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   -=> August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-   
      
    AA> Zelensky is no slouch when it comes to wit, but his visit was   
    AA> weighed by the serious burden of his country and people under   
    AA> attack - I could imagine that humour and levity would be hard   
    AA> to maintain at all times.   But Vance and Trump were   
    AA> disrespectful pricks in this situation.   
      
   Two things stuck out at me - When Zelenskyy said, in pretty good English   
   that if you don't deal with Russia in Ukraine, you'll deal with them at   
   your doorstep, and it felt like Trump saw that as an opening to distort   
   that and go on the offensive, saying "You don't tell me what to do".   
   That seemed like an intentional escalation, not a misunderstanding.   
      
   Secondly, when Trump described Zelenskyy's strategy as "not good   
   business", it rang hollow. Governing a people is *not* a business.   
      
      
       
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