• LordCrom@lemmy.world
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    Trump: you have not shown gratitude for our help.

    Zelenaky: I have thanked the US many times for the support given.

    Trump: you haven’t shown ENOUGH gratitude. Just say thank you.

    Zelenaky: I do thank the US

    Trump: You didn’t say it while kissing the ring.

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    Zekenskyy did the best he could; he came in humility and he really didn’t have any cards at that table. He had no cards because he didn’t come to play, he came to capitulate to the whims of a tyrant to try and save the lives of his countrymen by signing a one-sided deal.

    That video will go down in history as one of the greatest moments of infamy in this age - if there were any justice Trump and the puppet masters behind him should be tried for the spark that lit the third world war.

  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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    President Zelensky visited the USA to sign the rare earth mineral mining deal. The US mining executives were salivating over a deal to extract minerals from Ukraine like they do from Africa. Poof, Just Dumb and Orange Nero followed their Kremlin script, added a US temper tantrum and blew the fuck out of the deal. Ukraine will sell mining rights to the EU members, with exception to shitbags from Hungary, Slovakia and perhaps Italy. The executives who supported the deal must be pissed off.

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      I’m not convinced Trump ever really wanted those minerals. He floated the idea knowing Zelensky would never say ‘yes’ to the deal as originally presented. But then, when Zelensky seemed prepared to make compromises, Trump had to find another excuse to get the US out of being involved and went with the pathetic, shameful, cowardly performance we just witnessed.

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        Those minerals would be extremely lucrative for electric car batteries and space exploitation. Yes, I spelled it correctly.

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    Trump was so backed into a corner he reflexively rambled about Hunter Biden’s laptop and Hillary Clinton. What a joke. Then doubling down on Vance’s inane rambling about not showing gratitude, channelling peak abusive parent energy.

    All because Zelensky made very reasonable points about requiring guarantees.

    Absolute amateurs.

    • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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      Too bad there is no republican in congress sophisticated enough to realize they tied their cart to a psychotic, inane, horse that is going to drive them over a cliff.

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      Yep. Trump is barely more intelligible than Alex Jones at this point. They’re both just as honest

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        and thiel has the puppy in the corner vance on a leash telling him to bark when trump does.

  • Brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Good for zelensky for standing up for what he thinks is right.

    Business? What about democracy and freedom? Why is this about fucking business? What a tool.

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    This has to be a put on. All of the deal making gets done beforehand. Two leaders sitting down and making a deal on video is symbolic, all of the groundwork is long done before it gets to this point. Trump and company are putting on a show for the camera

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    Congratulations, we’ve witnessed history as global American influence effectively ended. Mark this day.

    Oh sure, there’ll be some leaders who’ll profess listening but no one is going to take America seriously from now on.

    The wise sage is now a decrepit dotard.

  • d33pblu3g3n3@lemmy.world
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    If anyone had doubts about the US switching to Russia’s side, this is it.

    The US is already suspending help to Ukraine.

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      2022 saw Europe cheering for Germany ramping up military spending.

      2025 has people cheering for the military industrial complex to save democracy

      2028 will be just cheering for China to finish buying the last silicon Valley remnants or something