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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.

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[–] TsarVul@lemmy.world 84 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gotta say, that was surprisingly hard to watch.

Zelenskyy was gonna get screamed at no matter what. This is just a matter of controlling the narrative and manufacturing consent to stop military aid.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 63 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He did handle it well.

That: "I heard it from Putin" should go down in history.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago

This is one of those clips I just don’t really want to watch, you know? Like two beheadings one cup sort of thing

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 73 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Vance is a moron. Did you say thank you? Uh, yeah just today and previously in front of the entire house of representatives Bozo.

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I didn't think it was possible to find a more irritating person to listen to than Trump. But this idiot proved me wrong. What a sniveling little evil henchman.

[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

It's insane that Trump has both manchild JD and mega cringelord Elon on his team. If Elon and Vance ever do an event together the venue will implode from their lack of charisma.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 66 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Jesus fucking Christ. What a fucking slug Trump is.

[–] Pondis@lemmy.world 53 points 3 days ago (5 children)

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.

[–] Lenny@lemmy.zip 26 points 3 days ago

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
[–] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

The US is out of the conflict.

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

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Zelenskiy should turn around and give that mineral deal to the EU

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

The US is out of the conflict.

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

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Yeah.

Fuck.

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago

The “we are out” was the point of the whole thing. Trump never negotiated in good faith.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 43 points 3 days ago

Who's the dictator here exactly?

HE’S NOT SPEAKING LOUDLY!

I’m still baffled that so many people think this toddler is competent.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 days ago

That video is hard to watch.

[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think it’s disgusting that trump and Vance are so blind to the fact that Zelenskyy has done a lot more for his country in a war than trump or Vance would do in 4 years for America.

[–] jamie_oliver@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They're not blind, they are fascists trying to normalize invasions and dictatorships.

They are not idiots, they are evil.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Trump is definitely also an idiot.

[–] jamie_oliver@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I feel like that rethoric does more harm than good. You don't accidentally mobilize and radicalize a large part of the American people. That is calculated behavior. Everyone not taking him seriously are part of the problem.

[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

“Idiot” is an understatement

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Military journalist in the USMC.

[–] ImperialATAT@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens. That fucking oompa-loompa blowhard talks loud but needs to STFU.

I’m just one US citizen but I’d like to apologize to all Ukrainians on behalf of 50% or so of all people here. Our leadership is disgusting.

[–] ghewl@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Eyeliner VP boy.

Maybe he’s born with it, maybe it’s maybelline.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

Do not under any circumstances give into the Orange Turd.

[–] Lenny@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was just looking at another post of this in the same instance and it was deleted. Tf?

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Might be because it was a twitter link.

[–] crt0o@lemm.ee -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What this fuck is this even. Not a single coherent sentence spoken, I wouldn't say you can even call this a conversation, just unintelligible babbling from both sides.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Zelensky is only not understood because he's being yelled over