The Ukrainian president didn’t apologise for the exchange as he said he wanted the US to ‘be more on our side’.

Trump and Vice President JD Vance met with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office yesterday (28 February) as talks descended into a heated argument.

He ended up leaving the White House early, putting plans for the US and Ukraine to sign a minerals agreement on hold with their joint press conference cancelled.

A video from the meeting features Trump telling Zelenskyy: “You either make a deal or we are out. Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel.”

And he then slams: “You’re not in a very good position, you’ve allowed yourself to be in a bad position… you don’t have the cards right now… you’re gambling with the lives of millions of people! You’re gambling with World War III!”

Having taken to X afterwards to thank America for the ‘support’, Zelenskyy wrote: “Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.”

He also spoke out on the meeting in an interview with Fox News, saying he is confident the relationship with Trump can be salvaged.

“Because it’s relations more than two presidents. It’s the historical relations, strong relations between our people, and that’s why I always began… to thank your people from our people,” he explained.

Things got heated between the pair (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Of course, thankful to the president, and, of course, to Congress, but first of all, to your people. Your people helped save our people… we wanted very much to have all these strong relations, and where it counted, we will have it.”

Zelenskyy said the whole exchange was ‘bad for both sides’ but that he is ‘not sure that we did something bad’.

“I just want to be honest, and I just want our partners to understand the situation correctly, and I want to understand everything correctly. That’s about us not to lose our friendship,” he added.

Trump also shared a statement about the tense meeting on his Truth Social platform.

Zelenskyy says he thinks things can be salvaged (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

He said: “We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today. Much was learned that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure.

“It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations.

“I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.”

Former president and deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev also shared a shocking statement on X: “The insolent pig finally got a proper slap down in the Oval Office. And @realDonaldTrump is right: The Kiev regime is ‘gambling with WWIII’.”

All hell broke loose in the Oval Office on Friday (28 February) as the world leaders tried – and failed – to hash out a minerals deal.

Zelenskyy ended up leaving the White House with nothing signed, as Trump let rip and accused the Ukrainian President, 47, of ‘gambling with World War III’.

The US President later shared a statement saying Zelenskyy had ‘disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office’.

As you can imagine, the news of the disastrous meeting has come as music to the ears of Russia – and they aren’t being shy about sharing their glee.

Former President and deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, shared a shocking statement on social media in wake of Trump and Zelenskyy’s spat.

In a post shared on X, he wrote: “The insolent pig finally got a proper slap down in the Oval Office. And @realDonaldTrump is right: The Kiev regime is ‘gambling with WWIII’.”

Medvedev also celebrated Zelenskyy getting a ‘brutal dressing down in the Oval Office’ in a Telegram post, according to Reuters.

Russian politicians have been reacting to the clash between Zelenskyy and Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also shared her thoughts on the controversy and bizarrely praised Trump for showing ‘restraint’ and not using violence against Zelenskyy.

In a Telegram post, she said: “I think Zelensky’s biggest lie of all his lies was his assertion in the White House that the Kyiv regime in 2022 was alone, without support.

“How Trump and Vance held back from hitting that scumbag is a miracle of restraint,” Zakharova added, while saying that Zelenskyy was ‘biting the hand that feeds him’.

She also went on to accuse Zelenskyy of being ‘unpleasant with everyone’.

Russian TV commentator Vladimir Solovyov has also announced that he is working on a special show which will delve into Zelenskyy’s ‘suicide in the White House’.

The Ukrainian President has remained steadfast though, telling Fox News following the meeting with Trump: “I’m not sure we did something bad. I think maybe some things we have to discuss out of media.”

On Sunday (2 March), Keir Starmer will hold talks in Downing Street with Zelenskyy and other European leaders in the hopes of working out how to secure ‘lasting and enforced’ peace in Ukraine.

The housing market is no joke. Unless you’re lucky enough to afford your own place, most of us will spend our 20s at the mercy of landlords and never-ending rent increases.

And don’t even get me started on the nightmare of even finding a place to rent.

Which is why content creator and OnlyFans model Emily Webb, who resides in the Gold Coast in Australia, previously came up with a rather inventive solution to renting an apartment.

Content creator Emily Webb previously referred to herself as ‘Australia’s hottest homeless girl’ (Instagram/@gucciqueenofbne)

Her solution to being between homes? Hitting up men on dating apps in hopes of finding a place to crash.

In a TikTok post which went viral last year, Emily explained that she was homeless at the time but using apps such as Hinge to match with dates and stay over at their place. “I can’t believe I’ve been wasting my money on rent all this time,” she told her followers.

