Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Mar 05 2025 10:13:00

>  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.

I actually felt like Trump jumped on that because Trump didn't want those
listening (i.e. us!) to be worrying about his buddy Putin, so he deflected it
quickly.

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

True.  If you try to treat it like one, it becomes increasingly difficult
to govern.


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