A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy escalated into a heated argument over the Russia-Ukraine issue, ending on a sour note. The mineral agreement, which was scheduled for discussion, was not signed, and the joint press conference was also canceled.

Cui Zheng, deputy dean of the China Institute of Open Economics at Liaoning University, stated that the Trump administration's mediation efforts and strategies on the Russia-Ukraine issue are unlikely to gain Ukraine's trust.