Democrats Encouraged Zelensky to Scoff at a Possible Peace Deal, Setting Up Oval Office Blowout

Redstate ^ | 03/02/2025 | Bonchie

[SmokingJoe]

Democrat Senator Chris Murphy (CT) and presumably others encouraged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to reject the prospect of a peace deal without so-called "security guarantees" (a euphemism for American military commitments) just before the now-infamous Oval Office blow-out.

As RedState reported, a 40-minute presser between Zelensky and President Donald Trump turned sour after the former, who had been antagonistic and dismissive of U.S. concerns throughout the meeting, interjected to interrogate JD Vance for the cameras. The vice president had mentioned working toward diplomacy, which didn't sit well with the Ukrainian president, and in a move that struck the administration as disrespectful, Zelensky publicly denounced any possibility of a ceasefire that would pause the war with Russia. A later tweetstorm from the Ukrainian president only appeared to fray relations further.

One of the big questions was how we even arrived at that point. What caused Zelensky to walk into the White House with the sense that he could bully Trump in front of the press and scoff at any diplomatic negotiations? A post made by Murphy gives the game away.

Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT · Follow Just finished a meeting with President Zelensky here in Washington. He confirmed that the Ukrainian people will not support a fake peace agreement where Putin gets everything he wants and there are no security arrangements for Ukraine.

Less than an hour before entering the Oval Office, Zelensky met with several lawmakers, including Murphy and other Democrats. Based on the wording of the above post, the senator (or someone else at the table) pressed the Ukrainian president to reject a "fake peace agreement," which is a clear shot at Trump's attempts at diplomacy. At the very least, these Democrats encouraged Zelensky to remain defiant in that position, and we all know what happened next.

[SmokingJoe]

The Democrats are almost always behind most things bad that happen.

[dandiegirl]

Van Holland was horrible on Shannon Bream’s show

[usurper]

The Democrats are almost always behind most things bad that happen.

If true, it's big time illegal for members of congress to undermine US foreign policy. 'Logan Act'.

They have been able to do what ever they want for decades without any fear of consequences. In so doing they forgot that there are some lines you just should not cross.

[dp0622]

Yeah they’re garbage.

They LOVED the USSR when The Great One started to pull it down.

Now they are monsters.

I dont trust Putin...we don’t have to.

OR we can trust but verify...a Great Man once said.

All we can do with ukraine is lose money and weapons and with the wrong idiot in office..men.

Thank God Trump won..

z has europe.

Their GDP is 28 trillion..I HAD NO IDEA!

Europe combined has our GDF and yet we are going broke!

Their combined debt is appr. 14 trillion..

We’re done being suckers.

[Dr. Sivana]

If this is true, Zelensky is a fool to assume that the party out of power had anything for a motivation other to make life difficult for the party in power.

[Lee25]

Is there such a thing as treason in America?

[bigbob]

I’d love to see Trump do a primetime speech and explain this, put the blame right where it belongs, on the DemonRats and their Uniparty pals who are trying to screw Trump every chance they get.

Explain that’s what this was about and 90% of Americans would accept and agree. Not all are Trump fans but no one likes gameplaying and being jerked around.

[lee martell]

And Z stupidly listened to all these bud-in-sky warmongers, all making bank on unnecessary bloodshed.

[Freee-dame]

Trump will have a national audience on Tuesday night on every network. We know he can talk for a long time.

[SmokingJoe]

Well Zelensky’s a fool and he loves money.
He'd do anything to keep the war going so he can keep stealing US tax payer dollars.

[iamgalt]

I’d love to see Trump do a primetime speech and explain this,”

They won’t give him the time.

[citizen]

During his sit-down with Zelensky, I was appalled Bret Baier did not point out to the little man how the minerals cooperation deal was a de facto security guarantee.

He never even mentioned it.

Zelensky's prime interest is continued grifting.

[Sarah Barracuda]

This is what Dems do..they create a problem, like with Russia/Ukraine or the economy..someone else comes into power and tries to fix it, when he can’t or it takes longer to fix, the same Dems who caused the problem come out screaming “ITS ALL YOUR FAULT”

[Governor Dinwiddie]

LOL!!! The Dems are too clever by half!

I can hardly imagine a better outcome, than the FU to the li'l fella.

[Taxman]

Particularly when there is a new sheriff in town!

Paging Pam Bondi!

[Dr. Franklin]

I suspect between the RINOs and the Rats, they may have enough votes for more Ukraine aid, but I doubt its enough to overcome a Trump veto. I expect Europe to up its military assistance to Ukraine for the next year.

[butlerweave]

Zelensky can’t be very bright if he listens to democrats , it’s like asking the Russians for advice ,LOL

[dfwgator]

, the same Dems who caused the problem come out screaming “ITS ALL YOUR FAULT”

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They did that with Vietnam, when Nixon came into the White House, it was as if LBJ never existed. It became ‘Nixon’s War’.

[cnsmom]

Trump will be dropping hints about his all week and if there is ever a deal Zelenskyy will have to admit to it to save himself. he has no cards but against the Democrats he has a full deck.

[fuzzylogic]

I agree. It’s illegal.

Besides being immoral. All just because they don’t want PDJT to get a ‘win’, so spite the world and risk WWIII.