Zelenskyy is good, but now we’re in hole, - Armed Forces colonel in comment to Time journalist Shuster
In Kyiv, after the dispute between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, there were two emotions: pride in the president and fear of the consequences.
Simon Shuster writes about this in his article for The Time, Censor.NET reports.
In the evening, on February 28, the journalist was in Kyiv and was with a colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Together, they watched a video from the White House, where Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy were arguing.
After a while, the military man said: "Well done."
"I have rarely heard an officer praise his commander-in-chief. But he seemed genuinely impressed," Shuster writes.
"He fought back," he said of Zelenskyy. - You have to respect that." Then he paused again, looking at the screen, and added: "But now we are fucked," the journalist added.
According to Shuster, the reaction in Kyiv fluctuated between two emotions: pride in their leader for standing up to the most powerful man in the world, and fear of what the consequences would be for Ukraine, its military, and its chances of surviving a Russian invasion.
"Among Zelenskyy's aides and allies, no one was that surprised by what he said to President Donald Trump or by Zelenskyy's tone. In many ways, he was a classic Zelenskyy - proud, stubborn, courageous to the point of recklessness, and rarely able to take an insult in silence," the article says.
"What else was he supposed to do? If someone wipes their feet on you, you just have to take it?" - said one of Zelenskyy's advisers.
Zelenskyy's political opponents and many independent analysts called Friday' s Oval Office spat a diplomatic disaster, Shuster said.
The dispute between Trump and Zelensky
On Friday, February 28, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the White House.
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy started arguing and switched to higher tones during the meeting in the Oval Office.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left the White House early after meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
No agreement on minerals between Ukraine and the United States was signed in Washington.
