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What Trump, Vance, and Zelensky Are Arguing About

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President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as Vice President JD Vance reacts at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 28, 2025.

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The scene Friday afternoon in the Oval Office was disgraceful. There’s a reason that negotiations between allies with significant differences ought to happen behind closed doors instead of on camera for the whole world to see.

There will be much commentary about the Sturm und Drang, the shouting, the pointing, and the yelling. I think all that’s important.

Mark Antonio Wright

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Mark Antonio Wright

Mark Antonio Wright is the executive editor of National Review.

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