Posting to show that not only US media is seeing it this way. It was a disgrace.

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    In France it was called an extraordinary meltdown:

    “Earlier Friday, Trump cut the meeting short with Zelensky, said the Ukrainian leader is “not ready” for peace with Russia in an extraordinary meltdown in the Oval Office that threw question marks over chances for a truce”

    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/united-states/article/2025/02/28/trump-and-zelensky-openly-clash-in-heated-white-house-exchange_6738686_133.html

    In Germany it was a shouting match:

    US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office turned into a shouting match.

    https://p.dw.com/p/4rE1i

    If you look at European news sources, it’s filled with representatives from various countries all saying variations of “holy shit, we really can’t trust the US anymore”.

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      If you look at European news sources, it’s filled with representatives from various countries all saying variations of “holy shit, we really can’t trust the US anymore”.

      The rest of the world can no longer expect the US to abide by word or deed for any more than two years. Any change in administration could mean rapid, unpredictable changes up to and including breaking treaties just because they feel like it.

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        Yeah our government is so flippy floppy. It sucks. Our first goddamn president warned against a two party state