Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a full-throated defense of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance after their explosive exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday.
Trump in recent days has seemingly turned on Zelensky, calling him a dictator and falsely claiming that Ukraine started the war three years ago. Tensions boiled over Friday at what was intended to be a meeting to secure the U.S. with a supply of rare earth minerals in exchange for millions of dollars to Ukraine.
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