Summary

During a heated Oval Office meeting, Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, demanding he accept a peace deal with Russia or lose U.S. support.

Trump repeatedly cut Zelenskiy off, accused him of lacking gratitude, and defended Russian President Vladimir Putin. He also ranted about past U.S. elections and personal grievances.

Following the meeting, Trump posted on Truth Social, claiming Zelenskiy “is not ready for peace.”

The U.S. and Russia recently held talks without Ukraine, raising concerns over sidelining Kyiv in negotiations.

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    17 hours ago

    Just when you thought you couldn’t get any more embarrassed being an American.

    This is a great window into how Trump, Vance and MAGA do business.

    Bully. Yell. Lie. Threaten.

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      And the scariest part is they broadcast it all live and commented that it would make “great television”. These are hateful people that have absolutely no shame. They’re proud they bullied, threatened, yelled at, and lied to an ally in service of a traditional enemy.

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      The White House posted an edited video, so what we all saw and heard must not be real. They also just pulled infrastructure repair funding from Ukraine, and took Russia off of the cybersecurity threat list under the radar.

      Every member of Congress that stands behind this is complicit as well.

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          Tyrants is a better title for them, technically John Brown was a traitor and I’d rather not lump them in with ol’ John Brown.

          Plus then we can say Sic Semper Tyrannis, which implies that they will inevitably fail. Traitors can thrive, tyrants cant

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      If you thought you couldn’t be more embarrassed, you must’ve not looked at the calendar. We’re only two months into in the second month of this shit.

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      I know Europeans hate us Americans and I understand why. I’ve never supported Trump and have fought with my dollar, vote, and time, but I am just too ashamed to show my face in the EU any time soon.

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        As a person from Europe living in Canada, I’d say it’s not that we hate Americans, we know there are lots of nice people there and a good chunk of you hate Trump as much as we do. But unfortunately we just kind of have to treat America the country as a hostile nation right now. Given that the US government is directly threatening Canada and actively betraying Europe, there’s not much choice. It just is what it is.

        Disclaimer: I don’t speak for all Canadians and Europeans obviously, there are some Trumpy people in Canada and Europe too for some fucking reason. But amongst the people I’ve spoken to about it, that seems to be the general vibe.

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          You should absolutely be treating the US government as a hostile entity. Many Americans are also treating it as such, and are organizing emergency preparations (mainly go-bags) for things like martial law, civil war, and being targeted as a result of belonging to a prohibited minority group. You should take the US government’s threats seriously. We are.

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        Most Europeans don’t hate Americans and those who do are not worth being around anyway.

        On the other hand… Yeah, your leadership’s right now really sucks.

        But if I had to wait for presentable leadership of my country to show my face abroad, I’d still be living at my parents…

        Source: am Italian, grew up during Berlusconi’s heyday.