The rift between Washington and Kyiv over a potential ceasefire in the war with Russia deepened on Monday as Donald Trump expressed new outrage at Volodymyr Zelenskyy for saying that the end of the war could be “very, very far away”.
In a post to social media on Monday, Trump posted a link to an Associated Press story outlining Zelenskyy’s comments and said: “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!
“It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the US,” Trump continued.
Zelenskyy’s honesty stings Trump’s ego; reality doesn’t bow to political theater.
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The fact that there aren’t near continuous attempts on his life every day is an embarrassment to the so-called “don’t tread on me” attitude of the American people.
Oh look, the giant orange manbaby is throwing a temper tantrum again and taking everyone with him because nobody ever said “no” to him ever before
Putin has ordered me to stop the war before he runs out of money! And this insolent Ukrainian simply does not want to surrender his country when I tell him to!
Weird, what happened to ending the war within one day?
That was politician speak, AKA a lie.
Trump is bad at managing companies and making deals. He literally bankrupted his casinos. Now he plans to do the same to USA to help Putin.
You watched that plan fall on its face the other day. I’m reasonably certain that was his plan from the start, just bully Zelenskyy until he gave in.
What was Trump’s record with negotiating peace last time?
I recall him capitulating in Afghanistan. Was he successful anywhere else? He appears to like to rant and rave, and wants to throw his weight around, but he is clearly an exploitable, weak leader.
Trump: The war will end either very quickly or maybe never
Zelensky: Yes the end of the war may be very far away
Trump: The fuck did you just say?
At this point it’s Putin (through Trump) who seems desperate to end the war. While I don’t want to see more Ukrainians dying, agreeing to a truce now seems like a bad idea.
Russia is financially screwed. The oil and gas industry there is crippled. Minimal funds are entering the country and the war machine has forced manufacturing companies to make weapons with bank loans they didn’t want to take and the banks didn’t want to make.
The government is broke. The banks are broke. Industry is broke. All to feed the military. This is very much a war of attrition but it money not troops.
Which is why the puppet master is having his marionette lift US sanctions on Russia.
