#Europe leaders arrive for #WhiteHouse meeting on #Russia - #Ukraine war
Ukraine’s future could hinge on a hastily assembled White House meeting Monday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky brings an extraordinary cadre of European leaders with him to show #Trump a united front against Russia.
The European political heavy-hitters left out of Trump’s summit with #Putin in Alaska are looking to safeguard Ukraine & the continent from widening aggression from Moscow.
Gee, #Trump seems really receptive to expert counsel 🙄 (/s)
His delusionally inflated ego is working overtime with the bullshit statement, “I’ve settled 6 Wars in 6 months”
Also, the time for placing blame on Biden for anything, passed long ago — ~7 months ago. Didn’t he say he could end the war on day 1?
GMAFB
#geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #US #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine
#Putin spoke with the leaders of #India, #Brazil & #SouthAfrica on Monday to discuss the results of talks between #Russia & the #US in Alaska, the Kremlin said, just hours before #Ukraine President Volodymyr #Zelensky was scheduled to arrived to speak with #Trump at the White House.
He also spoke with key allies, including leaders in #CentralAsia & #Belarus’ Alexander #Lukashenko, in a series of calls Monday & Sunday.
#geopolitics #PutinsPuppet #StandWithUkraine
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-18-2025#00000198-bde2-db00-a198-ffe3d5990000
#MarkRutte, #NATO secretary general, was the first to arrive. Next up was #UrsulaVonDerLeyen, president of the #EuropeanCommission, followed by #KeirStarmer, the prime minister of the #UK.
#Italy Pm #GiorgiaMeloni & #Finland President #AlexanderStubb have arrived.
#Macron (#France) & #Merz (#Germany) have arrived.
#Zelensky is expected to be last to arrive at 1PM ET.
#geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #US #Trump #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine
#Zelensky is scheduled to meet w/ #Trump at 1:15PM ET.
Here are the Ukrainian reps coming with him:
Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s chief of staff
Sergiy Kyslytsya, first deputy minister of foreign affairs, fmr ambassador to the #UN
Rustem Umerov, head of #Ukraine's National #Defense & #Security Council, head of Ukraine's delegation at Istanbul talks
Pavlo Palisa, a fmr #military commander & deputy head of the presidential office
Ihor Brusylo, deputy head of the presidential office
#Zelensky has arrived
[I’m not thrilled that Zelensky wore a jacket. At least he’s not wearing a tie.]
#geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #US #Trump #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine
Back in the Oval Office with press, #Zelensky sat next to #Trump & clasped his hands in front of him. “Thanks so much Mr. President,” he said, adding that he thanked Trump for his personal efforts to stop the war.
[Zelensky, who was berated last visit for not thanking Trump, has learned that Trump responds to flattery]
“It’s an honor to have the president of #Ukraine with us,” Trump said. “We had a good meeting just a while ago with the president of #Russia. Today’s meeting is very important.”
#Trump said he believes he can secure a joint meeting with #Putin & #Zelensky “if everything works out well today.” He says he thinks there is a “reasonable chance in ending the war”.
Zelensky is asked by a douchebag #FauxNews reporter if he’s going to send more people to their death or if he’s prepared to “redraw the maps.” Zelesnky is polite—“thank you for your question”—but maintains the line that his country must find a diplomatic way to end the war & he’s ready for a trilateral meeting.
#Trump is asked if he’s willing to send #US peacekeepers to #Ukraine. He won’t say one way or another.
“There’s going to be a lot of help,” Trump says of potential security guarantees for Ukraine. He says he will discuss those details later with the European leaders who have traveled to Washington with President #Zelensky.
Trump says the #US will be *involved* in #security assistance for Ukraine as part of a deal to end the war, but he didn’t provide any additional details.
Prompted by a sycophantic reporter, #Trump complains about the #news coverage he’s gotten around his handling of the #Russia #Ukraine #war & his meeting with #Putin, claiming, “I used to get great publicity.”
