Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk' that..
To   : August Abolins
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Tue Mar 04 2025 07:58:59

-=> August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

 AA> Zelensky is no slouch when it comes to wit, but his visit was
 AA> weighed by the serious burden of his country and people under
 AA> attack - I could imagine that humour and levity would be hard
 AA> to maintain at all times.   But Vance and Trump were
 AA> disrespectful pricks in this situation.

Two things stuck out at me - When Zelenskyy said, in pretty good English
that if you don't deal with Russia in Ukraine, you'll deal with them at
your doorstep, and it felt like Trump saw that as an opening to distort
that and go on the offensive, saying "You don't tell me what to do".
That seemed like an intentional escalation, not a misunderstanding.

Secondly, when Trump described Zelenskyy's strategy as "not good
business", it rang hollow. Governing a people is *not* a business.


 
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