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Davyd Okey's avatar

Thanks Patrick! You know the one retort he had to Vance about the continual "say thankyou" was "Would you have me thank America for causing the start of this conflict in 2014? Or for telling Ukraine to reject the peace deal we were about to sign in 2022?" Trump & Vance can't hide behind the "it was a different administration" line, politics doesn't work like that. If Zelenskyy had said that he would have had my full support. 100% behind the Green Goblin.

But he didn't say that. Said about everything but that, and none of it useful.

And for heaven's sake can someone please please please explain to Trump that when thousands of people are dying, continually talking about a "deal", and wanting to get "paid back" and treating the whole situation like a business transaction is completely inappropriate. I find it really irksome to be honest.

We already know Trump doesn't grasp Russian culture very well, but if he approaches negotiations with the Russians from a transactional standpoint it will be a train wreck. What is Trump's precious $200B, $300B, $350B, $500B (whatever number pops out of his head next) compared to the life of a single Russian soldier? Compared to 80,000+ Russian war dead the US helped kill? Compared to Russian civilians being tortured and killed IN RUSSIA in Kursk? Compared to Odesa still not having returned home or the Instigators of the Moscow Concert Hall Terrorist Attack still not being held to account? You can't put a transaction value on the Collective Russian Soul. I sincerely hope Trump can find a way to wrap his head around that.

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Howard's avatar

Well put. I'm really stuck on who's intellect is smaller, Trump's or Zelensky's? I can believe Trump can't fathom the significance of the 2014 coup. But I would have thought Zelensky might have that capacity.

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Mathilde Dias's avatar

Zelenskyy you committed so many crimes against your own People, so don't lay always the blame on Putin. Your country is full of Nazi Military and you kill your own citizens.

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Salt Lick's avatar

So the Little Green Goblin now has made enemies of both Trump and Putin and Europe has created a monster who quite literally believes he’s the leader of the Western World. Not only is he the biggest impediment to peace, he is the biggest possible reason for the outbreak of WW3. This makes him the most dangerous man in the world because he acts like he has nothing to lose having already lost almost half his country and its population to war. He needs to go, the only question is how.

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RealityCheck's avatar

Don't forget the other genocidal monster who can trigger WW3 - Netanyahu.

Zelensky and Netanyahu have a lot in common.

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John Cox's avatar

He has a very selective memory, when it comes to who started this war, who broke the ceasefire and who has declined to talk to the other.

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Richard C. Cook's avatar

This week Macron, Starmer, and the Green Goblin tried to start WWIII. Tough shit for them.

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Frances Leader's avatar

They will try tomorrow at the summit, Richard!

https://youtu.be/0E13cUC7q9I

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Frances Leader's avatar

Thanks for reminding us about that young girl's body you found in Mariupol. I could not believe what I was seeing through the lens of your camera. The carved swastika on her chest is burned into my memory. There were many similar videos and reports at that time, it was very distressing and I am glad Putin decided to mount his SMO to save the people of Donbas and Lugansk.

Someone had to stop the Nazis.

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Frances Leader's avatar

Zelensky ran straight to Sir Keir Starmer in London. The 18 country summit tomorrow is where he will get WW3 declared because UK has signed up to 100 years of support for Ukraine. The USA is not invited to the summit.

Sir Keir Starmer has invited more than a dozen European and EU leaders to a summit on Sunday to discuss Ukraine and security. The invited leaders include those from France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, and Turkey, as well as Ukraine. Additionally, leaders from the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Romania have also been invited. The summit will also feature the attendance of the NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, and the presidents of the European Commission and the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa, respectively.

https://youtu.be/0E13cUC7q9I

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Daniel Chee's avatar

Yeah, to continue their circus 🤡 show.

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Mike Williams's avatar

Last week you referred to Trump as an ex President...this weeks gem is "alienating a potential returning president of the United States.."

For the love of god..Trump is the President of the US :)

Please just stick to reporting the combat..

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Frances Leader's avatar

Haven't you realised that Patrick is quoting from some rather out of date OpEd?

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DukeCannon's avatar

His days are numbered....

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Mathilde Dias's avatar

Thank you Patrick, I like your straight point of view. It is probably hard to keep an open mind for both sides and reporting fairly on them.

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Daniel Chee's avatar

Donald Trump should drop the project Ukraine without further discussion.

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joseph boudreau's avatar

trump suffers from stage 3 syphilis,there was only one man in that room and he didnt wear a suit.

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Sarah Mumford's avatar

All he had to do was pleasantries at the pre lunch publicity meeting. The negotiations were on the agenda after lunch. He is no diplomat so why did the Ukr govt allow him singly to go to W’house. It seems he only knows how to hustle as he has every few months to America, UK and Europe for more weapons. ….. Was he on something when he arrived at W’house because as a Law graduate he appeared and conducted himself as unsophisticated, uneducated. Only now on Fox interview is he sounding as should have been in Oval Office and at post lunch talks.

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Frances Leader's avatar

Zelensky had no intention of signing Ukraine's resources over to the USA so he found a way to leave without signing the deal.

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Daniel Chee's avatar

Yeah, he was only buying time to cling on as the president of Ukraine.

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Ian richardson's avatar

I didn't watch this in it's entirety because I can not stand the sight of this thing let alone his whining gob.

My advice?

Look behind.

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Katannya Alven's avatar

Zelenskyy talks about peace and Europe , but who recalls Boris Johnson fast tracking to Ukraine to dissuade Zelinskyy from signing. Because Europe want war. War is profitable for them !! They care not a jot about human life.... the little book War is a Racket , says it all.

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