Posted on 08/19/2025 2:14:03 AM PDT by dennisw
Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a masterful charm offensive to win over President Donald Trump and set up a potential meeting with Vladimir Putin to end the years long war in Ukraine.
Trump hyped a face-to-face meeting between Putin and Zelensky after he called the Russian leader following a dramatic summit in the White House with European leaders.
The potential peace deal immediately drew skeptics, as French President Emmanuel Macron said he did not ‘see President Putin very willing to get peace now.’
Zelensky laid the groundwork by offering a $100 billion weapons deal as an olive branch to Trump.
The Ukrainian leader also donned corporate attire in accordance with his more nuanced approach to handling the professionally-dressed US president.
Zelensky clearly learned several lessons from his last visit to Washington, which led to a bitter confrontation with Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
This time he had the backing of several European leaders, including the UK's Keir Starmer, Italy's Giorgia Meloni and France's Emmanuel Macron. The heads of state had coached him prior to speaking to Trump, The Times reported.
He may have either taken their advice or the withering counsel of Vice President Vance from the last time they met, as he was immediately complimentary of and thankful for Trump.
In fact, The Washington Post noted that Zelensky thanked Trump approximately 11 times in a nearly five-minute public address Monday.
He thanked Trump another seven times in 50 seconds as they addressed the press in the Oval Office, the site of their infamous showdown in March.
'Thanks so much, Mr President. If I can, first of all, thank you for the invitation, and thank you very much for your efforts, personal efforts, to stop killings and stop this war. Thank you,' Zelensky said.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
He’s still making the same demands for troops.
Where is Zelensky going to find 100B dollars?
From us of course. The clever thing here is that this proposal will be even more lucrative to the military industrial complex than continuing the war, and hence may cause the deep state to switch sides on peace. I would not be surprised if Trump originally suggested this maneuver.
WOW, The Daily Mail using the words “Zelensky” and “Masterstroke” all in one sentence.
“Masterstroke” must describe how Zelensky plays his piano. I wonder if the euro-trash leaders schooled the little green goblin on the flight across the pond?
Can't even stand on his own two feet. President of his country?? Only on Paper. He cares nothing for his people.
Daily Mail....is garbage...twisted...fake
What a biased crap article
What same demand for troops?
Paging the Daily Mail and the UK’s Deep State, some video everyone might want to take a look at...
Clandestine
@WarClandestine
I think this moment was far more important than we realize.
While Trump has NATO leaders and Zelensky in a photo op, he directs their attention to a painting from that day in Butler.
And all the leaders look like they just saw a ghost.
Does Trump know who tried to kill him?
3:16 PM · Aug 18, 2025. 6.5M Views
https://x.com/WarClandestine/status/1957521939490304383
Well, it is better than whoring for Putin.
The Daily Fail.
Last time, Trump offered security guarantees for US contractors to help rebuild the country and Zelenskyy blew that up because there were no troops being offered.
He still wants troops, because he knows that no deal can be struck.
His suit was ugly
“Zelensky laid the groundwork by offering a $100 billion weapons deal as an olive branch to Trump.”
WTF does that mean? He’s going to return some of the money he stole from America under Biden? It’s going back into our coffers instead of the Biden family’s pockets? (Miss Lindsey probably still will get his cut post-laundring.)
“The Ukrainian leader also donned corporate attire in accordance with his more nuanced approach to handling the professionally-dressed US president.”
I’ve been in “corporate”; that wasn’t corporate. He looked like crap. I’ve seen him in an actual suit, we know he owns one.
A number of months ago President Trump was offering billions to the Ukes for minerals and rare earths. So Ukraine gets back billions in American made military equipment and we get minerals and cash.
And oh, Putin gets bitch-slapped in the process too and a very good reason why he comes to the peace table.
Great! If we give him another 90 billion he’ll stop the war? What a great guy!!!
Pro Z man crap-——24/7......its sickening.
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