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   >  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.   
      
   I actually felt like Trump jumped on that because Trump didn't want those   
   listening (i.e. us!) to be worrying about his buddy Putin, so he deflected it   
   quickly.   
      
   > Secondly, when Trump described Zelenskyy's strategy as "not good   
   > business", it rang hollow. Governing a people is *not* a business.   
      
   True.  If you try to treat it like one, it becomes increasingly difficult   
   to govern.   
      
      
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