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Ok Bob's avatar

Zelensky basically said FU to American taxpayers and FU to his own people dying for him while he is acting like a spoiled child because his funding has ended meanwhile he is on the cover and doing spreads for Vogue magazine yuck 🤮! What a gross human being. A showman is exactly right. He is playing an actor while real mothers are losing their sons on his battlefield.

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Ok Bob's avatar

On top of that he wouldn’t even agree to a ceasefire!!!! Like who the fuck does he think he is? We are so tired of this movie starring Zelensky. Roll credits please 🙏

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NB🫧 Curatorial Journalism's avatar

Disaster for diplomacy and USA reputation and sad foe me as someone who has supported Ukrainians fleeing war

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Jill Gilmore's avatar

All the sudden when American is putting their interests first, like other countries do, it’s all the sudden awful. Zelensky is ungrateful. US support for NATO and all sorts of things the US have given majority financial more than any other countries. Trump was concerned about all the deaths on both side. Zelensky wasn’t even bothered by those that have died for what? Have you seen the way Zelensky is grabbing people off the streets and kidnapping them to fight? When you stop elections and you kidnap people to die, democracy isn’t what is happening. Zelensky is a crooked dictator.

A month into this Zelensky was offered this war to start. So many lives saved both sides and Ukriane would have retained more territory. It was turned down. When you take and take money, you have to give something back. When you don’t have any cards without the US, you behave better and you give what you have to. Ukraine has agreed to pay other countiies back, but not the US? Not OK. Zelensky came to sign a prearranged deal and wanted more. He didn’t do ehat he cane to do.

I do not see other countries stepping up and supporting Ukraine anywhere close to what the US has. Maybe Zelensky needs to see what it is like without the support and then he will have a better idea of what give and take is, becoming more agreeable and doing what he needs to do to save his people and country. Pretty obvious Zelensky did not have the best interest for his country and people yesterday. Saving lives means nothing to Zelensky.

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Stephen J. Healy's avatar

Trump looked foolish

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NB🫧 Curatorial Journalism's avatar

This is very good instant analysis of a story that will dominate world news all weekend well done far better than reaction on bbc news for example who are struggling to get informed guests to react well done

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NB🫧 Curatorial Journalism's avatar

I agree fully this will make Zelensky popular in Ukraine and Europe short term but medium term it will put him in impossible position diplomaticy

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NB🫧 Curatorial Journalism's avatar

I think this will cause a huge issue with USA EU UK relations as Europe is overwhelmingly pro Ukraine. Now Trump position so obvious, Europe cannot defend this. I don't know how USA Europe relationship will stay strong short term due to this. What do you think of this point

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Lance Gallardo's avatar

IanC very shameful day for the USA. I was willing to fight for Europe's freedom as a US Marine nin the 1980s, as was my father US Navy 1950s, my grandfather died in WWII fighting the Japanese, liberating the Philippines! We stood up to thugs like Putin and Russians back then. Now comes trump, no one but his brother in the trump family ever served in the US Military.

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Lance Gallardo's avatar

Diplomats do not act this way

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Lance Gallardo's avatar

This was a shit show. This was not diplomacy.

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NB🫧 Curatorial Journalism's avatar

All 3 were wrong to argue in public

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Lance Gallardo's avatar

I echo what ENC wrote this is a total and complete disaster in American diplomacy. We look like complete idiots and useful idiot. Idiots of Putin.

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Lisa Citron's avatar

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NB🫧 Curatorial Journalism's avatar

Thank you that was very informed enjoyable discussion

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