Don’t take the bait: ट्रम्प से भिड़ंत से कुछ घंटे पहले, ज़ेलेंस्की को चेतावनी दी गई थी कि वे “फंसे नहीं”

When the meeting began, Zelensky voiced concerns over Ukraine’s war effort and the uncertainty surrounding US military aid.

just hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stepped into the Oval Office for his infamous meeting with President Donald Trump, he received a blunt warning from a US Senator.

“Don’t take the bait,” South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham advised, cautioning the Ukrainian leader against engaging in a heated debate with Trump, according to the New York Times. “I said, don’t get into arguments about security agreements,” Graham told the Times in an interview.

When the meeting began, Zelensky voiced concerns over Ukraine’s war effort and the uncertainty surrounding US military aid. His petition for a more aggressive US engagement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict triggered an extraordinary confrontation. Trump and Vice President JD Vance accused him of lacking gratitude. What followed was an unprecedented public spat, unfolding in front of journalists and ending with Zelensky leaving the White House abruptly, without securing a minerals-sharing deal that had been widely expected to be signed.

Trump had repeatedly suggested that Ukraine should negotiate a peace deal with Moscow, a position that had alarmed both Zelensky and his European allies. When the Ukrainian leader arrived at the White House, Trump greeted him with a pointed remark about his usual military-style attire. “Oh look, you’re all dressed up,” Trump quipped.

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Planned Attack or Spontaneous Outburst?

There has been increased speculation about whether Friday’s meltdown was a planned verbal attack against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy or just an in-the-moment public outburst.

Sources told The New York Times that both Trump and Vice President JD Vance were “looking to blow up a deal for Ukraine’s mineral rights,” which Zelenskyy was scheduled to sign during his visit. The deal would have given the US access to Ukraine’s deposits of rare earth minerals, used in the aerospace, defense, and nuclear industries, as a way for Kyiv to pay back the US for aid already sent for the war effort under former President Joe Biden.

Instead, Zelenskyy seemingly triggered the two American leaders by not sufficiently thanking the US for trying to end the war and by pressing for commitments to protect Ukraine from Russian aggression going forward. After the Oval Office meltdown, an agitated Ukrainian delegation, including the nation’s ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, left the Oval Office.

An enraged Trump, huddled by Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, said he felt disrespected by Zelenskyy’s tone. He told reporters later he didn’t want to “embolden” the Ukrainian leader if he didn’t want “peace” with Russia, flipping what Ukraine had seen as an inducement for security guarantees into a cudgel. “You can’t embolden somebody who does not have the cards,” Trump said.

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