Trump goes on to complain about the #media in general, #lies about winning by a landslide, goes on a rant about how #WashingtonDC was a horrible place before his takeover & now it’s sudden immaculate & safe. Whatever.
Now he’s going on & on about #Biden.
He’s a petulant child.
#Trump is increasingly benefiting from a #media pool system his aides #control & shape. There are very few reporters in this room right now who are asking challenging questions; the back & forth between Trump & #BrianGlenn, a correspondent for the #FarRight cable channel Real America’s Voice, is a good example of how the White House shapes its own media while claiming to be transparent.
#Trump says, “I don’t think you need a cease-fire,” doubling down on a position he adopted only AFTER his meeting with #Putin in Alaska. #Ukraine & #Europe have demanded that a #ceasefire come before
any negotiations over permanent #peace begin.
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#Trump, who has repeatedly floated the idea of a third term, suggested he had an idea for “3½ years from now,” when his 2nd term expires.
“You mean if we happen to be in a war with somebody, no more elections?” he said. “Oh that’s good.”
Zelensky laughed & then said no.
Asked about his post on #MailinBallots & #VotingMachines from earlier today Trump declare, “Mail-in ballots are corrupt.”This is not at all where Republicans were before 2024.
“We’re gonna end mail-in voting, it’s a fraud,” #Trump said, who BTWs has himself repeatedly voted by mail.
It’s totally unclear how Trump squares his 2024 win, in which there was lots of early & mail-in voting, with the idea that—in his words—it’s all a “fraud.”
Trump is again abusing this meeting with a captive press to discuss his favorite topics: crime in Washington, mail-in ballots, his media coverage, transgender athletes, Democrats.
Meanwhile #Zelensky sits by silently.
#Zelensky, when asked what #security guarantees #Ukraine needs from any peace deal, says, “Everything.”
Zelensky has repeatedly pushed for security guarantees for Ukraine to make sure that #Russia won’t just agree to a deal & then invade Ukraine again after regrouping.
#Trump said he woud speak to #Putin after the meetings today. “He is expecting my call when we’re finished,” he said.
#geopolitics ##PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine
#Russia has launched a wave of attacks on #Ukraine cities as President #Zelensky arrived in Washington for talks with #Trump. While Ukrainians & Russians continue to die on the battlefield & in major cities, Zelensky is listening to Trump air #grievances & #ConspiracyTheories about the 2020 election & crime in Washington.
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The Oval Office pre-meeting media blitz is over.
#Zelensky has officially survived the first public appearance with #Trump today.
Zelensky & Trump are now in closed-door talks, after which a group photo of Trump, Zelenskyy & the dignitaries from #Europe will follow before everyone meets in the East Room at 3PM to discuss how to end #Russia’s war against #Ukraine — that’s the plan anyway.
#geopolitics #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #StandWithUkraine
After #Trump - #Zelensky private meeting, Trump spoke from the room where #Europe leaders had lunch.
He said:
* He will try to work out trilateral meeting with US, Ukraine & #Russia
* Russia agreed to accept #security guarantees
* Optimistic all will reach a collective agreement to deter aggression on Ukraine
* also need to discuss the possible exchanges of #territory
* He thinks a resolution is possible today
#Zelensky then said:
* All of us want to finish this war & stop #Russia
* "We will speak more about #security guarantees. This is very important that the #UnitedStates gives such a strong signal & is ready for security guarantees."
* This has been the best conversation with #Trump so far
[that’s not a high bar]
* #Ukraine would be happy for a trilateral meeting
The leaders from Europe all sat around a large table, & took turns addressing #Trump directly.
The format is similar to Trump's recent Cabinet meetings, where agency heads offer Trump praise 🙄 & then bring up specific issues they want to address.
#NATO'S #MarkRutte:
"We have to stop the killing. We have to stop the destruction of #Ukraine's infrastructure. This is a terrible war," Rutte said. He thanked Trump & said he "broke the deadlock."
