I ambush the president of Ukraine set up by Donald Trump, and Tom Nichols columnist, in the wake of their episode at the Oval Office.
“, Probably in order to conclude a deal with the Russian dictator soon, selling a European country that is fighting for its own existence,” he says, outlining a black moment in US foreign policy.
The article specifically states:
“Trump’s advisers have already described the meeting as a victory for the doctrine of” first in America “and his apologists will probably try to distort and justify the shameful moment as a simply intense discussion, the kind of debate that in the political language of Washington.
However, this meeting, with Trump launching Russian arguments against Zelenski (such as accusing Ukraine of risking a third world war). All this was intended to humiliate the Ukrainian leader in live broadcast and to give Trump the pretext to do what he has repeatedly indicated that he wants: to stand by the Russian president and end the war in Russia’s terms. According to reports, Trump is now considering the immediate end of any military aid to Ukraine because of Zelenski’s supposed intransigence during the meeting.
Atlantic states that the presence of a vans in the White House was also planned. “Vance is usually an invisible MP of the government, with little tasks beyond the occasional troll of Trump’s critics. (The real work of promoting Trump’s policies seems to belong to Elon Musk.)
This time, however, they brought him not to troll other Americans, but a foreign leader. Marco Rubio – theoretically the leading diplomat of America – was also present, but he was sitting down and silent, while Vans was a bastard as an annoying postgraduate student.
The Zelenski Station
The article also refers to the reaction of Zelenski when he was attacked by Trump.
“Because, supposedly, he didn’t show enough gratitude to Trump. And then, in a moment of incredible hypocrisy, Vance told Zelenski that it was “disrespectful to come to the Oval Office and try to discuss it in front of the US media”.
However, dragging Zelenski into a confrontation in front of the cameras was probably the plan from the beginning and soon both Trump and Vans were shouting at Zelenski. (“This will be an excellent viewership,” Trump said during the meeting.)
The president, at some point, sounded like the leader of the Mafia, but in the end he was no longer reminiscent of Putin himself, as he was screaming for the “bet with World War I”, as if the start of the greatest war in Europe for almost a century was an idea.
Vance, the slimy television companion
What happened after the meeting? Atlantic states:
“After the meeting, Trump left the Ukrainian leader and then issued a statement that only Moscow could please: he could well have put this post on Truth Social before even the meeting, since Zelenski had no chance of having a real discussion.
When he showed Trump photos of Ukrainian soldiers who had been subjected to horrific torture, Trump raised his shoulders. “Hard things,” he muttered. Maybe someone had told Zelenski that Trump is not reading much and reacts more to the pictures, but this time, unusual for him, he seems to have decided to stay in the message and cause conflict.
Vance, for his part, fully embodied the role of the slimy television companion, was thrown to ensure that the protagonist would receive the support he needed, while attacking one of the “guests”. The Vice -President is a man who cannot be treated seriously but tries to intervene in serious times. Only this time the stakes were much more important than the usual confrontations with the media or the Democrats in Congress.
Laughing, he was watching Brian Glenn, a journalist on the far -right channel Real America’s Voice, who is alleged to have a relationship with MP Marjori Taylor Green, asking Zelenski the “hard” and “penetrating” question: why he was not wearing a costume. (He might also ask Musk why he was wearing a hat and a t -shirt at a cabinet meeting, but I doubt very much).
Trump mouthes Russian propaganda to Zelensky in public meeting:
«Your country is in big trouble. No, no, you’ve done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. You’re not winning this.»
— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow)
“Destruction”
“I feel ashamed of my nation. Even if Congress acts to support and help Ukraine, it cannot restore the American price that has been lost today, “says the columnist.
And continues:
“But no matter how disgusted by the behavior of Trump and Vans, the strategic reality is that this meeting is a disaster for the United States and the free world. America’s alliances are now in danger, and rightly so: Trump is openly and enthusiastically betraying everything that America has tried to defend from the axis defeat 80 years ago. The entire international class of peace and security is now in danger, as the Russian authoritarian, having slaughtered innocent people for three years, are looking forward to enjoying the spoils of their invasion instead of accounting for their crimes,
Friday, February 28, 2025, will be recorded in the books of History as one of the most gloomy days of American diplomacy, the beginning of a long -term disaster that every American, every ally of the United States and every person who cares about the future of democracy will have to endure. With the betrayal of Ukraine by the White House sealing a month of authoritarian chaos in America, Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump confidently and think: “One of us.”
