I made this video shortly after the catastrophic display put on by Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Oval Office on Friday during their meeting with President Volodomyr Zelensky of Ukraine. I was a bit heated at the time and in the moment forgot to mention some of the other entities that are to blame for why we as a country find ourselves in this diminished state. There is, of course, the corporate media, and their spineless insistence on focusing on their both sides approach and their unrelenting, and largely successful attempts to normalize the deviant and depraved criminal who now sits in the Oval Office. Rubert Murdoch and Robert Ailes, entirely unimpeded and unregulated by members of Congress who actually could have done something to curtail their vile project, have been directly injecting their poison into the veins of tens of millions of Americans for decades. As for Merrick Garland, all I’ll say at the moment is that history if there is a history of this benighted era, will not judge him kindly. Nor should it.
It has been erroneously reported that this meeting was a set-up. Instead, it was the purest public example we have to date of Donald Trump’s emotional and psychological deterioration and a reminder that he can no longer be trusted to appear publicly in high-stress situations that require nuance and self-control without a minder.
[This transcript has been edited for flow and clarity.]
Earlier today in the Oval Office, a meeting between president of Ukraine, Volodomyr Zelensky and Donald Trump and JD Vance took place, but before the meeting even began, a man named Brian Glenn, who is connected to a sitting member of the House of Representatives, but has absolutely no place in the United States government at all, decided to ask a question of President Zelensky, perhaps thinking he was being provocative.Instead, of course, he was merely rude because this is what the federal government has been reduced to watch this clip.
Brian Glenn: Question for President Zelensky. Now, do you ever, why don't you wear a suit? Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office and you refuse to wear a suit. Just want to see if you do. You own a suit,
Pres. Zelensky: You have problems.
Glenn: A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting.
Zelensky: I don't have size. I will wear costume after this war will finish. Okay? Yes. Maybe one. Maybe something. Maybe something like yours.
Glenn: Yes, that'd be great.
Zelensky: Maybe something better. I don't know. We'll see. Maybe something cheaper than, yeah.
Before the meeting even began, it became quite clear that the room was full of pro-Trump regime outlets. There were no actual journalists there to ask difficult questions or undoubtedly to report it accurately. Luckily, we have video and this is what happened. [Transcript courtesy of foreignpolicy.com]
JD Vance: You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict.
Zelensky: Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
JD Vance: I have been to …
Zelensky: Count one.
JD Vance: I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people. You bring them on a propaganda tour. Mr. President. Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military, and do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
JD Vance: I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that’s going to end the destruction of your country. [Zelensky begins to respond] Mr. President, with respect, I think it’s disrespectful for you to come to the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media. Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems—you should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.
Zelensky: Have you ever been to Ukraine to see what problems we have? Come once.
I’ve actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you’ve had problems bringing people in your military, and do you think that it’s respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
Donald Trump: You don’t know that.
Zelensky: God bless, you will not have war.
Trump: Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. We’re trying to solve a problem.
Zelensky: I’m not. I’m answering the question that…
Trump: You’re in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel. We’re going to feel very good.
Zelensky: You are going to feel influenced…
Trump: We’re going to feel very good and very strong. You’re, right now, not in a very good position. You’ve allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. You don’t have the cards right now with us. [cross-talk] You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You’re gambling with World War Three. You’re gambling with World War Three, and what you’re doing is very disrespectful to this country that’s backed you far more than a lot of people say they should have.
Vance: Have you said thank you once?
Zelensky: A lot of times.
Vance: No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who’s trying to save your country.
Zelensky: Please, you think that if you will speak very loudly…
Trump: He is not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble.
Zelensky: I know. Can I ask…
Trump: No, no, you’ve done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble.
Zelensky: I know.
Trump: You’re not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.
Zelensky: Mr. President, we are staying strong in our country. From the very beginning of the war we’ve been alone and we are thankful. I said thank you in this cabinet.
Trump: We gave you, through this stupid president, $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. Your men are brave but they have used our military equipment. If you didn’t have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks.
Zelensky: In three days, yes. I heard it from Putin.
Trump: It’s going to be a very hard thing to do business like this.
Vance: Just say thank you.
Zelensky: I said thank you—I say thank you to the American people.
Vance: Accept that there are disagreements, and let’s go litigate those disagreements, rather than trying to fight it out in the American media, when you’re wrong. We know that you’re wrong.
Trump: You see, I think it’s good for the American people to see what’s going on. I think it’s very important. That’s why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don’t have the cards. You’re buried there. You people are dying. You’re running low on soldiers. Listen, you’re running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, “I don’t want to cease fire. I don’t want to cease fire.” If you could get a cease-fire right now, I tell you, you take it so the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
Zelensky: Yes, of course I want to stop the war. But, as I’ve said to you, with guarantees. Ask our people about the cease-fire, what do they think.
Trump: That wasn’t me. That was with a guy named Biden, who was not a smart person. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets. I gave you javelins. I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful, because, let me tell you, you don’t have the cards. With us, you have the cards, but without us, you don’t have any cards. It’ll be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change.
There are not words to describe what a grotesque display that was. The utter lack of diplomacy or statecraft or the ability to recognize the seriousness of the situation Ukraine is facing on the part of Donald Trump or JD Vance. The contempt, the contemptuousness, the disrespect, the arrogance just dripped from the two people who are ostensibly the leaders of this country.
President Zelensky did his best, but quite frankly under their circumstances, how could he possibly withstand or put up with such behavior?
I'm going to take one second before I get to the rest of what I have to say and just tell Donald that it's very obvious what's going on here. You are sitting next to a man of real bravery, decency, and humanity, and because he had the audacity to stand up to you, which sadly few people ever do, you couldn't take it. And you couldn't take it because Zelensky just held up a mirror to you, and the mirror reflected back nothing.
You, Donald are an empty, very small man who has no real self and no self-worth whatsoever, which is why you are so grasping and so acquisitive. It’s why the only times in your small life that you can feel anything human is when you have people in your power who are dependent upon you or weaker than you, and you make their lives miserable.
Now, as to those who were responsible for having allowed this travesty of a presidency to happen, how dare you. To the corrupt, illegitimate super-majority on the Supreme Court, who has given this man, of all people, a pass; who is placed upon him so much immunity that he is indeed above the law in this country. To the Democratic Party, which continually failed to recognize the threats we were facing, or, in the event that you did recognize them, you failed to act accordingly.
There are many, many people and parties and entities to blame, but above all, let's not forget that the largest share of the blame rests with Mitch McConnell and the Republican Party, which for decades now has been undermining what makes this country a democracy. They have been weakening our institutions and breaking our norms to the point where they have been able to use over the last four decades or more the rules of our democracy, the rules of the Senate against us, to the point where it became almost logically inevitable that we would end up with a miscreant, a thug, a criminal, a rapist, a fraudster, and a traitor sitting in the Oval Office.
Some of you who are to blame are completely beyond redemption, but perhaps some of you are not. To you, I will say this: Stand up. The idea of allowing that brave man to withstand all of this alone is beyond comprehension. Democrats, any Republicans who have any sense of shame or decency left or who recognize where we are heading, stand up. To American citizens who mistakenly voted for this, wake up and stand up. You don't like being proven wrong? Too fucking bad. Grow up. This is real. This is only going to get worse. The only way we get through this is if everybody with any sense of shame or decency or possibility or hope stands with President Volodymyr Zelensky. That includes every single one of our former European allies and NATO allies; that includes every single person in this country who is not so far gone or so deluded that you think this is okay.
Stand up. If we stand together and continue to punch the bully in the face, to show Donald Trump that we see him, we know what he is, and we will no longer put up with it, there is hope. If we do nothing nothing is going to change and everything will get worse.
So everybody, take President Zelensky’s appearance today as an example, and take it as permission. Stand the fuck up.
Heated? Thought my head would explode. They treated Zelensky like 2 mobsters about to put him in the trunk of their car!
Trump is the head of an organized crime family. He is a mobster, a gangster and a monster.
You left out traitor, rapist, anti-American, racist, disrespectful to the People, Russian asset, and ugly as hell.
She did say rapist and traitor - but it was a lot of powerful words, so a lot to keep track of...
In times of crisis, we are desperate and as a nation we crave for a leader to show themselves. History has shown the strongest of them are women. History has been re-written to ignore this fact. We take no prisoners, and this is true across race, creed and color. Women must unite. And men must accept us as leaders and equals.
Do not let anyone divide us. Not today for they fear all of us the enemy we must take on. The leaders are rising, and the people are getting louder and ever more present. My comments are meant to shine a light on the strength of women which number half of all of us and to point out we are a gas tank half full if women's voices and leadership continues to be not palatable based on what is ancient misogyny and something we can no longer afford for the sake of our children.
We need more women in positions of power and leadership. As an example, look at the recent gathering of NATO leaders in London. Not only was the meeting led by a female Prime Minister it was notable how many female Prime Ministers were amongst the other leaders.
In Europe and nations across the world women blend seamlessly into all parts of each Nations's community. They are accepted and seen as partners, equal partners. Are we ready yet? There is not time for debate because what needs to be done will be done by men and women led by men and women.
United we stand. Divided we fall in a pile of shit that will bury us.
When it comes to women in leadership roles this country is very backwards ! It’s shameful that the ERA still hasn’t been passed! What is wrong with this country? We always brag that we are the greatest country on earth but we can’t even pass the Equal Rights Amendment? That’s pretty pathetic and Americans voted in a very backwards thinking Trump!
I firmly believe the exclusion of women and disenfranchisement of all people no matter their race, origins, language/accent, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or any diversion from “the collective us” versus “those buried by what is a visceral response and categorizing as the other” is the basis of the downfall of our democracy.
For centuries our society’s culture has been burdened by discrimination; and most especially burdened by the exclusion of women from power, and as a result we remained stuck and never matured or changed despite much talk and legislation.
