Just days after being told by U.S. President Donald Trump to "make a deal" with Russia, Ukrainian Voldymyr Zelensky came out publicly and declared Ukraine "will not give Russia anything." Ergo, the war continues.
Here is the public announcement with English sub-titles:
From the Financial Times of London about the Trump-Zelensky Meeting:
HAL TURNER EDITORIAL OPINION
This public slap in the face to the US President is just the latest in a series of embarrassing results that came after Zelensky met with Trump. Zelensky spoke similar nonsense after the last meeting he had with Trump.
It is clear to most people that Zelensky says and does what he has to while at the White House, then goes home, talks to the weakling leaders of Europe, then comes out as a war hawk again.
It is also clear that the only way Trump will achieve his goal of "stopping the war" is to stop weapons shipments. Even to Europe.
The Europeans are causing this war to continue and unless they are rhetorically strangled by no more weapons from the U.S., they seem intent on continuing to interfere with stopping the war.
It is long past time that the United States fully, completely, and absolutely, withdraws from the Russia-Ukraine conflict and does so by cutting off weapons to Europe/NATO.
The U.S. should also immediately begin a large draw-down of U.S. troops from Europe, to help make clear to the Europeans, we will not continue to be manipulated by them.
When the weakling Europeans get an actual taste of precisely how weak they are without the US, they will either come to their senses and stop what they're doing, or commit continental suicide by pushing Russia into war.
