**Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up**
The last 10 minutes devolved into a tense back and forth between Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Zelenskyy — who urged skepticism about Russia’s commitment to diplomacy, citing Moscow’s years of broken commitments on the global stage.
“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.
It was an astonishing display of open antagonism in the Oval Office, a setting better known for somber diplomacy. #Trump laid bare his efforts to coerce Zelenskyy to give the US an interest in valuable minerals and to push him toward a diplomatic resolution to the war on American terms.
“You’re not acting at all thankful,” Trump said, before adding, “This is going to be great television.”
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