Rule #1 - If everyone is "not" on the same page do it behind closed doors without the media & cameras.
Rule #2 - If you're doing a "Dog & Pony Show" with another party tell your underling(s) to keep their mouth(s) shut, especially if underlings rely on the internet for their info. vs. the actual facts.
Rule #3 - If Rule #2 fails put the Media on hold & close the doors again and resolve any issues before going forward. Remove any trouble makers from the follow-on, or put a muzzle on them.
Rule #4 - If in the short-term Rule #3 fails postpone the Dog & Pony Show for further discussions.
JDV was way out of line & ignorant of the facts, and we know that DJT has a short fuse and needs to get his facts straight.
Zelensky kept his cool and DJT and JDV should not have berated him on camera, and the dumpster fire was their fault.
If DJT wants the killing to stop, as we all do, get a cease-fire first & go from there.
My .02
i agree with some
most importantly
this meeting should have never been out in open until both parties were on the same sheet of opera music
to many variables to let the cats herd themselves.
however, we as the country that has been kicking in billions with means to an end... HAS TO STOP. or get assurances we get some sort of pay back,
along with a REAL plan to end the fighting.
Z man wants US troops...NOPE NADA little man. thats the only reason he even considered doing the minerals deal..
we have rare earth minerals HERE...why are we buying it abroad?? again DUMB US policy .
we as a country screwed ukraine waaaaay back during clinton and then bush
promises of glory if they left the USSR and maintained to be their own country as it was
then we did what we always do; we let corrupt people set policy and then turn a blind eye
last time was deployed ( part of NATO) there we spent mucho dinero helping their navy get up to a level of somewhat OK.
the people on the street were fantastic, their leaders SUCKED pickled eggs
in my lifetime US foreign policy is been filled with shady bull muffins and very little positive
we need the BIG stick and follow through to promises made, and if we cant keep those promises...STFU and move on.
same thing with Venezuela, back in early 80s we were all about being there for them and moving towards democracy, meanwhile allowing a little dictator to take over, in the name of OIL...of which we have more than most of the world.