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TRUMP TRUMP ... WRONG!! WRONG !! WRONG !! MSNBC: Lawrence: Trump humiliated again on the world stage by British PM Starmer after France's Macron Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiEYVJi7LzU Peter Burgess COMMENTARY I can't stand Trump ... he is a dangerous ignorant fool. I cannot understand how Americans voted him into the Office of the Presidency ... not once, but twice! I have not been impressed by Americans and America education following two trips to North America from the UK when I was a student at Cambridge. Two planeloads of Cambridge students flew from London to New York in May and then returned from New York to London in September. The Cambridge Canada Club organised this during my time at Cambridge and I too advantage of this opportunity twice! We were allowed to 'work' in Canada, but not in the United States. While the USA had a very productive economy at the end of the 1950s, early 60s. However, I was shocked at the quality of the education. In Canada, I was able to compare my education in the UK with the equivalent education for Canadians. Essentially, I was a year ahead of the Canadians. And then a group of us travelled around the United States, doing the same comparison. We concluded that the Americans were one year behind the Canadians! American productivity was very high. This was not because of education and training of employees but much more because of investment and scale of the industrial operations as well as abundant accessible natural resources. At that time, energy costs in North America were very very low. The market price for a barrel of crude oil was around $3.00 ... and a gallon of gas (petrol) was priced at around 17 cents! Fast forward a little more than 60 years into the 2020s and hardly anyone seems to know knows much if anything of the economic history of the United States Peter Burgess
Lawrence: Trump humiliated again on the world stage by British PM Starmer after France's Macron MSNBC 8.56M subscribers ... 10,855,074 views ... 218K likes Feb 27, 2025 #WhiteHouse #KeirStarmer #DonaldTrump During Donald Trump’s meeting and press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says that Trump was “humiliated by his own ignorance.” Lawrence dissects both events and shares why he hopes the White House press corps took “performance notes” after The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg and British journalist Robert Peston pressed Trump on his lies. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC: / msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok / msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram / msnbc Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: https://www.msnbc.com/information/dow... Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of political headlines, commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Inside with Jen Psaki, Morning Joe, The Beat, Deadline: White House, All In, The Last Word, The 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: https://www.msnbc.com/ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: https://link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc... #WhiteHouse #DonaldTrump #KeirStarmer Transcript 0:00 WELL, DONALD TRUMP WAS HUMILIATED ONCE AGAIN TODAY IN THE OVAL OFFICE SITTING IN EXACTLY THE SAME CHAIR WHERE HE, WHERE HE WAS HUMI HUMILIATED IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. IN THIS SAME WEEK ON MONDAY. DONALD TRUMP MADE HISTORY ON MONDAY BY BEING THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO LIE PUBLICLY ABOUT AMERICA'S OLDEST ALLY, FRANCE. WITH THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE SITTING RIGHT BESIDE HIM, THAT CREATED THE HISTORIC. HUMILIATION TOUCH SEEN AROUND THE WORLD. PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON OF FRANCE ACTUALLY REACHED ACROSS TO PUT HIS HAND ON DONALD TRUMP TO STOP DONALD