The Daily Fuckup

The White House canceled the planned U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal signing and joint news conference after an Oval Office meeting on Feb. 28, 2025, between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went off the rails in front of cameras. A White House posting identifies the session as the Feb. 28 Oval Office meeting with Zelenskyy, and contemporaneous reporting said the scheduled public events were called off after the exchange. ([whitehouse.gov](https://www.whitehouse.gov/past-events/president-trump-and-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-in-oval-office-feb-28-2025/))

The planned signing was meant to follow the meeting, but it never happened. Instead, the public portion of the visit ended without the joint appearance the administration had set up for the day. AP reported that Zelenskyy left the White House without signing the minerals deal. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/eebdf97b663c2cdc9e51fa346b09591d))

The result was an abrupt end to the visit, with no signing ceremony and no joint news conference. The White House page for the meeting confirms the date and participants, while the reporting from the day shows the planned follow-through was dropped after the confrontation. ([whitehouse.gov](https://www.whitehouse.gov/past-events/president-trump-and-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-in-oval-office-feb-28-2025/))