Welcome to the beat. I am Katie Fang in for Ari Melburgh. We start with the unprecedented and

explosive scene from inside of the Oval Office today, with Trump now facing a storm of criticism

from international allies, top Democrats, and even some on the right. The day starting normally

enough, you see Trump greeting Ukrainian president Volodomir Zelensky

at the West Wing driveway this morning. The two men shaking hands and then walking in.

But then both presidents headed to the Ophil office for what should have been a traditional photo op.

The two were supposed to negotiate a mineral deal in Ukraine and possible security

guarantees as it fights off Russia. Traditionally, it's a short, choreographed event,

but it quickly went off the rails, devolving into a tense and very public exchange

between Donald Trump, President Zelensky, and J.D. Vance.

Now, the confrontation began when Vance tried to lecture Zelensky over diplomacy.

The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy.

We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president

of the United States's words mattered more than the president of the United States's actions.

What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy.

That's what President Trump is doing.

Can I ask you? Sure. Yeah? Yeah. Okay. So he occupied it our parts, big parts of Ukraine,

part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it on 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about

just Biden, but those time was Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then

President Biden, now the President Trump, and God bless, now President Trump will stop him.

But during 2014, nobody stopped him.

He just occupied and took.

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