The lunch menu for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House on Friday featured an early spring garden salad with sunset tomatoes and honey dressing, rosemary crusted chicken with celery root puree, asparagus and collard greens, and crème brûlée with assorted berries and a citrus tuile.

But a heated exchange between Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance in front of reporters led to the abrupt departure of the Ukraine leader and his delegation, cancelling the lunch along with a scheduled joint news conference featuring Zelenskyy and Trump.

Zelenskyy was in Washington, D.C., to sign a deal that would give the U.S. access to his country’s vast mineral resources in exchange for security guarantees. But Zelenskyy left without signing the deal.

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