A meeting at the White House between Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump descended into a bitter argument in front of the press in extraordinary scenes as Trump demanded that Zelenskyy show more gratitude to his administration, while accusing him of ‘disrespecting the US’.

Trump also told him that he needs to make a deal with Putin or ‘we are out’, threatening to cut US support for Kyiv.

    • Pondis@lemmy.world
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      Its all going according to Russias plan. Make Zelensky look like a bad guy to the MAGA freaks who wont argue when the full invasion happens.

      Its pretty clear its on Europe to keep the continent safe. The US is out of the conflict.

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        The US is out of the conflict.

        Maybe, if Europe is lucky. The other very real possibility is that the US has switched sides.

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        Yeah, my first thought what that they were really giant thin skinned snowflakes, but it’s more likely their plan was to latch onto anything and get heated in an attempt to bait Zelensky into an outburst.

        • Make Zelensky the bad guy
        • Walk away from negations
        • Declare the only way to bring PEACE to Ukraine is to send US troops in to halt the fighting
        • Continue working towards giving it to Putin
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        The US is out of the conflict.

        Until they turn to focus on Greenland, Canada, Mexico, and Panama.