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justshane Feb 28, 2025

Honestly, I don't know how Zelenksy didn't punch the cheetoh that whole time. That man has remarkable restraint.

I have never been so embarrassed for our country. What a thug. "World War III," he says over and over, echoing Putin's sabre rattling throughout his invasion. Even sitting in the White House, Trump is echoing the Kremlin line.

What's even more despicable is that the spineless, gutless GOP will say nothing about this indefensible show of gutlessness and cowardice by their leader. Imagine that: Being afraid of cowards makes you one.

BrianKrebs Feb 28, 2025

Don't even get me started on the WWIII chants. Past American presidents have gone out of their way to avoid uttering these words, because they invariably fill people with dread and feelings of dystopia. But you see, the current president would like nothing more.

ṫẎℭỚ◎ᾔ ṫ◎ℳ Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs divide and conquer bully policy

jzakotnik Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs I am really sorry you joined the club of autocrats. Just to prevent a woman being president.

BrianKrebs Feb 28, 2025

@jzakotnik not helping

Old Man in the Shoe Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs @jzakotnik they almost put Nazis back in power, don't let them get to you

Seán Fenian Feb 28, 2025

@jzakotnik what on earth are you talking about?

cc @briankrebs

jzakotnik Feb 28, 2025

@zakalwe @briankrebs just saying that the democrat candidate would obivously be a better choice than the wannabe-dictator. But I guess voting for a woman was too difficult for many US citizens.

Seán Fenian Feb 28, 2025

@jzakotnik OK, so that was not the accusation leveled at @briankrebs that it looked like. I misread your intent. Apologies.

As a comment to the American electorate in general, I 100% agree. It's a travesty. It's shameful.

jzakotnik Feb 28, 2025

@zakalwe @briankrebs sorry that I didn't articulate it properly. Not an english native speaker ;-) Let's hope for the best..

🪐✨ ꉣꑀꁲꏳꑀꊯꌈ꒒ ✨🪐Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs I can't bring myself to watch the news this political cycle. Although it may be hard to stomach, I appreciate you condensing this drivel into digestible chunks.

MJ Muse Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs my biggest sigh of relief when Trump lost to Biden, was that he hadn't started WWlll. I'm not so sure he won't now.

bouriquet Mar 1, 2025

@briankrebs Putin has often used the WWIII mantra

Frank 🛩️🪂⛵🛵🎿🔭Mar 2, 2025

@briankrebs He's so proud he counted right this time, he has to tell it to everyone really often:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-world-war-two-atlanta-georgia-rally-b2637585.html

Trump ominously warns ‘we’re close to World War Two’ – before rally-goer corrects him: ‘World War Three?’

Republican presidential candidate fluffed his lines while delivering an apocalyptic prediction at his Georgia campaign event

The Independent

evariste.gal🌈is Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs my2c, as European: US are now the most critical threat for the world.

Tody Motmot Feb 28, 2025

@evaristegal0is @briankrebs

As an American citizen, I agree and I'm so thankful you recognize it. I feel like I've been screaming into the void in the international stage about this.

People from other countries have a general understanding of how crazy the MAGA cult is, but not how easily they can transfer that insanity to crucial international systems.

Please protect yourselves, however you can, as fast as you can...

derptron Feb 28, 2025

@todymotmot @evaristegal0is @briankrebs We still are screaming into a void unfortunately.

I just the other day broke down and yelled at a European coworker for expressing support for what Trump and Musk have been doing over here.

The shit is everywhere. It's not just a USA problem. Our falling to this crap just makes it that much worse for everyone.

John Gordon 📷Mar 1, 2025

@crazyeddie @todymotmot @evaristegal0is @briankrebs I've heard there are those in the UK who think he is a good choice for president, and will make things better. I have no idea where they could get that idea from. It baffles me that anybody could look at any part of his life and say he's the best choice for president, or any position of responsibility for that matter.

SergeantScar Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs I would have loved to see some camera in the faces of some of the Senators form the bi-partisan group that met with Zelenskyy before he met with cheetoh.

What a complete embarrassment. I cannot imagine a future where this interaction does not change some minds about the position of the US Gov't on the world stage.

SergeantScar Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs unsurprisingly it sounds like the Rs in that group of Senators are just spewing pro Trump garbage. Bummer, but shouldn't be surprised.

Simon Zerafa (Status:

😊)Feb 28, 2025

That fella need a self restraint medal for not smacking Trump all around the room.

Absolutely disgusting how Trump is using extortion to cause the "peace" process to to fail. Hopefully they will tell Trump which orifice to stick that "deal".

How Trump isn't already under arrest for treason is beyond me.

Me 🐶Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs I'm so pissed off right now
Edit: and embarrassed to be an US citizen

Jon Steege Feb 28, 2025

@derrydavis @briankrebs me too. This is shameful and un-american behavior.

Miles Offit... 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs Wait until you hear Lindsey Graham's comment right after the stunt.

ṫẎℭỚ◎ᾔ ṫ◎ℳ Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs what is this high school drama childish fights you disrespected me like everyone is supposed to bow down to the king you notice a lot of other leaders are canceling. Nobody wants to be humiliated like Jordan King Abdullah all nervous with his eyes blinking Trump likes to put people in pressure the art of the deal

loucovey Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs Zelenskyy did hit the First Lady (Donald Trump) square in the mouth verbally and then let Vance whine about disrespect.

DoesThisNeedAGround?Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs Simple answer is President #Zelenskyy has had years of practice dealing with a dictator, this was amateur hour for him.

