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Right now. Now this. The peace deal that collapsed in the Oval Office Friday would have been the starting point for negotiations to end the Ukraine war. It would have put America at the center of Ukraine's future development and brought back some of the money we invested there. It's worth mentioning that it could have stopped the killing. How come it fell apart in that Oval Office blowup?
Perhaps it had something to do with the meeting Zelenskyy had with top Democrats hours before arriving at the White House. Chris Murphy posted this on X Friday morning: "Just finished a meeting with President Zelenskyy here in Washington. He confirmed that the Ukrainian people will not support a fake peace agreement where Putin gets everything he wants and there's no security arrangements for Ukraine." In other words, just before Zelenskyy was due to sign the deal, he was telling the Democrats he didn't like it, and they supported his opposition; they encouraged him not to sign. Then Zelenskyy went to the Oval Office, rolled his eyes, talked over the President, argued with him, and killed the whole thing.
The Democrats are pleased and helped scuttle President Trump's foreign policy initiative, piling on the insults. Senator Adam Schiff calls our President a coward. Seth Moulton said Zelenskyy is a hero for standing up to Trump and Vance, who he calls puppets. Is this the return of Trump Derangement Syndrome, maybe? That doesn't do America any good at all and doesn't help the people of Ukraine who have to keep fighting.
One last point: In 2022, months after the war broke out, President Biden lost his temper in a phone call with Zelenskyy. He told him to "show a little gratitude." That's exactly what JD Vance told him.