Several news sources suggested that yesterday's meeting between Zelenski and djt probably was a MAGA setup staged to make Zelensky look as bad as possible, while making Russia look good. In my opinion, it was more evidence that djt and MAGA oppose democracy. djt's known pro-Russia and pro-authoritarian sympathies, and the subsequent reactions from both U.S. and Russian officials suggest that the meeting was conducive to making Zelenskyy look bad, while Russia would look better than it really is. The public nature of the confrontation, the harsh criticisms, and the implications for U.S.-Ukraine relations all contribute to this being a MAGA setup.
On 11/6/24, I posted this prediction: The Ukraine will fall to Putin and his brutal vengeance. The slaughter will be savage. All global democracies will be under increasingly intense pressure to go authoritarian. The last stand for global democracy will be Europe's democracies, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and little or nothing else.
Seems like things are on track to make most or all of that true. Maybe one could even say that as of now, the slaughter in the Ukraine already has been savage.
The Atlantic: It Was an Ambush -- Friday marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
The Nation: The Most Disgraceful Foreign Policy Spectacle in US History -- Donald Trump and JD Vance tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday with the whole world watching
