Before the Trump-Vance-Zelenskyy blowout, the Clinton-Lewinsky blowjob scandal was probably the most embarrassing Oval Office story of its cherished past. For the Clinton-Lewinsky story, we had to rely on secretly recorded tapes of Linda Tripp, a long-time American civil servant. The Zelenskyy fiasco, however, unfolded live on TV screens and tens of millions of streaming devices worldwide.
The beleaguered Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was in Washington, DC, on Friday, February 28, to sign a deal with US President Donald Trump to give the US access to rare earth minerals in Ukraine. Mr. Trump and his advisors claimed that American economic involvement was a good enough security guarantee for Ukraine. US investment and American citizens' participation in Ukraine work as a deterrent against any Russian misadventure in the country.
The first 40 minutes of the meeting were cordial. Mr. Trump repeatedly praised the Ukrainian people for bravely fighting Russian aggression. However, the meeting went south around the 40th minute when diplomatic protocol was broken. Mr. Zelenskyy decided to turn into an interviewer and TV anchor and started asking Mr. Vance direct questions. Mr. Vance did not like what he thought was a public "litigation."
"He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office," posted President Donald Trump on his social media platform Truth Social, recounting the Oval Office exchanges earlier in the day. Mr. Trump sent Mr. Zelenskyy and his team home without signing the deal. "He can come back when he is ready for peace," Mr. Trump continued.
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