AIBU to be utterly horrified that the US has cut off military aid to Ukraine?

Yes, there was a dodgy altered video of Zelenskyy appearing to take cocaine, however if one keeps an attentive eye on footage of him - for example the full 50 minute press conference from the Oval Office - the telltale signs are there: sniffing and touching his nostrils. Suspected 'dutch courage' that exacerbated his peevish conduct 🤨

*EDITED to explain: "telltale signs" - I once worked with someone in a 'high-powered' business environment with the exact same mannerisms. He turned out to have the habit of which Z is frequently accused.

I’m starting to wonder if we’ll be looking at another grassy knoll scenario, if he keeps this up.

Unless the Russians have nobbled all the security services too.

Yes, there was a dodgy altered video of Zelenskyy appearing to take cocaine, however if one keeps an attentive eye on footage of him - for example the full 50 minute press conference from the Oval Office - the telltale signs are there: sniffing and touching his nostrils. Suspected 'dutch courage' that exacerbated his peevish conduct 🤨

*EDITED to explain: "telltale signs" - I once worked with someone in a 'high-powered' business environment with the exact same mannerisms. He turned out to have the habit of which Z is frequently accused.

I think they are going isolationist. "America first" was what Trump was elected upon. Sick of US money being spent overseas maybe?

The coke head thing about Zelensky was an altered video, ........whereas there is Musks reliance on ketamine which he has admitted to.

Then there is trump himself who was snorting something during his apprentice days and certainly an interviews recently where he sniffs alot and sounds as if there was something shoved up his piggy little snout. Theres also rumours of appetite suppressants and maybe the little blue pills to help his little member. 👌...Source Stormy Daniels

I am sorry but I have never in my 50 pus years on this earth read so much crap and seen so many hysterical posts as on this thread. its bloody ridiculous.where on earth are you getting your bizarre ideas from?
President Trump is posturing and making a very valid point to the world,us included,cannot you see that?He is taking a stand and a valid one at that that America is not the saviour of the world especially financially.Why do you all expect that country to finance everything? America owes no country anything, and why should the President and citizens of America be subject to such disrespect? Aid has temporarily been suspended. This is to force the hand of the little man running round the world with his hands out in his action man clothes demanding every other country finance his every whim whilst billions of pounds has gone "missing". Nobody,not one single country,us,France,anyone can go into this with alleged peacekeepers or boots on the ground without America no one, you should remember that.No American backing No dice and no one can move and no peace. Whilst our Pm is rallying leaders of nations no one has the money.weapons or troops to move an inch without America. Trump is forcing the hand of Zalensky to negociate. As for being a russian plant well ffs grow up.This war will be stopped round a table not on the battlefield as zalensky would like glorified by dead soldiers on the ground. I would step back,calm down and have a chill about which scenario would play out the best for everyone.

Apologies, but you're going to have to point out where and how this is a bad thing?

Your beloved orange-utan is basically a game-show host, after all, so surely you can't be suggesting that a background in light entertainment makes a man unfit for serious public office?

I genuinely think he's a Russian asset, I think it's worrying that we share so much intelligence with the U.S. We are on the brink of the possibility of a very different world in future, militarily, financially and morally. I just hope Europe pulls together and stays strong.

So better than Russia then. And not massively below halfway down. Not one of the most corrupt as the poster I responded to said, I believe.
Edit: the poster said ‘very high up’.

I don't think anyone is saying it's Zelensky pocketing it all but Ukraine has had huge problems with corruption and although they are really moving forwards they are still way down the table.

'According to the most widely cited source—the annual ranking of corruption by Transparency International (TI)—Ukraine has scored poorly for decades. As late as 2016, amid major anti-corruption reforms, TI’s survey still judged Ukraine to be as corrupt as Russia. The most recent TI index suggests that Ukraine has made some strides since then, but it still ranks 104th among 180 countries. Denmark is ranked first—meaning that it is perceived as cleanest—while Russia ranks 141st.'

'Last year, Ukrainian authorities opened a criminal case against Dmytro Firtash, an oligarch also wanted in the United States for corruption, alleging that his group embezzled $484 million from the Ukrainian state treasury in a scheme involving gas transit fees.'

I'm not pro Trump by any means though, voting in a narcissistic megalomaniac is never a clever move in my book. That doesn't mean though that we should pretend Ukraine is squeaky clean.

foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/06/ukraine-corruption-reforms-russia-war/

@Bleekers Thanks for posting that video clip, I love it

Did you think we should be shocked? Not sure what you were trying to prove.

Ps. It's old news. It's been doing the rounds for a few years now

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Zelensky in heels … dancing

It’s a catastrophe. Trump is a Russian agent. Hillary said so and so did Kamala, and they had seen intelligence reports.

And we spent years paying back $$$ millions to the USA.

You do know that 70% of foreign aid to Ukraine goes straight back into the US economy, right? We ship them old arms and military equipment that we were going to pay to destroy and then build replacements. That's what makes up the majority of the spend.

Thankyou 👍🏾 Excellently put.

Trump is forcing the hand of the corrupt cokehead

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If you look into his accounts his businesses are not doing well at all.

The thing is though, surely Trump has enough money already? Why would he be willing to stoop so low just to add a zero on his already millions that he has?