Trump thinks he humiliated Zelensky. He really humiliated the United States
Trump thinks he humiliated Zelensky. He really humiliated the United States
Trump’s Oval Office show proves he’s no Don Corleone. He’s really the Luca Brasi for mob boss Vladimir Putin.
Summary
Trump and Zelenskyy's confrontational Oval Office meeting advanced "mob boss foreign policy" serving Russian interests.
Trump and Vance bullied Zelenskyy when he refused their "extortionate" minerals deal or to thank them despite Trump's stated intent to reduce support for Ukraine.
Zelenskyy effectively countered their claims by noting Russia's 2014 invasion and correcting historical inaccuracies, which angered the Americans.
This represents the first openly “anti-US, anti-Western, anti-democracy foreign policy in American history.” Russians embraced it, and Putin ally and former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev celebrated the exchange.
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I know in this instance you are prone to see Zelensky with the best eyes possible, but this was a shitshow from both sides. Trump, the usual, but Zelensky, what a lack of self-awareness!
This was a planned ambush. Zelensky handled it as well as could be expected under the circumstances. The fact that Vance and Trump kept demanding he say thanks and be obsequious to them when they've done nothing but undermine Ukraine and carry Putin's water was beyond parody.
Thank you? For what? Extortion while promising nothing? If I were him I'd have told them to go fuck themselves. I guess that's why I'm not president of jack shit.