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   Hello Kurt!   
      
    AA>> [...] But Vance and Trump were   
    AA>> disrespectful pricks in this situation.   
      
    KW> Two things stuck out at me - When Zelenskyy said, in   
    KW> pretty good English that if you don't deal with Russia in   
    KW> Ukraine, you'll deal with them at your doorstep, and it   
    KW> felt like Trump saw that as an opening to distort that and   
    KW> go on the offensive, saying "You don't tell me what to   
    KW> do". That seemed like an intentional escalation, not a   
    KW> misunderstanding.   
      
   I think the phrase T used was "don't tell me how we FEEL".   
      
      
    KW> Secondly, when Trump described Zelenskyy's strategy as   
    KW> "not good business", it rang hollow. Governing a people is   
    KW> *not* a business.   
      
   Yeah.. T is primarily in business mode, so not surprised he     
   uses business jargon.  The "cards in your hands" one is a bit     
   ridiculous, and Z picked up on that when he said "I'm not     
   playing cards!"   
      
      
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