#Volodymyr Zelensky

[nagisingnapinoy]

Good for Zelenskyy if he was accepted as he is. Europe allowed him in as it is within their right. They did not surrender to his Ukrainian awesomeness and turtleneck.

The Americans have a right to say no to a turtleneck. If any visitor comes in then follow the dress code.

Visitors have no say. Any visitor, be it visits to heads of state or your own house, has to pay an "Entrance fee" in order to come in.

For the Japanese it is leaving your shoes at the door, if Trump wants a suit then try to accommodate at the very least.

Go for the bare minimum, a lapel jacket, because what Elon had on wasn't business attire.

1) King Charles receives Zelensky in Sandringham.

It's a private residence.

There is no record of a foreign leader being received there for a private audience EVER.

2) President of the European Council, and former prime minister of Portugal António Costa, ALWAYS wears suit and tie in public.

Today, for the European leaders meeting in London, he wore a turtleneck.

[milverton]

[torillatavataan]

Zelenskyi in the US vs Zelenskyi in Finland. No comment.

[adreciclarte4]

Volodymyr Zelensky

[deadpresidents]

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

...Like giving Vladimir Putin control of American foreign policy.

[xoheisse]

these are Ukrainian children, kidnapped from their families in occupied territories and indoctrinated by russia. They will use them to send into battle to fight Ukrainians where they will die in old soviet meat-wave tactics.

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help ukraine

[beauty-funny-trippy]

[innerenemydelusion]

[onlytiktoks]

Philip Defranco has good coverage on this ↓

Time stamp 10:20

[justinspoliticalcorner]

MMFA Staff:

On February 18, President Donald Trump pushed multiple false claims about the war in Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky’s involvement in it, falsely suggesting that Ukraine started the war and that Zelensky is a “dictator without elections.” Both claims echo Russian propaganda about the war. Many right-wing media figures praised Trump's comments, with some commentators even following in his footsteps to target Zelensky. Others denounced Trump's remarks as “music to the ears of Vladimir Putin.”

In the last week, Donald Trump has pushed falsehoods about Ukraine, to the delight of leading Russian political figures

During February 18 remarks at Mar-a-Lago, Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia, drawing praise from Russian officials. “You never should have started it,” he told reporters, addressing Ukraine’s leaders, before claiming Ukraine “could have made a deal.” Trump was dismissing concerns from Ukrainian authorities — including Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky — that they had been excluded from peace talks in Saudi Arabia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov praised Trump’s comments about Ukraine and NATO, remarking in a speech to Russian lawmakers, “This is already a signal that he understands our position.” [New York Times, 2/19/25; The Guardian; 2/18/25; NBC; 2/18/25]  

Russia started the war by launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 after annexing Crimea in 2014. The invasion was widely condemned by world leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin was later accused of war crimes in Ukraine by the International Criminal Court, which issued a warrant for his arrest. [New York Times, 2/19/25]  

Trump later called Zelensky a “dictator without elections” in a Truth Social post doubling down on his false statements, echoing Kremlin propaganda. “Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,” Trump threatened in a post that repeatedly attacked the Ukrainian leader. Russian President Vladimir Putin has alleged that Zelensky’s presidency is “illegitimate” due to the suspended election, and Trump appears to be repeating Moscow’s narrative. [Twitter/X, 2/19/25; BBC, 2/19/25]

Zelensky was elected to a five year term in 2019, and Ukraine’s 2024 election was suspended due to martial law triggered by Russia’s 2022 invasion. Zelensky has promised that an election will be held once the war ends, as holding an election in an active war zone would be difficult, if not impossible according to some experts. [BBC, 2/19/25]

Trump has also demanded $500 billion of Ukrainian rare earth minerals in exchange for U.S. support in the war. During a Fox News interview, Trump claimed that Ukraine “essentially agreed to do that.” When presented with a proposal for the U.S. to own half of Ukraine’s rare minerals during a meeting in Kyiv, Zelensky declined to sign the document. [Politico, 2/11/25; NBC, 2/14/25]

Russian political figure Dmitry Medvedev: “If you'd told me just three months ago that these were the words of the US president, I would have laughed out loud. @realDonaldTrump is 200 percent right.” [Twitter/X, 2/19/25]

Right-wing media split over Trump pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda.

[safije]

Interesting how Trump is asking Ukraine to give back the billions of dollars the US gave to them, but doesn't do the same to Israel.

[milverton]

[torillatavataan]

Together with the First Lady @ZelenskaUA, I am on an official visit to our friends and principled allies—Finland.

Meetings will be held with President Alexander Stubb and First Lady Suzanne Innes-Stubb, Speaker Jussi Halla-aho and members of Parliament, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, government officials, and representatives of defense companies.

Key topics include defense support, investment in Ukrainian weapons production, and Ukraine's European integration, the Finnish expertise in developing a civil defense system and constructing shelters, strengthening sanctions against Russia, and coordinating efforts to bring the war to a just end. Europe must be at the negotiating table, and everything related to Europe's security should be decided together with Europe.

The First Lady’s program focuses on educational cooperation: expanding the Coalition of Ukrainian Studies, ensuring the security of educational spaces, arranging school shelters, and exchanging expertise on the school feeding system in Finland. There will be meetings with business leaders, philanthropists and representatives of the cultural community.

[alcestas-sloboda]

"…let the freedom that all our heroes of different times wanted for Ukraine and that must be won right now be a tribute to all those who gave their lives for Ukraine. We will definitely win! For sure!"

- Ukraine, Snake Island. Day 500.

[deadpresidents]

"The drama going on between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine raises one of the most disturbing questions I've ever had to ask about my own country: Are we being led by a dupe for Vladimir Putin -- by someone ready to swallow whole the Russian president's warped view of who started the war in Ukraine and how it must end? Or are we being led by a Mafia godfather, looking to carve up territory with Russia the way the heads of crime families operate? 'I'll take Greenland, and you can take Crimea. I'll take Panama, and you can have the oil in the Arctic. And we'll split the rare earths of Ukraine. It's only fair.'

Either way, my fellow Americans and our friends abroad, for the next four years at least, the America you knew is over. The bedrock values, allies and truths America could always be counted upon to defend are now all in doubt -- or for sale. Trump is not just thinking out of the box. He is thinking without a box, without any fidelity to truths or norms that animated America in the past."

-- Here's a gift link from me to bypass the New York Times paywall and read this piece from Thomas L. Friedman, which was actually published three days BEFORE President Trump and Vice President Vance ambushed President Zelensky in the Oval Office and berated him in front of the world with propaganda right out of Russian state media (which actually had a reporter in the Oval Office at the time, unlike media outlets like the Associated Press and Reuters.)

[xoheisse]

not me seeing foreigners bullying Zelensky for congratulating trump as if he has a fucking choice in who to have good relations with. use your brain for once

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