#EuropeanCommission’s Ursula
#VonDerLeyen:
"We are here to work together with you on a just and lasting peace for #Ukraine, to
stop the killing."
"Every single child has to go back to its family."
"I can't imagine that the next meeting would took place without a #ceasefire. So let's work on that and let's try to put pressure on #Russia."
"We will talk about many important topics. The first one is #security guarantees, how to be sure that it won't happen again, which is the precondition of every kind of peace."
"We've worked very hard during the past few years to have a peace, which is a robust & long-standing peace. This is why the idea of a trilateral meeting is very important because this is the only way to fix it."
"We're talking about security, not just of #Ukraine, we're talking about the security of #Europe & the #UnitedKingdom as well, which is why this is such an important issue."
"The fact that we're around this table today is very much symbolic, in the sense that it's Team Europe & Team United States helping Ukraine."
#Trump, #Zelensky & #Europe leaders next met privately
Trump suggested the next few weeks could see some sort of resolution.
"I think that President #Putin wants to find an answer too, & we'll see," he said.
"In a certain period of time, not very far from now, a week or 2 weeks, we're going to know whether or not we're going to solve this or is this horrible fighting going to continue."
#Trump also said he expected #Putin to
release Ukrainian prisoners soon.
"I think you'll see that President Putin really would like to do something also," Trump said before the start of the meeting.
"I know there's over 1,000 prisoners, & I know they're going to release them. Maybe they're going to release them very soon, like immediately, which I think is great.”
He also said while everyone would prefer an immediate #ceasefire, at this moment "it's not happening."
Meanwhile, #Russia rejects #NATO troop deployment in #Ukraine
British minister #StephenKinnock reiterated Britain's support for #Ukraine #sovereignty & its right to pursue NATO & #EU membership without external constraints.
Russia does not consider the deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine a viable solution to the conflict, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
It views recent statements from the #UK on the matter as provocative.
#Trump has interrupted the meeting with #Zelensky & #Europe leaders to call #Putin - Bild reports
The meeting is to be resumed after the call, Germany's top-selling Bild tabloid reported.
#intervention #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #US #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #StandWithUkraine
Source isn’t fantastic — Bild German tabloid published by #AxelSpringer:
According to information from BILD reporter Paul Ronzheimer, #Trump interrupted the talks with the Europeans - for a phone call with Kremlin ruler Vladimir #Putin! After that, the round will continue.
#intervention #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #US #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #StandWithUkraine
https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/ukraine-krieg-die-aktuelle-lage-im-live-ticker-83726300.bild.html
@Nonilex Daddy Pootie, what should I dooooo???
I’m sure Krasnov is not a Russian agent, he’s too stupid for that; but I’m equally sure he’s a highly valued Russian asset
@[email protected] Why do I have a sinking feeling it is going to be grotesque?
"#Trump has interrupted the meeting with #Zelensky & #Europe leaders to call #Putin - Bild reports"
So there are two possibilities:
1) Trump is calling Putin with the fantasy-land hope of getting some deal-changer headline out of Putin, over the phone, or
2) Trump is calling Putin to get a pat on the head and an "Atta boy!" which I doubt Putin will give him
Wow...
...pathetic, either way
@Nonilex I struggle to interpret Trump's behavior as anything but treason and conspiracy against the United States.
The Democrats need to promise retribution by every means legally available.
@Nonilex This is the thing about electing a POTUS who genuinely thinks that his reality TV show host experience is somehow relevant to being POTUS.
He just thinks that the writers and producers will figure it out before the next episode.
Please, please, please... Ukraine, not a single word out of Trump's face-hole can be trusted. Not under _any_ circumstance.
There's no way in hell this administration is sending peacekeepers to guard the Ukraine border against Russians.
If this administration sends US troops to Ukraine it'll be to hold the door open for Russian invaders.
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