Zelensky says Ukraine won't enter peace talks with Russia until it has security guarantees - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Shortly before the meeting ended, Trump said, "This is going to be great television." As Ukrainian forces hold out against slow but steady advances by Russia's larger and better-equipped army, leaders in Kyiv have sought to ensure any potential US-brokered peace plan would include guarantees for the country's future security.
71% : " Trump and Zelensky spoke politely, even with admiration, of each another for the first half hour of the meeting.
54% : During his visit with Trump, Zelensky was expected to sign the deal allowing the US greater access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals and hold a joint news conference, but that plan was scrapped after the heated engagement between the leaders in front of the news media.
52% : " The testy discussion was especially surprising since it came a day after Trump struck a more conciliatory tone toward Ukraine, calling America's support for the country against Russia's invasion "a very worthy thing to do" and disclaiming any memory that he had called the Ukrainian leader a "dictator.
47% : 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.
45% : It's unclear what the blowup could mean for the deal that Trump insisted was essential to repay the US for the more than $180 billion in American aid sent to Kyiv since the start of the war.
43% : " Trump later told reporters, shortly before departing for his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida for the weekend, that he wanted an "immediate ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine but expressed doubt that Zelensky was ready to make peace.
42% : Instead he got shouted at while Trump appeared to play up the drama for the cameras.
39% : "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 told Zelenskyy.
38% : Fears that Trump could broker a peace deal with Russia that is unfavorable to Ukraine have been amplified by recent precedent-busting actions by his administration.
37% : You don't have the cards right now," Trump said pointing his finger toward Zelensky.
32% : Zelensky tried to object, prompting Trump to raise his voice and say, "You're gambling with the lives of millions of people.
31% : " At another point, Trump declared himself "in the middle" and not on the side of either Ukraine or Russia in the conflict.
30% : President Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for being "disrespectful" Friday in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, then abruptly called off the signing of a minerals deal with the US that Trump said would have moved Ukraine closer to ending its war with Russia.
30% : And it remains to be seen what, if anything, Trump wants Zelensky to do to get the deal back on track.
30% : "It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this," Trump said to Zelensky as the two leaders talked over each other about past international support for Ukraine.
29% : Trump responded that Putin had not broken agreements with him and mostly ducked questions about offering security guarantees to Ukraine, saying he thought the minerals deal -- which is now on-hold -- would effectively end the fighting.
27% : Trump held a lengthy phone call with Putin, and US officials met with their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia without inviting European or Ukrainian leaders -- both dramatic breaks with previous US policy to isolate Putin over his invasion.
26% : But Zelensky said that Trump -- who insists Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end the three-year grinding war -- needs to understand that Ukraine can't change attitudes toward Russia on a dime.
24% : Zelenskyy's main objective going into the sit-down had been to press Trump not to abandon his country and to warn against moving too closely to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
23% : Following the meeting, Trump posted on his social media site that he had "determined" that Zelensky "is not ready for Peace.
23% : He can come back when he is ready for Peace," Trump wrote. Democrats immediately criticized the administration for the breakdown.
22% : Trump later seemed to falsely blame Ukraine for starting the war and called Zelensky a "dictator" for not holding elections after the end of his regular term last year, though Ukrainian law prohibits elections while martial law is in place.
21% : "You see the hatred he's got for Putin," Trump said.
20% : The Ukrainian leader left the White House shortly after Trump shouted at him, showing open disdain.
17% : But, when the Ukrainian leader raised alarm about trusting any promises from Putin to end the fighting, Vance offered his strong rebuke for airing disagreements with Trump in public.
16% : The last 10 minutes of the nearly 45-minute meeting 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.
9% : Trump also objected to the Ukrainian leader bringing up the issue of security guarantees when Trump made clear he wanted to focus on the minerals deal, said the official who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
7% : Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer said Trump and Vance "are doing Putin's dirty work.
4% : But unlike Trump, Biden expressed his displeasure with Zelensky privately. Trump also suggested that Zelensky should not be demanding concessions.

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