Day 59 (or 39) – White House Ukraine Meeting

Friday, February 28, 2025

I happened to turn the TV on for a few minutes mid-afternoon. There was a meeting in the White House: Trump, Zelensky, and lots of others, notably Vance.

I have now learned that the problem of achieving peace in Ukraine is that Zelensky isn’t grateful enough. Yeah. Not only that but Mr. Trump pointed out that people in Ukraine are dying. Wow, more insights. And that Obama and Biden did nothing. Putin is innocent and the pillorying of Putin is due to Hunter Biden’s laptop, which was either in his bathroom or his bedroom.

When Mr. Zelensky tried to explain that they had made agreements with Mr. Putin and that he, Putin, broke them it was J. D. Vance that pointed out Mr. Zelenskyy wasn’t grateful enough and Mr. Trump went on about Hunter Biden’s laptop. When Mr. Zelenskyy mentioned that Putin would come for him too but he wasn’t feeling it because America has a big ocean separating them from Russia. Mr. Trump was quick to tell Mr. Z not to tell him how he feels. Tough talk. I wonder which ocean Mr. Zelenskyy was talking about The American Ocean or the other American Ocean?

Mr. Trump was right back to saying we gave Ukraine $350B in aid, which he said was much more than Europe. Even though Mr. Macron politely corrected him and said that the aid was about even, and others have pointed out that the aid is actually $124B from the U.S. But why quibble? 

If this was a boxing match, people who know something about Russia, gave Putin a knock out.

What we learned is, with 80% of the people in the U.S. not trusting Putin, our President, JD Vance, and others like Lindsay Graham have now switched sides in this war and are supporting Russia.

And Mr. Zelenskyy was asked to leave the White House. No happy happy before the microphones. No mineral blackmail deal.

Mr. Z and his team asked for a reset, but the orange one wasn’t having it.