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America Alone

From Angry Staffer on Bluesky on the Trump/Vance/Zelenskyy meeting:

The public nature of the meltdown amplifies the embarrassment. Unlike past Oval Office tensions โ€” like Nixon’s private rants or Clinton’s discreet scandals โ€” this clash unfolded live before cameras, capturing every raised voice and pointed finger.

The world watched as Trump interrupted Zelenskyy’s attempts to discuss Russia’s broken agreements, dismissing him with, “You’ve done a lot of talking,” and Vance chimed in with, “Have you said thank you once?”

The optics were disastrous: a U.S. administration humiliating an ally fighting for survival, all while the Ukrainian ambassador sat with her head in her hands.

This wasn’t a leaked transcript or a hushed rumor; it was a global spectacle, branding the U.S. as impulsive and unstatesmanlike.

Historically, Oval Office embarrassments โ€” like Reagan’s “bombing Russia” quip or Bush’s awkward Merkel shoulder rub โ€” pale in comparison. Those were gaffes, fleeting and unintentional. This was deliberate and sustained, a tag-team assault on a guest that undermined America’s moral authority.

Zelenskyy came seeking security guarantees and a minerals deal, not a lecture on gratitude. Instead, Trump and Vance turned what was supposed to be an olive branch into a cudgel, canceling a joint press conference and effectively kicking him out of the White House.

The message to our allies is chilling: U.S. support comes with a loyalty test, administered publicly and punitively.

America First inexorably drifts towards America Alone. We saw this last night, as world leaders rallied behind Zelenskyy, with figures like the U.K.s Ed Davey labeling it “thuggery.”

America Alone. That really sums up America’s current foreign policy. Trump is remolding the United States in his own image โ€” bigoted, confrontational, erratic, reactionary, greedy, belligerent, vindictive, petty, friendless, authoritarian โ€” and he won’t be content until the US is as lonely and isolated as he is.

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