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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The way he interrupted Trump and Vance

He interrupted when Vance was literally telling Zelensky that he didn't kiss the ring enough during a live fucking press conference. Literally.

He interrrupted when Vance said that he watched a few news reports and therefore that gave him the right to dictate how Zelensky handles the war.

They were trying to turn Zelensky into Trump's cuck and Zelensky wouldn't stand for it.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

He could have waited until they finish talking and say exactly what he was going to say. It came out unprofessional. Not that Trump is professional, but Trump is a Trump and in the end Zelensky was there to ask for support. Instead he tried to demand it. Dumb.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

He could have waited until they finish talking and say exactly what he was going to say. It came out unprofessional.

So he was just supposed to sit there and say nothing while Vance dresses him down like a cuck for the world to see?

World leaders don't do that. Macron didn't let Trump finish when Trump was lying, and neither did Stammer. Zelensky shouldn't be expected to do it either.

Not that Trump is professional, but Trump is a Trump

That is absolutely no excuse. Plus, it was Vance who started it. He knows better, and chose to insult Zelensky anyway.

and in the end Zelensky was there to ask for support.

Asking for support does not and should not require the political equivalent of having to go on live television and beg mommy and daddy for a few table scraps while they tell you that you aren't being thankful enough for being allowed to sit at the adults table in the first place.

Their whole purpose was to make Zelinsky come over and kiss the ring, and then embarrass him in front of the world stage. They had Russian media there, but AP and Reuters were banned. MTG's husband asked why the man didn't wear a suit. And Vance and Trump just kept dressing him down over and over again. The whole point was to embarrass the man on the world stage to please almighty Putin.

Instead he tried to demand it. Dumb.

The man stood up for his country, and refused to turn himself into one of Trump's cucks. He was perfectly willing to kiss the ring until they decided that he needed to be humiliated too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You don't bow down to dictatorial filth unless you're a republican piece of trash.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

Did you take that line from Harry Potter or something? Jesus Christ, are you nine?