Trump's treatment of Zelenskiy as a spoiled child does not bode well for Ukraine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : That would have been "a smart thing", Trump said.
58% : Zelenskiy attempted to put a brave face on the situation, saying that he, like Trump, believes in "peace through strength".
42% : He was one of 29 underlings pardoned by Trump at Christmas 2020.
42% : Bob Woodward reported in his new book, War, that Trump had up to seven private telephone conversations with Putin in the past four years.
42% : Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban, friend to Trump and Putin, whose far-right Patriots for Europe group is the third largest in the EU parliament, can be counted on to block significant EU aid to Ukraine.
39% : "Trump is unpredictable, and ultimately we're alone against the Russians anyway."
38% : There is no reason to believe Trump will not block aid to Ukraine a third time, as he has promised.
37% : Trump reacted with sarcasm to Zelenskiy's appeal for more US aid last June, calling the Ukrainian leader "the greatest salesman of all time" and complaining like an exasperated parent: "He just left four days ago with $60 billion, and he gets home, and he announces that he needs another $60 billion.
35% : Indications of collusion between Trump, his entourage and Putin are alarming.
33% : [ Bob Woodward: 'My wife said I was yelling at Trump and that I shouldn't be doing that.
26% : Trump was so enraged by Zelenskiy's refusal, in a July 2019 telephone conversation, to investigate Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine that he suspended a military aid package for Kyiv the following month.
22% : Like Trump, Musk probably bears a grudge against Zelenskiy.
20% : Thus, Trump's imminent betrayal of Ukraine can be viewed as the culmination of a long contest between US Democrats, who favoured liberal democracy in Ukraine, and Trump Republicans who appeared determined to give the country to Putin.
16% : In a private conversation with advisers in 2019, Trump said that Ukrainian politicians were "terrible people ...

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