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I’m still processing what we saw in the Oval Office and it’s difficult to put into words how disgusted and ashamed I am.

This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.

Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

What Trump/Vance did today by attacking Zelensky using Putin's talking points would be like in 1940 FDR openly mocking Winston Churchill using Hitler's talking points as the Nazis bombed London. This was TREASONOUS!

Any remaining arguments against the rearmament of Europe just evaporated in front of the eyes of every single European head of state this evening.

The US Vice President just said to the President of Ukraine’s face that the visits he receives from allies where they see the war crimes and devastation wrought by the invader and express their solidarity are ‘propaganda’ tours. He of course has never been to Ukraine.

Sagan, the sage? From his 1995 book.

The state of #America