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That's not leadership. That's blackmail.
Can you explain what you mean here?
What would the US do if it were in Ukraine's position? It certainly wouldn't go along with some other power telling it that it has to lose.
> This is what strong American leadership gets you, get used to it.
I see no strong American leadership here. I see a weak president throwing a hissy fit because Zelensky wasn't willing to sufficiently kneel down and kiss Trump's ass. Zelensky is the strong leader here.
Are you serious? Powerful people know their place and Zelensky definitely didn't know his. Trump only threw a 'hissy fit' as you claim, because Zelensky started making demands, when he should be thanking the US for the billions of dollars we already poured into his country. Definitely a sign of a weak leader.
Another sign is completely getting rid of fair and Democratic elections and forcing men at gun point to fight in a war where they will most likely get killed.
Only one person on that stage did this.
It's funny, none of the Zelensky supporters will mention this, even though you've accused Trump of wanting to get rid of elections for years.
"What would the US do if it were in Ukraine's position? It certainly wouldn't go along with some other power telling it that it has to lose."
They wouldn't bite the hand that feeds them.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/28/politics/volodymyr-zelens...
Yes, entirely reasonable and necessary ones (a security guarantee). He only did it in public because Trump had just publicly made false statements that were intended to undercut those. That's what a strong leader does: stands up for his nation when necessary.
> he should be thanking the US for the billions of dollars we already poured into his country.
Zelensky has been thanking the US continuously all along. There's no shortage of expressions of gratitude here. What got Trump angry was that Zelensky wasn't grovelling to Trump personally. That has nothing to do with the US and everything to do with Trump's weakness and lack of character. Trump is not the US.
> you've accused Trump of wanting to get rid of elections for years.
I have done no such thing.
> They wouldn't bite the hand that feeds them.
Zelensky did no such thing, but I could absolutely see Trump doing so.
Nobody is going to win a Nobel prize for being a puppet of the Russian Federation. With respect to the Budapest memorandum, this is organized harassment, not negotiations.