The mistake is to think Zelensky could have salvaged this. Trump admin just doesn’t want to support Ukraine. Period. There was also never going to be a peace agreement. That’s been clear but everyone has been pretending otherwise. There can be no confusion now.
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72% of the total aid (and 86% of the military aid) was spent right here in the U.S. The money went to pay for munitions produced in U.S. factories and to U.S. service members.
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Does the average citizen understand that?
What would be the impact of removing $60 billion or so from U.S. payrolls?
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This was two junior high kids luring a weaker kid behind the gym and teaming up on him.
In school you get suspended. In America you need to be impeached or removed by Congress!
There was no way Zelenskyy could have agreed to that.
Would also explain why Ukraine aren't interested without solid guarantees.
Apparently this is the new format for Trump though, Macron and Starmer had the same fully public meetings with the press.
I'm in complete agreement with you, but everyone doesn't play pretend. Our elites play pretend, but that's not everyone. Jeff Bezos plays pretend. But some of us have been pointing out Russian connections to Trump for decades.
This meeting was for Trump to present to Zelensky our US and Russian surrender demands for carving up his country.
Ukraine isn’t ready to surrender to either of us.
all clear eyed today!
Courage under fire.
Escalation is your friend. If Putin wants war, give him war:
100K NATO troops insert into Ukraine 30 min. notice.
AWACS in the air
Tankers in the air
Bombers in the air
Fighters in the air
Submarines launch ready
Demand Putin withdraw 72 hours. Else, release the hounds.
I do think they miss-calculated how it would look on TV:
https://bsky.app/profile/myramblings.bsky.social/post/3ljazwvw7ls2l
US and Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal Memorandum: What to Know
https://bsky.app/profile/jnavas.com/post/3ln6ir2scws2a
https://bsky.app/profile/jochemfloor.bsky.social/post/3ljbgpq4fmc2b
Impossible that this will go on for four years...
Zelensky needs to
Go on offensive ridiculing Trump that he sucks at deal making.
The Fart of No Deal
He either wants Zelenskyy to be replaced, or Ukr to lose on the battlefield.
And demonstrating so starkly and unequivocally that the US is led by pathetic, sniveling bullies and no longer a reliable ally or defender of democracy is also valuable, if unfortunate.
And this is *known*
There was no serious offer. Trump and Vance played fools.
And he's been living this for over 3 years - he has nothing to prove on that score.
Peace deal succeeds = Putin gets a win, normalise relations with Russia
Either way the outcome is the same: political cover for cozying up to Putin.
What a despicable human being.
History will not be mercy full to Trump and the ones voting for him.
They will wear the stigma of Nazi fascisme support to their grave.
Zelensky knew what was going to happen, so for his domestic political consumption (and Europe) he stood up to the bullying and called them out. He defended his nation's honor.
I stand with Ukraine! 🇺🇦
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3ljazvkbxvs2f