OUTRAGEOUS

 

Yesterday's meeting between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, DonOLD Trump and his sidekick JD, descended into what can only be described as a old-style Mafia shakedown.

Trump, Vance shout at Zelenskyy in Heated Oval Office Meeting.

This is simply outrageous.  Ukraine was invaded by Russia.  Ukraine has been trying to defend itself with cautious help from allies for 3 years.  One of those allies used to be the United States.  Not any more, apparently.

Under Trump and his boy JD, the USA seems to have abandoned democracies, has been heard repeating Pootin's talking points about who started this war (as if there was ANY doubt) and has been suggesting that if only Ukraine would settle with Russia, all would be good.

Aurel Braun, a professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto, said the exchange was "something extraordinary" that will only play well with a fraction of Trump's most ardent supporters.

"Many Americans will be appalled by this. Most Americans do not want to see this kind of public bullying and humiliation of some ally, which is fighting for its life," said Braun, who is also an associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.

"I think this has very long historical implications, I think this is most unfortunate, and it is not over. Trump can change his mind in a New York minute, but what has happened today has been something that will darken whatever legacy [Trump] has forever."

 In another story, The Day the Old American Order Cracked in the Oval Office, there were these comments:

To find a precedent, one expert looked back to the defunct Soviet bloc, and how the Kremlin would treat subservient communist leaders.

"How they humiliated them in public. How they bullied them. There has been no precedent in the United States," said Aurel Braun, an expert on eastern Europe at the University of Toronto, calling the meeting "extraordinary."

Naturally, Russia was celebrating.

In Moscow, the celebratory posts online popped like champagne corks. Referring to Zelenskyy, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev posted on X: "The insolent pig finally got a proper slap down in the Oval Office."

Once again, one has to ask.... is there a Russian Agent in the Oval Office?