Of the primary goals that Putin outlined for the "special military operation" he was already on track to successfully achieving four of them with or without Zelenskyy's chimp out.
Very few people I've spoken to today understand that if Zelensky began signing off on things like mining operations, you can have the United States, Russia and others have a stake in Ukraine. This is a nation in desperate need of some reason for it to continue existing. People will cooperate if it means steady income. Yes, minerals are finite and will eventually run out. Use this as a way to stop people from shooting each other and invest time, money and infrastructure into your nation. It's a stepping stone, you can build from here. You can't build anything when your country is a battlefield and your citizens are either dying or fleeing.
"Russia gets all of Ukraine because Zelenskyy is too stupid to do peace"
High-level Trump sources tell me the White House is now uncertain if they can get the Russians and Ukrainians to stop fighting because this episode with @ZelenskyyUa raised questions about whether he can move forward toward a peace deal. It also raises questions about whether US will pause aid to Ukraine. But Trump is NOT seeking regime change in Ukraine. No discussions about who in Ukraine might be a better leader than Zelenskyy.
Ukrainian officials have reached out this afternoon to senior White House officials desperate to get the deal back on track. But that will not happen today, I'm told. Trump is unwilling to talk to Zelenskyy further today.
When Rubio and Waltz went into the Roosevelt Room to ask Zelenskyy to leave, Rubio made it clear that any further engagements today would be counterproductive. Waltz told Zelenskyy he had made a tremendous mistake, and it was a grave disservice to Ukraine and to Americans, both.
No phone calls between Trump and Putin have been scheduled. But multiple European officials have called top Trump officials since Zelenskyy left asking how the minerals deal can be salvaged.
Trump fully intended to sign the minerals deal today. Two official binders were prepared -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his Ukrainian counterpart and the two presidents were going to sit at a conference table in the East Room and then trumpet their success at podiums.
But there were suspicions before Zelenskyy arrived today that it might fall apart. Because the Trump admin had been pushing for weeks for a minerals deal signing at the ministerial level, and Ukraine had refused. Zelenskyy wanted security guarantees.
US officials thought negotiations would be much harder with **Putin** so today have been been in disbelief that it has been Zelenskyy who has been more difficult, making maximalist demands, sources told me.
Exactly. If Zelensky signs the treaty, Trump becomes a peacemaker with rights to minerals for the US. Zelensky refuses, Trump has all the ammo he needs to justify withdrawing support from Ukraine and possibly from NATO. Either way, he wins.
he really worked himself up yesterday, he was posting every 10 mins
Since apparently Zelensky is already asking to come back I expect Trump to give him a worse deal that he will nearly be forced to sign out of desperation.
Do you know how much of a slimy rat fag you have to be to make me sympathize with Marco Rubio?
It's more embarrassing if they just took it and smiled
Maybe he has a quota and had to rush to catch up since he hadn't posted much in February.
I don't know about other EU countries but my country is currently going through massive protests and no one cares or talks about Ukraine anymore. Additionally the Pm and his cabinet are so unpopular that if he dares to say anything about direct involvement the protests may escalate even further. He's a retard but probably not that retarded.
This was never one of Putin's stated goals but should have been.
"Step down as president" would be on that list
Hey cut him some slack. He sometimes just lets his secret service beat and detain the journalists until they die.
