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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1895535520836681851
Think I found it.
Elon said, "Watch this carefully. Very important."
at 6:55 Trump says, "But you see I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on here. I think it's very important.That's why I kept this going so long."
Trump knew this would happen and hemadeit happen.
His statement shows he intended to force this outcome before the meeting.
Elon may be referring to something else, but I bet this is "IT".
His handlers/owners must bePISSED.
A dose of reality for the West’s spoiled brat: What now for the humiliated Zelensky?
Thoroughly thrashed by Trump and Vance, the Ukrainian leader faces a bleak future
“A grandiose failure” – take it from the best Ukrainian news site. That’s how Strana.ua has summed up the visit of Vladimir Zelensky, past-best-by-date leader in embattled Kiev, to Washington.
And no one who watched the no-holds-barred shouting match between Zelensky, on one side, and US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, on the other, can disagree. Indeed, no one is even trying to disagree: Independent of political bias, there is unanimity in Western mainstream media that this was a historic catastrophe for Zelensky and his version of Ukraine.
“A disaster” and “bitter chaos” (The Economist); a “meltdown” that “could not have gone worse” (Financial Times); a “historic escalation” (Spiegel); a “disaster for Ukraine” and a “spectacular confrontation” (Le Monde); an “upbraiding” and “debacle” for Zelensky (New York Times) and so on and so forth… You get the gist.
And please don’t blame me for how boring a review of Western mainstream media is; it’s not my fault that the vaunted press of the self-appointed “free world” and “garden” of “values” offers less diversity of views than the Soviet media circa 1986.
The basic idea is very basic indeed: “This was awful because poor Zelensky got bullied.” Some especially eager information war cadres are already fingering J.D. Vance as the one to blame. The Economist, for instance, simply “knows” that the US vice president set up the Ukrainian leader. But then, the same Economist also helped spread the moronic lie that Russia blew up its own Nord Stream pipelines.
Intriguingly, Ukraine’s Strana.ua, already mentioned above, sees things very differently. Its take is that “Zelensky himself provoked the scandal by his rudeness” toward both Vance and Trump. The latter, these Ukrainian observers who know their own vain and erratic leader all too well think, were still holding back, staying “quite calm and respectful” toward Zelensky.
For what it’s worth, my personal impression is that Zelensky did provoke the fight; that Vance and Trump treated him harshly and humiliatingly in return; and that Kiev’s prima-donna-in-chief deserved every last bit of it – and then some. Yes, after more than half a decade of Western leaders and mainstream media first building an insane personality cult around him and then babying and coddling him, it was a relief to see him talked to in earnest. And yes, it was glorious.
more…
https://www.rt.com/news/613538-zelensky-humiliated-trump-vance/
Zelensky’s presidency is over – Scott Ritter
The White House meeting with Donald Trump was “a setup” to discredit and remove the Ukrainian leader, the former US Marine Corps intelligence officer has told RT
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s presidency is over, former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter has told RT. Zelensky’s five-year term in office concluded in May 2024, but he has refused to hold new elections, citing martial law. According to Ritter, Washington is “fed up” with Zelensky, who US President Donald Trump recently labeled a “dictator without elections,” and is moving to unseat him.
Ritter’s words come on the heels of a meeting in the White House between Zelensky, Trump, and US Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday, in which a heated exchange took place after Trump told the Ukrainian leader that he would have to negotiate peace with Russia. Zelensky argued that Moscow cannot be trusted and insisted that the US continue supporting Kiev. Trump said Zelensky is “in no position to dictate” to the US, accusing him of being ungrateful for America’s substantial aid and questioning his willingness to bring about an end to the conflict with Russia.
READ MORE: Zelensky should apologize for ‘fiasco’ with Trump – Rubio
According to Ritter, the meeting was a “setup” to discredit Zelensky and “confront him with the inconsistencies of his position.”
“Zelensky is not a democratically elected president… This was a deliberate setup by the president of the US. The Trump administration is fed up with Zelensky,” he said, arguing that he brought it upon himself by openly antagonizing Trump.
According to Ritter, the relationship between Trump and Zelensky is now “fundamentally broken.” However, unlike Ukraine, he said, Russia has never “lost the discipline” in contacts with the US and disrupted peace efforts, despite “some fundamental disagreements” on how to resolve the conflict.
“Zelensky was the greatest impediment to the US and Russia to achieve a peace deal… He had to be removed, and now he has been removed,” Ritter explained. He went on to say that while Zelensky’s removal may be “the beginning of the political collapse of Ukraine,” it might not necessarily be a bad thing in terms of peace because “the war is all but over at this point.”
READ MORE: Zelensky responds to resignation calls from pro-Kiev hawk
Zelensky has so far dismissed calls to step down. In an interview with Fox News following the meeting with Trump and responding to a call from US Senator Lindsey Graham “to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with,” Zelensky said he won’t do so unless asked by the Ukrainian people.
https://www.rt.com/news/613528-zelensky-presidency-over-scott-ritter/
European leaders reiterated support, Ukrainians reacted with dread after Trump, Zelensky meeting
"You are never alone, dear President Zelensky," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after the White House meeting.
