Summary
Trump just presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history, with flared tempers, raised voices, and shredded protocol.
Never before has a U.S. president bullied and berated an adversary, never mind an ally, in such a public way.
During a tense Oval Office meeting, Trump and JD Vance attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, demanding he accept a peace deal with Russia or lose U.S. support.
The conversation devolved into shouting, with Trump accusing Zelenskyy of being ungrateful and “gambling with World War III.”
The meeting ended in chaos, with no agreement reached.
I’m just sad that Zelensky needs to keep good relations with the US so that he can still get something from them, because I’m sure that otherwise he would have completely destroyed their arguments there.
How pathetic must the world look from his POV, his country gets invaded by Russia and he has to go sit next to Donald Fucking Trump
He did enough. Zelenskyy was calm and measured while Trump and Vance bullied him, and the whole world got to see it. This galvanized support for Ukraine from other world leaders.
Poor guy probably died inside.
Who did? Zelenskyy? This was the best possible outcome for him, given who he was dealing with.