Trump Cuts Short Talks with Zelenskyy after Oval Office Blow Up

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trump, though, suggested he was fine with the drama.
57% : Untouched salad plates and other lunch items were being packed up outside the Cabinet room where the lunch between Trump and Zelenskyy and their delegations was supposed to have taken place, The Associated Press reported The last 10 minutes of the nearly 45-minute engagement devolved into a tense back and forth between Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Zelenskyy -- who had urged skepticism about Russia's commitment to diplomacy, citing Moscow's years of broken commitments on the global stage.
57% : "You're not acting at all thankful," Trump said, before adding, "This is going to be great television." The harsh words came at a pivotal and precarious moment for Ukraine.
57% : Earlier in the meeting, before tempers flared, Trump said the agreement would be signed soon in the East Room of the White House.
53% : Trump laid bare his efforts to coerce Zelenskyy to agree to giving the US an interest in his country's valuable minerals and to push him toward a diplomatic resolution to the war on the American leader's terms.
52% : "We have something that is a very fair deal," Trump said, adding, "It is a big commitment from the United States.
42% : Zelenskyy then abruptly left the White House without signing a critical minerals deal with the US that Trump had demanded and suggested was a condition for future support for Ukraine.
40% : " "You're gambling with World War III, and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people say they should have," Trump said.
36% : Earlier in the meeting Trump said the US would continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine, but said he hoped that not too much aid would be forthcoming.
36% : You don't have the cards right now," Trump said pointing his finger toward Zelenskyy.
34% : "It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this," Trump told Zelenskyy at one point, as the two leaders talked over each other about past international support for Ukraine.
31% : " Trump suggested that Zelenskyy wasn't in a position to be demanding concessions.
30% : " Zelenskyy tried to object, prompting Trump to raise his voice and say, "You're gambling with the lives of millions of people.
28% : "We're not looking forward to sending a lot of arms," Trump said.
22% : " Earlier, Zelenskyy called Russian President Vladimir Putin a terrorist and told Trump that Ukraine and the world need "no compromises with a killer.

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