The cordial atmosphere in the Oval Office suddenly changed to open hostility. Tempers flared as political allies who had gathered for a ceremonial signing were suddenly provoked when one leader tried to make the meeting more than ceremonial, raising issues that others felt were better discussed elsewhere. The highly publicized deal collapsed into an angry, name-calling shouting match, captured by television cameras, before the leader making his appeal was unceremoniously ushered out of the White House as the world watched in dismay at this potentially disastrous—but ultimately temporary—collapse of diplomacy.