Trump officials fume at Zelenskyy for disregarding advice before meeting
Officials say minerals deal would serve as commitment to US security guarantee and Ukraine leader shouldn’t have pressed issue
Inside the Trump White House, officials blamed the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for the meltdown in the Oval Office on Friday, and expressed frustration that he pushed for security guarantees even though the US had made clear they wanted to negotiate that later, according to people familiar with the matter.
The officials had told their Ukrainian counterparts in advance of the meeting that Trump wanted to sign an economic partnership this week at a ministerial level, as aides worked on the details about security guarantees.
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