Trump and Zelenskyy Clash in the Oval Office (CFR Alert)

Council on Foreign Relations ^ | February 28, 2025 | James M. Lindsay

[dp0622]

At least Mention that it’s a 3 days old news article :)

[freedomlover]

“The main thing to watch for in the near term is whether Trump curtails U.S. weapons headed to Ukraine. Although he said in December that he might reduce U.S. military aid to Ukraine once in office, that has yet to happen. Ukraine’s ability to hold off Russia depends on maintaining the flow of U.S. weapons. Everything changes if that stops. Europe cannot make up the shortfall. So while the rhetorical fireworks between Trump (and Vance) and Zelenskyy grab the headlines—Trump himself said that today’s meeting made for “great television”—deeds matter more than words.”

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This aged well.

[DesertRhino]

The Kiev government started this war by unleashing neo-nazi militias in the east (can’t have them standing around, surly and bored around Kiev watching the new government, can you?)

They see no reason to stop it as long as they remain in power with no elections, no opposition, money flowing and feted everywhere they go.

Reality needs to be imposed on the little prick and his Euro enablers.

[Alberta's Child]

The forty-seventh president remains more focused on the alleged shortcomings of America’s friends than on standing up to a predatory power that threatens U.S. interests.

Perhaps the author could explain how exactly Russia “threatens U.S. interests.”

President Trump has shown a remarkable degree of empathy toward Vladimir Putin — almost certainly because he knows damn well that the U.S. has been the most dangerous “predatory power” in the world for more than three decades before he was first elected in 2016.

[Paladin2]

Ted Cruz’ wife approved this?

[Glad2bnuts]

It is the scrawlings of the anti-American CFR... which in terms of foreign entanglements stands for “Can’t Find Reverse”... or the brakes. Abolish these prigs.

[ransomnote]

” than on standing up to a predatory power that threatens U.S. interests. “
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The globalists are the predatory power threatening US interests. Elites/NATO/UN/WEF all want American boots on the ground in Ukraine to enact a US/Russia WWIII.

[DoodleBob]

I love it when Political Experts trip over coffee tables.

[norcal joe]

Why did you post this?

[lewislynn]

I was wondering about her myself.

[Paladin2]

Cruz and his ties to the CFR remain a total mystery to me.

[yldstrk]

Oh brother. Article is stale and not very good.

[Dr. Sivana]

But he may have complicated his effort to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.

Not even a hint that Zelensky might have complicated efforts by violating protocols, changing the terms of the agreement, and being rude and insulting to his hosts.

[Rowdyone]

The only American interests are those of the military industrial complex and those in Congress getting kickbacks from US taxpayer money sent to Ukraine by the US Congress.

[Dr. Sivana]

Why did you post this?
"Foreign Relations" is a publication that is read by the elite and Deep State types. Some likely get cues from it. It attempts to present itself as even-handed (kind of like the "New York Times" did 40 years ago in R.W. Apple days).

It is a good heads up on what to expect as a response from those who regard themselves as our betters. Maybe the news is (as some noted) "three days old", but Time and Newsweek used to serve a purpose for "in-depth coverage and analysis" even though their stories were a week old and the daily papers and nightly network news covered the same ground a week earlier. This story is NOT going away.

[grumpygresh]

If there’s a cease fire and then a peace agreement, Zelenskyy should be worried that there will be elections and he will most likely be out. In which case, he could also face prosecution by his political opponents.
He does have some nice properties in France, but who knows if they would let him stay if he is exposed as a fraud.

[rktman]

WUT?

[DoodleBob]

Thanks for your reply. Spot on - know thine enemy.

FWIW, the inquisitive FReeper is the humblegunner of “Why did you post this?”

[kiryandil]

Trump no doubt believes that he came out of today’s exchange with Zelenskyy as the winner. But he may have complicated his effort to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.

The anger of the angry CFR bots.

This dipstick Jimmy Lindsay just watched Vance and Trump peel the Ukraine tarbaby off the hands of the United States without leaving a dirty fingernail, and he didn't notice it.

Complete schlub.