According to Waltz, both sides separated into different rooms after the press left. He, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and other high-ranking officials informed Trump about the decision to end negotiations, as they saw no way to move forward.
“Pretty much unanimously advised the president — that after that insult in the Oval Office, we just do not see how that can move forward, that any further engagement would only go backward from this moment on,” Waltz told Fox News in an interview.
CNN reported that the US National Security Advisor was then sent to deliver the message that Zelenskyy was no longer welcome. When Fox News asked if the Ukrainian president realized what had happened, Waltz answered negatively.
“No, he didn’t (realize -ed.). Frankly, his team did. His ambassador and his adviser were practically — I mean, they were practically in tears wanting this to move forward. But Zelensky was still argumentative,” said Trump’s National Security Advisor.
He also mentioned that he told the Ukrainian president that time was not on Ukraine’s side.
“Time is not on your side here. Time is not on your side on the battlefield. Time is not on your side in terms of the world situation, and, most importantly, US aid and the taxpayers’ tolerance is not unlimited,” he said.
Also from different articles within the same interview
“We had a beautiful setting in the East Room ready for both leaders to sign that would have bound the US and Ukraine together economically for a generation.”
“It involved critical minerals, investment, and commitments from the UK and France to put boots on the ground.”
“This could have been a step toward ending the war and stopping the destruction.” Said Mike Waltz
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The United States of America has a responsibility to make them feel better.
By handing them a battery of BGM-109G launchers with full payloads.
Unfortunately the median voter is a dipshit so we are going to duck our responsibility.
>It involved critical minerals, investment, and commitments from the UK and France to put boots on the ground.
This is huge actually. I can see why Ukraine ambassador and advisers are wanting to move forward this deal
Such a shame
I think it’s become clear that Donald Trump is pro-Russia and would prefer them to win. This whole “minerals deal” was a sham to cajole and humiliate Zelenskyy.
Why does the direct quote say “practically in tears” but the title of the reddit thread says “in tears” explicitly? Words matter.