He tried to negotiate in front of the world and show Trump up. He just bungled it.
The rumor I heard was that Zelensky met with the Democrats who explained that they could vote more money for him, more support, he just had to stand up to Trump and prove it could be done. Give Trump an L and we can help you!
And, wouldn't you know it, the Dems' mouths wrote checks that Z's ass was unable to cash. He went to Europe and got all of the moral support he could have asked for and more. Moral support and three bucks will get you a tall latte.
And the worst part is that the American People are getting a little sick of the Ukraine thing. "Send them *MORE* money? Ugh. Why?" and getting a moralizing speech in return is, apparently, not working.
Did you see Harry Enten's segment on CNN explaining the difference between the numbers for Biden and Trump on handling Ukraine/Russia?
-Trump's net approval on Russia/Ukraine (+2) is far more positive than Biden's was by the end (-22).
-The share (31% to 50%) who want a compromise in the war is way up
-The share who say Russia is an enemy is way down (64% to 34%).
The segment went on for a bit and explained that a majority of Americans supported Ukraine in the conflict... but it looks like that support amounts to moral support and, well, I already made a latte comment.
There are a handful of arguments that it might be possible to make about how it's important for the US to support Ukraine *MATERIALLY* and send them another few hundred billion. "It is in the US's best interest that Russia lose and internalize having lost" is probably the foremost to come to mind... but few are making it. "We have a *MORAL OBLIGATION* to fight against *TYRANNY* by sending *MONEY*!" makes a lot of assumptions that aren't shared and fewer people share them today than shared them yesterday.
And if even fewer people are going to share those assumptions tomorrow...
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He tried to negotiate in front of the world and show Trump up. He just bungled it.
The rumor I heard was that Zelensky met with the Democrats who explained that they could vote more money for him, more support, he just had to stand up to Trump and prove it could be done. Give Trump an L and we can help you!
And, wouldn't you know it, the Dems' mouths wrote checks that Z's ass was unable to cash. He went to Europe and got all of the moral support he could have asked for and more. Moral support and three bucks will get you a tall latte.
And the worst part is that the American People are getting a little sick of the Ukraine thing. "Send them *MORE* money? Ugh. Why?" and getting a moralizing speech in return is, apparently, not working.
Did you see Harry Enten's segment on CNN explaining the difference between the numbers for Biden and Trump on handling Ukraine/Russia?
The segment went on for a bit and explained that a majority of Americans supported Ukraine in the conflict... but it looks like that support amounts to moral support and, well, I already made a latte comment.
There are a handful of arguments that it might be possible to make about how it's important for the US to support Ukraine *MATERIALLY* and send them another few hundred billion. "It is in the US's best interest that Russia lose and internalize having lost" is probably the foremost to come to mind... but few are making it. "We have a *MORAL OBLIGATION* to fight against *TYRANNY* by sending *MONEY*!" makes a lot of assumptions that aren't shared and fewer people share them today than shared them yesterday.
And if even fewer people are going to share those assumptions tomorrow...