Trump tells Zelensky 'make a deal or we're out' in angry White House meeting
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...this was a less respectable exchange than what you watch in most vapid reality shows...what a display with so much at stake...
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I watched some of the transmission and all I can say is my respect to Zelensky grew tenfold with that exchange alone.
Having to interact with these two clowns and still keeping his cool (as much as he was able to) requires A LOT of patience and will. It was horrifyingly stupid in a train wreck kind of way.
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Does anyone else have the feeling that Ukraine is safer with no deal?
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The best think Ukraine can do is walk away.
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Trump still thinks he's the star of some corny TV show. Get fucked asshole.
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Yea, feels like trump is weaponized reality tv for his rubes. No competence, just circus and mayhem.
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I'd suspect they're safer with a deal... but they absolutely shouldn't honor that deal.
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Ukraine should make a deal with Europe. Europe should send troops to Ukraine.
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Any deal with Trump is no deal at all. He's the kind of guy that, if you give an inch, starts waving his hands around about how you stole 16 inches from him, and how you must be thrown in a hole somewhere.
Granting him anything is telling him that you are weak and ripe to be exploited.
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Did Trump and Vance think this embarrassing display made them look the better of the leaders?
Because it really didn't.
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They're safer with a deal with guarantees, but Trump doesn't want to give any, only take the profit. Otherwise it's a choice between soldiers dying and soldiers dying with profit sharing.
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Here's a link to the entire exchange. It's fucking surreal and infuriating.
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Yes. USA already knows what its going to do. A hypothetical trade agreement isn't going to change the decision, so Ukraine should make exactly zero concessions in pursuit of influencing a decision which has already been made.
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As an American I applaud Zelensky for not smacking the ever loving fuck out of those 2 bozos I wouldn’t have had the same restraint. You invite me to your house and tell me I should be thankful because you’re letting an aggressor fuck my country? Yea iight
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Are you kidding, that was fucking legendary. I've never seen anything like that before in my entire life. In the Oval office Zelensky told Trump and Vance they were full of shit, bullies, and simping for Putin. Based Zelensky.
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Yea, looks like they used their leverage over Zelensky to lure him into a trap that turned out to be a verbal-WWE media stunt...
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Zelensky deserves every award there is for being able to keep his cool like that. I certainly wouldn't have been able to.
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I suppose it might go down well with some of his base who love the "macho" shit, but the rest of the world are looking on with disgust.
In some ways, this has probably worked out well for Ukraine, as it might focus minds in Europe. Though I do wish Zelenskyy had pointed out the $350bn in aid lie that Trump keeps spouting.
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This is fucking embarrassing.
