There are moments in history
where you can feel the tectonic plates of power shifting under your feet, the
precise seconds when empires declare themselves rotten and ready to collapse.
February 28, 2025, was one of those moments—a grotesque display of unchecked
narcissism, geopolitical idiocy, and the full-throttle transformation of
American foreign policy into a goddamn mafia shakedown.
Donald Trump, the world’s loudest
and dumbest charlatan, decided to hold a public execution of Ukraine’s
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, not with bullets, but with bullying. This was
not diplomacy. This was not strategy. This was the kind of goonish humiliation
typically reserved for reality television, except now the stakes were measured
in millions of lives and the looming specter of World War III.
“YOU’RE GAMBLING WITH WORLD WAR
III”
Trump—flanked by his yes-man JD
Vance and an eerily silent Marco Rubio—welcomed Zelenskyy to the Oval Office
only to berate, belittle, and ultimately dismiss him like a waiter who forgot
to refill his Diet Coke. The Ukrainian president had made the grave mistake of
advocating for his people, for his country, for his soldiers dying daily on the
front lines against Russian invaders. But in Trump’s world, there is no room
for dignity or resistance—only total submission to the Don.
"You’re gambling with World
War III," Trump barked at Zelenskyy, acting like a discount Tony Soprano
shaking down a local shopkeeper. "You either make a deal, or we are
out." The message was crystal clear: Surrender to Putin, or America lets
you rot.
When Zelenskyy pushed back—trying
to explain, like a rational human being, that diplomacy requires more than
rolling over and exposing your belly to a psychotic autocrat like Vladimir
Putin—Vance chimed in, whining that it was "disrespectful" to discuss
such things in front of the American media. Disrespectful! As if the real
problem here was the optics, not the grotesque moral betrayal unfolding in real
time.
TRUMP’S FIXATION WITH GRATITUDE:
A MOB BOSS DEMANDING TRIBUTE
"Have you ever said thank
you once?" Vance sneered at Zelenskyy, echoing his master’s worldview that
all human interactions are transactional. "You have to be thankful,"
Trump added, "you don’t have the cards. You’re buried there."
This is what American diplomacy has become: an extortion racket. Forget alliances, forget history, forget standing up to despots—Trump views everything through the lens of a cheap con artist running a rigged casino. Ukraine, in his mind, is a desperate gambler, and Trump is the pit boss deciding whether to extend another round of credit.
If Zelenskyy had gotten on his
knees and kissed Trump’s golden slippers, maybe he’d have left with something.
But instead, he left with nothing, because he had the audacity to act like the
elected leader of a sovereign nation, rather than a groveling servant.
THE CANCELED PRESS CONFERENCE:
WHEN THE HUMILIATION IS TOO MUCH TO SPIN
After the carnage, Trump did what he always does: He took to Truth Social to declare victory. "I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace," he wrote, as if the real issue is Ukraine’s unwillingness to surrender, rather than Russia’s ongoing campaign of war crimes and territorial theft.
The joint press conference was
canceled—which in diplomatic terms is the equivalent of overturning the table
and storming out of the restaurant. Zelenskyy was seen leaving the White House,
no deal signed, no support secured. Just the bitter taste of betrayal in his
mouth.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian
ambassador literally facepalmed in the middle of the meeting. She couldn’t even
hide her disgust. This was the international equivalent of watching your boss
drunkenly scream at a client in a meeting while you rub your temples and
quietly plan your resignation.
TRUMP’S ‘PEACE’ PLAN IS A
SURRENDER PLAN
This is all part of a deliberate
pivot in American foreign policy. Trump has always sided with Russia, whether
it’s calling Putin "a very smart guy," ignoring his war crimes, or
pretending Ukraine started the war. Now, his administration is pushing a
so-called "peace plan" that amounts to a glorified land grab for
Moscow.
The Wall Street Journal has
already reported that Trump’s advisers are split on how exactly to force
Ukraine to submit. Some want a "frozen conflict"—which translates to
"Russia keeps what it stole"—while others are pushing for a formal
deal that outright cedes Ukrainian land and resources to Putin. Either way, the
outcome is the same: Ukraine loses, Russia wins, and Trump gets to preen about
his ‘deal-making.’
THE DEATH OF AMERICA’S WORD
The entire world saw this Oval
Office debacle. If you’re an ally of the United States, you just learned a very
clear lesson: You cannot trust America under Donald Trump. Your security, your
sovereignty, and your survival are all secondary to whether Trump personally
feels flattered. If you are not groveling at his feet, you’re expendable.
Meanwhile, Putin is watching. And
he’s grinning. Because now he knows that Trump will do his dirty work for him. Zelenskyy
was just the first ally to be fed to the wolves. He won’t be the last. Welcome
to America, 2025. This is what losing looks like.
-from Fear & Loathing
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