Today we are there. Today is the result of our nation’s inability to mature and reach self-actualization, and today all of us will suffer physically, mentally and financially and literally become impoverished and made vulnerable.
Not simply because the richest amongst us are rising and seizing all power, but because our culture unlike the democracies across the globe is fermented upon the oppression of females and discriminatory visceral response to all the “others” from participating fully in the strengthening and potential of what was in fact a nation from its beginning built on the premise of inclusion.
Save women of course for women fall into a “special” and inescapable role of discrimination deeply baked into our culture over hundreds of years when the first error in judgment was made and that is in the writing or our Constitution which never mentions us.
Remember the words spoken but ignored of Abigail Adam’s in her plea to her husband, one of the authors of our Constitution “Don’t forget the ladies.” We “ladies of today” 250 years later are assigned to a double role which is being allowed to run in and fix immediately all that is complex and broken after which we are once again consigned to our positions under the bus.
Our nation did not listen. Those in power did not listen. No one is listening and we now witness and experience the inevitable fall of our democracy. We will fall because we were weakened by edging out women and all the “others”.
So today, my fellow Americans, we stand together in utter shock upon a landscape that is our reality living under the cruelty of an oligarchy.
But we can watch from our destroyed democracy the glowing landscapes of the more enlightened and self-actualized democracies united and growing stronger while we pine and wish for their assistance, seek their harbor and sanctuary.
We and our children and their children have lost what was once ours and neglected and taken for granted, for we will be the starved and we will be the oppressed and we will be the immigrants seeking escape from what was once a democracy.
We did not listen to the words of Abigail Adams “Don’t forget the ladies” while we assumed the work of her spouse and the founding fathers would continue without any work or concern by us.
We did nothing to grow our democracy. We neglected our civic duties. We turned away and then we were manipulated by those who wanted it all; those who own our media (namely Fox News and The Washington Post and medica outlets and our social media and sell us their goods for which they admit have been programmed to addict us to the blue screens).
We lost to them without even knowing we were at war with them. We lost to them who give not a hoot for democracies or you the people. With Trump’s speech yesterday we have been defeated, and they won. And there was much applause by their well cared for and manicured hands.
All the while across the globe democracies did listen as exemplified by their acceptance of “others” and their embrace of women in power and their recognition of need by providing for their citizens (health, education, day care, housing, elder care).
They will rise and unite launched by their culture of acceptance, and by necessity under threats issued by our leaders, they will defeat us and those governments that once were our “enemies” for we today have more in common with our enemies than we do our allies. In fact, we have over time and sealed by the last election aligned with our enemies and now will be abandoned by our allies.
what kind of spam crap link is that..should be deleted
report then block the author -- it is a game of Wack a mole -- spies reading our posts and posting with the same statement to tantalize and interrupt and distract our work and our united front that is found here -- report and then block
Nothing was left out -- Incredible speech -- A warrior's cry -- We should keep restacking and sharing it to other venues of social media -- The shot heard round the world -- Stand Up! Stand The Fuck Up! And if you don't like being proven wrong. Grow up!
How about antichrist? No one in the world more closely resembles the definition of an antichrist.
Janis, good list, and there's ignorant, toddleresque, a consistently productive liar, addicted to money and power, and suffering with dementia.
What Trump tried to do to Zelensky is what he insists on from his adversaries when coming to a “deal”. He insists in a final humiliation. It’s a game. It’s a pattern.
He is a bully. He miscalculated and became the humiliated one!
Trump stomped on America that day for Putin. That’s the message. He is a Russian asset. Treat him as such! Don’t treat him like he’s the POTUS.
If everything he’s done and behaved are not the actions of a Russian asset, tell me what is. 🤔
The GOP now supports Russia over America.
It’s going to be a long and dangerous four years and I will be wearing these kinds of shirts everyday until this nightmare ends 👇
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Run the traitors out of everywhere!
This is right to the point. Trump changed his mind about the deal which I’m pretty sure Zelenskyy wasn’t too happy with. But Zelenskyy was subjected to abject bullying and meanness, in public. Trump pivoted, perhaps pirouetted to spoil the deal and humiliate Zelenskyy rather than take heat for what some might have felt to be a bad deal. For Putin!
The felon had no intentions on any agreement with President Zelensky, he was only going to take the minerals and help putin with the war, after all, putin owns the felon and musk. Even musk's son poke what he heard his father state more than once, he told the felon he was not the POTUS, he even said after that, he told the felon to shut his mouth.
Trump is playing Putin's cards. Trump is afraid of Putin. Mark Meadows told that to Congress after January 6th insurrection. Its Putin who wants all of those precious minerals in Ukraine. Hitler wanted to get his hands on it too. The people of Ukraine burned down their cities and set the oil wells on fire so Hitler wouldn't have access to it. Russia has always hated Ukraine. Also, Ukraine in history never was under the Russian government until the end of the second world war. Ukraine belonged to the Mongolian Empire. And Russia was never able to defeat Ukraine until the end of the second World War.
I wrote earlier today that NPR reported the glee that Russia's Putin expressed that American Democracy is broken.
They supported Russia Over America since before Trump became president the first time. That's why Trump visited Putin while he was campaigning back then. When I saw that trip in real time I decided right then I would never vote for Trump. Why in the world would a non-politician go visit the head of another state while campaigning?
Putin probably gave Trump illegal campaign money. Putin and Trump have been having dealing all the way back to the 1970's. KGB buddies! I read that one in the Irish paper. The land areas that Putin is holding right now and Ukraine is trying to push Putin's Army out of, is where the mines and the minerals are located. Ukraine could be a very wealthy nation. Europe will deliver Ukraine. It's just a matter of time when one of Russia's drones makes a mistake and hits Poland or Romania or some other NATO country. I am praying that it happens. That will get America off her ass and force the stinking Republicans to oust their rotten master in the White House.
You are so right and it’s up to us to get rid of him because there isn’t one decent person in the Republican party who wo admit that they are after a dictatorship with Republicans only. This is their goal they are all TRAITORS ! It doesn’t appear that there is even one Republican who is an honorable person! We have to protect our country with help from the Democrats we must volunteer! I am still stunned that Trump with all his crimes was allowed to run for the Presidency! Not that many years ago a candidate from Colorado a Democrat was demonized for being in a boat with a woman not his wife but with others too! His campaign was over big scandals! Now we have a rapist felon, monster who wants to impoverish millions of American citizens so he can give the money they earned through Social Security to multi millionaires!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^... upvotes
How about a t-shirt and hat that says down with all Republicans and their MAGA mentally ill.
MTN just showed the Orange Pig doing a Nazi salute, and laughing down at Mar-a-Lardo.
That is insulting to pigs. The guy is an orange psychopathic criminal.
No.......The biblical story describes how the demons were put into the pigs and they all went over the cliff..........then go for Orange roaches or rats.
A little like the cult lemmings..???
A Whole Lotta LIke.......Orange lemmings.
😂😂😂😂
I just saw the salute and it makes me cry . This won't happen in the U.SA.
Thomas, that's what the people of Germany thought. They didn't believe that a rotten man would get elected and destroy their Constitution and rule their people like a mad man. Hitler destroyed all of Germany. The same thing that Trump is doing right now to America. Where the hell are our Army Generals?
Do you have a link you can share? Thanks.
I can not seem to find a link of that salute
I've seen it. It's on the internet.
And a bully.
The worst of the worst! Trump is majorly disrespectful!!!
How sorry can our president and VP go.They are a disgrace in the whole universe. Pathetic, and rude and ignorant.
not to mention Marjorie's fashion-expert boyfriend . . .
They knew Russian reporters with camera were filming the event directly to Putin. Only we, the people, didn’t know it was happening. They were pleasing their Kremlin master. A big win for Putin and for Trump as well as he can gladly say to our European allies: F**k you! Over the weekend repugnant GOP demanded Zelensky to resign.
Diminishes " the padded cell" humanoid to be..
djt is now The Incredible Shrinking man"! Putin is " A' movin' on UP
Zelensky will never resign. He has a 54% approval rating from his people. And Trump showed just how ignorant he is on the cameras. Ukraine is under Martial Law because they are at war. When a country is at war and under Martial Law, there are no elections. It can't be done. This is the reason President Roosevelt remained in office till he died during the second World War. And Churchill continued as the Prime Minister of England. Trump is truly unfit for office. He has no idea of how to run a country or anything except to destroy everything he touches. And like Zelensky said to both Trump and stooge Vance, you don't care because you are protected by 2 oceans. But when World War 3 gets started, then you will care. Our oceans will no longer protect us.
FUCK PUTIN
EVEN MOBSTERS HAVE MORE HUMANITY IN THEM THAN trump.
The biggest bully.... Trump
They are mobsters especially Trump, he even dresses like one!
All the guys in the room are monsters, only monsters speak over everyone
VANCE IS A CLUELESS TWIT BECAUSE HE ZELENSKY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY THANKFUL BUT A HYPOCRITE LIKE VANCE DOESN’t have the ability to shut up, LISTEN, & THINK ABOUT WHAT ZELENSKY IS SAYING . Minutes before this thug fest zelensky was in the anteroom with politicians & ZELENSKY REPEATEDLY THANKED
THOSE PEOPLE FOR THEIR HELP & The Help of their GOVT. But in the next room 300 thugs had practiced attacking, insulting ZELENSKY By shouting, talking over him, insulting for not wearing a suit by someone who never was in a war
The nasty twins need to be IMPEACHED
Watch this video. It’s our last BIG chance!
https://youtu.be/xyFj3pU7WI0
Musk is a barrier to peace.
Musk controls Trump and the Cabinet, and through them, the military.
Musk believes empathy is bad and cruelty is good.
Musk supports Putin. He is behind Vance's attack on Zelensky.
Musk is attacking Social Security.
Musk manipulates Congress with threats and bribes. For his own pocket and agenda. Corruption.
