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dancingtongue · 80-89, M
A train wreck of three egos more concerned with their macho images than anything else. I'm more willing to accept Zelenskyy's attire -- it WAS his formal wear (black rather olive; trident like a brand name rather than the Ukrainian flag), plus, as an actor, he knows a lot of his support domestically and abroad is based on his preferred "uniform" of crewnecks rather than being a "suit" not affected by the war all about him.
Trump and Vance were looking for a reason to jettison talks while playing to the MAGA crowd, imho. It feels like the old bait & switch -- excuse me, Art of the Deal -- tactics. Someone should remind the two that when Churchill came begging, they met halfway in the Atlantic and it was Lend/LEASE not Provide/GIMMEE. Zelenskyy already had nixed the earlier offer of nothing but an inflated credit payment for half their mineral rights. Yet they obviously must have sweetened the deal to share the revenues from half the mineral rights -- which already had been announced -- and some sort of agreement on further military support to lure him to Washington for a photo op, then rolled out the same old GIMME agreement.
At least imho. We may never know. Other than there were no winners west of the Urals.
Trump and Vance were looking for a reason to jettison talks while playing to the MAGA crowd, imho. It feels like the old bait & switch -- excuse me, Art of the Deal -- tactics. Someone should remind the two that when Churchill came begging, they met halfway in the Atlantic and it was Lend/LEASE not Provide/GIMMEE. Zelenskyy already had nixed the earlier offer of nothing but an inflated credit payment for half their mineral rights. Yet they obviously must have sweetened the deal to share the revenues from half the mineral rights -- which already had been announced -- and some sort of agreement on further military support to lure him to Washington for a photo op, then rolled out the same old GIMME agreement.
At least imho. We may never know. Other than there were no winners west of the Urals.