I watched clips of the recent Trump/Vance/Zelensky meeting to “negotiate the terms to end the Russian/Ukraine war” and, like many Americans, was once again embarrassed for my country with the abhorrent lack of professionalism, class and basic courtesy displayed by Trump and his team.
Putting aside any geopolitical positions and implications of the war, this latest shitshow was obviously orchestrated by the Trump team. It was staged and performed like bad reality TV. The acting was stiff and not believable. The dialogue was trite and ham-handed.
It was obvious that Trump and Vance planned in advance to ambush, bully and pile-on Zelensky. That’s the Trump way.
Pathetic.
Of course, I expect nothing less.
*Credit for the title of this post goes to Katherine Mangu-Ward of the Reason Roundtable podcast for calling the Trump/Vance/Zelensky meeting “garbage TV”