Stunned European leaders reiterated their support Friday for Ukraine while in the war-torn country residents reacted with dread after President Donald Trump dramatically rebuked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a shorter-than-anticipated White House visit.
What was expected to be a cordial sit-down meeting among Zelensky, Trump and Vice President JD Vance – and a prelude to a money deal to extract rare earth minerals in Ukraine – turned into a remarkable shouting match over continued U.S. support in the country’s three-year-old war with Russia
Trump repeatedly berated the Ukrainian leader as “not ready for peace,” for having “disrespected” the United States and for “gambling with World War III.”
Vance chided Zelensky for not being thankful enough.
“Have you said, ‘thank you’ once this entire meeting?” he asked.
The press conference scheduled to take place after the meeting was hastily cancelled and Zelensky, after an interview on the Fox News Channel, headed home, posting on social media, “Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit.”
Such a confrontational public meeting is essentially unheard of in diplomatic circles, in fact televised appearances are almost always pre-negotiated and highly choreographed (in fact, Vance accused Zelensky of using the forum to sway public opinion.)
“It’s disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media,” the vice president said.
The events were widely applauded by Trump’s backers (after the meeting, the White House issued a press release with more than 50 statements of support from top GOP figures).
But in Europe, most leaders took the opposite stance, expressing almost unanimous support for Zelensky and Ukraine – though it remains far from clear whether those statements will translate into enough material support for Ukraine to continue its war with Russia if the U.S. completely pulls its financial and military aid.
In France, President Emmanuel Macron praised the West’s decision to help Ukraine at the start of the war in 2022.
“We were right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago,” wrote Macron, who was in Washington to meet with Trump earlier in the week. “By ‘we’ I mean the Americans, the Europeans, the Canadians, the Japanese and many others.”
Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz – whose party was soundly defeated in elections last Sunday – said “Ukraine can rely on Germany, and on Europe.”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (“You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy”), Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (“Ukraine, Spain stands with you”), and Poland’s Donald Tusk (“Dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone”) added their voices to the chorus.
In the hours following Zelensky’s “thank you” message made upon exiting the White House, he retweeted some three dozen statements of solidarity from world leaders, each one with the statement, “Thank you for your support.”
Noticeably absent from the list of leaders publicly stating support as of late Friday were Italy’s Giorgia Meloni (both a strong supporter of the Ukrainian cause and a close ally to Trump), Hungary’s Viktor Orban (another key Trump ally in Europe and a supporter of Russia’s Vladimir Putin), and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer (who wrapped up what was by most accounts a constructive trip to Washington earlier on Friday).
In Ukraine, the news of their leader’s visit was met with disbelief and trepidation. Ukrainians, sparked by the knowledge that at best their cause will be badly crippled by the almost certain departure of the United States, the country that up to Friday had been their biggest supporter.
“I’m just crying because of what I hear,” one Ukrainian lawmaker reportedly said.
https://justthenews.com/government/diplomacy/european-leaders-reiterated-support-ukrainians-reacted-dread-after-trump
Eric Trump was saying, "buy the dip" on bitcoin. Was guessing that meat he had inside info bitcoin would do well in the future.
Now this:
Trump administration to host first ever 'White House Crypto Summit' next week
The summit will be held on Friday, March 7, and will feature prominent CEOs, founders, and investors from the cryptocurrency industry. The event will be chaired by the White House A.I. & Crypto Czar David Sacks.
The White House on Friday night announced that it would host its first ever "crypto summit" next week, where President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks.
The announcement is part of Trump's campaign promise to be the first "crypto president," and follows his executive order that declared “the policy of my Administration [is] to support the responsible growth and use of digital assets … across all sectors of the economy.”
The summit will be held on Friday, March 7, and will feature prominent CEOs, founders and investors from the cryptocurrency industry. Members of the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets will also be present, and the event will be chaired by the White House A.I. & Crypto Czar David Sacks.
"After the previous administration unfairly prosecuted the digital asset space, President Trump’s policy vision represents a new era for digital financial technology," the White House said. "The administration is committed to providing a clear regulatory framework, enabling innovation, and protecting economic liberty."
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-administration-host-first-ever-white-house-crypto-summit-next-week
Clever…
Scott Ritter referring to Zelenski being an actor/puppet instead of an actual president.
Or, maybe he is just referring to Zelenski's gay dancing movie past.
Either way, "exit, stage right" is an odd choice of words which refers to stage actors (Zelenski).
You just made me think of the effect this will have on other world leaders. It looks like Trump and Pence take absolutely no shit and respect is demanded.
That certainly won't hurt future diplomacy with deep state actors.
notableif not in previous notes
Federal Secrets Task Force could expose many things that would be world-changing.