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Vance chastised the gathered reporters.
Vance accused 37-year-old Renee Good of trying to hit the officer with her car.
However, eyewitnesses told Minnesota Public Radio that agents were shouting conflicting orders and videos appeared to show her driving away from, not at, the agents.
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
Well, the very fact that they met seems to be a sign of momentum.
Zelensky had put forward this 20-point peace proposal this past week, and the two men met shortly after and said they agreed on most of it.
But when they talked to reporters after their meeting, a peace deal certainly didn't seem imminent.
Both men came out saying, essentially, we're optimistic and we'll keep talking, but that's roughly where they seemed to be before the meeting.
Well, the very fact that they met seems to be a sign of momentum.
Zelensky had put forward this 20-point peace proposal this past week, and the two men met shortly after and said they agreed on most of it.
But when they talked to reporters after their meeting, a peace deal certainly didn't seem imminent.
Both men came out saying, essentially, we're optimistic and we'll keep talking, but that's roughly where they seemed to be before the meeting.
To put it another way, before the meeting, Zelensky had said they were at 90% agreement.
And after the meeting, he said they were at 90% agreement.
What did he say?
Well, Trump had a lengthy phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin before his in-person meeting with Zelensky and came away optimistic.
And in that optimism, he was trying to make it sound like Russia could eventually be on board with all of this.
At one point, Trump said that, quote, Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed.
But then Russia bombarded Kiev over the weekend.
So there's a big question as to how ready Russia really is to stop fighting.