Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy had one job Friday. He blew it while disrespecting President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office on live television. Scott Jennings lays out how everything should have gone.
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"All he had to do was walk in and say, thank you. I'm really grateful to be here. We want to be partners with the United States. We're grateful for your leadership. Where's the papers and what are we having for lunch? That's all he had to do."
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) March 1, 2025
Scott Jennings is always right. pic.twitter.com/nXqabMMXme
So simple…any disagreements could have been handled behind closed doors.
— Justin (@softcoda) March 1, 2025
This was essentially a signing ceremony that Zelenskyy mistook for a negotiation. Even if there were disagreements, they shouldn’t have been aired in the open.
“Trump, and their teams need to hash it out behind closed doors,” I believe that was the plan. Zelenskyy has other ideas.
— Matthew Six34 (@MatthewSix34) March 1, 2025
You can’t disrespect the President of the United States in his home and expect to get a deal done.
Correct, Z went off script and tried to embarrass the US into doing more when he was there to sign the already negotiated deal. That was a signing ceremony, not a negiation.
— Gnaritas (@GnaritasOne) March 1, 2025
He still hasn't figured out it's not his choice; that's the problem, it's not intellectually capable of leading.
— Gnaritas (@GnaritasOne) March 1, 2025
In a nutshell. Z gambled and lost big time.
— Rays Of New Dawn (@RaysOfNewDawn1) March 1, 2025
Commenters say Zelenskyy got the Trump White House confused with the Biden one.
Zelensky did misread the room. He came in with a sense of entitlement like he did during the Biden administration. There has been a cultural shift in America and Zelensky walked into a hornet's nest.
— Jill McGowan (@Arizona4RFKJR) March 1, 2025
He went to breakfast with Democrats. They blew a bunch of hot air in his ear. He went in there with his big ass head, thinking he was gonna tell Trump that he’s gonna give him security and money, and Trump showed him who his daddy was.
— Beltran (@13beltran13) March 1, 2025
Walk in. Sit down. Say thank you. And sign the deal. It was that easy
— Noel Roberts (@noelxroberts) March 1, 2025
This wasn't hard, but now things are hard.
— Will Ford (@Will_Ford76) March 1, 2025
Zelenskyy could have flown home a hero if he had only listened to reason instead of listening to Democrats and European leaders. The easy solution is now off the table.