Sanne Hoekstra Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs You can help Zelenksy punch the cheetoh by using your behavior and spending: stop buying from toxic big companies that use their profits for autocracy. Cancel you Amazon Prime membership, stop buying from Amazon, don’t buy a Tesla, stop using “free” Gmail/Google, Facebook and other services that harm society with their profits and sell you out by selling your data. The basic infosec stuff, but expanded to economic spending behavior.

Pepijn Schmitz Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs It is incredibly refreshing to see a foreign leader tell a US president what for instead of the usual sycophancy.

GutterPoetry Feb 28, 2025

@captainchaos @briankrebs

Yeah, contrast that with Starmer and its just embarrassing, the level of sycophancy to an absolute fool and tyrant.

sNOWFLAKE ❄️ iNDUSTRIES Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs U$$A is now = Putin Russia

T2R Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs I am embarrassed too. This administration is living in it's own reality distortion field.

ayemel Feb 28, 2025

It was an ambush by the president and vice-president which should be widely condemned by leaders throughout the world. Those who stay silent are complicit in allowing whatever the hell is going on in the US right now to continue.

UncleRico Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs I would have punched that Nazi in the throat if he had put his hand on me like that.

crawler Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs after every embarrassing moment there's always the same question - what's next and how worse will it get?

derptron Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs I saw someone suggest contacting our reps for articles of impeachment.

I think cowardice is the appropriate charge. Fuck trying to hold him to the law, since we don't fucking care...they're just straight up cowards.

So that's what I suggested to my rep.

0xd34db33f Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs Janey Godley was right! Google her if you don't know about her and Trump

Chris Real Feb 28, 2025

Bullies use the rules of civility (words! no hitting!) to get away with their bullying.

If he had punched Trump, the world would have cheered.

But the SS would have pounced on Zelensky—so the point is unfortunately moot.

xs4me2 Feb 28, 2025

These thugs need to be dragged out of the Whitehouse. Tarred and feathered.

#uspol #trump #traitor

Neal C Feb 28, 2025

@xs4me2 @briankrebs I can't help thinking that Trump will only see the folly of his ways when he is forced to watch Spetsnaz taking it in turns on Ivanka on the White House steps.
Слава Україні

Christian Gudrian Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs I wonder how Zelensky (and his treatment by Trump and Vance) was perceived by the American people. Is this really what #MAGA was supposed to be? Yelling at and humiliating other people in public?

GutterPoetry Feb 28, 2025

@cgudrian @briankrebs

Sadly I think this is what they bought and paid for. Everything becoming shitty reality TV.

Fan of Shared Truth & Empathy Feb 28, 2025

@cgudrian Yep. What an embarrassing shitshow.

wbftw Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs I'm angry that Trump admin thinks so little about Ukrainian people (this was an official meeting with official representatives of the two countries). I'm angry that representatives from both parties said little and done even less about the treatment of the President of Ukraine by Trump and his admin. I'm angry that Europe and Canada were so unprepared for the second term of Trump presidency that these visits are needed in the first place.

Brian Chamberlain Feb 28, 2025

I wonder if the plan was to provoke some words or action or even gesture from him that would serve as a useful excuse for cutting off Ukraine?

Justbeep Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs
Have you noticed the "balance" in that room? #zelensky alone facing all those people? It was clearly set up to put pressure on him to sign this 'deal'.

BrianKrebs Feb 28, 2025

@Justbeep Yes I didn't miss any of that. Zelensky is as close as we will get to a modern day hero that there is. And he's got serious courage coming in there to dispute the most powerful man in the world on live TV. But that's what you do to bullies. Respect.

GutterPoetry Feb 28, 2025

Hey USA, if you don't let me invade your country, you started WW3. Thems the rules you made.

ZAC Feb 28, 2025

@briankrebs I with the Sarge (Sgt) on this!

f*cking b*tch club Mar 1, 2025

@briankrebs Did anyone else notice DT said “you don’t get to dictate….” ?

That stuck out to me because earlier he called Zelensky a dictator. Today he phrased it differently: “you don’t get to dictate”, but I felt the intention was the same.

SomeAnoTooter Mar 1, 2025

@briankrebs I'm astound by this magical figure that is dependent on other big nations to survive, that also has the possibilities and gut to defend themself and in doing so are able to force other nations to start a world war?
Btw possibly every nation could legally intervene militarily in Ukraine for Ukraines defence as it is within international law but none is allowed to attack Ukraine or any other sovereign country or help other aggressors to attack because it's a crime.
Party of law my ass.

Timothy Swan Mar 1, 2025

@briankrebs And Little Marco just clenches his hands and looks shell-shocked. What a weak little sniveling ass-kisser. He has absolutely no respect.

PK 🌻Mar 1, 2025

@briankrebs The GOP is doing even worse than saying nothing. I was forced to watch Rubio — who I had previously called one of the “least awful” nominees before he actually started — as he vehemently defended the disgusting behavior of his boss. Made me sick, especially since I have a close relative at State.

Becksy Mar 1, 2025

@briankrebs Putin doesn’t need Nuclear weapons to destroy the United States. He has Trump and Musk. Proving to be far more effective.

Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3 Mar 2, 2025

@briankrebs
Congressional Republicans are becoming more open about receiving death threats if they stray off the party line.

I doubt legislators can be protected in the shit hole states, but maybe the blue states can protect their own with the help of local, non-maga law enforcement?

Chuck Mar 2, 2025

@blaise @briankrebs

The sad thing is they don't realize that it comes with the job. Just like soldiers know that in peacetime they will basically drill and train, but when necessary they need to put their life on the line to do the job. Same is true for Congress.