The American side deliberately orchestrated the confrontation during President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the White House, Friedrich Merz, the head of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the likely chancellor, said on March 3.

“It was not a spontaneous reaction to interventions by Zelensky, but obviously a manufactured escalation in this meeting in the Oval Office,” Merz said at a press conference in Hamburg.

The visit was expected to mark the signing of a long-debated agreement between Ukraine and the U.S. on jointly developing Ukraine’s mineral resources.

MBFC

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    of course they did. did anyone think it was going to go any other way?

    Zelensky did great by standing up to them and not reacting to them. the rest of the world saw how weak the current admin is.

    how low do we have to go before everyone wakes up and sees this orange shitstain for what he is?

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      The dude literally invited Russian state media and said “this will be great TV”.

      I’m not a conspiracy theorist but…

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      Zelenski has the patience of a demigod for not slapping the shit out of Vance.

      He handled the no-win situation as best as he could; I hope it raises Europe’s will to back Ukraine since it was obvious how he was ambushed by a supposed ally.

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      how low do we have to go before everyone wakes up and sees this orange shitstain for what he is?

      “It’s easier to fool a man than to convince him he’d been fooled.” - Mark Twain

      We have our work cut out for us when dealing with republicans.

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        Yeah, it’s amazing. He’s not a “Republican” he’s Trump. He’s not your friend/ally/supporter no matter who you are, he only supports himself. Your welfare is only vaguely relevant so long as it directly supports his status, the instant you aren’t useful, you will get backstabbed hard.

        Unfortunately that’s not a particularly useful fact to highlight to republicans, and democrats bet too heavily on that being a talking point and it won them no favors.

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      how low do we have to go before everyone wakes up and sees this orange shitstain for what he is?

      I don’t think anyone capable of seeing it doesn’t already see it. We have to make it through these four years as a nation and somehow move forward despite them all.

      If congress somehow gets Trump removed via impeachment or similar means (I know the chances are near zero) I fully expect magas to be shooting people in the streets a day later, or a much more violent Jan 6 style event.