Zelensky to U.S. - "We Speak as Equals, or We Don't Speak at all"

Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told the Trump administration that the US and Ukraine are equals and that talks won’t resume until Trump treats him as an equal.

Zelensky recently recounted with glee how he rebuffed Secretary Scott Bessent’s attempt to get the rare-earth metals deal signed ahead of Zelensky’s visit to the White House. “He told me, ‘You need to sign this now,’” Zelensky said. “I told him, ‘Stop tapping your finger and let’s have a serious discussion.’ I think he expected a very different kind of meeting. But I don’t see Ukraine as some second-tier nation. We speak as equals—or we don’t speak at all.”

Hal Turner Opinion

Well, he can pay his own bills then. If he wants to be an equal, he can't be a dependent. What is he, a teenager in our basement?

This is an excellent lesson in parenting. The US, with Trump in charge, is the dad that is firm and says "no" often. Trump has said no to Zelensky, a petulant, greedy child.

The European Union is the weak mother that, despite Dad’s strict rules, gives the petulant child everything. Undermining dad's authority.

This is why Zelensky thinks he’s equal to President Trump because Europe is protecting him from being desperate!  

If we were equals, Zelensky wouldn't be begging for money. We are not equals.

Ukraine’s insistence on dictating terms to the United States is brazen overreach. Zelensky’s claim of equality with a global superpower is not just absurd; it’s a slap in the face to American taxpayers who’ve propped up his war-torn nation.

His snub of Secretary Bessent over the rare-earth metals deal exposes a leader more obsessed with his own ego than his country’s survival. A serious president would prioritize economic stability, not childish power plays.

It is long overdue for the United States to cut Ukraine off.  Fully, completely, and absolutely. 

No money, no weapons, no ammunition, no Intelligence, Surveillance, or Reconnaissance. No targeting coordinates for US weaponry that Ukraine may still possess. 

The US should Order any and all military "Advisors" it may have anywhere in Ukraine, to report back to western Europe for re-deployment elsewhere.

President Trump should publicly announced that US support of, and cooperation with Ukraine, is done. Finished, complete.    He should announce this today.

Then sit back and let Zelensky enjoy the absolute silence from "not talking at all."