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Watch: Trump says Zelensky 'overplayed his hand' at the Oval Office

President Donald Trump told reporters that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "overplayed his hand" during their clash at a joint Oval Office meeting on Friday.

During the tense exchange between the two leaders and Vice-president JD Vance, the US president told his Ukrainian counterpart to be "thankful" and accused him of "gambling with World War Three".

A scheduled press conference and signing of a minerals deal was cancelled.

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