Ukraine began the day expecting Trump to seriously attempt a settlement of the conflict by signing an agreement; Security guarantees were discussed before the a

Ukraine began the day expecting Trump to seriously attempt a settlement of the conflict by signing an agreement; Security guarantees were discussed before the agreement was formulated. 1 hour before, they learned they had nothing to gain because there were no security guarantees, and that they would need to establish formal changes to the agreement during the meeting. During the meeting, they learned that politely asking for formal changes to the agreement would trigger performative anger, denial, and insults. That Trump would get self-righteous about his extortion attempt, and that it wasn't "Your money or or life!", but "Your money, now!"