WTH Extra! About That Trump-Zelensky Meeting… Dany and Marc Discuss

Partisans believe that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was “ambushed” in the Oval Office. The story is rather different. In fact, President Trump was genuinely enthusiastic about signing a minerals deal with Zelensky that would enrich both nations and vest the United States in Ukraine’s future. But Zelensky, acting on poor advice or out of his own stubbornness and exhaustion, used the Oval Office meeting to challenge Trump and Vice President Vance in front of American media, leading to a public spectacle that may permanently damage U.S.-Ukraine relations and Ukrainian security. Is the U.S.-Ukraine relationship salvageable?

Read Marc’s article, Zelensky must mend the breach with Trump — or resign, in the Washington Post here.

Read Dany’s latest commentary on the Trump-Vance-Zelensky meeting here.