The meeting comes after the Ukrainian president drew Trump's ire by rejecting a rare earth minerals proposal and insisting any peace talks with Russia include Ukraine.

President Donald Trump says Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a long-sought minerals deal that will closely tie the two countries together for years to

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived at the White House Thursday to try to convince President Donald Trump that peace in Ukraine will endure only if Kyiv and European leaders are at the negotiating table along with Moscow.