A truly astounding exchange. The Zelensky/Trump meeting descends into an out and out slanging match. Perhaps the most remarkable thing we’ve ever seen recorded in the Oval Office.
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Justin Baragona
Jesus, Trump and JD Vance playing bad cop-bad cop with Zelensky is stomach churning here.
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Bet you guys are chomp8ng at the bit for the podcast.
Zelensky is a million times the man either of them will ever be.
"Remarkable" didn't cover it, Lewis. Trump & Vance's body language was shameful.
What a dark day for all of us.
Is it because we don't expect our elected representatives to be gaslighting bullies?
It's no surprise that rioters riot. But when a POTUS and VP gang up together in public, wagging their fingers at one of the bravest men on the planet, it is devastating.
It was not a slanging match. There was no match.
ALL the slanging came from the vile bully boys, Trump and Vance.
Zelensky remained statesmanlike, dignified and respectful throughout.
This is how the "Western Countries" talk to the leaders of the so called backwards countries but they do it behind closed doors. Do we have the same anger then?
Putin has to be stopped in Ukraine.
We've been here before.
Ukraine will ignore them now, Europe will ignore them. So any agreement they sign with russia won't be worth the paper it's written on. Since Ukraine won't sign it now.
Vance doesn't like free speech when it means Americans hear Zelensky's truth instead of his shallow propaganda
He's like a stupid little child who has broken his own toy and takes it out on his younger siblings
It's clear now that neither Macron nor Starmer achieved anything much in Washington wrt Ukraine in this week.
I will be reminding them.
JD Vance to the guy fighting to save his country.
Beyond grim.
Zelensky has more balls than the entire White House administration!!
Zelensky has barely had a day off in three years and he is subjected to that.
Vance and Trump treated him like a naughty child. Shameful.
I do wish BBC News had put up a "if you have been affected by this episode..." helpline number.
Worse case scenario:
- Zelensky doesn't sign the minerals deal. Rightly, IMO. Support / security guarantees are not defined. Having US individuals in 🇺🇦 helping rebuilding will not deter Putin.
- Trump pulls out all 🇺🇸 military assets out of 🇺🇦
I can’t see how this one press conference hasn’t shown a chronically weakened US government - its will and power relegated below ego.
Trump must become the pariah he so clearly is.
Astounding, pathetic, and a disgrace to ANY public office let alone the Oval Office!
I'd sell those mineral rights to literally anyone before I'd let that orange tub of sh*t have them...
That state visit had better be bloody well cancelled after today's disgusting and clearly pre-planned ambush of Zelenkskyy.
More insane is that half the rich people in the world pander and acquiesce to his every wish.
One president does not play the Trump loving tune, and Trump and Vance show their insanity immediately.
4 more years of this nonsense sounds like hell
He’s not fit to be President.
He disrespected Zelensky by calling him a “dictator”.
And now can’t remember doing so….didn’t he question Biden’s capabilities when he did similar (but in a less offensive way)?
America and Russia in bed together, oh America what have you done putting Trump in power 😔
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I know there's some discussion about what the correct English spelling might be.
But the man himself spells it "Zelenskyy" on Twitter, so why can't you?
The UK must choose Ukraine over these clowns.
Fuck Trump
Fuck Vance
Slava Ukrani
What the actual fuck?!
Trump is in the wrong. We're British, we fight fascists, we don't wring our hands and wonder if they're right or wrong.
Come on, Lewis. You're so much better than this.
I've seen a lot from Goodall over the years, he's capable of good and decent journalism.
wants Ukraine’s minerals. He won’t want Russia to have them. So, to use the cards analogy, does Zelensky hold more cards than Trump acknowledges? That truly was a double toddler tantrum on display in the White House today.
Reality is that neither Ukraine or Europe can trust these crooks.
US appears to be in league with Russia
What is that supposed to mean? We know Trump was despicable.
That ugly exchange and then Zelensky sharing the images of torture will stay with me for a long time. Zelensky's emotions were so vivid, raw and justified.
He knew he'd reached the end of the road with diplomacy. Just despair.
Or surrender to Putin.
I cannot believe Americans voted for these 2 scumbags.
I was waiting for a 'Go Fuck Yourself' comment.