Summery of Trump and Zelensky meeting

Summery of Trump and Zelensky meeting

Summery of Trump and Zelensky meeting to sign minerals deal

8:24 GMT

“Your country is in big trouble. You’re not winning this,” Trump told Zelensky.
18:18 GMT

“Have you said ‘thank you’ once?” J.D. Vance asked the Ukrainian leader.
18:17 GMT

“What you are doing is very disrespectful” to the US, the American president concluded, addressing Zelensky.
18:16 GMT

Raising his voice, Trump told Zelensky that he is “gambling with the lives of millions of people” and “World War III” by refusing to negotiate with Russia.
18:03 GMT

The US president warned Zelensky that he does not “have the cards right now” – “we’re not playing cards,” the Ukrainian leader retorted.
18:01 GMT

“You are in no position to dictate what we’re gonna feel,” a visibly irritated Trump told Zelensky after the Ukrainian leader suggested the US would feel the “influence” unless it continues backing Kiev.
18:01 GMT

J.D. Vance has chided the Ukrainian leader for coming to the “Oval Office of the United States of America and attack[ing] the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country.”
17:47 GMT

Vice President J.D. Vance has joined the conversation, suggesting that Zelensky is being “disrespectful” toward the US leadership and ungrateful for the aid provided.

17:21 GMT

The US leader has stated he wants to see the “money get put to different kinds of use, like [the] rebuilding” of Ukraine as opposed to fighting.
17:19 GMT

President Trump has said he will try to bring the Ukraine conflict to a close, claiming that both Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin want a cessation of hostilities.

17:11 GMT

Zelensky has arrived at the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. Greeting him at the entrance, Trump noted that the Ukrainian leader is “all dressed up today.” Zelensky is wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and what appear to be work boots.