US 'will not put up' with Zelensky for long, warns Trump

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Times

President Trump has attacked his Ukrainian counterpart for suggesting that the end of the war “is still very, very far away”.

President Zelensky made his statement in London on Sunday.

“This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelensky, and America will not put up with it for much longer!” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social website today. He also criticised European leaders.

“It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelensky, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the US — Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?”

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Read more: https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/ukraine-war-live-zelensky-starmer-peace-deal-latest-news-xrsdx9hws

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Trump's Truth Social Post:

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump continues to threaten Zelensky.

Zelensky is not backing down so far.

[colorado_ufo]

5. And support Russia!

[unblock]

6. Donnie in fact is putting Zelenskyy in a situation where he *can't* back down

Trying to get Zelenskyy to surrender is evil, but Donnie isn't even going about that effectively.

If you want to get someone to surrender, you have to make it look like they're winning *something*. But Donnie is making it look like accepting his terms would be caving and surrendering and weak and pathetic.

[Irish_Dem]

22. Trump always plays a win/lose game.

He has to win, the other person has to lose.

He has no idea how to set up a win win situation.
And cannot stand the idea someone might look like they won something.

Trump is a mafia boss.
And he must look like the top dog at all times.
Intimidate and terrify people to get his way.

[roscoeroscoe]

26. Very good stuff

You are exactly right. This is why he fails, over and over, and only total idiots would fall in on his schemes. Unfortunately, there seems to be a never ending supply!

[Irish_Dem]

32. He is a ruthless psychopath, a mob boss.

[Irish_Dem]

2. What kind of threat is Trump making?

What does Trump mean, he won't put up with Z much longer?

[BadgerKid]

11. He is kind of threatening to make a threat.

[Irish_Dem]

23. I think it is a direct threat from two ruthless psychopaths, Putin and Trump.

Putin is hoping Trump will take care of business in terms of Zelensky.

Zelensky must beef up his security asap.

[LudwigPastorius]

24. This probably comes directly from Putin.

Putin would probably agree to a cease fire if Zelensky were replaced with a Russian stooge (in addition retaining the Ukrainian land he stole).

With a pro-Kremlin president place (like in Belarus) Putin could then take his time 'acquiring' the rest of the country.

Watch this become a condition of any peace agreement.

[Irish_Dem]

25. It comes from Trump too. Zelensky is not giving Trump what he wants.

Trump is good at making death threats to those who cross him.

[speak easy]

3. "... Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelensky, stated ...

... What are they thinking?”

Trump was attacking the whole conference.

[Wingus Dingus]

4. Awww, Krasnov annoyed that it's just him and Putin and the MAGA mental-defectives

against pretty much the rest of the world in trying to get people to hate Zelensky.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Trump is a chump

Face it, Donald. You totally choke at this Presidenting stuff. You have no ideas, no solutions, no moral backbone. And for the ultimate measure... the world will be better off when you are gone. Give it up.

[Stpaoulboy]

8. He pissed they're bypassing him.

He can go fuck himself in his soggy diaper. Stand back Donnie, the adults got it from here.

[cilla4progress]

9. Russia has already invaded US -

ocean or no.

[MontanaMama]

29. Indeed they have.

[Botany]

10. President Krasnov can't unring the bell he and J.D. Guy-Liner rang so many times last Friday.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a real deal hero who told America that he didn’t need a ride but
ammunition when part of the 2nd largest army in the world was 100 miles from him and
were looking to kill him. Instead he stayed and rallied his nation and the world to meet
the Russians head on. Slava Ukraine!

Volodymyr told Krasnov to his face that Ukraine wasn’t going to surrender or give away
its mineral wealth either.

[mzmolly]

12. Trump didn't write that statement.

It's not in all caps and full of grammatical errors.

[stillcool]

31. good point.

maybe it's musk.

[mzmolly]

43. Could be?

Or Big Balls?

[BadgerKid]

13. T needs Zelensky, therefore isn't smearing/memeing his name. n/t

[woodsprite]

14. I know I'm thinking that Felon45 didn't write that tweet.

It's complete thoughts (albeit in a run-on sentence or two). There are no misspellings, but still some odd punctuation. Even Zelenskyy is spelled correctly with 2 "y's". Apparently he didn't earn a nickname yet from Felon45.

Every time a republi-con speaks, I don't really care what they're saying because it's been years since we've heard one of them speak a full-on truth. They open their mouth or I read a quote from one and all I hear is the teacher's voice from the Charlie Brown cartoons.

[ScratchCat]

15. I'm telling you folks, Trump was given an ultimatum

By Putin.

Putin has to have the war end. Putin has to have Ukraine's minerals. They can't be allowed into NATO.

