Discussion Thread: Press Conference with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

[u/PoliticsModeratorBot]

News and Analysis:

• BBC: Zelensky to meet Trump in Washington to sign minerals deal

• BBC: What we know about US-Ukraine minerals deal

Live Updates:

Relevant text-based live update pages are being maintained by the following outlets: AP, NBC, The Guardian, CNN (soft paywall), and The Washington Post (soft paywall).

Where to Watch:

• C-SPAN: President Trump & Ukrainian President Zelensky Hold Joint Press Conference (scheduled to start at 1 p.m.) (Second link, first appears to be non-functional)

• C-SPAN: Ukrainian President Zelensky at Hudson Institute (scheduled to start at 4 p.m.) (Update: Per Reuters, the Hudson Institute event has been canceled).

[u/Pondering_Giraffe]

As a European I'm relieved to read so many Americans appaled by this. It's kinda hard to fathom how people could have voted/ still support these two people.

I am genuinely curious though: were you (the people as shocked as we are over here) all democrats / anti-Trump to begin with, or has this crossed a line for Republicans/supporters as well? I've been wondering the past few weeks where all the decent Republicans have gone. I know there are many. I might not support most conservative/ Republican views, being more left wing liberal myself, but I have appreciated and respected some Rep politicians in the past. They can't all have gone into hiding.. What do they think about all this?

[u/GrafZeppelin127 → u/Pondering_Giraffe]

You have to understand, the Republicans in my country exist in a right-wing propaganda bubble akin to a voluntary version of Goebbels’ wet dream, shored up entirely by confirmation bias. There are no values, there is no integrity, there is no consistency, there is no logic.

There is only “us” and the party line, and “them.” Tribalism in its purest form.

[u/AddieCam → u/GrafZeppelin127]

And they drink whatever new batshit crazy culture war / policy they’re told to drink.

Cut Medicaid! I’ll lose my coverage but we’ll own the libs!