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/tresben]

https://x.com/Acyn/status/1895532918543679510

They aren’t showing this clip which is way worse! He’s asked what they do if he breaks the ceasefire and he basically launches into a tirade about democrats treating Putin so poorly and how bad he feels for Putin having to put up with the evil democrats.

Everyone needs to see this cuz it shows he’s certifiably insane and so far down the right wing rabbit hole conspiracies he’s not at all connected to reality.

[u/mikesully374826 → u/tresben]

What the fuck this shit is so batshit crazy that I, a very left wing individual, started to question if it was a deepfake.

[u/DustBunnicula → u/tresben]

He’s a puppet for Putin. We’re essentially a Russian vassal state. He’s definitely nuts, but he’s also definitely compromised.

[u/ChillPalm → u/tresben]

Yeah I dunno why they are cutting that out it's probably the worst part.

[u/damned-dirtyape → u/tresben]

Yeah. This was really the main talking point out of this. Trump basically defended Putin and called him a victim of a smear campaign.