Musk is subverting elections with intimidation and propaganda.
Musk threatens judges and demands control over the courts.
Musk demands that federal workers report directly to him.
Musk is a clear and present danger to the United States of America.
Musk's "I'm smarter than you" act is a con. He's a dumbshit.
Millions of rational patriotic citizens rise up and demand his removal.
Musk is a dumbshit. Fire Musk!
We can't fire musk because we didn't hire him. Fire donald and jd and mitch and mtg, etc
If one GOP Senator had the balls to stand against him and tell the truth and demand Trump remove him, he would be gone.
I doubt any Republican has the courage to speak up, sadly I think they are no longer plain old Republicans but now Fascists! Nazis
That is what they are and always have been.
Who in the hell brought Musk into
Our gov't to destroy our country.
He better love trump and ole J.d. while he can because we are fired and we tired of it.
it actually wasnt a "who"..it was the millions of dollars he flooded into trumps reelction campaign..the old "money talks" thing..plus some connections to the same people who brought vance into the picture,AND his contracts with the federal government..
Too late to fire mitch, he’s already on his way to Hell
All the money he is syphoning into an offshore account off the backs of the American people whose lives he is destroying will be clear sooner than later. Where is the proof of bloat in the system? Show some spreadsheets. Show us why you fired so many people for no reason. He will end up in jail with his butt buddy or someone will take a couple of shots for the team and end all of this. The sooner, the better.
Oh please please please!
Yes, we have waited tooblong already. Instead of killing him let's send to a deserted with no outside communications.
He has a reason to fire people - their salaries need to go to the billionaires
Like himself!
Wow I never thought of that but I bet you’re right! He’s just a natural born cheater and this would be something he would be likely to do! How do we find out? At one point he was supposedly very low on income but now apparently he’s back to having countless millions, how did that happen? Did he drain off money last time and is preparing to do so again with his crooked associates?
Thanks SNL! Spot on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUpOMSJ1MdU
I loved that Cold Open. The guy playing Trump gets better all the time. It was brilliant!
Donald was determined NOT to help Ukraine. He planned to publicly offend Zelenskyy. He did the same with Mike Pompeo and Mitt Romney when they crossed him. He gave them false hopes, then he let them down. Typical psychopathic behavior!
Zelenskyy is the West's first line of defense against Putin, and we had better recognize it like Europe and Britain obviously did. Musk is Putin's puppet, not unlike Donald.
President Zelensky was the only adult in the room, and the only person with courage. All that Bigmouth could do in his ignorance was shout him down with lies and baseless attacks, his trademark, as Vance's blather was a pure insult. A minder for Donald never does any good, because he runs his vile mouth no matter what. A disgusting display of depravity. JD is a disgrace to the uniform he once wore.
President Zelenskyy has dignity and courage. Not to be mistaken with machismo and posing - Bigmouth and Guyliner, if you are listening. Sure it is impossible to get Donald shut his ugly mouth. Scott Dworkin just called JD a national disgrace, I couldn’t stop laughing. It is a shame that a person like him could ever wear an uniform. I never thought someday I would miss Mike Pence, but even he was better than Guyliner.
President Zelinsky is facing down Putin. He's not going to roll over for some human waste named Trump.
That is why the world RESPECTS him.
j.d. is just a small time punk. Sold his soul a long, long time ago. Yes he’s a disgrace and a moron. What about our Secretary of State!! What did he do besides sit there like a bump on a log. I had no idea that so many men were so ballless!
Exactly and the old school GOP members have gone away. i.e. Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney. These MAGA morons are gutless cowards who are in complete lockstep with this despicable scumbag. Benedict Donald is extending his middle finger to the country and the people who knew NOT to vote for this diabolical criminal have to suffer the consequences. We need to stand up, speak loudly and challenge him in the courtroom, where he has spent MOST of his pathetic life!
Zelinskyy needs to see all these furious replies somehow.
This is a small thing, but thank you for spelling President Zelenskyy's name correctly. It shows respect and an acknowledgement that Ukrainian is not Russian.
I support Ukraine’s fight for their homeland, culture, and language 100%. I found it heart-rending that Russians bombed a tiny village, the only thing they could destroy was a library, rich with Ukrainian books. Ukrainians want to belong to the EU, hoping for European standard of living. Life in Austria or Germany looks like dream for the average Ukrainian citizen. They want NATO and EU membership and Putin actively stops them.
Yes, Dianne, Vladimir Putin's criminality equals that of the notorious 'Prince Vlad' of Medieval times, and our degenerate phony of a president is his toady, Shame, shame!
Now that you mention, I also thought of that already. Another ugly Vlad known as Dracula. Putin also reminds me of Hitler. And, of course, top KGB leaders, this is the environment where he came from and it shows.
Right. Let us never forget that Putin was the head of the old KGB.
He is operating like KGB agents and leaders. Russia is a mafia state, a kleptocracy. Sadly, the US is well on its way to turning one.
I admire President Zelensky so, so much. What a brave, strong and GOOD man he is. May God Bless him always.
Thank you for pointing that out. I didn't know, Louise.
Actually, the official transliteration that is used in Ukrainian passports would be Zelenskyi.
Like Europe, Britain and Canada!
Sure, Canada too, thank goodness. First, Europe will suffer from Putin's aggression and energy blackmail. Britain will suffer, too. Canada and the US, too.
Well said, Dianne!
Thank you, Jeffrey.
Thank goodness for the Brits. I am so glad they treated Zelensky with the huge amount of respect and admiration he deserves. Meeting with them must have been a huge relief for him after that attack in the oval.
💙🇺🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺 PM Keir Starmer greeted him with Big Hug
LOVE IT !!!!!!
😀
And now we see smirky Mike Johnson saying, once again, Zelensky needs to come back with gratitude. What’s worse than asking for that dignified, courageous man to grovel?
In the closet like no other. He is a total Douche.
He definitely is.
🤮I am relying heavily on the vomit emoji since friday
This is so painful and pathetic to watch!
I refused to watch because I knew that I would likely punch a hole in the nearest wall. 😠 😡
It definitely hit an emotion in me that I’m not used to feeling and that is hate. I was raised not to hate and my children were raised not to hate so I’m not only angry and piss off but I have this other emotion that I truly have never dealt with.
It's okay to hate fascist traitors.
Welllll, that too, but when it is aggravated every single day it is bad for our 🫀🤎♥️💙
Yessss IT IS DISQUIETING ...
I feel robbed of my safety and I feel/have felt since 2015 ?golden escalator stint that we were in grave trouble.🤮🤮 The trauma & anx that Donald purveys to all of us all the time is disgusting and if we could sue him for it we would
Support dems in upcoming mid elections! 🗳️Slowly we will gain a foothold and represent the people or at least foil evil intentions of this regime to strip us of our civil rights!!!
We have to take back power and tell Putin to rot in hell 👺👹💀☠️👹👺👹🔥🔥🔥
Maybe "revulsion"?
Or "embarrassment" as an American?
Spot On, Gregg!
Don't need an emergency nemesis basin handy to watch late night
" Golden Girls" reruns! Keeps my heart/ blood pressure low....stomach calm!🤗
No TVnews, newspapers..at all anymore. Cannot ...simply cannot willingly look at that
ugly man. Mary talked about him looking into a mirror...no image looks back at him.
That thought really appeals to a personal rejection of what havoc....what chaos...
he creates worldwide.....
Vance is trying very hard—and being quite successful—at being as big an ignorant, contemptible asshole as his boss always has been. This was an unbelievably painful thing to have had to watch.
Imagine what will happen once the big Cheeto croaks & he’s the Prez?
That may be exactly why the big Cheeto chose him. Trump may not be very smart but he does have great survival instincts—unfortunately.
Narcisstic Personality Disorder cases have no problem leaving a path of human wreckage behind....in order to survive. When the Orange Pig finally is welcome home in Hell......the world will rejoice.
my only worry is that the people currently in hell may already have suffered enough.
Funny!😸
Where is Lucifer the crime-fighter when you need him?
Does He ?
I call him JD Fancy Pants. I love that he went to Vermont and they fucking told him to go home. He is so ignorant and immature/
GO SKI IN RUSSIA
There had to be SOME reason Trump likes him, and possession of a heart or a brain obviously aren’t the reason. Whatever ideals he might once have had, it’s clear he has long since abandoned them. He has sold his soul to Trump for a shot at power. Trumpism corrupts everything it touches.
This is a great article on someone who has seen the Orange Fool developing into the criminal, the liar and the selfish narcissist we now see.
You are a hero in your own right. You have been treated a lot like Zelensky by dRumpf and you have risen from that mistreatment with integrity, grace, and strength! You are an inspiration!🇺🇦
So depressing and infuriating.
Thank you Mary. We are standing up and please continue to motivate. I
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I have thought for a while, although many are responsible, that the majority of blame lies on Mitch McConnell.
And that fucking weirdo Garland.
RUPERT MURDOCH IS THE SPAWN OF SATAN AND #SUNKISTSATAN @realdonaldtrump WOULD
NEVER HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION WITHOUT THIS EVIL WORTHLESS HUMAN
What about Vance? He is as bad and as loopy.
What is frightening is the thought of this ignorant, lying baboon taking over when Trump is removed after he either has a stroke or the 25th amendment is invoked. He'll never be impeached with the MAGA cult in the majority.
Not all republicans are MAGA they are just cowed by donald.. but the white supremacy groups are having a field day under donnie
I agree that not all Republicans; MAGA seems to be s a cult.
Too disgusting. I don't know how you can stand it but I'm grateful for your voice.
Thank you so much!
I'm just an ordinary person but I recognize verbal abuse and bullying instantly. The restraint and military bearing President Zelenskyy displayed is at such a higher caliber than anyone in the tRump regime... we should be so lucky as to have a President like him. So, now we have this public record of treason and despicable character coming from POTUS and VPOTUS. We've got to remove this corrupt, lawless & reckless band of idiots. It's going to take all citizens (whose minds have not been hacked) doing everything we can possibly do. I've got nothing better to do ... none of us do.
