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Trump thinks he humiliated Zelensky. He really humiliated the United States
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People have lost their minds over a disagreement. It's really not a big deal. Here is the real problem, Zelensky openly states his expectations during that meeting in the oval office that Russia will 1. Leave all Ukrainian land, including Crimea. 2. Pay to rebuild Ukraine. This will never happen, ever. Ukraine is free to continue the war as long as they wish and America is free Not to continue to pay for their weapons and the functioning of their government.
How did you get that over our Cheeto and his couch fucker vp yelling over him, knowing English is a second language to him, just yelling and talking over him, straight bullying him like he stole something. Our "leaders" are pathetic children. Can't even stay on topic, went to the laptop, Hilary, holy fuck, these are our "negotiators" that have inserted themselves to help? America is cooked, were a fucking embarrassment. I'm ashamed to call myself American. JD making sure he gets a little camera action since president musk will be back and he'll be the third wheel. Fuck me we suck so bad.
It is not the disagreement per se that people are losing their minds over (though that is another topic). It is the way he and his vice president shouted at another president's face just because he thinks acting tough and macho will appease his supporters. This is just disgraceful and pathetic. No one with a grain's worth of sense would want a college bully as the president of the US.
Acting tough is not what his supporters want. No longer funding endless wars is. It's really not that hard.
No, that's what they claim to want
What they actually want is a command to trick them into feeling like they're powerful
Interesting that you disregard what they are telling you they want and then invent a different motive that coincidentally makes you feel superior. Weird.
Actions speak louder than words
Conservatives are lying idiots, believing what they say is what an idiot would do
They control the house, senate, white house, and supreme court. They control America until voted out of power.
Oh no, the bot forgot the context of the conversation
Haha sorry that makes no sense. What does shouting at and humiliating a president in front of cameras achieve that just stating the US won't be a side anymore does not? It was clearly for show.
And I like your emphasis on endless wars. Stoking up endless wars and enabling the slaughter of children and civilians is apparently fine as long as you are turning a profit since %100 of republicans (and %90 of democrats for that matter) said no to Bernie Sander's stop arms sale to Israel resolution.
It is true that Israel holds some power over both parties and they fall over themselves to grovel at their feet. That I cannot explain.
Yes, America is free to let Putin invade a sovereign country.
Of course this makes them chickenshit appeasers. Unreliable Russian bootlickers who are willing to abandon their commitments under the Budapest Memorandum. But they are free to do this.
Just don't give me any of this "land of the free, home of the brave" bullshit. They've proven who they are, and they are not that. They're fucking greedy imperialist cowards, friends of dictators and authoritarians. I hope they do us all a favour and just hurry their descent into irrelevance.
Once they've completed their internal collapse, and the pieces have been picked apart, a new Alaric will ride in and close the deal. Lasted less than 300 years. Pretty pathetic by comparison. But I guess the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
America has never been the world's police, except if you think the police are there to enforce power from the dominant socio economic group. In which case yes.
They didn't help people. Remember those wmds that didn't exist and were never found?
They've only ever been a force for their own power and enrichment
Yes all true. Only one side is trying to make it stop.
Who ever asked for that ?
Europe is asking right now. They want to form a European coalition "of the willing" to stand with Ukraine........but only if America offers security guarantees. Guarantees that America will fight, so yes they are all asking.
You(usa) and europe are the problem. I look forward to dissolution of your western imperial system so peoples of usa and europe truly get liberated and emanicpated
Yo you asked for help after 9/11 and not a single dollar was paid back to Europe. Just a reminder!
That is a valid point, I'll give you that one. With 38 US military bases in the EU we are their national defense. Many Americans are tired of war and don't want to get dragged into another endless conflict.