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After his Oval Office debacle with Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump has managed to leave the United States even more isolated.

After Friday's Oval Office clash with Trump and Vance, Zelenskyy said he's still "ready to sign" a deal with the US over Ukraine's mineral deposits.

A couple of days after leaving the White House without an agreement, the Ukrainian president told reporters that his country is ready to sign a minerals deal with the US. View on euronews

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A group of bipartisan senators met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday ahead of the tense exchange between the Ukrainian leader, Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is going to have to come to terms with the new reality of Washington: America’s posture toward Ukraine has drastically shifted under Trump. | Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA Rachael Bade is POLITICO's Capitol Hill bureau chief and senior Washington columnist.