Very well said! It’s not “business as usual” anymore. The time is now, though should have been “yesterday.” Too many learn the hard way, if they learn at all. But the ignorant and complicit cannot take America down. This is how history repeats itself.
The meeting was staged for television. From the first question about Zelenskyy’s suit, it was a choreographed assassination. I've seen plenty of these televised meetings. The dignitaries sit around smiling for the cameras, answering softball questions. The press is then asked to leave, and the actual discussion occurs without the press. Trump and Vance wanted to show what strongmen do. Instead, they ended up looking like classless, puny bullies.
Agee. It was staged. The moron who asked why Zelenskky whether he owned a suit show just how childish they are.
Mary, you are a national treasure. Don't let the bastards get you down.
Mary Trump, we love you. STAND UP
I think Vance and Trumps finger pointing has me furious! I would have broke their finger if I was Zelenskyy!
I hesitate to call another human despicable, but I find that Trump, Vance, Musk et al. are just that - despicable humans who lack any humanity. They bring shame upon our nation.
Set up! How embarrassing to see the clown show.
dJt has always been a mobster; this is nothing new and goes way back, it's just out in the open now. I cannot use the word "President" in the same sentence as his name. My blood is boiling. Please support any special elections coming up this year and vote blue down the ticket: VA (legislature & governor), FL 1st & 6th Congressional seats 4/1/25, NJ, NY, NYC, PA, WI Supreme Court, NY Hudson Valley, there may be more that I have missed.
I was so maddened and sickened by watching what happened to President Zelenskyy that I threw up and then cried before becoming so enraged I had to beat on a pillow with a rolled up towel.Every democratic country should expel US ambassadors and close US embassies. NATO needs to expel the US and welcome Ukraine, who has been protecting them from invasion for 3 years. And anyone who still thinks donald and jd deserved their vote should simply join them and move to Russia, it is a gigantic country and has plenty of room. As for me, I will display a Ukrainian flag and encourage public engagement in protests and vigils, despite the Take America Back flag flying at the house across the street.
Oh, and muskrat should stop paying Congress, talk about waste, fraud and abuse.
Norway has already threatened to stop refueling US Navy ships. I wonder who else will follow if that does happen?
That was an independent oil company, not the nation of Norway. The Norwegian government has stated that it is not their policy and that U.S. military ships will be refueling in Norway.
??? I did not hear of this
Wow
Or at very least stop paychecks to MTG heheheh
Such a disgrace
The disgusting spectacle of Trump and Vance berating Zelensky for daring to stand up for Ukraine's sovereignty reminds of the time I witnessed some sheriff's deputies yelling at a bloody assault victim because they suspected her of being a hooker.
She'd taken refuge at my local convenience store after having been beaten and pursued by two women and a man. One of them was about to go at her with a bottle when I decided to step in. I felt confident that I could take them on --- not only was I in top condition at the time but part of my work involved wrestling uncooperative pit bulls and Rottweilers into the bathtub. These bullies didn't scare me.
All it took was for me to step in front of them and say calmly "Don't fight". Their eyes widened and the cowards all ran.
I truly believe I must have had a host of angels behind me. I restored the woman's clothing that had been ripped off of her and put ice from the soda machine on her bloody face.
When the sheriffs arrived they wouldn't listen when I tried to say "But she's the victim!" as they treated her like some sort of criminal who deserved to have her face beaten to a pulp. I was all but shoved out of the way.
Bullies come from all sides. Cops, hookers, pimps. The President of the United States. They're all the same.
Cowards.
I adore you, Mary L. Trump. Thank you for all you do. Your knowledge, bravery and words give me hope that we can and will survive this insanity. You would be a wonderful president.
Good Day? I wonder if Brian Glenn: will ever ask an official representative from the Middle East if they ever wear SUITS Instead Of SHEETS?!!!! And then proceed to attempt to belittle that person for NOT Wearing A Suit?? What the world witnessed that day, exceeds anything ever done, even in War Time. Even when Hitler was Lying to someone's face, he projected as being a Gentleman. Something that "Glenn" has no conception of. So We Actually DO have a Vice President! Not Musk! Obviously he learned his manners from "BUTCH" from the Little Rascals TV Show. Mary, you couldn't have described that happened that day any better. SICK, SICK America
I go back & forth between thinking this was scripted to maybe it was just an attempted power grab by VP Vance and Donald lost it becuz he wanted to broker a deal $$ Re rare earth deposits which I half think he was gonna share with his dictator boyfriend Putin and having President Velenskyy " speak truth to power" in his face instead of groveling...set his uncontrolled dementia related response free because he lost control of the dialogue ???
Did the USA , Russia, and the United Kingdom make an agreement with Ukraine to provide them with defense in exchange for giving up their nuclear arsenal back in the 90’s? Are we going to honor that agreement?
Apparently not.
The post says T "can no longer be trusted to appear in high stress situations. He has never been fit to do this and never will be. Thanks for an excellent and clarifying analysis - as always1
Trump demonstrates his complete lack of respect and empathy while rudely and with the help of Trump's "invitees", confidently bullying President Zelenskky. Trump set up this meeting as another "The Apprentice" style ambush, having all his sycophants present to pre-emptively reject and interrupt President Zelenskyy, guaranteeing that the meeting would not yield good results for either Ukraine or the United States. This meeting was just another opportunity for Trump to flex his "power", which in truth, looks more like weakness.
Looks like dementia, too
Donald (don Trump) is running nothing more than a protection racket. Straight out of mafia playbook. Or Monty Python ("fings break") except it's not funny.
They continue to undermine what makes America truly great. In meantime, there are many in our new found place of resistance.
https://youtu.be/CUpOMSJ1MdU?si=ovqG8nfxI_yDbTpP
Well done, SNL! Loved it. (Elmo’s “glitch” was hilarious)
Wasn’t it fabulous?! I thought we all needed some levity in this situation from people who get it
Yesss! Thanks for sharing it, dear Maureen! 🥰
I'm still of the opinion that this was a planned attack. Trump never gives Vance much opportunity to speak, why was he even there? This was a meeting between two heads of state. The administration should apologize to Zelensky for allowing a junior member to speak to him in the manner he did.
The situation was totally orchestrated. Obvious to everyone.
Yeah. Good luck with that...
Thank you for making the point about Mcconnells role in all of this
Everybody find your protest tomorrow:
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
I’ll be at the courthouse in Towson, Maryland at noon.
Thank you, Pamela! 💙
Gosh, don’t thank me! It’s really nice to be with other like-minded people.
Agree 💯!
I listened until I felt sick. I can’t stand listening to the sound of his voice and lies. We know he is a monster. Thank you for posting this and highlighting his further deterioration and descent into utter madness.
Yes, Mitch McConnell could have just lifted his pinky finger and saved us from this. It is grotesque, we now have a cabinet of rapists (supreme court too), bullies, corrupt to the core.
"above all, let's not forget that the largest share of the blame rests with Mitch McConnell" I said that on November 6, and continue to maintain that belief. (Barb McQuade has a terrific column on this. See "The Contrarian", 1/21/25, "Blame McConnell".)
Wow! This was a very powerful speech and so true! Mitch McConnell was a coward when we were trying to impeach this asshole! He and his stupid sidekicks need to get the fuck out of our White House.
I’ll never be understood why people are so scared of Donald. I just don’t get it.
I hope Rachel has you on tonight
Because retribution / getting even is his only way to "defend" himself.
Thank you Mary! As always, this was excellent!
Trump is pathetic. I am so proud of Zelensky and how he handled this.
Blame WW3 on Zelenskyy? That’s rich. That’s like a dissolute mother, after he gets some bread from the pantry, screaming at her starving child: “You're not thankful enough, and just you wait till your [violent] father comes home you’ll get such a beating, you thankless little thief; and if he beats me, too, it will be all your fault.”
Trump is deeply in bed with Putin, after all.
Fortunately, the kid is smart, and brave, and has friends elsewhere. Let us all join them. 🇺🇦
God, Mary, your psychological postmortem of the Oval Office debacle was so hard-hitting as well as very moving. Take care of yourself!
I had only heard but not watched. This was my first time. This is even more ridiculous than I had been aware of. This is the worse diplomatic exchange I have ever heard about ever. How unapologetically the embodiment of "American" stupidity ever preformed! By all those "men". Gagging on scapegoating past administrations, just to squander away billions of dollars already invested in the cause of stopping Putin. Idiocracy foundations in this audacious display of malignant narcissist megalomaniacs and enabler minions having predictable patterns. This is not only embarrassing this is egregious weaponized incompetence. And, people are defending it as strategic and well played. Minions.
Bravo for this article!!!!!!!!! Thank you for your writings and knowledge of this man.This is so 1934!!
I wish he had of said he just came from his war torn country, not the country club.
I am so very disappointed that our former Presidents failed to make a statement addressing the Oval Office travesty and to uphold their service to a country that supports its allies and shuns and sanctions its enemies - and to proclaim to the world that what Trump is doing is not who Americans are. I cannot believe that those 4 men who have held this office and were the most powerful people in the world at the time, would not speak out!! I am so very disappointed. And mostly disappointed that although many good Democrats are speaking out and resisting very publicly - they are not speaking in a united voice. The resistance needs a leader and the Democrats need to unite behind one strong voice for opposition - maybe that would give them more sway to bring some cowardly GOP members over to their side to get rid of Trump before it is too late and we are under martial law. The organic resistance is strong and growing and deserves so much credit - but it needs support from America's leaders that have some power and a voice left.
The moron in chief and his assistant moron + the Muskrat are an utter disgrace to this country. They wanted a head of state to grovel at their feet. Thank you for the record of what was said. At least Zelensky got a warm reception in London and hopes for a better outcome than he got here.
