Posted on 03/04/2025 2:18:06 PM PST by lightman
As Jeff wrote today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky caved. Following his disastrous Oval Office meeting last Friday, he’s crawling back to President Donald Trump and will reportedly sign the minerals deal after hurling that agreement into doubt. Trump will announce that during his address to Congress later this evening.
Europe: We have your back, Zelenskyyy. Canada is going to send an F-18. It hasn't been serviced in 27 years & engine is missing. France is sending their finest Peugeot. The British are supplying a 1970s battle tank, but to Poland.
Zelensky: PRESIDENT TRUMP, I'VE RECONSIDERED. — Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) March 4, 2025
It was a self-inflicted political gunshot wound; the man looked down the barrel of his own gun and got a face-full of buckshot. Only the densest, most anti-Trump commentators blamed Trump; everyone else knew better. It’s why there’s been no blowback—Zelensky recognized that he didn’t have the cards. So, what caused this meltdown? Why did Zelensky think he was the cock of the walk which led to a diplomatic implosion of epic proportions for the Ukrainians? The answer is simple: he spoke to Democrats, very dumb Democrats, like Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), who remains undefeated in sniffing his own farts (via NY Post):
Before meeting Trump, Zelensky met with anti-Trump Democrats who advised him to reject the terms of the mineral deal the president was offering, according to Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
“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,” Murphy’s office posted on X at 11:15 a.m. Friday.
He attached a picture of Zelensky at a conference table, with Murphy seated on the opposite side.
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The earlier meeting with Dems undercuts wild claims that Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance staged an ambush. In fact, it was Zelensky who came with an ulterior motive.
The purpose of the meeting was to sign the mineral agreement he and Trump representatives had negotiated. He had twice refused to sign it after promising to, and thanks to Murphy, we now know he had no intention of signing it Friday.
By listening to the nakedly partisan advice of Dems instead of dealing forthrightly with the current president, Zelensky betrayed his countrymen and, for now at least, leaves them without the military and diplomatic protection that only America can provide.
Good luck counting on Britain, France and the rest of Europe to save Ukraine. Maybe the Germans will send strudel.
In a perverse way, Murphy and other Dems got the outcome they wanted. The fireworks at the White House gave them an excuse to replay their Russia Russia Russia hoax.
Once again, they and their media handmaidens are dishonestly insisting that Trump is in Vladimir Putin’s camp.
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Zelensky, who privately agreed to the terms, has every right to demand a security agreement — up to a point. But he didn’t get one and his decision to respond by insulting the president and vice president, interrupting them and waving off their responses, was madness.
As Trump noted, the heated jabs made for great television, but it was a disaster for Ukraine and a gift to Putin.
Zelensky had an opportunity to apologize to Trump in a later interview with Brett Baier on Fox, but repeatedly refused to do so, saying “I’m not sure we did something bad.”
That’s some House of Cards stuff on behalf of Democrats: trot out someone who you’ve slobbered over for years, Zelensky who some hailed as Churchill reloaded, only to use him as bait to recycle the Russian collusion talking points that no one cares or buys anymore except the exceptionally moronic dregs of the Democratic Party’s base.
He has obviously learned a valuable lesson: never, ever take advice from @ChrisMurphyCT unless you need a clown to make balloon animals at a child’s birthday party. https://t.co/yP9DQiwENv — Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) March 4, 2025
That’s wicked stuff. The support for the war in Ukraine is cratering. Trump’s win in 2024 should’ve signaled to Zelensky that there was a shift. And maybe he did realize this. He could read the room, but as Michael Goodwin in The New York Post noted, it was the wrong one.
Even Marc Thiessen, a Ukraine war supporter, placed all the blame on the Ukrainian leader, where he said he had to fix this mess or resign:
This is a must-read from Marc Thiessen, WaPo columnist and big supporter of Ukraine.
What Zelensky did was insane, unnecessary, and inexplicable. The sooner people admit that instead of creating their own alter-universe, the sooner a possible fix will arise. pic.twitter.com/CbASSLKHZQ — Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) March 3, 2025
Also, Ukraine saw that Europe was all talk, no action. They don’t have the resources to do what we can. Period. Which is another point of contention with these Eurotrash countries who secretly hate us. At this point, I’d be okay letting that whole continent burn.
