Mr. Zelensky: When a war is fought on your land, you can hardly win; you only fight to survive. I am happy to read that you have regretted your aggressive posture in the White House Oval House and discarded the noise from people who praised you for speaking “truth” to power. Which truth? And to who? The person that will send you the next weapons?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his Oval Office meeting last week with US President Donald Trump “did not go the way it was supposed to,” describing the fiery meeting as “regrettable” and noting that Ukraine is ready to negotiate about an end to the conflict.
“I would like to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace,” Zelensky said on X, addressing his remarkable sit-down with Trump directly. Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Zelensky during the meeting, angrily accusing him of “gambling with World War Three” and telling him: “Your country is in big trouble.”
“Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be,” Zelensky wrote in Tuesday’s X post. “It is regrettable that it happened this way. It is time to make things right. We would like future cooperation and communication to be constructive.”
Many knew that on your way back to Ukraine, from the US, that Trump would freeze shipment of weapons to your country. And once that memo is received in your capital, you will understand that leadership is not about how you feel but what is the best option at any point in time. Some options available under Biden are no more available under Trump, and that means you have to modulate. Change your posture because the game has changed.
Finally, do not think any person really cares. Geopolitics is driven by interests and those interests evolve. Britain, which is championing you, after the mess in the Oval Office, supervised the starvation of one million kids in my place during the Biafran war. Biafran kids, from its perspectives, did not have rights and many of those kids fell due to kwashiorkor, not bullets, arising from a food embargo approved in London and executed by the Nigerian armed forces. According to the New York Times archives, the then UK Prime Minister was fine provided it got the war solved fast!
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Check Gaza, do you think morals work there? Provided interests are aligned, anything is permissible. Simply, humans are not equal. I just want you to be careful before they switch on Ukraine. But with the “regrettable” statement, I think you are getting it back. Only three countries – US, China and Russia – can fight wars for years without a need to purchase huge stocks of weapons from others. One is your adversary, and that is to tell you the scale of your options. Be realistic and save your country! It’s about time.
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