Oval Office Archives - Seeking The Way

Diplomatic hubris descended into Oval Office cacophony on Feb. 28, 2025, as a stunned global audience looked on aghast, tensed up to brace for impact. “You don’t have the cards,” barked President Donald Trump to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wrapping up a free-for-all pile-on from administration officials. Hopes of a deal for security guarantees and peace instantly vanished, all-but-scuttled for the time being.

After diplomatic cacophony in the Oval Office, is an era of darkness and irrelevancy settling on the European Continent or something else? — After diplomatic chaos in the Oval Office, is an era of darkness and irrelevancy settling on the European Continent — or something else? (iStock)

A planned staged show of unity collapsed disastrously into chaos, with diplomatic and economic shock waves rolling out of D.C. and across the globe. After a brief pause and no possibility of a signed agreement for Ukrainian minerals, Zelenskyy was asked to leave by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, once an advocate for the Ukrainian President.

“The free world needs a new leader”

How bad was the reaction from long-time allies? “Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader,” said Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, quoted in Bloomberg. “It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.”