EU lawmakers accuse US of ‘blackmailing’ Zelenskyy into ceasefire

https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-donald-trump-volodymyr-zelenskyy-war-in-ukraine-ceasefire-russia/

38 comments

  2. Of course ….we all know Trump is a wimp against Putin …..Putin put him up to this I bet ….Trump is a COWARD

  3. Because that’s exactly what happened. The US is a Russian satellite state and did this in a way directly harmful to Ukraine and beneficial to the Kremlin.

  4. Well, of course. But Zelenskyy at least managed to make best of rotten situation by making Putin balk and having US restart aid again.

  5. You mean to say the same guy who blocked payment of a congressionally-mandated $400 million military aid package, in an attempt to obtain *quid pro quo* cooperation from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and was impeached for it during his first term, would also blackmail Ukraine during his second term? Wow I for one am just completely shocked and amazed! /s

  6. Once this all plays out i am certain Trump will make it all to Putins advantage. Everything we see is theater. These autocrats know how to hide their true intentions in a fog of nonsense and confusion.

    I certainly hope our european leaders have seen through their crap.

  7. EU lawmakers that hide behind Trump. This war is on your continent. Just tell US to stay away from both Russia and Ukraine and you will handle it.

  8. If EU lawmakers could get off their backsides and help Ukraine then the US wouldn’t have leverage over Ukraine.

  9. As someone with 2 degrees of separation from Z, he would want nothing more than a guarantee that Ukraine would be safe and independent and be more than happy to walk away. He has no interest in this aside from pure patriotism. It’s admirable and rare. People forget (some people) he was a successful and popular comedian in Ukraine prior to this. His biography will be pretty wild.

  10. Zelenskyy is sacrificing himself for his people. More than what Trump or Putin would ever do for theirs. Trump is hurting everyone in the world for himself.

  11. Trump you and his posse you mean. I dont really recognize them as the US anymore.

  12. Blackmail is such a dirty word. I am sure republicans prefer extortion.

  15. Maybe the EU could actually fast track that eu membership they promised to fast track over two years ago. Then he’d have been a eu member with more support

  16. Someone is paying a lot of people to post anti-Zelenskyy comments.

  17. I don’t see it supported in the article. It’s 100% believable but I wish they would at least expand beyond the headline.

  20. To be fair, Ukraine hasn’t actually ceased fire yet. This is simply a ceasefire *proposal*, and it’ll only go into effect if Russia accepts the conditions jointly offered by the US and Ukraine(Which I doubt they will). If Russia refuses, then the Ukrainians can tell Team Trump and the American voters that support them *”Look, we tried”* and leave them without any plausible excuse to blame Zelensky for peace not happening.

  23. It cannot be!, Donald Trump would certainly never…

    /s just in case

  24. Yeah cause that’s what happened. I hope Ukraine doesn’t give America the minerals. Deal to sell them, sure.

  25. >EU lawmakers accuse US of ‘blackmailing’ Zelenskyy into ceasefire

    Wow, blackmailed into ceasefire when Ukraine is retreating 1 and a half years and nothing to stop it or reverse is not in sight?

    What supposed of to happen if he would not be “blackmailed into ceasefire”?

    30 million of ukrainians if fighting against 120 million of russians and 35 more millions of north koreans, having 1/2-1/3 of shells Russia having. And noone fucking coming to help.

    What outcome expected if not ceasefire?

  28. I suspect Zelenskyy has played a smart move with this agreement. He’s got the US to resume aid and sharing intelligence. He’s claimed the moral high ground for Ukraine and made them look like the reasonable ones… and when Putin inevitably refuses the deal, he’ll make Putin look like the right bastard that he is.

  30. At the very least it’s extortion and a bold faced perversion of our American values.

  31. The bloated cheeto wants a Nobel Peace Prize so desperately he’s using all the leverage he can to force Ukraine into a ceasefire. It’s pathetic and infuriating

  33. I have no doubt about this. Our white house is full of scum buckets.

  34. I’d call it extortion, but blackmail is close enough

  35. The fact that Trump is already talking about inviting Zelensky back to the White House shows that Zelensky’s more aggressive approach is actually smart with Trump. Basically he has conceded nothing yet, and through his diplomacy he has shown Trump he won’t roll over, and now Trump will feel wronged by Russia instead if/when this falls through and his ego gets hurt.

  36. Sounds more like a “shakedown.”

    The Donvict is little more than a bumbling, frightened, wannabe dictator.

    A lot of MAGATS were excited because there would be no adults in the room to prevent God’s perfect idiot from doing whatever it is they believed the very stable genius was going to do.

    A handful of them now realize there is a considerable downside. It turns out an erratic, impulsive, ignorant convicted felon, when unrestrained, does a lot of bizarre, embarrassing, catastrophic damage especially when he is lawless and his job description is to “faithfully execute the laws if the United States.

    It gets even more precarious when his fellow Republican invertebrates in Congress abandon their oaths to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.

    Hopefully some political accountant has a spread sheet to track the relative pennies that fElon and DOGE are “saving” us and has an offset for all the economic damage this bumbling moron is causing.

  37. Its not the US, it’s Trump. A pathetic disgrace and we are amplifying our voices and opposition to get him out.

  38. That’s how it is! That’s exactly what Trump did. Meanwhile Putin put on his military outfit today and his country does not want him to agree to the ceasefire because they believe they have the upper hand on Ukraine. Putin hasn’t agreed to a ceasefire.

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