“Life hack: if you’re hot, don’t ever pay rent.”

The inventive solution has of course divided people online, as viewers debated both the ethics and the safety of meeting up with strangers online and staying over at their place.

“This is the worst advice ever. she should be banned from all social media. literally wtf,” one person commented, while a second added: “This is a very dangerous game you’re playing…”

However the hack was controversial amongst viewers (Instagram/@gucciqueenofbne)

Emily would later clarify in an interview with News.com.au that she had resorted to the unconventional measure after struggling to secure a rental, despite offering to pay an entire year upfront.

“I’ve offered to pay rent six and 12 months in advance and still had no luck,” she told the outlet, adding that she also stays with her friends several nights a week.

“I have so many friends on the Gold Coast, but I don’t want to overstay my welcome or be a burden, but I don’t mind being a burden to random men.

“It is good not paying rent. The places I’m looking at are around [AU] $1,000 (£520) and I’m saving so much,” she added, joking that “hot people shouldn’t have to pay rent.”

Fortunately it looks like Emily has since been able to secure more stable accommodation, as most of her recent posts on social media appear to be taken from the same apartment.

Although skyscrapers and apartment blocks usually have windows (after all, people do live there) there are numerous cities around the world that are home to mysterious windowless skyscrapers.

The buildings have caused a lot of debate online, with many wondering why they have no windows, while others are desperate to know what goes on inside.

Even Tom Hanks has asked the question. In a tweet back in 2017, he shared a snap of 33 Thomas Street in New York, and asked: “This is the scariest building I’ve ever seen! WTF goes on inside?”

The building has no windows (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Well, one man has answered the question.

Eric Guidry, who goes by @e.guidry on TikTok, shared what the buildings were really used for.

Turns out it’s not exactly the supernatural conspiracy some people thought.

“So that building in New York, this windowless building in San Francisco, this one in Chicago, this one in Austin and hundreds more buildings placed conspicuously across the country, in very populous locations,” Guidry said.

It turns out that the buildings are all part of AT&T’s long lines network.

“Before we had digital telephony, the lines on your phones physically connected to the person on the other end’s phone.

“That meant we need these massive switching hubs. Most of those buildings I showed were built in the ’70s [or earlier].

“That means they didn’t require actual operators.

“And because this machinery didn’t particularly care if there was light or not, they just decided, why add windows?”

33 Thomas Street is located in New York (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Giving more information on the specific AT&T building in New York featured in the original TikTok video, Eric said: “That building is 33 Thomas Street, which is known to be one of the most secure towers in the world.

“It has enough gas, water and electricity to be able to continue running independently for up to two weeks and is supposed to be able to actually withstand a nuclear blast… within reason.

“Although most of the equipment has been digitalised and you don’t need it for phones, it’s still critical for network and internet infrastructure.

“In fact, if you’re watching this in the US, this video probably went through one of those buildings.”

However, several conspiracy theorists believe that the building has been used as a National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance site.

And in 2016, non-profit organisation The Intercept claimed that there was ‘compelling evidence’, including leaked documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, that pointed towards the building having been used as a surveillance site, code-named TITANPOINTE.

According to their 2016 investigation, a former AT&T engineer said there is ‘a major gateway switch’ that ‘routes all calls between the US and other countries around the world’.

Other theories are a bit more far-fetched – ranging from vampires to ‘lizard headquarters’.

Over on TikTok, @sarahs.tok explained that she quite enjoys telling people she’s never been intimate, due to the interesting reactions she receives – which usually fall into one of three categories.

Sarah took to her platform where she explained that she’s currently in her late thirties and has never been intimate with a partner, and hasn’t even had a ‘proper kiss’.

“Now I’m in my late thirties and I’ve never been physically intimate, I’ve never so much as had a proper kiss… I want to talk about the reactions I get when I tell people,” she said.

“I love telling people this fact about myself because the reactions are always funny, usually one of three things will happen.”

Sarah explained she has never been intimate with a partner (Getty Stock Photo)

Sarah explained that often, she will tell people who are ‘genuinely shocked and curious’, explaining: “These are the people who are fun to talk to because they’re not judging in any way.

“The second reaction I get is that people are almost offended by it, it’s so bizarre the reaction, it’s funny to watch.”

Sarah said there’s a third type of reaction which is actually her favourite, where people are pretty much stunned to silence by her admission.

She explained that they’re so surprised, they take on a ‘blank stare’ and look at her as though she’s an ‘alien’.

