US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51328058

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The meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents descended many times into a “shouting match”, with Trump “cursing all the time”, people familiar with the matter said.

They added that the US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier.

“Zelenskyy was very negative” following the meeting, according to one of the officials, adding that European leaders were “not optimistic but pragmatic with planning next steps”.

  • Paragone@piefed.socialEnglish
    251·
    5 hours ago

    As the Kremlin papers showed, Putin was Trump’s backer for decades.

    As I’ve said for years, Trump is going to turn against NATO, & side with Putin, against all the hated enemies of imperialist-narcissism.

    Trump cannot be loyal to Ukraine, long-term, given Trump’s underlying-religion.

    Pretending otherwise is idiotic.

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  • thejml@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    53·
    6 hours ago

    This is not how a president or anyone in a position of authority should talk or conduct themselves. I’m ashamed of our country and countrymen who support this administration.

    Slava Ukraini.

    • blattrules@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      5 hours ago

      This is not how a president or anyone in a position of authority should talk or conduct themselves. I’m ashamed of our country and countrymen who support this administration.

      This is what I think about everything this idiot does.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
      6·
      5 hours ago

      I wish we could make it clear to him and the rest of Ukraine how many of us support them and are horrified by how this administration has been behaving toward them, Russia, and the war in general.