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Breaking Point: How Zelenskyy’s ‘Own Goal’ Fractured U.S. Relations

Breaking Point: How Zelenskyy’s ‘Own Goal’ Fractured U.S. Relations

Months of behind-the-scenes tension spilled out into open disagreement in the Oval Office on Friday.

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The explosive Oval Office confrontation on Friday between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked a dramatic escalation of tensions simmering for years between the U.S. and Ukraine.

This public clash, derailing a rare earth minerals deal and a joint news conference, was no accident, but the boil…

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