Lies, Damn lies, and The Apprentice

The Trump-Zelensky meeting went as poorly as could have been expected, with Zelenskyy being asked to leave the White House

WOW.

Dear Reader, what I’ve just witnessed can only be described as “a beating”, in which Zelensky was treated like a yelping bitch.

Today was the much-hyped meeting between US President Donald Trump and term-expired Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy. It should have been on pay per view, frankly. It was more entertaining than any boxing match I’ve ever watched.

It ended in much shame for Zelenskyy, who was asked to leave - with no deal signed.

Here’s the highlights:

Beg, Borrow and Beg

(Zelenskyy trying to weasel his way out of a stern finger wagging by Trump)

Normally, Zelenskyy would have had the red carpet treatment and nothing but kid glove care in handling. Today however was a stark change in tone from the prior administration, with Trump berating Zelenskyy as if he were an insolent, insubordinate employee.

The meeting started off friendly with handshakes, but quickly turned into what can only be described as a heated exchange between Zelenskyy and VP JD Vance, with Zelenskyy telling him he doesn’t need to yell and Trump quickly rebuking him, which lead into further arguments.

The overall tone of the US side of the conversation was “the US does far too much and has already done more than enough, and Ukraine would not have survived without US support”. Zelenskyy’s only response was to say “yeah, I heard that from Putin too”, which was just hilarious.

At one point, Trump appeared to become quite angry with Zelenskyy, telling him off.

The exchange was ended and then Zelenskyy was asked to leave.

The Aftermath

(Oksana Serhiyivna Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to the US, literally facepalming)

After the meeting, Zelenskyy hurriedly exited the White House and shambled into a waiting SUV.

Trump, quick to maintain spin on the situation, released the following statement on social media, highlighting the disrespect shown by Zelenskyy and his overall view of the situation:

Trump seems dead set on ending this thing, with or without Zelenskyy’s approval. Zelenskyy seems dead set on dragging it out for as long as possible, no matter the consequences to his country or any other.

No Zelenskyy return date has been set at time of writing, and it seems that he may not be invited again in the future.

We will of course write more as the story unfolds.

RS