Trump and Zelenskyy's meeting turns into a heated argument
February 28, 2025
391,058
8,190
1,400
2.45%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Npr Episodes Around February 28, 2025
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
2:01Now PlayingTrump and Zelenskyy's meeting turns into a heated argument
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelA meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Friday grew contentious, with Trump telling Zelenskyy that "you're not acting at all thankful" for the support Ukraine received from the United States. Trump also accused Zelenskyy of being disrespectful to the United States and told him, "you're gambling with World War III."
Zelenskyy came to Washington to sign a deal that would give the United States access to Ukrainian rare earth and critical minerals. Trump had said the leaders would sign it at an afternoon event at the White House.
In a social media post after the heated meeting, Trump said he has “determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for peace.”
President Zelenskyy and his delegation left the White House without signing a deal. A joint press conference between the two leaders was canceled, the White House said.
Read more here:
------------------------------------------------------
Follow NPR elsewhere, too:
Links & Promotions
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.