Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cut off former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a gaggle with reporters on Friday, musing that he hoped Trump had a better relationship with himself than Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

The awkward moment came after Trump was asked about his expectations for his private meeting with Zelensky.

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    Jesus fuck. He just spent the whole time talking up Putin then told Zelensky “it takes two to tango”. Yeah Zelensky, have you thought about how you’re responsible for this invasion in your homeland?

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    they should never have met in the first place. orange fuckwad is a waste of anyones time, especially the enemy of his daddy

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      Zelensky has to hedge his bets and play nice with Republicans.

      Even if the Orange fuckwad looses you don’t want to appear to snub his base or give other Republicans a reason to oppose further aid legislation.

      I mean they will oppose it because a third of the Republican Party are Putin’s shills, but don’t give them reasons to oppose it.

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        Yeah, the dude is fighting for his nation’s survival and he’s been pretty successful at it. It sucks he has to do it, but I understand exactly why he did.

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          I hope zelenski gets to write a tell all auto-biography at some point looking back on this period.

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        If you listen to him talk about any subject, not just politics, it’s very clear his idea of the world hasn’t changed a single nanometer since he was prepubescent.

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        I’m not from the states so I’m not sure how old fourth graders typically are, but I’m assuming then that’s not even a teenager level 😅

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      “So I said, ‘Let me ask you a question, and [the guy who makes boats in South Carolina] said, ‘Nobody ever asked this question,’ and it must be because of MIT, my relationship to MIT —very smart. He goes, I say, ‘What would happen if the boat sank from its weight? And you’re in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery and the battery is now underwater and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there?’”

      At this point, Trump apparently decided to pursue this tangent in earnest. “By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately, do you notice that, a lot of sharks?" he asked. "I watched some guys justifying it today. ‘Well, they weren’t really that angry. They bit off the young lady’s leg because of the fact that they were, they were not hungry, but they misunderstood what who she was.’ These people are crazy. He said there’s no problem with sharks. ‘They just didn’t really understand a young woman swimming now.’ It really got decimated and other people do a lot of shark attacks.”

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          Biden may have his bouts of old man, but he’s never dropped to this level of senility. He just goes quiet because he knows he should shut up now.

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