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President Trump ordered his advisors to show Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and his delegation, The The Door after their meeting in the Oval Office

devolved into a bitter exchange in front of the media.

Anger boiled over when Vice President J.D. Vance jumped in with pointed criticism of diplomacy

under the Biden administration. Zelensky pushed back with warnings about the impact the U.S.

is at risk of experiencing if Trump

takes Russian President Vladimir Putin at his word that the attacks on Ukraine will end.

Trump shot back that Zelensky is in no position to tell him how he'll feel.

You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position and he happens to be right about it.

From the very beginning of the war, Mr. Brown, I was, I'm not in a good position.

You don't have the cards right now.

With us, you start having cards.

I'm not playing cards.

Right now you're playing cards.

You're playing cards.

You're gambling with the lives of millions of people.

You're gambling with World War III.

You're gambling with World War III. Both leaders ended the meeting early

without signing a minerals deal, as previously planned. Trump and Vance also noted that Zelensky

had not thanked the U.S. for its support in the meeting, though Zelensky has repeatedly

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