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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(139,276 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 02:45 PM 16 hrs ago

Zelensky Walked Into NATO A Hero. Trump Walked Out A Coward.

The world’s most powerful military alliance met this week in Turkey. Ukraine isn’t even a member—but its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was the leader everyone watched. Five years into fighting off Vladimir Putin’s invasion, he didn’t come to beg—Zelensky walked in stronger than he’s ever been.

“There is no major Russian oil refinery left that has not been struck by Ukraine,” he told the room. And the battlefield backs him up.

A year ago, Russia seized more than 2,000 square kilometers in six months. This year: about 620. It loses 30,000 soldiers a month by Zelensky’s own count. And according to its military, Ukraine now knocks nine of every ten Russian drones out of the sky.

Trump spent months stiffing Ukraine on weapons. This week he folded—agreeing to let Ukraine build its own Patriot missiles and buy Ukrainian drones. Take it for what it’s worth; he was praising Putin the same week. What’s not in question is why he moved at all: Zelensky gave him no other option.

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Zelensky Walked Into NATO A Hero. Trump Walked Out A Coward. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 16 hrs ago OP
President Z has respect because he and his country have earned it. TSF is a coward because he earned it Deuxcents 15 hrs ago #1
"leader of the free world" is a de facto role rampartd 13 hrs ago #2
I'm certain that Ukraine will be voted into NATO very soon FakeNoose 12 hrs ago #3

Deuxcents

(28,455 posts)
1. President Z has respect because he and his country have earned it. TSF is a coward because he earned it
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 02:53 PM
15 hrs ago

Watch wat they do, not what they say is a true truism 🤔

rampartd

(5,831 posts)
2. "leader of the free world" is a de facto role
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 04:48 PM
13 hrs ago

and zelensky is the guy filling that role.

FakeNoose

(43,317 posts)
3. I'm certain that Ukraine will be voted into NATO very soon
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:39 PM
12 hrs ago

Once Putin is put in his place, it's almost a sure thing. Zelensky is a great leader in eastern Europe.

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