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Radio 4,28 Feb 2025,45 mins
Trump and Zelensky clash in extraordinary public diplomatic spat
The World TonightAvailable for over a year
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was told to leave the White House early and without signing a minerals deal with the United States after he clashed with US President Trump and Vice-President JD Vance in front of the world's media inside the Oval Office. During the extraordinary spat, a clearly angry Donald Trump told Zelensky he needed to be "thankful" to the United States and accused him of "gambling with World War Three". In this special episode, we get reaction from Washington DC, Ukraine, Britain and Russia.
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