A meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grew contentious, with Trump telling Zelenskyy that "you're not acting at all thankful" for U.S. support.
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it grew contentious because Trump and Vance and Musk are trying to hide their incompetence and corruptions behind psychology ops...and that is the epitomy of disrespect toward Zelensky, the USA the American people
Vance’s nose is so covered in Trump’s shit right now, Trump probably thought he was getting a prostate exam.
Both Trump and Vance need to go, by any means necessary. Trump and the GOP have destroyed what credibility our country may have had left before they took office. We are screwed as a nation.
What an embarrassing leader the US has. He can not even treat world leaders with respect. The meeting with President Zelenskyy was a total embarrassment for the US!
I'm pretty sure Zelenskyy has shown gratitude to the former president and administration. The one that helped Ukraine. This current administration deserves no respect at all.
I as a U.S. citizen stand with Ukraine. It is Russia that needs to make concessions and exit the sovereign territory of the Ukraine.
Putin’s puppets, Tump and Vance, need to shut up.
Trump says…”it will make for good TV.” They disgraced America! It was a planned ambush so they could side with Putin. They thought they could make Zelenskyy look bad—it backfired. They are the ones that look small and weak. Nothing but bullies!
Zelenskyy does not have to say thanks just because JD wants to pipe up or as the U.S. wants to strip mine Ukraine.
May NATO stand strong in this critical time
Let's be clear, this was premeditated. They had no intention of working with Ukraine and set a trap that, honestly, didn't work because Zelenskyy kept calm as good leaders do.
At least I assume galvanizing literally the entire free world against US and Russia wasn't the plan, anyway.
It didn't 'grow' contentious. It was MADE contentious. The intent of the meeting was to be contentious--Trump designed the meeting to be a humiliation of Zelenskyy.
It is Trump who should be thankful to be able to meet someone in person who is a true leader. The same goes for the Conchita Wurst impersonator who acts as his VP.
Trump actually said that Zelensky needed to be thankful for all HE had done for Ukraine… What is that, exactly? The US has provided a lot of support, but all of it with him out of office and he’s done nothing for Ukraine, unless there’s something I’m missing?
I am still amazed at the restraint President Zelenskyy showed today. Meanwhile I am at home screaming at the orange asshole that he should go f@@@ himself! I’m sure my neighbors know where I stand.
Bullshit. THEY PURPOSELY BAITED ZELENSKYY INTO AN ARGUMENT TO LOOK BAD. And he still looks like the nice guy. They wanted a reason to not make a deal Trump had no intention of signing that in the first place
Disgusting move from an American President and Vice-President. Does the GOP Congress now support dictatorships and oppose a free-Europe? Do they think Reagan was wrong in fighting and winning the Cold War? Disgusting
Zelensky’s composure during this beratement was nothing less than spectacular.
Such grace and dignity and professionalism displayed despite being in the presence of those horrible people .
This meeting was a performative sham from the start. It should never have been done in front of the press. Trump wanted to flex for Putin and, in doing so, has embarrassed us as a nation. No foreign leader should ever trust him again.
And I am deeply disturbed by the coverage of the media. Even this piece by NPR is pathetic. There was no mention of the fact that, even when Trump threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine, Zelensky refused to trump up charges (pun intended and apt) against Hunter Biden per Trump’s criminal request?
Never will we get justice for 99% of the bullshit crimes
And Corruption. When he’s dead
And gone We
Are gonna have to reckon that he never got his due. Unless of course if he gets Unalived…….. hmmm…. That’s a reckoning. But America well I’m not sure. Depends on how much damage
Is done
Agreed. The NPR framing was all about Zelenskyy losing his cool. Ahem, did you not notice what was coming out of Trump’s and Vance’s mouths? Zelenskyy didn’t pick this fight, he just stood up for his country. God help the people of Ukraine! It’s clear Trump won’t.
It would behoove all of us to remember this come fundraising time for NPR.
There was no mention of the fact that, even when Trump threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine, Zelensky refused to trump up charges (pun intended and apt) against Hunter Biden per Trump’s criminal request?
Thankful for what? A babbling sleepy toddler and a fElon who has to wear sunglasses to talk? President Zelenskyy, I apologize for the fools who voted for him - just to keep him out of jail. He should be in jail! For life! Crimes against humanity and treason.
