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You heard Donald Trump say at the end of that clip you played, this is great television. This was a setup. Volodymyr, I mean, excuse me, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was compelled to agree to a horrible deal that would have sent Ukraine's minerals to the United States without any concrete security guarantees,
It's a very sad day and an embarrassment for the United States on the world stage. But let's step back and analyze what's happened here. I think there's no question that this was a setup,
And I think, as he said at the end, because he can't help himself, this was a setup for the cameras. It was a play to his base. But above all, it was a play to Vladimir Putin, to show fealty to Vladimir Putin and to try to humiliate Zelenskyy,
Maybe it wasn't diplomatic, but it was sincere. It's about life, we want to live,
They [Donald Trump and JD Vance] were so rude,
30-year-old Andriy told the BBC They had a heated meeting, a very heated conversation,
My husband was a military pilot. He [was] burned alive, his plane was shot down… So yesterday they spat at him, at me, at my children, and it was very painful to watch,
I said, ‘I think you have to find a way, dear Volodymyr, to restore your relationship with Donald Trump and the American administration. That is important going forward’.”
A noted Trump whisperer, Rutte told the BBC As [former US] president Reagan once said, ‘Peace is not just the absence of war’. We’re talking about just and lasting peace – freedom, justice and human rights for everyone. A ceasefire won’t work with Putin. He has broken ceasefires 25 times over the past 10 years. A real peace is the only solution.”
Across 14 posts, totalling more than 600 words, Zelensky wrote I am absolutely convinced that the US wants to bring Ukraine to this durable peace ... And obviously, what they need to get there is to make sure that we’ll all work together on this,
This is going to be great television – I will say that,
President Donald Trump noted The president is not an icon,
he said in his inauguration speech I want really him to be more at our side” because “the war began when Russia brought this war to our country.” ... They just want to hear that America on our side and America will stay with us, not with Russians.”
But the Ukrainian president demurred ... About Ukrainians, he said It is clear President Trump wants to help find a negotiated peace, one that satisfies both sides,
He would be turning in his grave if he saw that happen,
Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me,
Trump said, as though they were army buddies Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader,
said Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat The insolent pig finally got a proper slap down in the Oval Office,
said Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president and Putin toady What if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now?”
When a reporter asked what would happen if Russia broke the ceasefire again, Trump snapped Why don’t you wear a suit?” ... Do you own a suit?”
As though this weren’t enough humiliation, a member of the president’s new hand-picked press pool, Brian Glenn of the right-wing Real America’s Voice, asked Zelensky ... And then
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