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.

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[–] 419 points 1 year ago (37 children)

Zelenskyy is a goddamn hero

fuck trump fuck vance fuck musk fuck putin

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    [–] 304 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    And then to top off his hissy fit, he kicked Zelenskyy out. Like the diaper wearing toddler he is.

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  • [–] 165 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Then he cut off all aid to Ukraine for rebuilding their power grid.

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  • [–] 82 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yup, i saw that too. What a fucking petulant child

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    [–] 268 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I checked a few parts for a few minutes. It was too painful to watch.

    Troomp and JD couch showed the worst traits leaders could have. The obvious ones are the American superiority complexes and the toxic need to escalate and talk down upon others.

    In all of the bits I saw when skipping trough it, Zelenksy deescalated the situation multiple times while Trump and especially Vance escalated and started talking like some pretentious teenager bullies that gotten themselves a country.

    Fuck the USA.

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    [–] 254 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    As usual, Trump is projecting. Someone is "gambling with WWIII," but it sure ain't Zelenskyy.

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  • [–] 79 points 1 year ago

    +100

    Anyone who thought this would work out differently was simply not paying attention or was being willfully ignorant.

    US provided a deal Zelinsky simply could not sign and they knew it. Chump set Zelinsky up for this shit show cause, in his world, Chump either gets the deal he wants or he gets to act/look tough.

    And how masculine/tough to have Couchie there backing him up cause Chump isn't brave enough to do it all on his own.

    And, of course, all concludes with disastrous results all around.

    🤦‍♀️ 🖕 🖕 🤡

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    [–] 188 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Shows his worst self

    His honest self

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    [–] 176 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    CIA used to kill presidents for less. Sometimes American ones too.

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    [–] 172 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Why would any nation that does not have nukes not start making nukes right now?

    The USA has shown over and over, it's the only thing we take seriously. We don't give a fuck until you have nukes. We don't care about treaties, alliances, deals. We only care if you can start the nuke wars. Anything else is just "how can we take advantage of you?"

    Also .. World, I understand you're not reading this, but for the three of ya that do, boycott us. Tariff the shit out of us. You got this, and thanks for all the fish.

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  • [–] 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Unfortunately Ukraine was part of the Budapest Memorandum. With this they gave up their nuclear armament in an agreement that "prohibited Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom and France from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations."

    So they gave up their nukes with the agreement that they would be safe from these 4 groups. However that didn't do shit for them, thus a huge reason why any SeasFire(Ceasefire, my bad) would have to have some big security backing. As Russia has ignored all prior agreements.

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    [–] 134 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I don't know exactly how to put this, but I feel personally embarrassed by this.

    I think this is going to shift world order more than expected. Every country now must be nuclear. Trump is going to try to install himself as a dictator. I think violence will have to be the answer. Man it's depressing.

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    [+] 128 points 1 year ago (17 children)
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    [–] 127 points 1 year ago (88 children)

    I can't wait for Trump to die

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    [–] 121 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    god maga folk are the most unamerican beyond belief. The whole greatest generation is rolling over in their graves.

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  • [–] 118 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Finally a f**king actual headline. That was a disaster and a disgrace for all Americans. I can’t take these meek be “explosive White House meeting, where maybe Trump was possibly speaking angrily, but please Mr. Trump don’t sue us, if you disagree!”

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    [–] 114 points 1 year ago (11 children)
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    [–] 104 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I just can't understand why Vance would interpret Zelenskyy as being disrespectful for politely, calmly, and carefully articulating his point of view on how diplomacy has failed him and his country. Vance seems like the type of person I would basically laugh at and walk away from if I were in a situation to have to hear him be "alpha and in-charge".

    It was like watching a scene from an episode of a reality TV show from the early 2000s.

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    [–] 99 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    There can be absolutely zero doubt that Trump is a Russian stooge

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    [–] 92 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Watching that made my stomach hurt. I'm so embarrassed. Not that I wasn't before, but Jesus Christ. Every time he opens his mouth, every time I see a new article about the horrendous shit he's doing, that rage from the election results comes back again. I feel like I have to watch it all, but this is so fucking painful.

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    [–] 90 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Trump's unreasonable nature is so obvious in the full video that I don't see how anyone with two braincells can be on his side. Some highlights I want to share:

    Reporter asks at 37:39 "… and who would protect those minerals … ?" Trump: "They'll be protected. The agreement will protect them. The agreement, yeah we're signing an agreement." Reporter: "Right but what if Russia tries to invade or there's russian agression in those spots." Trump: "I just don't think that's going to happen." He then deflects by trying to discredit the reporter since he couldn't answer the question. So instead of giving Ukraine any guarantees or acknowledging Russia's previous deceit, he hand waves it away.