“The people who go full on blank stare and look at you as if you’ve morphed into a space alien, it’s not computing, it’s not processing, they are not grasping what is going on right now.”

In the comments, people shared their own responses, with many TikTokers unfazed.

One person wrote: “You’re not missing anything. I’m sincerely jealous of the lack of drama in your life.”

While another said: “I already received such reactions when I was just like 20?!?? I had my first kiss and boyfriend at almost 25 but I still remember the gasps from before.”

And a third added: “My girl looks way happier than some ppl I’ve seen in relationships.”

People shared their own experiences (Getty Stock Photo)

Others shared their own experiences, with another writing: “I’m 42. You are not alone.”

While another added: “Not everyone WANTS romantic and sexual relationships.”

And a third added that they’d ‘never been interested in anyone sexually or romantically’, writing: “Turning 27 and same. I honestly can’t be bothered to change that. Never been interested in anyone sexually or romantically.”

In his latest public plea to the US president from behind bars, the Tiger King star appeared to have adopted a different approach in the hopes of winning Trump over.

Exotic – real name Joseph Allen Maldonado – is currently serving a 21-year prison sentence after he was convicted of numerous charges.

These included conspiracy to commit murder for hire, with the target being his long-running rival Carole Baskin, and nine counts of violation of the Endangered Species Act.

Since he was thrown in the slammer, Exotic has called on a string of celebrities and public figures to help get him out.

In 2020, Trump told a reporter that he would ‘take a look’ at the Netflix star’s case, however, it seems as though he has given Exotic the cold shoulder ever since.

In January the following year, more than 140 people – including rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black – were granted pardons by Trump, but Exotic didn’t make the cut.

The tiger trader then turned to former President Joe Biden for help in gaining his freedom, which again didn’t work.

Exotic then hit out at Trump for ‘forgetting’ him once again this year, when around 1,500 people were pardoned over their roles in the January 6 riots in 2021.

Joe Exotic has asked Trump for freedom, a job and to grant asylum to his fiancé (Santa Rosa County Jail)

Two members of the far-right group ‘Proud Boys’ were also pardoned, along with Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.

In a statement shared to Instagram at the time, Exotic fumed: “If I was a crack dealer, maybe if I broke in the Capitol or even have been related to the Biden’s. I might have gotten some relief on being in prison innocent.”

Exotic’s social media pleas have continued since, seeing him list a number of reasons regarding why he deserves his freedom.

Now, he’s implored Trump to assist him once again – while dually fishing for a job offer and giving him some tips on how to handle politics.

Speaking on the Mad That podcast from behind bars, Exotic was asked whether he had a message for Trump…and boy, did he.

The 61-year-old, from Kansas, told hosts Harry Robinson and Carl Reigler that if he was ‘face-to-face’ with the president, he would say: “You’re probably one of the most amazing business people on the planet and you’re the only one that can abolish foreign wars and get us out of all this bullsh*t.

The Tiger King star has been repeatedly snubbed by both Trump and Biden despite his public pleas (Netflix)

“But I need you to focus and cut the rhetoric and the name calling,” Exotic continued. “I realise that is your persona, just like Joe Exotic shooting blow-up dolls and bullsh*t, okay?

“We both have a stupid side to us, but I still want to be in your cabinet. I have full belief that you will help me get out of here and I want to be in your cabinet as the director of the federal fish and wildlife.”

Exotic wasn’t done there either, as he went on to urge Trump to ‘grant asylum to his other half’, saying: “He’s from a horrible part of Mexico and he’s the most amazing person that I’ve ever met and he needs your help.”

And while Trump’s at it, Exotic wants him to pardon a fellow inmate who he has grown friendly with while in prison, too.

“Richard’s got to go with us, man,” he added. “He’s going to be our ring bearer.”

It seems Exotic now thinks flattery, constructive criticism and appealing to Trump’s romantic side are the way to go if he wants to gain freedom.

While it may not be an option in real life, there is a simulation you can watch online that shows you how the experience would go.

Spoiler: It’s not fun.

Lithuanian engineer Julijonas Urbonas is the brains behind the hypothetical project and has previously said that it provides a ‘humane’ form of voluntary death that is more ‘ritualistic’.

The rollercoaster would hypothetically ‘kill’ all of those onboard, as Urbonas said it would ‘with elegance and euphoria – take the life of a human being’.

Basically, the rider is subjected to a number of consecutive loops, getting smaller and smaller, which maintain a maximum force, leading to their passing.

Other people have made simulations of the proposed coaster, but none of them may show the ride as effectively as this one, which was uploaded to YouTube back in 2015.

