Posted on 10/13/2025 2:25:06 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, according to an administration official, a Western official and a Ukrainian embassy spokesperson.
Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S., Olga Stefanishyna, confirmed that Trump invited Zelenskyy to a meeting this week, Ukrainian Embassy spokesperson Halyna Yusypiuk said.
The visit, previously reported by the Financial Times, comes as Trump said the U.S. is considering approving Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine, adding that they would be “a new step of aggression” in that country's war against Russia. If the administration provided the long-range missiles, it would mark a new level of U.S. support for Ukraine in the war.
"We may not, but we may do it," Trump said on Air Force One on Monday. "I think it’s appropriate to bring up — yeah, I want to. I want to see the war settled."
Trump also said he and Zelenskyy discussed the possibility of Ukraine obtaining Tomahawks by phone over the weekend.
“We’ll see,” Trump said.
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I do not support this.
Why?
And yet it happens anyway because we aren’t being asked.
It is challenging to see decisions we feel are wrong be made and have no input despite supporting it with our tax dollars.
🇷🇺 The launch of Tomahawk missiles requires the direct involvement of American specialists, meaning their delivery to Kiev could end very badly, Peskov warned.
I am thinking that Trump is a wrestler. In this case, he’s wrestling an alligator. It will take a few moves before the alligator is pinned.
The Ukes will have their Tomahawks, at least a thousand of them, maybe two thousand. US will input targeting.
Rusdia will get thr brunt of those that get through.
Destroyed missile factories, oil and nat gas hubs and transport centers, electrical grid chokepoints.
Going to be a cold Winter in Russia too. Long lines for gasoline. Fuel oil and natural gas shortages for heating.
Maybe no gasoline diesel for troops invading Ukraine too. Boo hoo. Enjoy the mutual misery you f*cks. And i never wanted any of this. We should be allies with Russia against the Chinese and Isis, Al Quada etc. We can still do this. Not too late. Settle this war. Stop sanctions. Trade freely. Support each other. Settle the Ukraine war. Terms to favor Russia sure. Security guarantees. Korea style? Whatever. No reason for US and Russia to rattle nuclear weapons.
I don’t think Trump gives him Tomahawks.
Trump would rather do an ecomic attack… if he could just get countries to stop buying Russian oil.
Because I want the US out of Biden’s war. We do not need to be escalating, we need to be exiting.
This strategy will not work to bring peace.
Sometimes the alligator wins. This is not worth the risk.
You don’t support Trump meeting with Zelensky, or supplying TLAMs? He is meeting with him in an effort to end the war, as Putin has essentially refused to negotiate.
Trump understands that ceding Ukraine to Russia would be a stain on his presidency that would blot out much of his legacy. I doubt Ukraine gets Tomahawks, at least not in numbers. But there are other weapons we can deliver.
I just mean , who says Trump is going to give Zelensky anything?
I view Ukraine as a stronghold of the Deep State. They stole 2020 so they could give us this. Trump has a lot of irons in the fire. It is conspicuous that he is not focused on the one called, Ukraine. Perhaps he should not be. Defund the Deep State. Defund the EU. Address America’s failings. Let the ‘Rats circle the turd-pile that is Ukraine - I think this is Trump’s strategy.
So, the CIA stooge comes to the White House. Let him come. I think Trump knows what he is doing.
Besides, we have little choice.
I said I am not for anymore of this. Putin has not refused to negotiate and Zelensky and the EU are also refusing to end this mess.
This isn’t Trump’s war and it isn’t America’s war. If UK and EU want to continue it. Fine. Let them with no help from us.
We have all the choice in the world.
I wonder if bathtub farts are considered high comedy in Ukraine.
I think in Ukraine that means providing Ukraine enough extra military force (perhaps by aiding its domestic arms industry, more weaponry like Tomahawks, or some combination) to bring more military and economic pressure on Russia. But it also means a land swap that Ukraine will find painful but that gives enough to Putin for him to walk away.
I think I’m on your side, but I don’t see how to understand or affect Trump’s strategy.
It seems, to me, that he just completely bypassed Ukraine to go after the Middle East. The opposition is stunned. I expect this to continue.
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