DISGUSTED...and Ashamed
...to admit being American
It was bad enough when “my president” was shaking down an allied country as it heroically warded off a brutal aggressor, demanding a 50% interest in its rare-earth minerals “in perpetuity” in return for help as they stood in the breach for all democracies against that aggressor and his North Korean, Iranian, and Chinese allies (“axis” of evil, anyone?).
It got worse when “my president” called a genuine and courageous hero a “dictator,” lied about that hero’s failure to hold elections1 and lied about Zelenskyy’s 60+% favorability rating…and claimed that Ukraine started the war. Then, when asked, he refused to say that Putin is a dictator because “I don’t use that term lightly.”
My embarassment as an American got worse when a reporter from the right wing propaganda outlet One America Network (who was in the press pool along with a Russian outlet while the Associated Press and Reuters were banned) mocked Zelenskyy’s dress, asking him if he “owned a suit.” It was about then that the DISGUST started in the pit of my stomach.
But it got worse when trump (small T intentional) and that weasel Vance (dressed sycophantly in an identical suit, red tie, and flag-in-the-lapel as trump) jumped Volodymyr in a choreographed made-for-TV ambush to try to bully a hero...it kinda backfired, making those two look like the POSs they are. And it sullied anyone else in the room (looking at you, L’il Marco) who sat by meekly and watched the train wreck — assuming they had not helped choreograph it.
There was a Giant, and a bunch of midgets in the Oval Office yesterday. We need to stand with the Giant.
Ukraine’s constitution allows for elections to be suspended during wartime, and Zelenskyy’s opponenets support him in this.
I totally agree with you, Mr. McDonald.