Zelensky Shows the World He is no Diplomat

Armstrong Economics ^ | 1Mar 25 | Martin Armstrong

[delta7]

Ukraine flat lining, the EU fracturing. I find it amusing the EU went to war with Russia to weaken and destroy Russia, and now the EU is being destroyed themselves.

Be sure to see Socrates’s ECM chart on their decline. A good lesson to the war mongers.

[rktman]

Back to his comedy show.

[Vision]

Zelensky shows the world he's an unstable man.

[Bon of Babble]

Zelensky was disrespectful from the nano second he emerged from the luxury limo and was dressed improperly - which Trump knew and pointed out.

That set the tone for the meeting before it even got started.

[Az Joe]

Zs own people will depose him eventually

[FreedBird]

Who does Zelensky pick, Democrats or Republicans? Democrats destroy everything they touch. Zelensky is making a crazy choice, probably for money.

[equaviator]

The punk has met the Godfather.

[delchiante]

Hunter was a ‘gift’ to Ukraine that they had to take, so...

You get in bed with that on any level, you don’t have a choice.

[GOPJ]

To refuse a cease-fire, claiming you need a security deal first, was not just BS, but it was based on the fact that the EU claims they are behind him, and he thought the press was so negative about Trump that he would win before the cameras.

Zelenskyk outlawed all opposition parties - closed the churches - doesn't give a damn about his own citizen dying in a war... What the hell are we doing there?

It's too late to cry over spilled milk but Zelensky's given us an out and we should take it.

Take the out and hand the little ingrate over to the Europeans to babysit while Zelensk gives THEM the finger while resenting their accounting requests for where THEIR money is going. And why are weapons showing up on black markets. etc etc.

Let's walk away.

[Liz]

This is democracy?
<.<>Zelenskyk outlawed all opposition parties -
<><>closed the churches -
<><>doesn’t give a damn about his own citizen dying in a war...

What in heaven’s name are we doing there?

Zelensky’s given us an out and we should take it.

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Good points.

[Lazamataz]

I’m not fond of the messenger, but the message is good this time.

[dfwgator]

“You declared you’d be three inches taller....”

[circlecity]

Well, Z put on a carefully calculated show and did exactly what he intended to do. Embarrass the president by backing out of a deal on live television. The bluster, the aggressive language…all very intentionally affected. Who was he playing to? The EU? Sympathetic allies in the U.S. govt? Both? I think he grossly miscalculated but it’s clear he had some agenda he thinks he’s working.

[redfreedom]

Zelensky was selected similar to the way AOC was selected for political office. Neither one of them are very intelligent at all and have backgrounds not at all suited for upper echelon political life.

A pecker piano player and a bar tender. It’s pathetic. No wonder they act like 12 year olds. The Deep State purposely seeks these losers out because they can be easily manipulated and brainwashed.

[NavyShoe]

The graphic in the article does not make sense to me. Maybe with some different example to compare it to the graph might make sense.

[martin_fierro]

Ukraine's ambassador during Z's little power play.

[CatHerd]

Yeah, although a “computer” is not necessary for coming to those conclusions.

Also, why doesn’t this Armstrong guy ask his wizardly “computer” how much those minerals are are realistically worth? According to what I have read, the answer is “not much”. See my previous posts here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4299716/posts?page=7#7

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4299716/posts?page=27#27

See also:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya9WKaveRXU

What’s more, according to the text of the agreement as published in the Kyiv Post (if accurate — questionable, considering the source, but AFAIK, the Trump administration has neither denied nor confirmed its accuracy), it appears proceeds from the extraction of these minerals were to go toward Ukraine’s reconstruction:

https://kyivindependent.com/exclusive-the-full-text-of-the-final-us-ukraine-mineral-agreement/

So what was this mineral deal charade really all about? I once thought there might be a number of possibilities, but eventually settled on two:

1. As Zelensky wanted security guarantees from us in exchange for this pig in a poke, he would resist signing it without those guarantees. There is no way Trump would be lured into a hot war with Russia, so Z’s refusal would allow Trump to decry Z’s intransigence and wash his hands of the whole mess.

2. in the unlikely event Zelensky did sign: As American taxpayers had already paid so many billions for the war, Trump did not want to have to deal with getting dunned for more billions for reconstruction. When it eventually became obvious these mineral deposits are not commercially viable, well, we could say that was scammer Zelensky’s fault, not ours. We tried.

Hmm. Looks like it was probably #1.

[kiryandil]

IBTG

[Biblebelter]

The little con man evidently never watched the Godfather to know what is necessary to have a favor extended when you have no cards.

When you got no cards, you do a Johnny Fontaine and get on your knees and show yourself to be the sniveling little beggar that you are.

There always come a reckoning to beggars pretending they are not beggars.

[Chewbarkah]

“Zelensky was selected similar to the way AOC was selected for political office.”

And probably selected by the same people.