is it possible he meant he would feel it from Russia if Trump didnt take care of Putin
It was an indirect threat that Russia will eventually attack or otherwise harm the United States.
Trump was not going to allow Zelensky to depict the United States as weak and told him so.
It was offensive. On a conventional level, the United States faces no threat from Russia.
Zelensky is trying to be the tail that wags the dog, and Trump bites.
This delusion by the Ukrainians is everything I feared from them. They think Trump is their enemy, the democrats and leftist Europe their saviors.
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Zelensky might not live much longer.
Without the threat of US retaliation, Russia will just kill him.
Wonder what Putin is thinking tonight?
I think he thought if he was difficult he could get $$$$$$ to sign.
I wouldn’t be surprised if putin launces a massive assault on Ukraine right now.
Yes.
I do t think so. The timestamp you cite Mr z makes a lame attempt at a metaphor and I think his poor command of English set off an already frustrated POTUS.
This guy’s an ignorant, overconfident dumbass. It looked to me like an excellent example of Dunning-Kruger effect. He should stick with his interpreter, especially in negotiations which dictate both his and Ukraine’s future.
I don’t believe he blew it on purpose from a minute or two of watching, but this is on z.
Zeepers will, of course, whine.
Trump just put the Euro weenies on notice that the free ride is over.
If Zelensky thinks that Trump/Vance slapped him around, wait until he gets home and tells his wife that he didn’t bring home any more money. Then he has to face his generals.
Trump is right that this punk has no cards to call anyone’s bluff.
Yes, it was a threat. The same one used by the warmongers who trapped us in Viet Nam. The old, “stop it here or you’ll be next!”. So glad we headed that lie off immediately. My guess is Putin was smiling through the whole exchange ... For many reasons. And a sweatshirt? In a televised Oval Office meeting? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Z is an idiot. How disrespectful can you be?
I’m no fan of this post turtle Zelenskyy, but it sounded like he was saying that eventually Russia would swallow up Ukraine and move on to the next victim, which eventually would be the US. From his perspective that’s not too incredible. From ours, it’s ridiculous.
Hitler got this, he got that, the opposition conceded something else in 1938... Standard practice, really, throughout history — pre-atomic history. Europeans fear a replay.
However, we’re now in the nuclear era. Also, Russia isn’t Nazi Germany. They’re already in bad shape, or they wouldn’t have made a desperate grab for a chunk of Ukraine.
Don’t know how Zelenskyy got the job he has, but he needs to retire. Find someone who can talk to Trump AND Putin.
Nobody’s happier than Putin right now, because Z put his foot in his mouth and Pres. Trump just made him swallow it. Z is completely and publicly discredited.
He should go home and stay away from windows and lamp posts.
We must pray that Zelinsky comes to his senses; apologizes to President Trump and that the talks resume.... possibly at Camp David over the weekend.
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Zelensky is so used to getting star treatment and everything he asks for that he really did think he could threaten the President of the U.S. FAFO
No.
The speakers I have at work suck.
This transcript puts it in a whole new light for me:
“Zelensky: “[There are] a lot of questions. Let’s start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you, but you have a nice ocean [in between], and don’t feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you.””
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4301245/posts
and demonstrates that you are right: I now read that as a threat as well.
