Reuters has learned of Trump's disinterest in resuming discussions with Kiev.

The American leader Donald Trump is "not interested" in resuming negotiations on a deal with Ukraine on the joint development of minerals due to an altercation with the Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky during negotiations in the Oval Office. This was reported on February 28 by the agency Reuters with reference to a senior White House official.

"A senior White House official has stated that Trump is not interested in resuming a deal with Ukraine on minerals at the moment," the publication says.

In addition, the source clarified that the president USA is currently at his home in Florida and has no plans to return in the near future.

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During the meeting in the Oval Office, there was a verbal altercation between Trump and Zelensky. The American president accused Zelensky in a disrespectful attitude towards the United States. According to him, the head of the Kiev regime is "playing with the Third World War" and with the lives of millions of people. After the skirmish Zelensky left the White House earlier than scheduled.

Political analyst Ivan Mezyuho, in turn, noted that the talks between Trump and Zelensky were similar to href="https://iz.ru/1846988/2025-02-28/politolog-nazval-agressivnym-povedenie-zelenskogo-na-vstreche-s-trampom">"human zoo". According to him, Zelensky did not fully realize the level of the company he got into. At the same time, Jackie Heinrich, a correspondent for the American Fox News channel, reported that the deal between the United States and Ukraine on rare earth metals was href="https://iz.ru/1846952/2025-02-28/fox-soobshchil-ob-otmene-sdelki-mezhdu-ssha-i-ukrainoi-po-redkozemelnym-metallam">cancelled after a public spat.