Adam Zivo: Zelenskyy meeting with Trump a resounding success

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/adam-zivo-zelenskyy-meeting-with-trump-a-resounding-success

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  1. Submission statement: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House was a resounding diplomatic success, thanks in part to the support of Europe’s most powerful leaders, who arrived on short notice to show solidarity with the Ukrainian President. The mood between Zelenskyy and Trump was surprisingly amicable, with both men smiling and cracking jokes. Joint talks with Ukraine’s European allies were so productive that they were unexpectedly extended, lasting for hours, in stark contrast to Trump’s recent Alaska summit with Putin, which ended prematurely and tersely. While the United States now seems committed to giving Ukraine security guarantees going forward, the exact details of this arrangement remain unclear. However, the repaired relationship between Washington and Kyiv is already a win.

    *[NOTE: I am also the author of this article. For context, the National Post is one of Canada’s largest newspapers, and I’m one of their political columnists and their resident Ukraine expert. My name is in the post title because Canadian newspapers generally require that opinion pieces include author names in their headlines, and I’m obligated to use the exact headline as the submission title.]*

  2. Hot take. Maybe Trump didn’t meet with Putin to kneel down to him. Maybe he is trying to come to an agreement as a mediator. Instead of just doing whatever Ukraine, not the closest of allies, wants. I dont understand the people who want Trump to never talk to Putin and just glaze Zelenskyy.

  4. In what way was it a success?

    Is the war ended?

    Do we even have a cease fire?

    But one dude who was a dick before apparently approves of his new suit? That’s not much of a success.

    Self posted and poorly written, with a sensational title to get clicks. Poor journalism.

  5. >…Putin had demanded that Ukraine hand over its Donetsk province … Washington would support such a deal.

    >In an apparent bid to protect Zelenskyy from bullying, the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Finland, as well as the heads of the EU and NATO, abruptly announced that they would accompany the Ukrainian leader at the White House.

    I mean if you want to Finlandize Ukraine,  inviting Finland is sensible. 

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