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.

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    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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        15 hours ago

        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