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hlthe2b

(111,123 posts)
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:32 AM Aug 17

**European leaders to join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump** GOOD!

As Lev Parnas said, this was definitely intended to be a trap--harder if Europeans there as well. I hope Macron is there.

European leaders to join Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump
https://apnews.com/article/european-leaders-white-house-meeting-zelenskyy-trump-d7b082bae4136ef8932e16ac2d166303?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

European and NATO leaders announced Sunday they will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. They are rallying around the Ukrainian leader after his exclusion from Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The remarkable show of solidarity — with leaders from France, Britain and Germany saying they would be at Zelenskyy’s side at the White House on Monday — was an apparent effort to ensure the meeting goes better than the last one in February, when Trump berated Zelenskyy in a heated Oval Office encounter.

“The Europeans are very afraid of the Oval Office scene being repeated and so they want to support Mr. Zelenskyy to the hilt,” said retired French Gen. Dominique Trinquand, a former head of France’s military mission at the United Nations.

“It’s a power struggle and a position of strength that might work with Trump,” he said.

The European leaders’ physical presence to demonstrate their support for Ukraine could potentially help ease concerns in Kyiv and in other European capitals that Ukraine risks being railroaded into a peace deal that Trump says he wants to broker with Russia.
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**European leaders to join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump** GOOD! (Original Post) hlthe2b Aug 17 OP
Psychological pressure should put Trump in rare form bucolic_frolic Aug 17 #1
Why the Fuck Was the poootonne-tr💩mp summit MrWowWow Aug 17 #2
Your move, TACO (R) BoRaGard Aug 17 #3
As it should be, since Zelenskyy is fighting for all of Europe. Baitball Blogger Aug 17 #4
Bet he TACOS 🐓 dweller Aug 17 #5
I hope Meloni goes CanonRay Aug 17 #6
TSF will try to claim murielm99 Aug 17 #7
I think a few of them have absolutely had it with him. Macron apparently gave him hell on the last phone call. hlthe2b Aug 17 #8
extremely glad to hear this CatWoman Aug 17 #9
Thank you, Europe! niyad Aug 17 #10
Wait and see how many European leaders lets in. Gimpyknee Aug 17 #11
The orange taco felon Beachnutt Aug 17 #12
Good news. Although it looks like Putin has something on Trump that has him over a barrel. Martin68 Aug 17 #13
Thank you Thank you justaprogressive Aug 17 #14
hopefully they take up most of the couches in the oval office CANADIANBEAVER69 Aug 17 #15

bucolic_frolic

(52,106 posts)
1. Psychological pressure should put Trump in rare form
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:37 AM
Aug 17

This sounds more like a medical intervention

BoRaGard

(7,181 posts)
3. Your move, TACO (R)
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:43 AM
Aug 17

And remember, no republicon moral-corruption bullshit, like Bearing False Witness, cheating at golf, cheating at life.

Or Jehovah will kick your flubby republicon keester from here to Karmaville.

murielm99

(32,298 posts)
7. TSF will try to claim
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 10:16 AM
Aug 17

that they are all coming because he is so supremely important that they can't do without him. He will swagger and posture. I hope some of those leaders put him in his place.

hlthe2b

(111,123 posts)
8. I think a few of them have absolutely had it with him. Macron apparently gave him hell on the last phone call.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 10:19 AM
Aug 17

So, TACO showing up, is a good bet, I think.

Beachnutt

(8,866 posts)
12. The orange taco felon
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 11:47 AM
Aug 17

will probably cancel the meeting or send lil Marco in to do the lying.

Martin68

(26,365 posts)
13. Good news. Although it looks like Putin has something on Trump that has him over a barrel.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 12:25 PM
Aug 17

CANADIANBEAVER69

(708 posts)
15. hopefully they take up most of the couches in the oval office
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 12:33 PM
Aug 17

so team TSF would have to sit somewhere else.

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