Bad for Zelensky, personally, sort of. If trump were to have him arrested for some reason, Zelensky becomes a martyr type, and the US probably gets international sanctions levied against it.
But yes he could be underestimating trump to his own peril.
It would be a sure-fire way to quell all further progress of a peace process for as long as Dump is president. So I don’t see what Dump has to gain. It could also backfire in that it would make Dump look weak and he obviously hates that. And surely the UA constitution provides a backup.
Have you noticed the way Zelenskyy’s eyes have changed in the last three years? He is a man who is aware that he has sent men and women to their deaths. I think mentally, he is a much stronger person now. Besides, he won’t be alone like other leaders were when they went to see a certain Chancellor.
Yeah, I've had a bad feeling about it. Can't rule out an assassination, especially with the current political climate in the USA, as well as Trump's allegiance to russia.
I’ve seen Trump as a scumbag my whole adult life as a longtime New Yorker (now CT), even when he was just a real estate developer. He sees Zelenskyy as a “little guy”he can humiliate to make himself look big in the eyes of the only ones he respects, dictators with more absolute power than he has.
I've known a few narcissists in my life, unfortunately, and the real danger comes when they realize that they can't bully the little guy. They tend to take more drastic action at that point.
It feels like there must be more to it than we have heard from the media. I highly doubt that Zelensky is just there to sign for the very one sided "deal" we have heard of. There must be something very attractive in the deal for Ukraine that has not leaked yet.
Zelensky is agreeing because he knows any agreement with Trump is fraught with problems and can't realistically be implemented in the long term, or short term, because the Trump Administration is chaotic and myopic.
The trump regime cannot be trusted. He has broken his own trade agreement with Canada and we've been close allies, friends and family for 150 years. Now threatening our sovereignty and planning whoknowswhat with Putin in private talks. (Dividing up the world?)
If Zelenskyy goes to the U.S. and sign the rare Earth agreement with the ruϟϟians, Ukraine is f*ucked and will be history as a independent and sovereign nation...period, end of story!
Yes - Trump will try to bully him into a bad deal, and he will either have accept it, or publicly decline thereby humiliating Trump. Neither option is great.
The one thing I know is that Zelensky is courageous and won't cower from his duties and what's necessary.
One can argue it isn't a good idea at a personal level but any win even if small is a win for the nation. Don't run from liars and their lies, face them head on.
I think they all know what the aftermath would look like so maybe they're considering risking it. It seems like a lot to me and the effect could be accomplished anyway, just more slowly.
I think he's trying to get is signed because it confirms ( now that it's needed cuz trump's an idiot) that territory as Ukrainian with American interests attached meaning they consider the area as Ukrainian also otherwise why sign a deal.
It would be glorious if he called it off. No Republican ever breaks ranks from Trump these days; Zelenskyy won’t get any leverage from a breakaway GOP faction because there is none. Democrats are out of power. D.C.’s basically Russia-held territory and I hope he understands that.
#Krasnov
Big media’s obeying too. Both MSNBC and CNN have announced personnel changes to please the Dear Leader. So Zelenskyy may not even be able to appeal directly to the public - not that it would matter. The public won’t oust Trump until his governing makes *them* suffer. https://bsky.app/profile/briantylercohen.bsky.social/post/3lj3ovljw522d
There’s a lot of this sentiment today. Bezos doesn’t care. Cancelling newspaper subscriptions won’t end fascism, it just ends reporting unless the people who cancel one subscription replace it with a better one.
IMO the best way to prevent fascism is to tax the rich, not defund reporters.
What fascists want is to destroy the society’s pool of shared facts. Newspaper opinion pages & most of social media don’t provide facts we can all agree on. The less reputable reporting there is the fewer the shared facts
Not sure he really has much choice. Whatever 'deal' he signs on minerals, it will be years before it produces any results. One would hope by that time that tRump is dead and there is a real president in office to put things right.
Honestly, it's the bad side of the job. People who want to be in power never get the other side of the coin. As far as having Ukraine's best interests in mind, I don't doubt it. It's the chaos in the orange admin right now that is the concern.
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But yes he could be underestimating trump to his own peril.
But I estimate Zelensky alone has more Brains, more Courage, and more cunning than the whole trump-cabinet assembled.
They can bully Ukraine for only so long...
This is Not Over Yet.
The bigger problem is Krasnov's boss...
putin is the Only One who Can Stop the War.
That is were the real battle has to be brought.
I think Zelensky + Team Know This.
(and Xi is leaning backward...)
Besides any agreement signed can be honored the same way the Budapest Memorandum was.
The trump regime cannot be trusted. He has broken his own trade agreement with Canada and we've been close allies, friends and family for 150 years. Now threatening our sovereignty and planning whoknowswhat with Putin in private talks. (Dividing up the world?)
Zelensky should send Sybiha Andrii instead, if he's arrested or deported to ruzzia it's not as big consequence for Ukraine as if Zelensky gets nabbed.
Such a wasteful trip is also a security risk
However, I trust that Zelenskyy knows what he’s doing
One can argue it isn't a good idea at a personal level but any win even if small is a win for the nation. Don't run from liars and their lies, face them head on.
this is why poopkin tried to offer his own deal
it's a very slippery fascist slope
STAY IN UKRAINE, PRESIDENT ZELENSKY!
#Krasnov
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journalists and their incomes will suffer of course
What fascists want is to destroy the society’s pool of shared facts. Newspaper opinion pages & most of social media don’t provide facts we can all agree on. The less reputable reporting there is the fewer the shared facts
Cancelling your WaPo subscription doesn’t even register
Trump is a big bully
#democracy
(Yorkshire Gold tea, in a Brown Betty...never tea bags like a heathen 😄)
May God protect him!!
Rump / Putin would love to see him "accidentally dead".
I wish he would more and more ignor the US, but dunno ow many aid they are still sending,
maybe it's worth it.