A real embarrassment to themselves and outlets country. Our voters and most of our legislators are hateful cowards.
What is in it for Trump? The endgame is that he's old and he's gonna die of old age before this comes to fruition and even if it does come to fruition before he dies, he's not gonna reap the benefits cause he's gonna be dead of old age!! They could always freeze his body and he could wait for a cure for old age lol
He may die of something quicker than old age.
But if Trump dies while in office we’ll get JD Vance as POTUS. And if this bullshit continues Trump will be in office until the day he dies. 😤
Maybe now he's full on board with project 2025 and extremists who see this is a way to stay in power for a long time. He keeps mentioning a 3rd term, like he's comparable to FDR's new deal
I'm still reeling 3 days after that nightmare Oval Office event. I can't use the word "President" in the same sentence as dJt's name; he is a mobster, a traitor, rapist, liar, we all know the adjectives. Having visited a concentration camp in the Czech Republic and traveling through Germany this past summer, the horrors of WWII are very vivid. Why don't people understand how dangerous fascism is, and where it might lead? Just the attack on USAID is risking starvation and disease, not to mention the rotting food sitting in silos and docks. So much at risk in our world thanks to the horror show going on in the White House, Congress with the MAGA cult, and some of the enablers in the Supreme Court. Mary, thank you for the strength and courage to carry on; I can't imagine what you must be enduring. I've read your book "Too Much and Never Enough" twice, as well as having read some of your other books.
The cheeto, has no respect for anyone, not even himself, if he did he would not act the way he does, like a spoiled child who didn't get his way!!! Zelensky was being bullied, by the United States Government and that is so wrong...I am embarrassed to be an American..but i am also very disappointed in all of the people who drank the Kool-Aide and voted for him!!!
D Trump and Vance are the biggest disgraces this country has ever seen.
I am ashamed to be an American.
Suggest organizations that contribute towards Ukraine while being able to reduce our taxes so we hit this from both angles. Do the same regarding USAid to ameliorate the disaster created by Trump/Musk and helps us prove to the democratic nations that we absolutely and unequivocally do not support the Trump/Musk regime. It is an abomination what these Trumpers are doing to destroy our reputation and hurt innocent people.
This below is from Tim Snyder’s substack article (contains a vid that is well worth watching) re: Five Failures in the Oval Office as a response to the fiasco Friday. It’s a list of orgs should you want to donate to assist Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
“If you are thinking today about how to help Ukrainians, here are some possibilities: Come Back Alive (Ukrainian NGO that supports soldiers on the battlefield and veterans), United 24 (the Ukrainian state platform for donations, with many excellent projects), RAZOM (an American NGO, tax-deductible for US citizens, which cooperates with Ukrainian NGOS to support civilians), and Documenting Ukraine (a project that helps to give Ukrainians a voice, also tax-deductible for Americans).”
Here’s the link to the video if you want to watch:
https://snyder.substack.com/p/five-failures-in-the-oval-office?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=310897&post_id=158132584&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=1otfky&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Well said Mary. 💙🇺🇦💙🇺🇦💙🇺🇦
Trump and his minions are just horrible people, no regard for anyone else. To all you Americans who voted for him, happy now.?
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. That was a very petty question to ask why Zelenskyy wasn't wearing a suit.. That congressman immediately put Zelenskyy on the defensive and did not start out welcoming a mutually beneficial dialog. It was an ambush, and he was outnumbered. They loudly talked over him. Trump and Vance constantly interrupted and raised their voices over Zelenskyy.
Trump said Zelenskyy was doing a lot of talking - Zelenskyy couldn't get a word in edgewise!!!! They steamrolled him!!! Trump sounded desperate to get Zelenskyy to give up. The fact that this was the "shot that was heard around the world", so to speak, is an embarrassment. This is what our adversaries wanted to see. He played right into Putin's hand.
Near the end, Mary was describing Trump as a Narcissist by being small, empty, etc.
I couldn't believe my ears when I heard a senator claim that Zelensky was shouting over Trump.
Laughable that the right accuses Zelenskyy of being the aggressor. They also accused him of not being thankful, despite having expressed his appreciation several times. To even bring that up was extremely petty. O M G!!!!! How embarrassing. That would be like EMS and a hospital accusing a seriously injured accident victim of not being thankful for coming to his rescue.
It would seem as though Trump is desperate to do a deal with Putin, but why?
Zelenskyy spent the entire time defending himself while being accused of being insolent. Trump would never understand the plight of a leader for his people to protect themselves.
I support any and all efforts to impeach and remove Trump and Vance, as well as sycophants Lindsey Graham, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, Mike Johnson, who is like a snake in the grass, and Jim Jordan.
Shame on us as a country to have allowed such craziness to infiltrate our society. Are we at a point of no return?? I long for a time when the results of an election were accepted and not repeatedly challenged because a pathetic narcissist with a massive ego couldn't accept losing an election AGAIN.
Like a true narcissist, Trump projected his own bad behavior on to Zelenskyy.
That wasn't a congressman. Brian Glenn is programming director-"reporter" for the Real America's Voice, a far-right streaming and cable channel that specializes in kissing Donald's ass. He's Marjorie Taylor Greene's current bed partner, so he gets lots of access to the White House when the media are present.
I read that too, in conjunction with MTG's asinine statement about federal employees don't deserve paychecks. 🤡 How stupid does one have to be ??
Why is she a congressman? How low can the bar get?
They are prob a good match for each other🤡🤡
An infinity of thanks, Mary!
BRAVO!!! Exactly my thoughts! Even today, a friend of mine, a genuine introvert who does not ever raise her voice, took on two Maga supporters when Fox News had been turned on in a dealership waiting room. She asked for a different Channel and the men demanded to know why and she took them on, with her heart pounding in her hands shaking but she stood up verbally and took these yahoos on to explain that Fox News lies and talked about the things that Trump and his cronies have been doing. It's impossible to change their minds obviously, these true believers. But I praised her to the heavens for speaking up when she wanted to just crawl into a hole. So again, bravo!
Mary, BRAVO !!!! You couldn't have said it better. Thank you for speaking for so many of us !!! So many of our hearts broke last Friday, but there is still HOPE, thanks to leaders like you.
Time for the Home of the Brave to be brave enough to stand up.
That room was so hostile. I would have moved between them and Zelenskyy if I had been in the room. Once someone acts like that toward another, someone should step up and help. Why was no one in else in the room intervening? Everyone is bowing to the king instead of doing what is right. Arrest me, but I am going to help. #standthefuckup
I don’t have to comment on what kind of descriptions you and the rest of us think of your uncle. But I see him in millimeters or microscopic size in terms of the man. Negligible. And because you know him so well from your family drama and professionally as well, you know he’s very psychologically damaged and will never seek talk therapy, let alone medication.
My one question is—how long before he implodes? Goes off “the deep end “ like George 3 or 4 ig England or Louis XIV of France?
I can’t even watch the exchange because it makes me want to throw up. I’m ready to stand up. Tell me when and where.
Tell us how you really feel Mary I have been outspoken but actually feel that individuals who voice strong opinions will be individually targeted We have little protection It harkens back to the Brown Shirts era of thec1930 s.Maybe when it gets to this people will wake up?
Once again, president mumblefuck rambles on!
Marco Rubio. Looks LIke Daddy Donny Just Lost His Mind, Keep's on Lying About the Billons spent, Your Uncle Needs To Put In A Mental Insituton
I'm sorry I can't watch that I have to scroll through to the commentary
Zelensky has dignity and Honor. Two of the many things this administration lacks…he is also intelligent. Which sadly is not the case of the narcissistic, ignorant, pathetic men many refer to as POTUS and Vo.
They behaved like Jacquels
I had a hard time reading this. Having seen the fiasco on television, I could see the evil on the faces of Trump and Vance. I felt deeply, deeply sorry for President Zelensky. He has my utmost admiration.
Excellent Mary. What hangs on me most was the idiot reporter and the suit comment. I hope everyone saw SNL with Mike Myers as the crazed Elon Musk with his tee shirt and chain saw. Put that fool reporter in his place. Priceless
Trump is mentally ill
Watch Marco Rubio during this clip in the Oval Office. They are all asswipes. Long live Ukraine
I fucking hate this regime! Can’t wait for the day he chokes on a chicken bone.
I hate tRump - glad to see the rest of world stand behind Zelensky.
Thank you Mary 👏👏👏👏
Fire the entire ridiculous cabinet.
Thank you for you post and reaction to Trump. Zelensky deserves great respect for aiding his country.
Trump thought he was going to walk away with the Nobel Peace Prize and got caught by an upstanding man 10 times that of Trump.
Very well said!! Thank you Mary!!
I Stand With Ukraine 🇺🇦!!
Trump and Vance never fail to fail on every level. They meet all expectations.
Outstanding, Mary. Gave me goosebumps! Thank you. STANDING TALL. 💙
“Stand the fuck up” seems a very appropriate slogan Mary. I would consider some tee shirts with that very slogan being displayed. Hats too. Out MAGA the MAGGOTS!
Fuck Trump this was an embarrassment!!Hes so far up Putins but his main operative!!
Also, you'll definitely see whose not the smart one here, and he just thinks he's smart, I guess.
Absolutely disgusting. I cannot believe how Trump and Vance treated the leader of Ukraine.
Trump is a POS. He is a traitor and so is JD Vance. Their treatment of President Zelensky is a fucking disgrace
Rude Amerucan AH!
We have struggled to comprehend this situation of Elon and his 20 something hackers at the treasury., I think we have struggled to describe what we were witnessing. It was an act of war by Trump/Elon/Russia against America. That’s what we all saw. We saw America being attacked.
Trump is working with Russia/Putin to destroy America. This is the start of WWIII. Name it. Say it. There is power in naming what is happening so can understand the stakes and respond. We have been attacked.
