Summary

During an Oval Office meeting with British PM Keir Starmer, Trump walked back his recent criticism of Ukrainian President Zelensky, responding “Did I say that? I can’t believe I said that” when asked if he still considered Zelensky a “dictator.”

Trump claimed to have a “very good relationship” with Zelensky despite last week calling him a “dictator without elections” and suggesting he shouldn’t participate in peace negotiations.

Starmer corrected Trump’s claim that European aid to Ukraine was all loans, noting much was “gifted.”

Zelensky is scheduled to visit the White House on February 28 to finalize a critical minerals agreement.

  • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Cann’t a reporter ask him whether he’s lying or he just forgot? Senile, liar out both. Can’t decide which one is worse.

  • Darkard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Look right, you hold him accountable for things he said after he had taken his thinky-thinky pills.

    You have to wait untill he’s had his wakey-wakey dust and then he says things he might remember.

      • robbinhood@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        12 hours ago

        Vance is a bigger threat IMO than Trump tbh. The weird stuff with him, Thiel, Yarvin, and the Dark Enlightment stuff is all terrifying.

        • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          10 hours ago

          Maybe but he’s not as, I’m gonna say “charismatic”, though. Maga love Trump himself, not his policy. It’s a cult of personality. Trump could turn on Vance and nobody would care.

          • robbinhood@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            8 hours ago

            yeah I agree with you there. The risk tho is if Vance becomes President he could probably mess up a whole lot of things quickly in line with their dark enlightenment insanity.

            • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              8 hours ago

              True. It would be a gamble… Would the less crazy fringe of the Republican congress go along with Vance if daddy Trump isn’t there to protect him though? I don’t know. A lot of conservatives don’t really like Trump but they’re too afraid of the power he wields over them. It’s possible that would all collapse with Trump’s absence. Unfortunately I think Elon could provide a replacement celebrity to rally around… He brings his own f’ing cult.

              What a fuckin’ mess.

      • AGuyAcrossTheInternet@fedia.io
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        13 hours ago

        On the one hand yes, but on the other hand, I really don’t want to see a power vacuum in this government right now. Before you know it, Elon announces himself the One True Successor™.

        • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          13 hours ago

          It already happened. Trump’s brain is cheese and he is letting Elron run everything.

  • rosco385@lemm.eeEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    And by some strange coincidence, the media have forgotten their earlier obsession with Presidential aged related cognitive decline.

    • Sati1984@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 hours ago

      Even if it isn’t that… that’s not how you change your position on something.

      The normal way would be:

      1. Admit that you are changing your stance on something (Zelensky is not a dictator, even though I previously said he is)
      2. Refer to something that changed your position on the matter (“When I said he is a dictator, I did not know that…”)
      3. Explain how it changes your view (“This new information has convinced me that…”)

      But saying “Oh, I said that?” is just… dumb and pathetic. Not that it’s surprising, coming from him.

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      They know it’s a lie and not cognitive decline. He wrote it in a Truth Social post, and said it in two different videos, all in the last two weeks.