I offered the following as I ended that commentary, “This may be a limited time offer for President Zelenskyy to swallow his ego and meet with Presidents Trump and Putin as they will agree with the formula to end this debacle. With or without him.
“If Zelenskyy wants what is best for Ukraine, he needs to get off the stick before Ukraine is left out in the cold.”
As we prepared this week for Zelenskyy’s arrival, most Americans felt reason had prevailed. We looked forward to him to sign the framework which would begin the process to end that war with Russia and begin a new and fruitful relationship with the US and Ukraine.
Instead, a demanding and arrogant Zelenskyy showed up, insulted the American people who, heretofore, had supported his quest, telling us how we should feel, and ultimately, was thrown out of the White House.
“What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are [sic] speaking about?” Zelensky asked in a critical tone of voice after a relatively cordial first 45 minutes conversation in front of reporters, responding to the VP’s criticism of former President Joe Biden’s management of the war and statement that “the path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy.”
Vance responded that it was “disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media”, setting off a shouting match among the men, which a US official involved in planning the visit said was entirely unplanned.
Zelenskyy apparently thought President Trump would fall over like Biden did, but instead, looked startled when Trump finally interjected himself.
“We’re trying to solve a problem. Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel…You are in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel. We’re going to feel very good. We’re going to feel very good and very strong. You’re right now not in a very good position. You’ve allowed yourself to be in a very bad position…
“You’re gambling with World War III. And what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that’s backed you far more than a lot of people say they should.”
As Zelenskyy tried to interrupt Trump, he was shot down.
“We gave you, through this stupid president [Joe Biden], $350 billion. We gave you military equipment… If you didn’t have our military equipment, if you didn’t have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks.”
Finally, President Trump summed it up. “You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out, and if we’re out, you’ll fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty,” Trump concluded before asking reporters to leave, saying “this is going to be great television, I will say that.”
And with that, President Zelenskyy learned that his nonsense was not going to be tolerated by President Trump.
Zelenskyy is now trying to enlist anti-Trump Democrats to side with him. And of course, some Democrats are aligning against Trump and Vance.
"Shifty" Adam Schiff, the California senator, said: “A hero and a coward are meeting in the Oval Office today. And when the meeting is over, the hero will return home to Ukraine.”
He was joined by several others, Chris Coons, Dick Durbin and Chris Murphy, who all voiced similar negative anti-Trump statements.
But then, it only proves their hatred for Donald Trump is so deep, they don’t see the thief in the brown sweater trying to rip off the American taxpayers they are supposed to represent.
Soon enough, Zelenskyy will be back begging for forgiveness, contrite, and will sign the agreement. Because if he doesn’t, Putin will take his country to the cleaners.
And history will show that his arrogance lost him his country.
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