TRUMP FROM LYING. ABOUT FRANCE DONALD TRUMP SAID THAT EUROPE CONTRIBUTED LESS AID TO UKRAINE THAN THE UNITED STATES DID. THAT'S A LIE. EUROPE HAS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN THE UNITED STATES HAS. 1:01 DONALD TRUMP ONCE AGAIN TOLD THE LIE THAT AMERICAN AID TO UKRAINE WAS A DONATION, BUT EUROPEAN AID TO UKRAINE WAS A LOAN, AND UKRAINE WAS REQUIRED TO PAY BACK FRANCE. AND ALL THE OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THAT EVADED UKRAINE, AND THAT WAS A LIE. THAT PRESIDENT MACRON COULD NOT ABIDE. AND THAT IS WHEN PRESIDENT MACRON INTERRUPTED DONALD TRUMP, HAD TO INTERRUPT HIM AND STOP HIM FROM CONTINUING TO TELL THAT LIE. BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS NOT NOW AND NEVER HAS BEEN EDUCABLE. 3 DAYS LATER. DONALD TRUMP WALKED INTO EXACTLY THE SAME HUMILIATION TRAP IN THE OVAL OFFICE TODAY WITH THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SITTING BESIDE HIM. YOU KNOW THEY GET THEIR MONEY BACK. BY GIVING MONEY, WE DON'T GET THE MONEY BACK. 2:00 BIDEN MADE A DEAL. HE PUT IN $350 BILLION AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY UNFAIR SITUATION. WE'RE NOT GETTING ALL OF OURS. I MEAN, QUITE A BIT OF OURS WAS GIFTED. IT WAS GIVEN. THERE WERE SOME LEANS, BUT MAINLY IT WAS GIFTED ACTUALLY. IT WAS GIFTED ACTUALLY. DID YOU SEE THAT, THAT LEFT HAND? THAT'S THE INTERRUPTION HAND THAT THE FRENCH PRESIDENT USED. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'S LEFT HAND GOES TOWARD DONALD TRUMP, BUT HE'S BRITISH. HE'S BRITISH, SO HE'S NOT TOUCHY FEELY. HE'S NOT GONNA TOUCH HIM. BUT HE DOES INTERRUPT HIM. JUST LIKE THE FRENCH PRESIDENT DID. ONCE AGAIN, DONALD TRUMP TOLD THE DERANGED LIE. THAT THE AID SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE BY THE BRITISH WILL HAVE TO BE PAID BACK BY UKRAINE. AND THAT IS THE ONLY THING DONALD TRUMP SAID TODAY THAT FORCED THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TO ACTUALLY INTERRUPT HIM. THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DID NOT SEE IT AS HIS ROLE TO CORRECT DONALD TRUMP FOR LYING ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF AMERICAN AID SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE. 3:02 DONALD TRUMP MORE THAN DOUBLES THE REAL NUMBER WHEN HE ACCUSES JOE BIDEN OF PROVIDING $350 BILLION IN AID TO UKRAINE, WHEN IN FACT IT WAS $119 BILLION. IT'S THE KIND OF TRUMP LIE THAT EVERYONE HAS GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO, ESPECIALLY THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS. OF COURSE DONALD TRUMP WILL LIE ABOUT THE NUMBERS HE ALWAYS DOES, ANY NUMBER. THE WASHINGTON PRESS CORPS SEEMS TO HAVE INTERNALIZED THAT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY NEVER ZERO IN ON HIS LIES ABOUT THE NUMBERS. IF ANY OTHER PRESIDENT. SAID $350 BILLION WHEN THE TRUE NUMBER IS $119 BILLION EVERY WASHINGTON REPORTER WOULD INSTANTLY ZOOM IN ON THAT. BUT TRUMP LYING IS NOW FULLY BUILT IN TO THE PRESS EXPECTATIONS OF ANYTHING DONALD TRUMP SAYS PUBLICLY. IMAGINE A REPORTER ASKING, WHY ARE YOU LYING ABOUT IT, SIR? WHY DO YOU KEEP LYING ABOUT IT, SIR? THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THOSE EXACT WORDS DURING THE FIRST TRUMP PRESIDENCY. 4:02 WHEN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER ANDREW FEINBERG GOT SO FED UP WITH TRUMP LIES. THAT THAT'S WHAT HE ENDED UP ASKING WHY ARE YOU LYING? A LONE VOICE EMERGING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS THEN COMING OUT OF THE CLAMOR SAYING, WHY ARE YOU LYING ABOUT IT, SIR? WHY DO YOU KEEP LYING ABOUT IT, SIR? AND OF COURSE DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T ANSWER HIM. TODAY IN THE OVAL OFFICE. ANDREW FEINBERG ONCE AGAIN. ASKED THE BEST QUESTION OF ANYONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS. ON TARIFFS, YOU, YOU JUST SAID WITH I'M WITH THE INDEPENDENT. OH, THAT'S GOOD. UH, IT'S ON TARIFFS. YOU JUST SAID WE CHARGE THEM, WE CHARGE THEM AS WE CHARGE CHINA, BUT THE