It’s ok to feel scared or overwhelmed or helpless. Thats normal when you are under attack. Tell everyone. Warn them. It may seem small, but it’s something. And enough of small something’s create a multitude. Let’s remember we are the home of the free and land the brave. Let’s act like it.
Ugh. Makes me sick, EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT. I just feel like screaming at the screen every time.🤬😖😫🤬🤬🤬🤬
Smack trump in his little dick!
I’m impoverished and I feel extremely embarrassed at the behavior of Mr Trump
You say it like it is! And it's bad enough that you don't even need any hyperbole! Thank you!
I've been in a situation like this and I'll tell you, it's terrifying. There is no adequate way to describe the range of emotions and the disorientation you go through when you're set up like this by two or more people, one with a God complex. Zelenskyy's a soldier and has probably experuenced his share of anger/rage directed at him over the war, so he doesn't take this personally. He also is a decent, honest man and tried to stand up against these jackals (and did an amazing job, for the situation he was drawn into).
This was scary for me to see unfold because of my personal experience with that kind of rage, and I was livid! Trump and Vance and the other cocksuckers who were there deserve nothing but contempt for this.
I couldn’t bear to read this in its entirety because the President and VP were both so incredibly disrespectful and intolerant to a man who has suffered trying to save his country from a tyrannical regime! Trump and his odious sidekick have no COUTH ! It’s so obvious that they conspired to bully him and humiliate him! Despicable and disgraceful behavior! One person actually having the audacity to ask him about wearing a suit! Zelensky was the only one there with any class or dignity! The rest were just BULLY BOYS SHOWING OFF ! They were the ones that looked weak and stupid !
Another thing is that Putin is a terrible excuse for a human being and Trump is so enamored of him it is disgustingly! I often wonder if Russian leaders have any humanity especially after what happened to the Romanov’s is that what Trump admires about these leaders their cruelty towards others to get what they want at any cost? It certainly doesn’t seem to bother Trump to lie his head off to get unsophisticated people to fall for his lies and propaganda! He lied his nasty head off about what he would do if he won! There should be some consequences for him for that like IMPEACHMENT!
Zelensky is ever diplomatic, even in the middle of a mob beating. Orange Putin : "me me me me me"
WE NEED AUDITS OF THE TABULATORS OF THE SWING STATES! ABNORMALITIES IN THE VOTING RESULTS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED! PLS. MAKE THIS GO VIRAL! https://youtu.be/AWSWqn7UHYM?si=RrK3Ur5SS7uXFgSa
What stood out to me in this whole drama is that Trump took his revenge by quoting Biden and Obama. Referring Biden as stupid shows lack of unity about his own country. This is not leadership at all.
Mary, you have it so correct. Where are the real heroes? Please let the US patriots stand the fuck up! 🩷❌
I just borrowed this: It goes something like this: There's 2 sides to trump's brain; on the left side, there's nothing right, and on the right side, there's nothing left.
I will never trust the 4th estate like they have any degree of competence from now on.
I understand they have to Kowtow to the orange sad little ‘merican version of dear leader but fuck that.
Step up to the plate and go yard my sane progressive brethren .
We are in one of the most critical moments in this Countries history. We don’t have a make it or break it moment left. The TIME IS NOW !!
Keep the faith and keep fighting my fellow sane kind Americans!!!✊
I agree and love this article more than any I’ve read or written for that
matter. I don’t know how Trump could brainwash most of the country but he has. The democrats need to move back to the center. They need a young, intelligent candidate who can put this filthy animal your uncle is in his place and call him out once and for all. Nobody can touch him as protected he is by SCOTUS and Congress in addition to his own private militia he has raised. You know that right? Can he be stopped? In the words of the poet, Don McClean “They would not listen they’re not listening still. I doubt they ever will.”
Such a disgrace - it’s disgusting. The so called President and VP are traitors. They both should be tried for treason.
We had four years after Trump’ s first term to prevent this disaster. I am totally disillusioned that our democratic leaders could not foresee and react to the train wreck coming. If we couldn’t uncover and prevent this catastrophe (by any means possible!), then what chance do we have now. When you’re confronting pure evil, you can’t just play by the rules, because they certainly will not. Where are our heroes? This must not stand.
Why are so many white supremacists addicted to bronzer? And why can’t they apply it correctly?
Disgusting display of Trump and his minions. They bring shame to our country.
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
--Queen Gertrude in Hamlet
Donald has clarified that he does not respect democratic leaders like Zelenskyy who try to stand up for themselves and their people in the Oval Office. Since Donald failed to hold Macron accountable a week ago in the Oval, he had to bring Vance there to ensure he was not humiliated again.
This was all a setup since Donald had promised to end the war on day one in office. Once he realized he did not have the power of persuasion over Putin like he thought he did, he had to turn the tables and make Ukraine look weak and the obstacle to peace.
Dear Mary: Roger Ailes. Not Robert. And luckily for us, he’s dead.
Excellent commentary. Good leadership. Thank you!
Bullies are weak, juvenile and they draw even weaker individuals to pile on. They are the worst of humanity. When the tables are turned they whine, cry and scream it's not "fair". That is the definition of this administration.
Thanks so much for what you do. It is uplifting and important to stress, as you do, that the current administration is NOT NORMAL; it is evil!
I have a neighborhood acquaintance who continues to revere trump (she only watches FOX news, of course). She is an older woman with lots of physical problems so another neighborhood friend (who hates trump) tries to help her out when she can. Yesterday when my friend went to dinner with the “trumpite”, the trump lover raved about how well he stood up to Zelensky in the Oval Office. For the life of me I just can’t figure out the mental block people still have that causes them to continue to love trump even after he shows his true self. Maybe if her social security benefits are cut she’ll finally “get” it.
So very insightful. Thank you, Dr. Trump!
Why do I feel that was flop sweat on the part of those hoodlums? Do they feel their days are numbered perhaps?
Right. Thanks for nothing losers.
If you listen carefully, you'll see whose disrespectful.
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Hi Mary. I admire your courage. Zelensky didn't deserve that. Their stupid, shallow-minded question about wearing a suit? WTF is that? Donald Trump and his entourage are so stupid, it's almost funny. Don't they realise that they're making fools of themselves in front of the rest of the well-raised, civilised, educated world? The USA government are behaving like cowboy-era outlaws! I'm an atheist, but I have better moral standards than those so-called Christians!
Absolutely deplorable. Sickening. When are we going to put an end this madness. Zelensky should wash his hands of the U.S. and never, never, never turn over his minerals to the ugly, despicable baby trump and same for J.D. Vance. Shame on Marco Rubio who just sat there in shock!
Sorry, can’t watch this again which I know you will understand. Just endured the fiasco in Congress. I think instead of counting the many, many, many lies, it would be much easier to count the few truths.
Gotta ask: who were the randos gathered by the exit as The Annoying President left his speech? The wide-ons were showing. Was this a Monica moment? Melania be aware. And BTW, was that really Melania? Is the Botox slipping on those Miami lips? The first couple now have matching model pouts, LOL.
(Florida Lips enhancing cream is available on the family’s website. Comped with a watch purchase within the next 30 minutes.)
RuPresident is now rocking white hair in the same style his mother wore at that age. Kinda cosmic-comedy. The worst family apparently employs Botoxicians - and writes it off the taxes they don’t pay. Or paid for by an Addled donor.
More Measels. NY & Miami now. Vaccines were required to attend public schools & maybe religious and other schools. They are starting to spread like a California Wildfire.
What's this "Kennedy Guy" with the worm in his brain doing about this??!
Good question, he must have graveled before Trump to get this job! His family was totally against it it he‘s a conspiracy theorist who is kooky, right up Trump’s alley! All you have to do grovel to Trump and you‘re in with the Donald.
I appreciate your sharing this transcript. When I was listening to the "discussion" live, I thought I kept hearing the same things repeated by Trump and Vance, and reading this, I was right. It was as though they had a script, or rather Vance had a script and Trump was filling in adlib. It was a disgusting display of toddler-bullying on the part of the toddlers-in-chief, Vance and Trump and that nonentity who was berating the Ukrainian president for not wearing a "proper suit" was so far out of line, security should have checked him and told him to be quiet since he was nothing in the meeting, but of course, no one did. The only person in the "conversation" who was an adult in the room was Zelinsky. He kept his cool for the most part while the toddlers went nuts, Vance whining that the Ukranian president had not said "thank you." What a stupid childish thing to say. However, it is clear neither Trump nor Vance are up to the jobs they have been elected to and I am embarrassed that this nation had the gall to elect two such jerks. They prove their jerkiness every single day by letting another toddler screw with our government. Musk is ignorance masquerading as knowledge. He and his toddler-pool are doing enormous damage which will take years, at least to fix. Friday's show was appalling, but what was worse was the immediate jumping of Republican fools to defend the Trump-Vance bad behavior. Shame on them all. Long live Ukraine!
Yes long live UKRAINE, they have been through hell and trump wants them to give it up and cave to his buddy (so he thinks) Putin! Putin would happily stab trump in the back as soon as he got what he wanted! Trump is so delusional to think Putin is his friend!😈
Suzy, A problem with people like Trump, Putin, Musk, and the rest of Autocracy Land is that none of them can trust the others. They would destroy members of their own families to get a little more of something for themselves. They demand complete loyalty because they know they would never give it to anyone else and also know that without such loyalty, they would be nothing.
Trump is nothing but an uneducated bully. He has no morals and he’s the most disgusting, unprofessional and disrespectful President the United States has ever had or ever will have. To cover up his idiocy he has to berate and blame past Presidents who actually did a lot for our country. He has no right to be in the Oval Office, and if the USA ends up in a war, we will have no one to blame but Trump and Vance. They are dangerous and will destroy our country! They’re well on their way to doing this now. All the Republicans who put him in the Oval Office will pay one way or another for voting for this POS. Just because they voted for him doesn’t make them exempt from losing their job or rights!