The subject in the fictional video describes the experience to the viewer, saying that after the drop you would reach a terminal velocity of 220mph, inflicting 10Gs of force.

For reference, Formula 1 cars can reach the 6G mark and the Apollo 16 shuttle only reached 7.19Gs of force upon re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere.

“Do you know what that does to the human body?” the video asks, before revealing: “Prolonged cerebral hypoxia – pure Euphoria as the brain is starved of oxygen, then seven inversion Loops truly put the nail in it just as an insurance policy.”

The hypothetical rollercoaster kills the rider by depriving their brain of oxygen (YouTube/H POSITIVE)

At the end of the ride, we can see the man being carried out by a worker, with his body limp and lifeless, as the rollercoaster fulfilled its morbid purpose.

The science behind it all is quite scary, with the method of death essentially your brain not getting enough blood as it would rush to lower parts of the body.

In a TikTok video by @ridesnslides, the effects are further explained: “The first thing that you would notice is your vision greying out which would then gradually turn to tunnel vision.

“From there, you would begin experiencing a blackout and ultimately you would eventually lose consciousness and die.”

The project, which was awarded the Public Prize of New Technological Art of Update 2013, has become a ‘unique media phenomenon’ since it was unveiled in 2010.

According to Urbonas’ website: “Riding the coaster’s track, the rider is subjected to a series of intensive motion elements that induce various unique experiences: from euphoria to thrill, and from tunnel vision to loss of consciousness, and, eventually, death.”

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Seen as though George Lucas cast him in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace when he was just 8-years-old, it seemed the lad was destined for big things in Hollywood.

However, Jake stepped away from the spotlight just four years after his acting career began.

Shortly after the Star Wars prequel was released in 1999, the youngster retired himself from the entertainment industry after starring in ER, Unhook the Stars, Jingle All the Way and Apollo 11.

Eight years later, Jake was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and he left college to live with his mother Lisa.

“When they finally told him, it totally threw him off into an even worse depression,” his mum told Scripp News last year. “It was really hard.”

A turbulent few years followed, with Jake landing himself in trouble with the law as he struggled to come to terms with his diagnosis.

As well as this, he was also suffering from a neurological condition called anosognosia, which causes people to be unaware of, or unconsciously in denial about, their medical condition.

“He didn’t think he needed to take medication because he wasn’t sick,” Lisa added. “He didn’t think he needed to go to the therapist because there’s nothing wrong with him.”

The child actor portrayed the young Anakin Skywalker in 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Lucas Films)

Jake then suffered a ‘full-blown psychotic break’ in March 2023, which was compounded by the death of his sister Madison, 26, – who also appeared in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

She died of natural causes in her sleep in 2018.

Lisa explained that two years ago, Jake suddenly ‘turned the car off in the middle of the three lanes’ as they drove home, resulting in other road users alerting authorities.

That day, he was admitted to a hospital and a few months later he was transferred to a mental health rehabilitation facility to take part in an inpatient program.

Jake has since wrapped up his 18-month stay at the facility in Southern California, and told Variety in January this year that he is now feeling ‘pretty good’.

He still receives care from a different treatment centre, however, he can come and go as he pleases.

“[I’m feeling] pretty good, considering these 20 years of time that have come to an end,” Jake said. “I can now accept taking on continued treatment, and therapy, and my meds.

Jake Lloyd pictured in 2011 (Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic)

“Everyone’s been very supportive,” the child actor said.

He explained that although he hit ‘rock bottom’ at one point, it was a crucial step that allowed him to ‘honestly take part in treatment, honestly take his meds, and honestly live with his diagnosis’.

Discussing how his medication helps him manage his schizophrenia, he added: “I don’t have the time for feeling volatile. It is very much a cushion.”

Lisa also previously explained that his mental health struggles were the reason he quit acting, rubbishing rumours that it was due to the the unfavourable response that the 1999 Star Wars film received upon it’s release.

“It would have happened anyway,” she told Scripp News of her son’s schizophrenia. “I believe that it was genetic. And his psychiatrist also agrees that Jake was going to become schizophrenic.”

The mum said that she had ‘protected’ Jake from the Star Wars ‘backlash’ when he was a child, adding: “He was just riding his bike outside, playing with his friends. He didn’t know. He didn’t care.

“Everybody makes such a big deal about that. And it’s rather annoying to me because Jake was a little kid when that came out, and he didn’t really feel all that stuff because I didn’t let him online.”

According to Lisa, her son still ‘loves’ the famous franchise, as she said last year: “People think Jake hates Star Wars. He loves it.”