Today, America should hang her head in shame. We are the evil we used to defend freedom against. We are the bad guys in the story. We have a Putin stooge as president. Today's meeting is going to be seen as a tragic day in American history. The soul of America is in Putin's pocket.
"Stooge" is too simplistic. Remember the 2 ex-KGB officers who have both confirmed they have personal knowledge Trump was recruited as a RUSSIAN AGENT in 1987 with the codename KRASNOV. He met his duties as a Russian agent in the Oval Office on Friday.
Trump is an absolute disgrace and obviously a whiny bully. Vance a pathetic bootlicker. Kudos to Zelenskyy. And can someone tell us exactly what a Russian reporter was doing in the White House - security problems or a golden invite?
He knew.
Everybody who comes to Trump's WH knows.
What they don't realize is how openly bad it is.
Our dear leaders can't event pretend to be adults now
JD Vance says he hasn’t been to Ukraine, but he’s seen the movie.
During tense White House oval exchange
Zelelensky to JD Vance: “‘Have you ever been to Ukraine that you see what problems we have? Come once “
Vance reply: “I’ve actually watched and seen the stories.”
These guys sound like something out of bad mobster movie.
History will judge well the man from a war-torn country who stood up to tyranny and revealed these petty thugs for what they are, in their own language no less.
To hell with Diplomacy, especially with a turncoat like #Tchump - Zelenskyy should've SPIT IN #TCHUMP'S FACE!
Also, Zelenskyy & #ShillbillyVance are about the same age... in a mano-a-mano fight, I think Zelenskyy could BEAT THE SHIT outta Vance! What do *you* think?
Trump and Vance acted like gangsters, bullying Zelenaky, insulting him, dictating to him, shouting at him. It was the most disgusting display by U.S. citizens, at any level, that I've ever seen. The rest of the world must stand up to Trump's gangsterism.
Refuse the deal, walk away - the USA is behaving atrociously insulting and berating an ally and now deserves isolation from the rest of the world. Go play with your new axis friends.
Trump did it for putin. It’s obvious. The WH invited a russian reporter to the presser then tried to lie about it to cover for themselves. Why are you trying to make Zelensky look bad?
No, but he can easily have the resulting video clips edited to make it look like Zelensky scuttled the deal for Ukraine to receive more US aid, instead of Trump demanding that he first kiss his ass line a good little boy. And use that to try and sow doubts about his fitness as leader.
If there's one thing I've learned from the complete nformational breakdown in the US, it's that a convincingly-edited video clip with a properly spun lie can do insane amounts of damage despite the full video that would debunk it being easily available.
Meanwhile, he can show similarly edited clips in Russia as justification for continuing to fight a 109% voluntary war while hemorrhaging resources and Russian soldiers.
Furious of Russian traitors Vance and Trump is so funny for us European! Ukraine and Europe is well prepared and coordinate all steps. It will be funny to see when Trump realize he’s a looser 😎 Europe never forgive this treason! One step too far America
An argument like this would've never broken out with any other president I can recall with any foreign leader. It really shows how low quality we've gone that this happened at all. Good on Zelenskyy for maintaining decorum
You have to wonder why Zelinski even bothered to come? He had to know this was just a trap and an ambush. What else can you expect from a bunch of scoundrels and Bushwackers? If Zelensky ran against Trump, Zelensky would win 60-40. He is a straight white male after all. And has ability!🙏
Set up. Trumps the one taking us closer to WW3. They ganged up on Zelensky on purpose and only caused the US even more embarrassment on the world stage. What kind of fresh hell tomorrow fellas???
As if he did not have enough shit to deal with already ! Now those bullies, scavengers on his back looking for anything they can get their filthy hands on. Just get up and leave damn it !!
Contentious is not what I would call it. Unbelievably controlled is what it was. That display by those 2 buffoons was disgusting. He is more of a decent human, than they will ever be. Hope all of America is embarrassed.
I am so sick of these milquetoast statements from NPR. America was shamed today. Ukraine’s president is head and shoulders above Trump. Standing up to bullying by the president and VP, Zelenskyy showed us how presidents should act.
