How Zelensky's White House Visit With Trump Unraveled in Real Time

 https://www.newsweek.com/how-zelenskys-white-house-visit-trump-unraveled-real-time-2037983

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were scheduled to sign a minerals deal Friday at the White House and then hold a joint press conference in a choreographed show of solidarity aimed at repairing their increasingly fraught relationship.

Instead, Trump effectively kicked Zelensky out of the White House and canceled the press conference after a remarkably heated exchange with Ukraine's leader in the Oval Office — a dramatic turn of events that ratcheted up tensions between the two leaders and put Trump's push for a quick peace deal in Ukraine in doubt.

"I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace," Trump wrote in a social media post immediately after the Oval Office meeting. "He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace."

Minutes later, Zelensky's motorcade was seen pulling up to the White House, preparking to whisk him away. A White House spokesperson said Friday that the minerals deal was not signed, according to a pool report.