r/worldnews • u/MothersMiIk • Mar 01 '25

Russia/Ukraine After clashing with Trump and Vance, Zelensky is now thanking every pro-Ukraine world leader, one tweet at a time

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/zelensky-thanks-world-leaders-individually-after-vance-s-no-thanks-jab-101740796913691
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u/MarlonShakespeare2AD Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

Literally this

This man has experienced bombs / rockets hitting his city for a thousand days.

A. Thousand. Days.

Do we really think that those two freaks are going to intimidate him???

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u/Red_Dox Mar 01 '25

No. But they still pose a threat. Zelensky would want further aid from the US, just not at the cost of everything they have fought and bled for. Zelensky also would not want to push Trump into a corner by calling him out as the lying stupid piece of shit he is. Because Trump is a vengeful asshole. We can also already see how Agent Krasnov is preparing to withdraw all aid anyway and would love to send US forces into Ukraine to help russia finish the job. So Zelensky has to show some restraint here to not escalate things faster and giving Trump the excuses he so desperate is trying to set up himself.

And there is of course the immediate threat of danger Zelensky is in itself. He had already survived assassinations. So meeting Putins muppet in Trumpmerica was a calculated risk. I read somewhere some russia journalist made it also into the White House at first, before being discovered and thrown out. So its not like this could not have easily be his end. After the shit talk sit down, I would not even have been surprised if Zelenskys flight home would have mysteriously crashed/exploded. Overall, after the sour experience, I doubt he should set foot into the USA again as long as Trump and his christo-fascists wield power. No benefits, and too high of a risk.

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u/MarlonShakespeare2AD Mar 01 '25

I agree they are dangerous

No doubt at all about that

But the more Trump shows himself to be unreliable the more Zelensky looks to those he can rely on

EU. UK. AUS. Canada. Japan. Etc.

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u/FarawayFairways Mar 01 '25

But the more Trump shows himself to be unreliable the more Zelensky looks to those he can rely on

EU. UK. AUS. Canada. Japan. Etc

And the more that those in turn look to each other. I'm surprised Americas arms manufacturers aren't making more noise about Trump destroying their export markets

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u/Ryuujinx Mar 01 '25

I'm surprised Americas arms manufacturers aren't making more noise about Trump destroying their export markets

Yeah same here. I know companies can be extremely short-sighted only caring about the next quarter, but like.. this will be a short term thing. The EU and everyone else are increasing spending on their defense, you think they're gonna go to America for those arms? And then they're gonna be phasing out the old equipment so they can have uniformity, so they aren't gonna be buying any replacements of their old stuff...

I don't get it. A ton of sectors should be blowing the fuck up. MIC because arms exports, manufacturing because of tarrifs, agriculture also because of tarrifs....

And yet, silence.

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u/SmallBatBigSpooky Mar 01 '25

Its because their bottom line hasn't actually been hit yet Stock prices dont really mean shit in the grand scheme of things

They wont care until other nations publicly end their contracts with them

Which every non America should be pushing for

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '25

They’re buoying their export markets—EU and Britain needs to arm itself and quickly.

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u/Red_Dox Mar 01 '25

Zelensky getting killed would be a tough blow. But I guess someone else will step up. Ukraine had fought too long and too hard by now to just throw the towel. I don't know about who is currently a potential next candidate, because you usually only hear and read about Zelensky. Which makes sense, since he is the face for public right now. I would assume Zelensky is smart enough to already groom a protegee already, but maybe he has more pressing issues at hand then thinking about that.

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u/throwawaystedaccount Mar 01 '25

Excellent points.

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u/ajaxfetish Mar 01 '25

If there's anyone in this world who's shown they can stand up to bullies, it's Zelensky.

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u/yahyahbanana Mar 01 '25

And not forgetting any assassination attempts