NEW: Yesterday's Oval Office ambush of Volodymyr Zelenskyy shocked the world, but it was predictable if you understand Trump as an agent of long-term KGB influence in the name of "peace." A quick summary of how we got here. More to follow.
https://america2.news/americas-darkest-turn/
@davetroy
Bullies! F.ing cowardice bullies.
@davetroy Shocked the world????? Where have they been?
@geonz yes. but they were legitimately shocked. just not paying attention before.
@davetroy just in case anybody cares. Trump's Science Advisor is undergoing Senate confirmation, meaning there is still time to stop this.
He's being picked to push AI policy, is engaged to the daughter of Secretary of Brexit, and a new Musk xAI/data center is being built in the UK. UK and US recently refused to sign an agreement on AI data transparency at a global summit
Last week Hegseth ordered all cyber command headed by NSA, to halt plans for any offensive acts against Russia
@indigo8s Thank you!
Holy shit did I actually just find another human on the dead internet?!
I'll just bring this up...
Remember the "perfect phone call" that TFG was impeached for the first time?
We have now seen it acted out in real life, so we know exactly what that phone call went like.
A shake down, pure and simple.
Congress was absolutely right to impeach (as we all know). And we now see how wrong the Senate was (as we all know.)
@davetroy Zelensky probably knew he was walking into a trap but what other choice did he have? If there was any shred of a chance he could recapture at least some US support he had to go for it. I'm glad he remained dignified in the face of what was an obviously Kremlin organized stunt. If it wasn't obvious before it is now, Ukraine is Spain in 37.
@davetroy @inthehands except it wasn’t “the humiliation of…”, it was more like “the attempted humiliation of…”
@davetroy @inthehands I realise what has happened though. Watched some regular tv news last night. The clips they are showing do tend to make it look as though Zelenskyi was humiliated. When you watch the whole clip (at least the 7 mins towards the end), it is far more clear that it is excruciating for Trump and Vance.
@discoursology @davetroy @inthehands
Bullies just hate being held to account.
It was humiliating indeed but *not* for #Zelensky or #Ukraine he comported himself well.
This was a shameful day for the #USA
@davetroy I saw no humiliation on #Zelenskyy’s part. All I saw were bullies on America’s part.