TARIFFS ARE ARE PAID EVENTUALLY BY AMERICAN IMPORTERS AND CONSUMERS. FINALLY, A WHITE HOUSE REPORTER CONFRONTING DONALD TRUMP WITH THE TRUTH 5:01 ABOUT TARIFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. WHAT'S DONALD TRUMP GONNA DO? HE'S CORNERED. AMERICAN TARIFFS ARE PAID BY AMERICAN CONSUMERS. THE TRUTH THAT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS EXCEPT DONALD TRUMP AND I GUESS TRUMP VOTERS. DONALD TRUMP, WHEN HE WAS CORNERED. DID WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES WHEN HE'S CORNERED. HE LIED. THE TARIFFS ARE PAID EVENTUALLY BY AMERICAN IMPORTERS AND CONSUMERS. NO, THEY'RE NOT. NO, I THINK THEY'RE PAID FOR BY THE COUNTRY, BUT YOU KNOW, LOOK, WE CAN GET INTO THAT. AND THAT WAS THE END OF THAT. IT'S LIKE SAYING GASOLINE TAXES ARE PAID AT THE PUMP BY US WHEN WE BUY GAS FOR OUR CARS, AND DONALD TRUMP SAYS NO, THEY'RE NOT. THE SAD TRUTH IS, WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW IF DONALD TRUMP IS SO DEEPLY STUPID. THAT HE BELIEVES WHAT HE IS SAYING. I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO DECIDE WHICH WOULD BE BETTER, A PRESIDENT STUPID ENOUGH TO THINK 6:01 THAT FOREIGN COUNTRIES PAY AMERICAN TARIFFS OR A PRESIDENT WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH BUT LIES ABOUT IT. IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER IS SITTING BESIDE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND IS HEARING THE STUPIDEST RESPONSE BY A HEAD OF STATE TO A QUESTION ABOUT TARIFFS IN THE HISTORY OF THE SUBJECT OF TARIFFS. THERE IS A KIND OF PERSON WHOSE HUMILIATION REFLEX SIMPLY DOESN'T WORK. THAT MIGHT BE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DONALD TRUMP. IT MIGHT BE THAT DONALD TRUMP SITTING BESIDE THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SAYING THE STUPIDEST THING EVER SAID BY A HEAD OF STATE ABOUT TARIFFS IS NOT SOMETHING DONALD TRUMP FINDS HUMILIATING. BUT THE WORLD SEES IT AS HUMILIATING TO DONALD TRUMP. AFTER THE OVAL OFFICE SESSION, THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER HAD LUNCH AND THEN WERE BACK IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONES FOR A FORMAL PRESS CONFERENCE IN WHICH IN HIS FORMAL OPENING REMARKS DONALD TRUMP PROVED ONCE AGAIN 7:02 HOW RELENTLESSLY UNEDUCABLE HE IS. BY TELLING THE SAME LIE THAT HE WAS HUMILIATED FOR IN THE OVAL OFFICE. MUCH OF THE EUROPEAN AID TO UKRAINE HAS BEEN SENT IN THE FORM OF LOANS FOR WHICH THEY EXPECT TO BE PAID BACK, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT HONOR UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. HE SENT MONEY OR JUST SEND IT MONEY AFTER MONEY AFTER MONEY AND UH NEVER HAD ANY, ANY KNOWLEDGE OF EVER SEEING IT BACK, MAYBE $300 TO $350 BILLION. MANNERS DICTATED THAT THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER NOT INTERRUPT AT THAT POINT BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP WAS STRUGGLING HIS WAY THROUGH A TELEPROMPTER READ OF HIS FORMAL WRITTEN OPENING REMARKS AT THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PRESS CONFERENCE, AND SO THOSE LIES FLOATED BY UNHINDERED BY REALITY AT THAT TIME. THE REALITY IS THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 8:01 DID NOT SEND MONEY TO UKRAINE. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SENT WEAPONS. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SENT AMMUNITION, ALL OF IT MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES. ALMOST ALL THE MONEY SPENT ON AID TO UKRAINE WAS SPENT IN THE UNITED STATES BUYING THE WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION MADE BY AMERICAN WORKERS IN AMERICAN FACTORIES, AND AGAIN IT WAS LESS THAN HALF THE AMOUNT DONALD TRUMP SAYS IT WAS. AND NO EUROPEAN COUNTRY EXPECTS TO BE PAID BACK FOR THE AID THEY'VE SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE. IMAGINE MY JOY WHEN DONALD TRUMP MADE THE MISTAKE. OF CHOOSING ANDREW FEINBERG FOR THE FIRST QUESTION IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE. A