It takes a LOT to send Christiane Amanpour into shock.
This spanking by Trump ON AN ALLY sent her into shock.
Trump was disgusting and completely out of line.
Disgusting embarrassing spectacle by Frump and Vance. They acted like gangsters and got upset because Zelenskyy came for a serious discussion and they feel he wasn’t kissing ass enough?
Sounds like a dictator to me, Donald and his cronies are sad little white men who only bully those around them who don’t bend the knee. They were losers then and they’re losers now. Making us look like fools. So embarrassing.
NPR, you make it look like a fair fight. They set Zelenskyy up to be treated like crap. Trump wanted to look tough. He looks like a disrespectful coward to me. NPR, are you afraid to show T in his full disgrace?
No.Trump and Vance got very loud and obnoxious as they tried to bully a man with courage and principles they cannot conceive of. Please fix your headline to reflect what really happened.
It must have been so hard for Zelenski to sit next to a dictator and his henchman Vance and grit his teeth in the hope that signing this awful commercial contract can still save his people
Preach! Seriously! None of our blood has spilled fighting this common enemy id call that a win. But it was never about that, they wanted to bully him into submission and try and make him look weak, which they failed at. DUMP and his cronies are headed for the gallows.
They just wanted to bully him because that’s what Putin wanted, our country is a disgrace more and more everyday that Dump remains in office. We NEED to eliminate this foreign threat. What’s that line… enemies both foreign and domestic? We got a double whammy. Idk why they are delaying this.
What support,not from Trump who has at every turn has undercut Zelenskyy by bashing him in the press or in social media,but not one harsh word from DonOld Dump for Putin.
The coverage on MSM is interesting. They all look shocked and afraid. Hmm. Didn't have this on your bingo card now did you? They need to start covering the real DJT. This is who he is.
The reality is zelensky telling the American people how horrid putin is...is putting Trump and Vance and their love and admiration for putin under light.
It's time to start asking these questions..
Why does Trump cowtow to putin!
What does putin have on him?
So… no mention of the fact that Trump tried to force Zelensky to Trump up (pun intended) charges on Hunter Biden and threatened to withhold aid if Zelensky did not, @npr.org? Guess I’m going to remind folks every time I hear about any pledge drive about this kind shitty of reporting.
If it comes down to it and we have to fight, I would 💯 fight on the side of Ukraine. I’ll gladly die for what’s right. Fuck Russia. And Fuck Americas leaders. They’re all compromised. This country is pure trash now.
Trump canceled the meeting! He never had any intention of bringing peace. That stunt in the Oval Office was pure narcissistic sociopathic behavior: insult the opponent and then blame them for defending themselves. Trump set this up!
Vance sat there and lied . We only spent about 190 billion and some of the money was deploying more US troops to Europe. President Zelinsky did that the USA in front of Congress.
You do not invite someone into your house & yell at them.I hope the #EU supports #Ukraine in their fight.Doesn't make any sense to continue talks with the administration. Trump was literally telling Zelenskyy to STFU. Might as well have let the Kremlin talk! USA sucks balls #cdnpoli #USpoli #Ukraine
The writing's on the wall.He's pulling US support,leaving Ukraine out to dry & then under some pretext pulling out of NATO too. France needs to keep their nukes trained on Moscow while EU'd beef up their defenses. It's time to shake hands with the US & walk away. And never look their way again!
"contentious" ????
Orange felon and couch-fiddler downright HUMILIATED a President. They coerced, humiliated and kicked a man that has been fighting a WAR for YEARS. I hope orange felon and couch-fiddler's d*cks shrivel and fall off and that they will be in agonizing pain during the process.
I don't think they really humiliated him.
Berated him, yelled at him, belittled him, tried to extort him. But he stood up for himself and his people. He remained strong. He came out looking better than the others.
I wish I had a president like Ukraine does. The humiliation here is all of the US.
Well put, and you're right, they tried but failed to humiliate him.
I have been and still am sorry for all the bad stuff that is happening to Americans that did not vote for all that's happening. For the good of, well, the entire Western world, I hope things will get sorted soon.
Why does Trump think that Zelensky isn't "acting" thankful? Is it because Zelensky isn't for sale, or because he won't genuflect to our idiot president? Bye-bye minerals deal. Trump handed that to EU.
