Summary

Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy had a heated argument during an Oval Office meeting that ended with Zelenskyy leaving without signing a planned bilateral agreement.

Despite the diplomatic breakdown, Ukrainians rallied around Zelenskyy, praising him for standing firm on Ukraine’s interests against pressure from Trump and JD Vance, who criticized him for lacking gratitude for previous U.S. support.

While Moscow officials were delighted by the apparent rift, many Ukrainians viewed Zelenskyy as defending their country’s dignity during the 3-year Russian invasion.

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    5 days ago

    You just know that Trump is going to have to say and do some batshit wild stuff to distract us from this.

    What next?

    My money is on claiming Antarctica as US land because of …uh… Ice prices or something.

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      3 days ago

      There are valuable resources, like gas and oil, under Greenland. He made a deal with Russia to carve up Ukraine’s rare Earth minerals.

      It seems that Trump’s motivations are based on grabbing as much valuable resources from other countries as he can. So far he’s been failing.

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        3 days ago

        But let’s not forget the time the US dragged the world into a horrible war on terror just so it could maintain oil prices too.

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      5 days ago

      Rich deposits of unobtanium have been discovered there by the uh National Office of Discovery