Zelensky has the most to lose. And even he is not doing anything that could be construed as “ass kissing”.
So it’s a total fabrication, which is not odd coming from a guy who ordered a 4 mile military parade to celebrate his birthday.
I am Ukrainian and I was really proud of Zelenskyy and the way he interacted with new administration. He kept his cool while also letting them the current administration know (in a subtle manner) that there is a big gulf between their pipe dreams and reality.
I’m American and I am in complete awe of Zelenakyy. Humanity gets so few people of his quality in a lifetime. He is truly inspirational.
I feel like he is closer to the norm than we think. We should all strive to be like that, rather than relegating it to random chance. We should also demand more of our leaders.
The best rulers are those who hate the idea of ruling. The best leaders are those who are thrust into the situation. What we should be taking away from all of this is that no one who wants power should be given any.
I hope other countries realize that entering into trade agreements with the United States is a meaningless endeavor given that we don’t believe we have any responsibility to abide by agreements that we make anymore. We are an entirely unreliable partner.
Anymore? Native Americans would have a word with you.
And this is why Ireland, France and others weakening the EU response to US tariffs for alcoholic beverages is dangerous. This is only encouraging him and he will use any sign of weakness to bolster himself.
Hopefully the optics of them kissing Trump’s ass will piss the populous off enough that they put pressure on their leaders to not take his shit.
Give Trump an inch and he’ll think he’s a ruler
Heard it on my morning news program here in Canada. “I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, sir,” he chuckled. Sounded like he was making fun of an abuse victim. Like that time he mocked the disabled. Filthy predator.
That any media outlet is featuring his latest truth claim in an uncontested headline is wild. Look at the amount of commentary already produced that assumes his version of events is what’s actually happening.
We’ve already seen that the media don’t have anyone’s best interests at heart but the elite. We have to stop expecting them to change.
Please die.
No no just a massive stroke so he’s incapacitated but able to move his little hands and to barely speak. Let it be constitutional crisis when he refuses to step down cause of his ego and the Repugs are too scared to remove him.
Brain damage,just moves hands and can barely speak coherently… Wait, did he acrually have a stroke?
No, he specifically told us that he did not have a series of mini strokes.
I like where this is going. Trump being dependent on other people for the rest of his life, who secretly hate him.
Like his entire life up to and including now?
At best, world leaders may be trying to salvage their current investments in the US and trade sources in the short term. But they are also immediately starting the process to divest from the US, maybe permanently. He may get a short term gain from a handful of countries, but is tanking us long term as everyone distances themselves from us.
Trade, investments, debts, these things bind countries together and promote better economies the world-wide. The point of Tariffs are to reduce or eliminate these connections to other countries in the effected markets, to isolate and insulate your domestic market from the international market at large. When you put a blanket tariff on all markets on all countries, especially when openly trying to use those as extortion tactics against other countries, you are guaranteeing this isolation. We are well on the way from being isolated from the world, like North Korea, all because of one man without any sense, decency, or limitations. We are fucked.
He’s 78, do you really think he cares? He wants to be in history books, must have hurt a lot that nobody gave him any attention during Biden’s term
He’s going to end up in the History books with roughly the same level of infamy as Nero.
Instead of a fiddle it’ll be a Big Mac
“Oh what a gourmet dies in me.”?
That’s what a trillion dollar in “defense” grants you, everyone kissing your ass.
But now the military is looking to cut 90k of troops.
they are still in the trillion range even after cuts
hmmm I am increasingly believing how ineffective the USA would be against a real enemy… the USA loves to chicken hawk on third world countries on the other side of the planet… but now trumpf is poking China hard… WWIII is heating up
hmmm I am increasingly believing how ineffective the USA would be against a real enemy… the USA loves to chicken hawk on third world countries on the other side of the planet…
How do you think they chicken hawk people on the other side of the planet? Are you aware of the scale of USA army and what they do?
meaning i’m not sure how well things would go against an anemy that is not fighting with smuggled 25 year old equipment and unable to strike usa territory
