What did that effort produce? Trump's version of another popular American TV show: "Let's Make a Deal."
After meeting with the Ukrainian president for 40 minutes, the ever-transactional Trump told Fox News, "We both want to see this end, and we both want to see a fair deal made. " The president wants it to end, and he wants it to end as quickly as possible. He wants a fair transaction to take place."
What kind of fair transaction? Earlier in the week, Trump described Ukraine as "demolished" and said, "Any deal -- the worst deal -- would've been better than what we have now. If they made a bad deal, it would've been much better. They would've given up a little bit and everybody would be living and every building would be built and every tower would be aging for another 2,000 years."
In other words, give Putin the territory Russia now illegally occupies in Ukraine and count your blessings. Fair deal.
After his meeting with Trump, Zelinsky had a somewhat different take on the situation: "We need to do everything to pressure him (Putin) to stop this war. He is in our territory. That's most important to understand. He is in our territory."
Trump (not understanding): "We (Zelinsky and Trump) have a very good relationship. And I also have a very good relationship, as you know, with President Putin. And if we win, I think we're going to get it resolved very quickly." (See: The Wall, infrastructure, health care " )
Zelensky: "I hope we have more good relations between us."
Trump: "But, you know, it takes two to tango."
Right. " Flashback to 2018 when President Trump and Premier Putin had a private tete-a-fete at their Helsinki summit meeting and Putin exited the room with a big grin and shoulders all puffed up and Trump came out slumped over, looking like a scared little puppy dog. Remember?
Yeah. It's not a reality TV show, but rather, a movie: "The Manchurian Candidate." But Trump still has the starring role.
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