Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Bizarre moment Antony Blinken sings and plays guitar in a Kyiv bar to celebrate giving more U.S. aid to Ukraine
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 14 May 2024 | Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Posted on 05/15/2024 7:52:59 AM PDT by V_TWIN

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's surprise trip to Ukraine Tuesday took a musical twist when he joined a band onstage in Kyiv to perform a rendition of Neil Young's Rockin' in the Free World.

Blinken's unscheduled trip was his first since Congress finally approved nearly $61 billion in fresh aid to Ukraine to bolster the nation's defenses against the ongoing Russian invasion.

The secretary of State ended his day at the Barman Dictat in Kyiv, where he joined the band 19.99 onstage.

Sporting dad jeans, black sneakers and a black button-down, Blinken strapped on a red guitar and told the crowd, 'I know that this is a really, really difficult time.'

'Your soldiers, your citizens - particularly in the northeast and Kharkiv - are suffering tremendously, but they need to know, you need to know, the United States is with you, so much of the world is with you,' Blinken said. 'And they're fighting not just for Ukraine but for the free world. And the free world is with you too.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: blinken; ukraineaid; ukrainewar
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last
Just in case you needed your blood pressure elevated this morning
1 posted on 05/15/2024 7:52:59 AM PDT by V_TWIN
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

2 posted on 05/15/2024 7:54:48 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

We need war crimes trials.


3 posted on 05/15/2024 8:03:45 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Maybe he should quit his day job.


4 posted on 05/15/2024 8:05:36 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Disgusting.


5 posted on 05/15/2024 8:08:03 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Rome (USA) burns, while this guy fiddles (with OUR tax dollars).


6 posted on 05/15/2024 8:08:36 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Salman

Agree.


7 posted on 05/15/2024 8:08:47 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Just happened to have a left handed guitar there.


8 posted on 05/15/2024 8:10:37 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bray
Just happened to have a left handed guitar there.

Appears to be an brand new Les Paul Epiphone paid for by our tax dollars and probably given to him as a "gift".

9 posted on 05/15/2024 8:12:50 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN
Vitoria Nuland was seen outside the bar distributing free cookies.

(Cookies provided by the MIC.)

nulandpassingoutcookies.jpg

10 posted on 05/15/2024 8:15:40 AM PDT by bimboeruption (โ€œLess propaganda would be appreciated.โ€ JimRob 12-2-2023)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Ha! I finally figured it out. The Democrats are simply a comedy troupe that concentrates on black humor. This administration is a total joke. A Dr Strangelove joke.


11 posted on 05/15/2024 8:48:03 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4237862/posts

๐Ÿ˜‰


12 posted on 05/15/2024 8:53:10 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Seruzawa

Well, when you know there will be no repercussions for your actions.....what the hell. ๐Ÿคท


13 posted on 05/15/2024 8:58:25 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Sob should be drawn and quartered for what he is doing to America.


14 posted on 05/15/2024 8:58:28 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

He should have played ‘War Pigs’ by Black Sabbath.


15 posted on 05/15/2024 9:14:09 AM PDT by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Fiddling while Ukraine burns due to his incompetence.


16 posted on 05/15/2024 9:17:18 AM PDT by phil00071
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Right Brother

I suspect the fact that he covered a song by a notorious uber lib jackass was no accident.

He coulda done God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood but there’s the distinct possiblity he woulda burst into flames right on the spot......if only. ๐Ÿ˜


17 posted on 05/15/2024 9:29:11 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Why does the scene from Airplane come to mind with the guitar playing, people singing which leads to the sick girl’s IV tube being yanked out...... just saying....


18 posted on 05/15/2024 9:48:49 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Stingโ€ฆ)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 1Old Pro

I was thinking that, but we’d probably get worse.


19 posted on 05/15/2024 9:51:24 AM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN
he joined a band onstage in Kyiv to perform a rendition of Neil Young's Rockin' in the Free World

As if this Leftist dope believes in freedom. What a joke.

20 posted on 05/15/2024 10:05:06 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson