TRUMP AND VANCE’S APPALLING MEETING WITH ZELENSKY Part Two
Dr. Common Good
Following up from my post yesterday about the disgusting display by Trump and Vance, I want to repeat excerpts from a short commentary on the exchange by Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Mass), during an interview with CNN:
“The President of the United States is a coward, who is Putin’s puppet. And the Vice President of the United States is a (pogue) and a coward who is Donald Trump’s puppet.”
“And so what we just witnessed was a meeting in the Oval Office between two cowardly puppets and a hero.”
“Whether you voted for these puppets or not, just as an American, as a fellow American, it’s just embarrassing that the only hero, the only decent human being for that matter, is the Ukrainian. I mean, this administration is going to go down as an embarrassment to American history.”
Could Zelensky have been more “deferential” to Trump and Vance, asked the CNN reporter? Said Moulton: “Deferential to what? Deferential to a president who allowed a deal, in his first term, to crumble because Putin just violated it? Deferential to a vice president who didn’t even bother to visit Ukraine? I hardly know anyone in Congress who has any view on national security who hasn’t been to Ukraine during this war. Deferential to a draft dodger who’s our commander in chief? Zelensky doesn’t deserve to be deferential to anyone in that Oval Office. In fact, I kind of wish he’d put them in their place a little bit stronger.”
“The vast, vast majority of my Republican colleagues in Congress completely agree with me. They know the truth here. They’re just too scared to say it themselves.”
A high five to you, Representative Moulton. You said it like it is. [I will note here that Moulton is a Marine veteran who served four tours of duty in Iraq.]
Let me just reiterate – Trump and Vance are ignorant cowards who don’t deserve to be in the same room as Zelensky. What Zelensky said in that meeting was absolutely fair and true, and he said it in a straightforward manner without raising his voice. Those Republicans (e.g., Lindsey Graham and others) who later criticized Zelensky for “provoking” the exchange either did not see it and are mindlessly repeating Trump talking points, or they are just as ignorant and shameless as Trump and Vance. Period.
Finally, I would go a step further than Representative Moulton on one point. The exchange was not just embarrassing for the United States, it was degrading and contemptible. Only a fool would think this is “Making America Great.”