This exchange was painful to watch. I couldn’t hate Trump and Vance more. They think Zelinskyy isn’t thankful?! You don’t berate or take advantage of an ally that has given everything for freedom. They have been bullied and threatened by Putin for years, they don’t need us to do it too.
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Both Trump and Vance need to go, by any means necessary. Trump and the GOP have destroyed what credibility our country may have had left before they took office. We are screwed as a nation.
Putin’s puppets, Tump and Vance, need to shut up.
May NATO stand strong in this critical time
At least I assume galvanizing literally the entire free world against US and Russia wasn't the plan, anyway.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lokiexcelsiorsmith/p/cold-open?r=fd4u4&utm_medium=ios
What a disgrace.
Such grace and dignity and professionalism displayed despite being in the presence of those horrible people .
And Corruption. When he’s dead
And gone We
Are gonna have to reckon that he never got his due. Unless of course if he gets Unalived…….. hmmm…. That’s a reckoning. But America well I’m not sure. Depends on how much damage
Is done
There was no mention of the fact that, even when Trump threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine, Zelensky refused to trump up charges (pun intended and apt) against Hunter Biden per Trump’s criminal request?
Why do we want all of Ukraine precious metals? Smells like a muskrat
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So embarrassing in the meantime.
The media is still not up to the task.
Everybody who comes to Trump's WH knows.
What they don't realize is how openly bad it is.
Our dear leaders can't event pretend to be adults now
During tense White House oval exchange
Zelelensky to JD Vance: “‘Have you ever been to Ukraine that you see what problems we have? Come once “
Vance reply: “I’ve actually watched and seen the stories.”
🇺🇦💙💛 vs 🍊🤡
Only thing that could have topped it, was if Elmo was there too.
What an absolute cluster-fuck.
We’ve to hunker down as best we can for four years.
That's one way to put it...
History will judge well the man from a war-torn country who stood up to tyranny and revealed these petty thugs for what they are, in their own language no less.
Also, Zelenskyy & #ShillbillyVance are about the same age... in a mano-a-mano fight, I think Zelenskyy could BEAT THE SHIT outta Vance! What do *you* think?
If there's one thing I've learned from the complete nformational breakdown in the US, it's that a convincingly-edited video clip with a properly spun lie can do insane amounts of damage despite the full video that would debunk it being easily available.
Meanwhile, he can show similarly edited clips in Russia as justification for continuing to fight a 109% voluntary war while hemorrhaging resources and Russian soldiers.
The only one today in the Oval Office that was presidential was Zelensky
Who here remembers when Russia was our sworn enemy???
What the fuck happened???
This can't stand...I as well as the rest of real America still sees Russia as the enemy they are, right there with tRump and Vance.
#Impeach
Solidifying the wealth of the already wealthy and keeping the poor down.
Page after page.
This spanking by Trump ON AN ALLY sent her into shock.
Trump was disgusting and completely out of line.
Here's your Mad King Republicans ... look at what you've created.
I called it
It must have been so hard for Zelenski to sit next to a dictator and his henchman Vance and grit his teeth in the hope that signing this awful commercial contract can still save his people
This scene was horrible...
Tears flow
Horrible
And he thanked Trump right as they sat down yesterday.
As usual, Trump doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Or he’s a damn liar. Or both.
Comes to mind.
It's time to start asking these questions..
Why does Trump cowtow to putin!
What does putin have on him?
And Trump is trying to bully Ukraine to give up their minerals for his cronies.
Kudos for Zelenskyy, standing up to them both.
Orange felon and couch-fiddler downright HUMILIATED a President. They coerced, humiliated and kicked a man that has been fighting a WAR for YEARS. I hope orange felon and couch-fiddler's d*cks shrivel and fall off and that they will be in agonizing pain during the process.
Berated him, yelled at him, belittled him, tried to extort him. But he stood up for himself and his people. He remained strong. He came out looking better than the others.
I wish I had a president like Ukraine does. The humiliation here is all of the US.
I have been and still am sorry for all the bad stuff that is happening to Americans that did not vote for all that's happening. For the good of, well, the entire Western world, I hope things will get sorted soon.