Spot on! Thank you, Mary!
My god what a mindless diatribe from Donald Duck and his sidekick. They are such stupid bullies. They insist Zelenskyy for answers and then shout him down as he answers.
Donald Duck is far more intelligent than Trump!
Dear Mary Trump,
Thank you so much for speaking out against the depravity (even if it is the point), ugliness, evil, and trash that is the current administration. My admiration for your bravery and you grows with each of your posts.
Yes, fucking stand up.
I'm sharing yesterday's entry from Diane's Blue Forum, which features "Stand Up" from "Harriet" sung by the incredible Cynthia Erivo.
It's a wonderful performance, and, I think, a great song to inspire us through this dark time. I hope we can get out, somehow.
Thank you again, Mary. I hope the link works.
https://substack.com/@dianesblueforum/note/p-158314840?r=34pv4d
The Orange 😡KING and his DERANGEMENT BEHAVIOR at The Oval Office with his Stupid MAGA Followers and strange people.just SMILING like ROBOTS And The SLOVENIAN IMMIGRANT QUEEN Dressing like a Man with Suit and Tie 👔👔👔👔 !! Stay tuned 📺 for USA 🇺🇸 Democracy Golden Era Chaos
Have you seen that guests on the Fox clown show are calling for trump to receive the Peace prize? After that sophomoric performance? We’re not going to defend democracy because Zelensky didn’t sufficiently apologize according to trump and JD? A total set up. I hope the Democrats stage a revolt tonight at the State of the Union. Enough of listening to his lies. I know I wont be subjecting myself to that nonsense.
Fox Noise is today’s equivalent of Joseph Goebbles Propaganda ! Lies after lies after lies! Those who can’t think Critically are the people who fall for it! It’s a JOKE who would believe it unless you are really NAIVE? It’s too insane!
🤯🤮 goddamn narcissistic abusers make me sick. President Zelenskyy is a class act. 🇨🇦❤️
Trump made a disparaging remark in regards to his dress to President Zelenskyy as he greated him on the Porte Cochere.
Trump should talk his bright blue oversized suits and red ties or blue ties is all he ever wears and they always look so sloppy!
I am embarrassed for the US government right now.
If any of them knew history they would know that Winston Churchill, during World War II, also visited the White House not wearing a suit. The current administration is full of obnoxious, disgraceful bullies and others too cowardly to step up!
When do the Impeachment hearings begin?
Not soon enough
Xterminate the Moron and The Muskrat.
I would love to see the dialogue from President Zelensky that those bullies shouted over. His words have far more value than the nonsense from them.
I will admit that I could not watch the entire shameful exchange with President Zelensky. It was horrifying - like watching uncouth playground bullies with no knowledge of what they’re attempting to discuss; only the desire to shame another person who is 10 times the person they are.
There are no stupid questions; only stupid people.
"Why don't you wear a suit?" tells the audience a lot about the person asking the question, and it's not a favorable image.
Mary Trump it becomes more and more obvious what Donald Trumps Kryptonite is. He absolutely doesn't want to hear any other narrative than his own. And he's very intent in using specific trigger words that get the attention of his followers. So let's all keep correcting the narrative if not for the MAGAs but for the rest of the US citizens who love this country for its historical love of democracy.
Well said, Mary! Very, very well said. That so-called press conference was the worst display of Treason I have ever seen played out in live TV. Why trump & Vance are not stripped of their places in our government right now is beyond comprehension. They are absolute traitors! Why is Congress silent right now? What. The. Hell?
By the way, whatever happened to those iranian assassination plans? Any word on that?
Was that MTG's boyfriend who asked that irrelevant, asinine and idiotic question? That was a room full of rude, lowbred and vulgar fascists!
"the thought of those two together in an intimate moment works better than purging"
Each day he falls further into his dementia. He speaks nonsense. He's becoming a liability.
Unfortunately, as Mary pointed out he is cruel, and the effect of his cruelty will worsen and increase as his cognitive abilities decline, which is happening rapidly but does not disarm him. To do that we need psychopharmaceutical drugs, or even better by legal methods such as impeachment.
Interestingly the recent clip of him unable to move his right leg and dragging it as he exited and walked away from the golf cart is a symptom of a neurological condition.
But that dragging of the leg is also a symptom of a drug induced symptom. There is a condition called Drug-induced Parkinsonism (DIP) which looks like Parkinson's Disease (PD) but it is not; and Drug-induced Parkinsonism (DIP) can be triggered by dopamine receptor blocking agents which are psychopharmaceutical drugs. (see National Library of Medicine hyperlink below for more information)
However, it is commonly missed by medical professionals and the patients are misdiagnosed and treated for Parkinson's. This is especially true in elderly patients who as they experience cognitive decline are medicated with psychopharmaceutical drugs for behavioral symptoms of dementia. When misread and treated instead for Parkinson's the treatment for that condition has no effect, and the symptoms persist leaving the elderly disabled and unable to walk, which is tragic because it degrades quality of life by an error in diagnosis that is preventable.
So, I wonder how sick Trump is both medically and mentally, and what drugs is he prescribed. I would guess it is a cocktail, and we may be seeing drug induced symptoms or medical symptoms, and since they will lie about his health, it is impossible for us to know.
But we see symptoms like the bruises and the dragging of the right leg that may be drug induced. Bottom line and my main concern is he is growing more and more mentally disabled and volatile. I am sure Vance, and others are plotting to impeach him or worse.
National Library of Medicine Drug Induced Parkinsonism (DIP):
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3325428/
"a reminder that he can no longer be trusted to appear publicly in high-stress situations that require nuance and self-control without a minder." All he had to say, to diffuse it, was, "This is very important. Let's go to another room without cameras." The fact that he is incapable of handling himself in a dignified way should scare all of us. He has no self-control.
I did see a moment where Zelensky diffused Trump after his first outburst and I remember understanding from what I saw and could hear that Zelensky appeared to be waving off the discussion's trajectory with a statement suggesting we can talk about this elsewhere; and Trump agreed and completely calmed down; he nodded and looked down.
Then without missing a beat and after Zelensky and Trump seemed to reach a truce and an agreement to not argue in that setting, it was Vance who leaped in and assaulted Zelensky, which led to Zelensky's attempt to address Vance and in doing so mentioned that Russia is on their border and "from the beginning of the war..." but never got to finish his thought when his statement that Americans have an ocean between us and here unlike Ukraine we don't feel the threat but if Putin is not stopped someday we will, which was only descriptive not offensive.
Zelensky at times was assertive but never loud and shouting and disrespectful. However, it offended Trump who started screaming that Zelensky does not know "how we feel" and it went downhill from there as Zelensky was being screamed at by both Trump and Vance.
Just saying I don't think Zelensky is not prepared maybe even coached on how to handle a mad man; but the one thing he does not remain silent about is his agenda informed by his experience with Putin, and his mission to save his country and his people.
He gets his points in, respectfully without shouting; and his main point is clear that a cease fire alone will not stop Putin and there is a need for security guarantees. No nation knows Putin better than Ukraine and he was trying to be heard a cease fire alone will not stop the war, which was labelled as ungrateful and rude and reason enough to cancel the meeting followed by Trump retreating to another room and ordering his staff to tell Zelensky to leave. Zelensky argued against it wanting to sign that agreement on this visit and further discuss it. But he was literally thrown out. Unbelievable. I don't know how much it was planned but the one actor whose every move and word were chosen carefully to incite and trigger Trump was what was said by Vance.
Gives me pause to wonder who the Russian agent is. It is Trump or is it in fact Vance.
I think both of them are agents but Vance is far smarter. They're doing it right in front of our eyes, making people believe it just can't be. It can be.
I don't believe Vance is really any smarter than trump because some of the slop that comes out of his mouth is in anger and he really has less experience in politics than trump has.
I do think Vance is smarter but is really gauche, odd, and incapable of handling himself well. I'm not giving Vance much credit for intelligence when I say he's "far smarter" than Trump since I think Trump is a dimwit.
Agree
Zelinsky should have asked trump if it was his shit he was smelling.
Then rub Vance/Trumps faces in it!
I was badly mistreated by two different malignant narcissists in my past. One during a romantic relationship and one at work.
I tried over the weekend to get through that video and I still haven’t finished it. Watching this clip you posted in your video triggered PTSD I didn’t realize I had; I went into the physiology of a cornered animal almost immediately and, when it was over, I had to step away and cry.
I’m still going to try to get through the original full video, though, but it’s going to be hard. It’s important to do it, I think. For full context and to “see with my own eyes.”
And your message is spot-on. I appreciated you speaking out so much.
I hope Trump feels good in his orange jumpsuit at Guatanamo
I noticed JD had his tie length just like Donnie did halfway down. There was almost down to his crotch.
It's a phallic symbol when there is very little in the pants.
That’s a good
Hello
excellent!
thank you mary!
It's a slow BOIL, People... I'm tiredl....I AM SO GLAD THAT the 🌎 got to see..
Stay Safe. Remember, cruelty is the point. Keep an eye on your loved ones, check in often. Watch out for your aged family neighbors. PEACE,
SLAVA 🌻 UKRAINE..
It's March 3, 2025- I pray you all get your proper checks this month..... I'm starting to get worried.. THX F-ELON .
Thank you, as always, for your candid and passionate words.
The only response to what transpired in the "people's house" is disgust and embarrassment.
I'm embarrassed to be American. If my daughters and granddaughters could leave with me, I'd emigrate ... just about any fucking where. Canada is just a short drive, and they may still let me (an American) in.
Im sorry! I had to turn the volume off until the clip ended. I had so much anxiety listening to how disgusting those two turds treated Zelenskyy! They will never be the caliber of man Zelenskyy is!
Everytime I see this, all I can thing is that Trump is a total ass.