WATCH: Fox’s @BretBaier says he gave Zelenskyy multiple chances to apologize to Trump: “I tried three times to make sure he was understanding exactly what I was saying. @MarcThiessen said it was like watching a man drowning who was not taking the life preserver. He did not… pic.twitter.com/G46FILXhI4 — TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) March 1, 2025
Well zeepers, I thought Russia was stuck using donkeys for the troops and was spent militarily. Where is all the Europe support of 20,000 troops and armor and funds. if Zelensky has such backing from Europe why is he virtually crawling back to Trump to sign the deal?
I recall being told Europe has massive amounts of funds and armor and troops Zelesky can do without America, what happened?
Good grief, when will zeepers tire of being wrong.
If the Russians want Europe, they can have it. Not one more dollar, not one more drop of American blood, for that God-forsaken continent and their feckless elites.
This is not caving.
Caving will be resignation in favor of a military junta who are Russia friendly. The killing stops. The gas resumes, along with its transit fee, and no guerilla scenario since the government is run by Ukranians. And no need for peacekeepers.
Linda Grahmnesty was with Murphy.
He’s a Dem. Only after Z screwed himself did Linda call him out. Talk about a finger un the wind jerk.
Come on SC, get rid of him in 26.
“We have your back” doesn’t mean much when you have to stand in front of Trump/Vance!
HEHEH Deadpool prime had Nicepool’s back and we all know how that turned out.
Of all these “Zeepers” you refer to, how many of them are actually Zelensky sycophants and how many just don’t buy into the Putin victimology narrative?
I think some of it is that he might be a deadman if this agreement is signed. Europe is making too much money on the war to want it to stop.
The Putin thing you try to interject is a tired old trope, a false equivalency. As said repeatedly two things can be true at once. Ukraine is Evil, Russia is evil.
I have never supported Putin and do not recall any freeper doing so either, though I may have missed one of course.
Ukraine is as corrupt as they come and stole billions of American resources, that must stop.
That’s how it was going to be anyway. The Ukraine war is the most unnecessary war in the history of wars in the modern era. All the fighting and killing and genocides of the Ukranians is going to result in what could have been negotiated for without a war.
If there had been no war, Ukraine could have kept more of its territory. Putin has no reason now to give up anything.
Z knows that once there’s peace, there will be elections. I doubt Z will fare well. His recent behavior makes him look like a fool and weak even among those that don’t like Trump. His political opponents in Ukraine will not be content for him to go away quietly. He’ll likely be blamed for not settling the war sooner.
What he should be doing is negotiating his exit from the political scene. Every day he holds out, the more pressure for him to resign (or worse) especially when the US withholds money.
The safest thing for him to do personally is resign and ask the parties involved in the peace negotiations that he be allowed to retire without facing prosecution. This is perhaps his only chance he has of making a safe landing.
RICO! And it aint Tony Soprano’s cousin.
What ARE Zeepers?
Zelensky fanboi freepers or just Zelensky bots
Zeepers are the virulently Ukraine supporters on Free Republic.
Good riddance to all of the EU rot. Exit Nato, Exit the UN, kick the UN out of New York and build another big beautiful park there.
or a mini nuke plant for power, whatever.
Stop taxing me for other countries !!!!
Some say Zelensky is the modern day Winston Churchill but I don’t picture Sir Winston playing a piano with his penis.
Anyway, Zelensky has had his chance, he can’t demonstrate any real ability to do more than hold off Russia on rather unfavorable lines of battle (unfavorable to Ukraine). He needs to see the reality of the situation and get a deal while there still can be any deal.
How does this minerals deal benefit the USA?
The minerals are still deep in the ground. There are no operating mines, there are no mine plans, there is no feasibility studies or permits for production. There isn’t a large scale drilling survey, resource estimate, or metallurgical survey which proves the minerals can even be mined and extracted profitably.
It seems to be the USA and Trump are purely doing a favor to Ukraine/Zelensky, to keep the USA as an interested party and ostensibly involved with Ukraine after any peace deal that may come about.
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