sides on ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
But given that Zelensky was here to sign a bilateral cooperation agreement and that the agreement itself was very beneficial to the United States (Ukraine provided mining resources, but the United States did not commit security guarantees), it was expected that the two should be able to sit down and have a symbolic talk for a while, and then go through the process of holding a press conference and signing ceremony.
However, in front of the global media, the conflict between the two sides eventually turned into a rare fierce quarrel.
In the Oval Office of the White House, the conversation between the two sides was basically a “chicken and duck talk”-Zelensky repeatedly said that he did not believe that the ceasefire agreement could protect Ukraine, andTrump and Vance stressed that Zelensky should not hinder an agreement because of personal emotions, and at the same time, based on strength, Ukraine had to make concessions in order to reach a peace agreement with Russia.
After a few rounds, US Vice President Vance, who was sitting at the side, raised his voice and questioned Zelensky in public: “Do you think coming to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attacking the government that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country is a sign of respect?”
Then the three people began to quarrel fiercely.
Trump and Vance accused Zelensky of not being grateful for the United States ‘support, while repeatedly emphasizing thatUkraine is in great trouble now. It has no “cards”(chips) to play and cannot win the war. It is not qualified to pick and choose the ceasefire agreement.。
sky shot back: “During the war, everyone encounters problems, even you, but you have the beautiful sea (separating Russia),You may not feel it now, but you will in the future。”
Trump flew into a rage and interrupted him: “You don’t have to tell us how we will feel, we are trying to solve the problem.You have no right to tell me what to do. You don’t get to determine how we feel.”
Seeing that Zelensky was still muttering, Trump raised his voice, pointed at Zelensky and scolded: “You have no cards in your hands now, you are gambling with the lives of millions of people, you are gambling with World War III, and what you are doing now is very disrespectful to the United States.”
Trump later told Zelensky that it is difficult for you to talk about business like this, and your attitude must change.
After the quarrel, Trump issued a statement on social media, sayingZelensky was not ready for peace because “he seemed to believe that the U.S. involvement was to help him gain an advantage in negotiations.”
Trump emphasized: “I don’t want advantage, I want peace, and he has no respect for the United States of America in our cherished Oval Office. Come back when he is ready to come back as usual.”
Blow out the White House
According to reports, after a public quarrel between the leaders of the two sides, the Ukraine delegation was arranged to wait in a room next to the president’s office, while Trump stayed in the Oval Office to meet with Vance, Secretary of State Rubio, Treasury Secretary Besent and other senior advisers.
In accordance with U.S. diplomatic practice, delegations from both sides will separate briefly and then get together for lunch. The Ukraine delegation was asked to leave the White House as the prepared food was placed on a cart in the corridor outside the press secretary’s office.
It is reported thatTrump determined that Zelensky was not in a position to negotiate and instructed Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Voltz to inform Ukraine that they could leave.
White House officials said that Ukraine protested and hoped to continue negotiations with Trump, but was told that they could not. At about 1:40 p.m., Zelensky was photographed leaving the White House and leaving in a special car.
US Treasury Secretary Basent, who was watching the conflict at the scene, said in an interview with the media thatZelensky should not have negotiated with the U.S. president in public like this. He could have raised these differences privately at a planned lunch, but he chose to let things deteriorate on global live broadcasts.
post-event response
Zelensky, who left the White House hungry, posted on social media: “Thank you to the United States, thank you for your support, and thank you for this visit. Thank you to @POTUS, Congress and the American people. Ukraine needs a just and lasting peace, and we are working hard to achieve it.”
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It is worth mentioning that Zelensky only checked the official account of the President of the United States (POTUS) and did not even mention Trump’s name.
The Hudson Institute later confirmed thatZelensky canceled his scheduled speech at the think tank on Friday afternoon。
According to reports, after the White House storm, Zelensky had a phone call with French President Macron and NATO Secretary General Rutte.
Costa then issued a joint statement with European Commission President Von der Leyen expressing support for Zelensky and calling on him to remain “strong, brave and fearless.”
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At the same time, Kirill Dmitriyev, who was just appointed as the Special Representative of the Russian President last week and is responsible for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, including the United States, lamented on social media that this was really a historic scene.
