Zelenskyy left the White House without signing a deal after President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated the Ukrainian leader for being "disrespectful," the internationally televised spat drew widespread reactions.

After Friday's scandal involving Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky in the White House, the former head of the Polish National Security Bureau, General Stanislav Kozei, outlined three possible scenarios for the development of the situation for Ukraine and the EU.

A top European Union official, who is trying to head off a potential trade conflict, stressed the importance of active engagement and fairness in trade during a four-hour meeting with Trump administration officials on Wednesday.

President Trump was positive on relations with China, while he told his cabinet the EU had been formed to "screw" the United States.

The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a US official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The White House said on Tuesday it would decide which media organizations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done so for decades.