Welcome to meet the press now.

I'm Kristen Welker on an unprecedented and historic day in Washington, where a face-to-face meeting between President Trump and Ukraine's President Zelensky in the Oval Office turned combative and confrontational.

Zelensky left the White House without signing the deal to give the U.S. access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals and without holding the planned joint press conference with President Trump.

The White House says they told Ukrainian officials that President Zelensky needed to leave the White House and return when he is ready for peace.

It was a truly extraordinary moment in the Oval Office spiraling into a shouting match with Vice President Vance berating President Zelensky for not being more grateful

and President Trump threatening to abandon Ukraine.

Here's some of what happened during that heated exchange in the Oval Office.

What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about?

What do you mean?

I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country.

Yes, but if you are not strong...

Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office

to try to litigate this in front of the American media.

Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems.

You should be thanking the president

for trying to bring it into this conflict. Do you think that it's respectful to come to the

Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to

prevent the destruction of your country? A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning.

First of all, during the war, everybody has problems.

Even you, but you have a nice ocean and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future.

God bless.

You don't know that.

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