I recommend watching the entire Trump - Zelensky press conference
I found it on YouTube. C-span was the source.
While watching keep this in mind. Per Newsweek TASS was in the Oval Office until it got really rough - the stuff getting all the attention. Supposedly it was an oversight that was remedied once it was recognized TASS wasn’t on the approved list “The removal occurred during a tense exchange between Trump and Zelensky.”
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-kicks-russian-state-news-agency-out-zelensky-meeting-2037970
The bluster and Biden bashing were expected, but the repetitive nature of it perplexed me until I realized the audience for Trump’s performance was Putin.
Trump must have been frustrated that Zelensky didn’t take the bait. To no one’s surprise, Trump repeatedly failed to offer security assurances for Ukraine. But I think what might have pushed Trump over the edge was the following: 1) Trump claimed Ukraine is pile of rubble. Zelensky contradicted that claim as Russian propaganda. He invited Trump to visit Ukraine. 2) Zelensky gave a geopolitical history lesson Ukraine and on the unreliability of agreements negotiated with Putin. Trump had the deer in the headlights look. If TASS was there long enough, Putin got an earful. Trump had no response other than to bash Biden.
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Then think about this: Zelensky invited JD to visit Ukraine so he could learn about the country and the war firsthand. He was just in Europe. How hard would have been? Of course JD said he was well informed by reading. Funny, Vice President Harris was blasted for not visiting the southern border. Double standard?
I just wonder if Trump and JD won’t visit Ukraine because they fear Putin might drop a bomb on them. Or maybe they are just cowards in general.
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