This was Putin's entire interest in getting Trump back in. Trump is acting like a man scared to death. His statements make no sense.

[Wiz Imp]

18. I believe you. Russia itself is on the verge of collapse which is why they need

Ukraine to give up. It isn't going to happen.

[Ray Bruns]

16. Donald Trump can go fuck himself.

[Harker]

17. It won't reach. n/t

[Initech]

19. And the US won't put up with the fucking psychopathic orange man baby for long.

Good lord he is such a fucking asshole, and he is really overstepping his boundaries.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

36. I wish that were true.

Unfortunately, unless he gets on Putin's bad side (does he even have a good side?) and makes the mistake of standing by a window, we're stuck with him.

I'm beginning to wonder if Merrick Garland was a Russian asset. He and Judge Cannon seemed to create insurmountable obstacles to holding Felon45 accountable for his crimes.

BTW, Tangerine Man just gave the entire DOJ a big "f*ck you" by sending the boxes of classified documents he stole at the end of his first term back to Mar-A-Lego for no reason other than to rub it in their faces. He has complete access to the means for properly storing the documents, but they're heading back to the MAL bathroom.

[DallasNE]

20. Zelenskyy Is Obviously Right And Trump Is Obviously Wrong

I have been saying this for at least a month. The conditions are not ripe on the ground for a negotiated settlement. Ask your Generals, Trump.

[DallasNE]

37. Trump Has Chosen Dishonor

I’m not a doctor but these rants by Trump seem to me to be clearly off the deep end. In fact, l’m scared sh*tless contemplating what comes next - hopefully a Cabinet meeting to discuss the 25th Amendment.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

21. Hey, Fat Ass!

America won’t put up with you or the rest of your fucking fascists much longer.

[kimbutgar]

27. No we will

When airplane crashes become the norm, hurting the industry and people lose their social security and healthcare and infectious disease run rampant causing unwanted deaths things will hit that fan. And no more NOAA to warn people of upcoming storms, no fema to help them in natural disasters. It’s a shitstorm waiting to happen. It will even affect his cult magaloon supporters and he can’t blame President Biden. He AND the MUSK🐀 caused these cuts and suffering!

[RainCaster]

28. TSF knows the taste of Putin's butt

He's so beholden to that troll it's pathetic.

[Lulu KC]

30. Oh, yeah? What are you going to do about it?

Don't answer that. The horror continues. Endlessly.

[republianmushroom]

33. I'll stand with Zelensky, screw you convicted felon.

[bluestarone]

34. I, myself and maybe (if truth was known) 100 million of us are

Quite sick of TSF. FUCK him and his rethuglicon traitors.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

35. Luckily Europe and the American public disagrees

[LetMyPeopleVote]

38. Trump's Oval Office debacle with Zelenskyy further isolates the U.S.

The E.U.'s foreign minister said that the free world "needs a new leader.” She didn’t call out Trump by name, but given the context, she didn’t have to.

In his inaugural address six weeks ago, Trump declared, "From this day forward, our country will ... be respected again all over the world." How's that working out?

He's failing spectacularly. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-03-03T13:05:23.933Z

In his inaugural address six weeks ago, Trump declared, "From this day forward, our country will ... be respected again all over the world." How's that working out?

He's failing spectacularly.

Link to tweet

And yet, Trump has suggested that he, and he alone, can restore the country’s international standing, despite reality. Indeed, in his second inaugural address, Trump declared, “From this day forward, our country will ... be respected again all over the world.”

Six weeks later, the world is eagerly expressing its respect for one country and one leader, but it’s not our country and it’s not our leader. The New York Times reported:

European leaders quickly pledged their continued support for Ukraine on Friday after President Trump’s blistering criticism of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in a meeting at the White House. Leaders lined up behind Ukraine and praised its embattled president, the statements coming one after the other: from France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Norway, Finland, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Belgium, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Ireland. Canadian, Australian and New Zealand leaders added their voices to the Europeans’.

That list reads like an inventory of countries that have stood proudly with the United States for generations. But after Friday’s fiasco in the Oval Office, leaders and officials from these countries practically tripped over each other to express their public support for Ukraine and its president — making clear to global audiences that they were not on board with the American president’s obscene display.

Indeed, one day after the debacle at the White House, Zelenskyy arrived in London to a hero’s welcome from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mcxwgi6ytwp72kzqmujcixep/post/3ljdve64tck2e

Link to tweet

The embrace came on the heels of European Union foreign minister Kaja Kallas saying, “Today it became clear that the free world needs a new leader.”

She didn’t call out Trump by name, but given the context and the circumstances, she didn’t have to.

As the dust settles, Britain, France and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan. It’s the kind of work that used to be done by and with the United States — and would’ve been done by and with the United States up until six weeks ago.