I’ve wondered for a while if Merrick Garland isn’t as compromised as Trump. Garland’s actions are those of a man following Putin’s orders. It’s the simplest explanation that covers Garland’s paralysis and unwillingness to hold Donald accountable for his crimes committed during his first administration, Jan 6th 2021 and all the other criminal actions Trump & Co have committed.
My God how do we get rid of these psychopaths in the White House?! NOW!
If Epstein hadn't died in prison, then he'd probably be our Current Vice President!
Dear Mary and friends,
You and your countrymen and women do not have much time left to act. I hope you can stop the Putin puppet living in your White House. 🇺🇦
This psychologist validates all your points over the the years, Mary:This post is from a Swedish psychologist, Wirsen Psykologi. I couldn’t help but share his words about yesterday’s meeting between Zelensky and Trump. It is very import to understand this
Today it became painfully obvious how a narcissistic power play and psychopathy looks when Trump openly humbled Zelensky in the Oval Office. He called Zelenskyj “disrespectful” in front of accredited journalists from around the world, questioned his loyalty and insinuated that he didn’t need US support. As if this wasn’t enough he warned that Zelensky could start WW3 - a classical psychopathic move where threats are used for control. This wasn’t just a show of bad diplomacy - it was a narcissistic and psychopathic show of power.
Grandiose self-image and the need for submission.
- Trump expected Zlenskyj to show thankfulness and admiration. He punished him publicly when that did not happen. People with narcissistic personality disorder cannot handle their self-image questioned and use humiliation as a defense.
Manipulation and threats
- To blame somebody for a potential catastrophe is a classical psychopathic tactic. By saying that Zelenskyj “is playing with WW3” he blames him while insinuating that he(Trump) is he only one who can prevent the catastrophe.
Power exercised by impulsivity and emotion.
When Trump felt challenged by Zelenskyj, he suddenly interrupted the meeting. A stable and strategic leader would have handled the situation diplomatically, but a person with psychopathic disorder will react instinctively because he's feeling loss of control.
But why did he do this in front of the press? This is the reason that narcissists and psychopaths love to show off their power. He sends a signal - not just to Zelenskyj but to all leaders and people by humiliating Zelenskyj in front of the world: “I’m in charge and whoever doesn’t obey will be crushed”.
What we saw today wasn’t just a president who behaved inappropriately. It was a textbook example of how narcissist and psychopath leaders use humiliation, threats and manipulation to claim their power. And like in ruinous relationships it’s never about building, but about control. And what about the mineral deal? How about Tesla? Narcissists, dictators and psychopaths scratch each other’s backs in unholy alliances.
Trump can no longer claim to be the leader of the free world. His actions today place him not as a democratic statesman, but one of history’s dictators. A real leader builds alliances through respect and diplomacy. We should not close our eyes to the difference. We did not see a president today but rather a despot in real time.
You must stop the madness. They have no mandate to do this. Break the rules yourself. The gloves are off. Forget about running for office. Only those who are accepted by the regime will be "winners" . In other words, your elections will be rigged. This is why 6 young techies are infiltrating the data bases of America.
The military is the test. Will military members actually fight its own people. Will military actually invade an allied country. Will they follow those orders from some puppet head who does not garner any respect . Will the military commit mutiny.
What a monster america has fostered. Now you had better fix it before there is a WW3.
You have an obligation to the rest of the world, and🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
It seems to me, this would be the time to contact The Jackal. If enough pissed off Americans tossed in a few dollars, 4 problems (eliminating the lines of succession) could be solved.
Just saying.... (wink)
A friend in Canada
Short and sweet: Stand the fuck up! ✊ Love to you Mary! ❤️
Amen. Stand up, and do it NOW. Am I the only one who thinks there will be no midterm elections?!
I’ve never in my 58 years of life been ashamed to be an American until now. I STAND WITH UKRAINE! 🇺🇦 I have always stood with our allies and it literally breaks my heart to pieces what this cabinet of mobsters are doing to them. Beyond shameful!
I always look forward to reading you,Ms. Trump. Thank you for giving us all a voice! We appreciate you!
Donald had to look like a big, tough guy to his idol, Putin. And JD had to look like a bad ass to his boss and idol DJT. I swear, if the majority of world leaders were women, we would cut the BS and solve problems without the testosterone fueled posturing.
Exactly Mitch McConnell is definitely the architect of this crap!
I didn’t see the actual conversation, only clips of Trump and Vance exuding rudeness and bullying President Zelenskyy. However, I have two points.
First, regarding the inappropriate question about wearing a suit in the White House: If you want to be fair on this, how about asking Elon Musk to wear a suit rather than a tee shirt and baseball cap? Zelenskyy has been in the White House with President Biden and was never criticized on this lame point.
Second, I truly believe this was a set-up. It seemed the purpose of this meeting was a preamble to Zelenskyy signing an agreement to offer certain natural resources or minerals to the U.S. as a means of “paying back” the United States for its support for the war. I don’t think that Uncle Don wanted this to go through because it would have shown his deal wasn’t as good as others thought it should be. Thus having this Glenn person begin the meeting (I do agree this person had no place in these discussions) threw Zelenskyy off and enabled Trump and Vance to jump on the already weakened carcass of a true leader, a trusted friend, embroiled in a nasty war against Putin and Russia.
Mary, I trust your viewpoint on this, however nobody should have been subjected to this type of public bullying. The majority of people in this country are dismayed at what has happened. And many of us did what Donald Trump would never do: Apologize.
Unfortunately we’ll never know the truth about this shit show, but our support of Zelenskyy and Ukraine are unwavering even if Trump deigns to stop any more financial support. Luckily European leaders are working towards a plan for a one month truce which may turn into something permanent. DONALD FAILED UKRAINE AND THE UNITED STATES. PERIOD.
Preach.
MAGA Communist.
Do they belong to the Communist Party.
Are they taking Payments from the Communist Party.
MAGA swallowed Soviet Communism without gagging.
Tell It Mary!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Vance is a tool; depraved tool of his sugar-daddy, Peter Thiel, and the rest of the
PayPal/South African mafia that
includes Musk, David Sacks, Roelof Botha (grandson of the Apartheid S.A. leader), all fascists and anti-democracy zealots.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-peter-thiel-apartheid-south-africa
Trump talks just like my abusers did growing up!
I can't watch this video again. I become physically ill.
It's a good thing I wasn't there, because I would have behaved very rudely to anyone who was not Ukrainian. I would have grabbed Zelenskyi's arm and pulled him out of there.
Is there a nice, dark and quiet pub at 1600?
Thank you for your clarity! I don’t care what his golf handicap is but wow…why can’t we just say “perhaps international talks to bring about a bilateral agreement over a bloody war is beyond his abilities and little Marco is embarrassing himself and the office.” Why should his behavior be given some “cards” ?
Isn't what we are experiencing and witnessing sociopathy?
What prices, how freaking embarrassing
Thank you, Maryland. You bring perspective to the table.
Trump and Vance ‘s behavior was beyond gisgysting in that meeting. Just DISGUSTING!
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Oh, the American people are really seeing who you really are. Donald Trump and JD Vance a disgrace to the United States. A disappointment
Donald Trump and JD Vance and every single one of them men are disrespectful to the United States people and a disgrace and an embarrassment
Here here, well stated. You’re 100 percent correct , especially about McConnell. History will not be kind to these traitors who handed the unchecked power to a craven little sleaze named Donald bone spurs Trump. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy deserved so much more respect.
Consider dark enlightenment
https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/dark-enlightenment-rising-the-billionaire-071?r=amsga&utm_medium=ios
It appears to explain last 8 weeks and the end goal of demolishing govt, and democracy.
This wasn’t just a diplomatic failure—it was a moral one. Watching President Zelensky maintain dignity and composure in the face of such deliberate provocation was heartbreaking and heroic. The contrast was so stark: one man stood for his people, the other for his ego. What’s worse is how normalized this cruelty and chaos has become. We’re not just witnessing political decay—we’re watching the erosion of empathy, statesmanship, and basic human decency in real time.
Mary, your words cut through the noise. Thank you for calling it what it is. This is not politics as usual. This is a wake-up call. And you’re right—if we don’t stand up now, together, there may be nothing left to stand for.
I felt so badly for Zelensky to be set up by a bunch of bootlicking buffoons. After this, Putin made Trump wait an hour to speak to him, showing total disrespect. Now Putin has broken two ceasefires after Trump’s Regime bragged about what a great dealmaker Trump is.
They treated President Zelensky horribly. Bullied him. Ganged up on him. They were disgraceful.
The two bullies have spoken. The idiot tRump, is something else.
Cowardly show ponies with their cookie cutter suits don’t make a man. The real man is Zelenskyy, whom I am sure doesn’t lose any sleep over what obnoxious, bullying bigots approve or disapprove of.
What an ignorant and disrespectful arsehole Trump is to a foreign diplomat visitor in the Oval Office. Vance is no better.
Too bad he wasn’t a miscarriage!!!
What a fool! How dare the draft dodger reprimand President Zelenskyy who has been a proud, strong and tough leader!!! A true warrior and leader!!
Every time I see this, it makes me sick.
Thank you, Mary! You summarized exactly how I feel about Donald Trump. Good for you!!
What a display of STUPIDITY (trump-ass)
Trump is such a Lier , in his first term held back $400 Billion in arms to Ukraine .Now this Traitor is holding back billions of more money and arms to Ukraine now, has sided with one of America’s worst enemies, Putin who wants nothing but to destroy America
I get triggered when I listen to this. I can’t stand to hear either of those assholes talk to Zelensky like this! 🤬
This administration is a POS! To talk to a man that has on a uniform of his country like they did in front of the world is sickening. God Bless Zelensky and his country, he is a hero in my mind. The others in the room would not fight their way out of a bag if they didn’t have someone,there’d to help him.
It is disgusting what happened in that room.