masterswimmer
.450/400 Nitro Ex
You're reading this waaay too superficial. Zelenskyy has been given free reign with briben in the Oval Office. briben basically gave Zelenskyy a blank check for as long as he wanted the war to continue. Hell, the war made Zelenskyy, briben and the NGO cronies richer. Zelenskyy even campaigned for briben, and JD called him out on it in the heated exchange.
This is all information Trump knew long ago. What Zelenskyy doesn't comprehend is the fact there's a new sheriff in town. And Trump is NOT going to be pushed around for one second, ESPECIALLY on national TV on the world stage. As soon as Zelenskyy said he doesn't want a truce, he doesn't trust Putin, and all he wants is a contract with the US committing security and boots on the ground he opened the door for his smack down. There was an unsigned verbal agreement for the mineral deal. That was the reason for the meeting, the lunch, and the ceremonial signing of the mineral deal after lunch. Once Zelenskyy tried to change the terms of the deal on the world stage, Trump was going to have none of that.
Trump will not, under any circumstance, commit US forces to a foreign war that the US has already paid to support and the Ukraines can't even account for the entire $180 billion dollars given to them, without giving some type of repayment to the US taxpayer. The checkbook is closed. Rightfully so. And Zelenskyy acting all arrogant, self important, and entitled, was his undoing.
Trump and JD handled that public display perfectly. The left, and you too apparently, can spin it any way you want. That entire debacle was a negative for Ukraine and Trump/JD told them, and the world, that Trump means business. He's protecting the US at all costs. We are number 1, the way it should be. The Ukraine is not even a member of NATO.
This is exactly right, @Phazer