    At 33:45 "… what did [Putin] tell you that he wanted peace?". Trump: "My whole life is deals … I've known him for a long time, he had to suffer through the Russia hoax, you know Russia Russia Russia it was a hoax. It was all Biden it was nothing to do with him … I think that he wants to make a deal and he would like to see it end." What an absolute nothing answer. He's asked why he believes this is viable and after a short attempt at making Russia the victim he just says, rephrased, "because, lol".

    At 39:50 Vance goes on a truly incoherent ramble about how Biden tried "thumping [his] chest and pretending that the president of the United States words mattered more than the President of the United States's actions" and thus "the path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe in engaging in diplomacy". Ah, diplomacy, the path that is famously known for it's lack of words... sending money to Ukraine or providing military aid? Those aren't actions, they're just words. Zelensky goes on to ELI5 to Vance how Putin broke diplomacy before the clips everyone is posting begins.

    And just for fun, at 30:15 Trump delivers a line so stupid it almost breaks Zelensky's poker face: "I've stopped wars, I've stopped many wars. My people will tell you, I've stopped wars that nobody ever heard about. I stopped wars before they ever started. … I could give you a lot of nations that would tell you right now they were probably going to war — I could tell you right now there is a nation thinking about going to war on something that nobody in this room has ever even heard about."

    This is ignoring all the times they try and blame Biden for Russia invading Ukraine which just ???

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    [–] 81 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    "Peace deal" means surrender now, don't join NATO, and get invaded again in a few years.

    TBH idk how Zelenskyy thought things would go any differently.

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    [–] 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

    I’m glad we get to see this shameful display. I wouldn’t talk to a dog like that, much less the democratically elected leader of another sovereign nation that’s an ally. The US used to be a beacon of freedom and diplomacy, but clearly we shouldn’t expect that from the current regime.

    Europe will keep supporting Ukraine regardless, but it really is in the US’ interests to stay involved in this conflict. It’s disconcerting that Trump can’t seem to grasp that basic fact.

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    [–] 73 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    No he is showing us exactly who we know him to be a piece of human shit.

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    [–] 71 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This really is the end of the US era. Nobody will count on them for things like this from now on. War was the one thing the US was good at, now they have nothing of value left for the rest of the world.

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    [–] 70 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    "Democracy dies on live TV" - wow that headline hits hard.

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    [–] 69 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Their first, still very polite disagreement that evening was when Trump said that the US has given a lot more aid than Europe did, to which Zelensky very politely replies 'they gave a lot', clearly avoiding the obvious 'they gave more', to which Trump then replies 'they gave a lot, but much less than we did', to which Zelensky replies with a clear 'no.' and then they laugh. You could argue that Zelensky does not need to do that, but he gives credit where credit is due to the Europeans, and he doesn't let a blatant lie about an ally slide. It's the type of moment that's beautiful and horrendous at the same time. Source: https://youtu.be/CSe0ntgfpq4?t=726

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    [–] 67 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think "tried to bully Zelensky" would have been a little more accurate. Of course Trump and Vance failed at that too. All they're good at is manipulating the most stupid people on the planet. If I was morally depraved, I bet I could do it pretty easily too.

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    [–] 64 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I know the main thing here is Vance and Trump backstabbing and bullying Zelenskyy, but I just want to point out that Trump repeatedly talked about "raw earth" instead of "rare earths". We're truly fucked.

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    I'm ready to protest this shit. Tell me when and where to show up, my local big city or state capital. This is some bullshit. Trump and Vance are egotistical dickheads. Ukraine are our allies! Imagine George Washington doing this with Marquis de Lafayette, or FDR with Churchill!! Unspeakable!

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    [–] 59 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    The stupid part is that Trump / Vance made themselves look like assholes. Zelensky was over to sign a deal and they threw him out for disagreeing with their dumb talking points. And far from making America "great", I expect that Canada, Europe, UK, Australia, Japan, South Korea etc has collectively decided that they need to reduce their dependence on America while these malignant narcissists are in charge.

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    [–] 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    His tone is quite different with Kim Jong Un and Putin.

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    [–] 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Most pathetic behavior from nation leaders i have ever seen, how Trump and Vance even talk is unbearable, its like watching the Boys in actual real life unbelievable. It would be funny if the world wasnt at stake

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    [–] 56 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Holy shit, Trump stopped the war on Day 1, just like he promised. What a genius of diplomacy. The artist of the deal. So american 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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    [–] 54 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    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.

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    [–] 51 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    If the Europe had any sense of self respect the US embassies would be closing everywhere right now just like the russian ones.

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    [–] 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Good job America! Proud of y’all for once again standing up for your values of oppression and greed.

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    [–] 44 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    It's been a while since I've gone through a whole day being proud of my US citizenship. Today was one of the most shameful.

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