Trump cuts short Zelenskyy meeting after fiery White House clash

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

91% : Trump and Vance pressed Zelenskyy to thank the US.
70% : The fight with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office caps an extraordinary week in which the US sided with Russia, China and countries such as North Korea and Belarus at the UN against historic allies such as the UK and France.
60% : Before the clash on Friday, Trump had described the deal as "very fair".
60% : Zelenskyy's visit to the US followed appeals by UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and France's President Emmanuel Macron to lobby Trump to provide a US "backstop" to European peacekeepers in Ukraine after fighting ended.
44% : Raising his voice at Zelenskyy, who had referred repeatedly to his need for US security guarantees, Trump said: "You don't have the cards right now.
40% : Zelenskyy had been seeking a seat at the negotiating table after Trump blindsided Kyiv and other European capitals by launching direct talks with Putin over ending the conflict.
39% : You have a damn good chance of coming out OK, because of us," Trump said.
38% : Minutes later in a statement announcing the breakdown in talks, Trump wrote: "President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations.
33% : Trump also refused to promise American troops as Starmer and Zelenskyy had hoped.
29% : Trump replied Zelenskyy was "in no position to dictate what we're going to feel".
16% : Donald Trump has accused Volodymyr Zelenskyy of "gambling with world war three" as the US president cut short the Ukrainian leader's long-sought meeting in the White House and told him to return "when he is ready for Peace".

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