[1]U.S. Senator Chris Murphy
This morning, I met with President Zelensky. It was a productive, respectful meeting. In our meeting, he confirmed that the Ukrainian people will not support a fake peace agreement where Putin gets everything he wants and there are no security arrangements for Ukraine.
And then, about an hour later, this happened:
Photo of Donald Trump, JD Vance, and President Zelensky
If you didn’t see it, I encourage you to watch the full video. What we witnessed between Donald Trump, JD Vance, and President Zelensky inside the Oval Office was an ambush.
It was a planned ambush designed to humiliate President Zelensky in order to benefit Vladimir Putin.
President Zelensky told me that he expected to have a tough meeting with Trump, but this was an embarrassment and an abomination for America.
Trump has become a lapdog for a brutal dictator in Moscow, and America's global power is hemorrhaging as America sides with dictators over democracy. What an embarrassment.
It's got to be hard for Americans to understand how the White House has just become an outlet for Kremlin propaganda — why the health of Vladimir Putin matters more than the health of democracies.
It was absolutely extraordinary to watch the planned embarrassment of an ally just because it's good for Russia.
Nothing about what happened today is good for America.
It makes us look like a laughing stock. It makes us look like we do not care about democracy.
Donald Trump is giving a green light for Russia and China to invade their neighbors and to unveil a new era of global instability. This is terrible for the American economy and terrible for American workers.
President Zelensky came here to try to find some common ground, despite the fact that Donald Trump calls him a dictator.
Zelensky came seeking support despite the fact that you can't work for the Trump Administration right now unless you pretend that the war in Ukraine was Ukraine's fault. It’s all utter bullshit.
But Zelensky still came here because he cares about his people and about democracy.
What he got was something that no world leader, especially a vital ally like Ukraine, deserves.
I am deeply embarrassed for our country today. It is a terrible day for America's reputation in the world.
Every best wish,
Chris Murphy
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