Steve Benen

[bluestarone]

39. TSF and his gang are mouth watering to send weapons to pooty

Be ready!

[2naSalit]

40. Other way around, fuckwad...

It's YOU that we won't put up with much longer. You'll see when over 70 million flaming pitchforks are shoved up your ass.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. White House takes aim at Zelenskyy's 'body language' and fashion choices

What exactly did Volodymyr Zelenskyy do that left officials in the West Wing so offended? They have a list, but it’s awfully pitiful.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-house-takes-aim-zelenskyys-body-language-fashion-choices-rcna194515

As Friday’s fiasco in the Oval Office made painfully clear to the nation and the world, Donald Trump and his White House have a problem with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Indeed, over the last few days, there’s been all kinds of talk emanating from the West Wing about the Ukrainian leader needing to “apologize” to the American president — and perhaps even resigning.

But what is it, specifically, that Zelenskyy did that was wrong?

Zelenskyy apparently made the wrong fashion choices: Before the Ukrainian leader even entered the White House, he was greeted by Trump, who said: “Look, you’re all dressed up today.” Interest in Zelenskyy’s clothing intensified from there, especially among conservative media personalities — though they appeared far less concerned about Elon Musk wearing a baseball cap and a “tech support” T-shirt in the West Wing.

Zelenskyy apparently used “body language” the White House didn’t like: During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said the Ukrainian president was “incredibly disrespectful” while being berated in the Oval Office. To bolster the point, he pointed to “the body language, the shaking of head ... the arms crossed.”

Zelenskyy apparently had criticisms for the authoritarian leader who invaded his country and butchered his people: After the Ukrainian leader said Russia’s Vladimir Putin “hates” Ukraine, Trump chided Zelensky for “speaking badly about somebody else” — because if there’s one thing we know about the Republican president, it’s that he just cannot abide speaking badly about people.

.....Each of these complaints make Trump and his team appear rather weak and easily offended — unless, of course, the White House planned to take offense from the outset, and Republican officials looked for post-hoc rationalizations to justify the positions they were going to take anyway.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

42. White House takes aim at Zelenskyy's 'body language' and fashion choices

What exactly did Volodymyr Zelenskyy do that left officials in the West Wing so offended? They have a list, but it’s awfully pitiful.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-house-takes-aim-zelenskyys-body-language-fashion-choices-rcna194515

As Friday’s fiasco in the Oval Office made painfully clear to the nation and the world, Donald Trump and his White House have a problem with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Indeed, over the last few days, there’s been all kinds of talk emanating from the West Wing about the Ukrainian leader needing to “apologize” to the American president — and perhaps even resigning.

But what is it, specifically, that Zelenskyy did that was wrong?

Zelenskyy apparently made the wrong fashion choices: Before the Ukrainian leader even entered the White House, he was greeted by Trump, who said: “Look, you’re all dressed up today.” Interest in Zelenskyy’s clothing intensified from there, especially among conservative media personalities — though they appeared far less concerned about Elon Musk wearing a baseball cap and a “tech support” T-shirt in the West Wing.

Zelenskyy apparently used “body language” the White House didn’t like: During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said the Ukrainian president was “incredibly disrespectful” while being berated in the Oval Office. To bolster the point, he pointed to “the body language, the shaking of head ... the arms crossed.”

Zelenskyy apparently had criticisms for the authoritarian leader who invaded his country and butchered his people: After the Ukrainian leader said Russia’s Vladimir Putin “hates” Ukraine, Trump chided Zelensky for “speaking badly about somebody else” — because if there’s one thing we know about the Republican president, it’s that he just cannot abide speaking badly about people.

.....Each of these complaints make Trump and his team appear rather weak and easily offended — unless, of course, the White House planned to take offense from the outset, and Republican officials looked for post-hoc rationalizations to justify the positions they were going to take anyway.

[totodeinhere]

44. That asshole has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation.

It is up to the Ukrainian people and them alone to decide President Zelensky's fate.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

45. Speak for yourself Donny Dipshit

There is a straightforward case one could make for why the altercation could be a political liability for Trump. A solid majority of Americans sympathize with Ukraine in the war. For instance, in a recent Economist/YouGov survey, 58% of Americans say that in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, they sympathize more with Ukraine.

Just 3% say they sympathize more with Russia, while 27% say they sympathize more with “neither.” Twelve percent are not sure.

This includes 47% of Republicans who sympathize more with Ukraine.

Polling also consistently shows that Vladimir Putin is deeply unpopular while a plurality of Americans like Zelenskyy.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/03/the-trump-zelenskyy-oval-office-faceoff-is-the-latest-twist-in-a-conflict-americans-have-multilayered-views-on.html