WORD HERE ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS. YOU'VE HEARD MORE CRITICISM OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS ON THIS PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON TELEVISION. AND SO WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS GETS IT RIGHT, I WANT TO BE THE FIRST TO HONOR THAT, AND ANDREW FEINBERG GOT IT RIGHT TODAY AS HE HAS IN THE PAST, 9:03 WHICH IS WHY ANDREW FEINBERG WILL BE JOINING US ON THIS PROGRAM TONIGHT. WHEN DONALD TRUMP MADE THE MISTAKE OF CALLING ON ANDREW FEINBERG FOR THE FIRST QUESTION OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE, HE HEARD THE BEST QUESTIONS ASKED BY A WHITE HOUSE REPORTER THIS YEAR. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. EARLIER TODAY, UH, YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT FOREIGN COUNTRIES PAY TARIFFS, BUT AMERICANS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIGHER PRICES BELIEVE, AS MOST PEOPLE DO, THAT THEY'RE PAID BY CONSUMERS AND IMPORTERS WHEN THEY IMPORT THINGS INTO THIS COUNTRY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW YOU CAME TO THIS BELIEF THAT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ARE PAYING TARIFFS? AND UH FOR THE PRIME MINISTER, DID YOU DISCUSS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP HIS REPEATED STATEMENTS OF DESIRE TO ANNEX CANADA 10:00 AND HAS THE KING EXPRESSED ANY CONCERN OVER THE PRESIDENT'S APPARENT DESIRE TO REMOVE ONE OF HIS REALMS FROM HIS CONTROL. WOW. IT DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT. BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS WERE PERFECT. AND YES, SADLY, CANADA IS PART OF THE REALM OF THE KING OF ENGLAND WHO UNFORTUNATELY STILL APPEARS ON CANADIAN CURRENCY. SO ONCE AGAIN, DONALD TRUMP WAS CORNERED. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW YOU CAME TO THIS BELIEF? THAT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ARE PAYING TARIFFS. THAT IS A PERFECTLY PHRASED QUESTION AND DONALD TRUMP. HAD TO BE THE FIRST OF THE TWO TO ANSWER THAT TWO-PART QUESTION. SO I'LL GO AHEAD WITH THE FIRST PART. THE TARIFFS ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TREATED VERY UNFAIRLY BY MANY, MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING OUR FRIENDS, FRIEND AND FOE. 11:01 DONALD TRUMP WENT ON TO SPEAK 150 WORDS. WITHOUT EVER ANSWERING THE QUESTION, HOW DO YOU COME TO THIS BELIEF THAT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ARE PAYING TARIFFS? AND IN THOSE 150 WORDS, HE DIDN'T SAY THAT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ARE PAYING TARIFFS. HE DIDN'T BOTHER TO INSIST THAT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ARE PAYING TARIFFS WHEN HE GOT CAUGHT LIKE THAT. HE JUST TALKED IN CIRCLES UNTIL HE FELT HE FILLED UP ENOUGH TIME. ENDING WITH THIS BUT I WILL TELL YOU, UH, IT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY RICH AND IT'S GOING TO STOP US FROM BEING A LAUGHING STOCK ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF LIKE NO COUNTRY HAS EVER BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DONALD TRUMP IS A LAUGHING STOCK ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR CLAIMING THAT TARIFFS HE IMPOSES ARE PAID BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES INSTEAD OF AMERICAN CONSUMERS. IF DONALD TRUMP PUTS A TARIFF OF 50% ON A SAMSUNG TV COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY, 12:01 THEN YOU WILL PAY 50% MORE FOR THAT TV. TARIFFS ARE SALES TAXES. THAT'S ALL THEY ARE. AND THE BUYER PAYS THE SALES TAX. AND THE MAN WHO IS A LAUGHING STOCK ALL OVER THE WORLD IS THE ONLY HEAD OF STATE IN HISTORY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO BELIEVES HE HAS THE POWER TO TAX OTHER COUNTRIES. BECAUSE ANDREW FEINBERG'S QUESTION ABOUT CANADA TO THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WAS, DID YOU DISCUSS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP HIS REPEATED STATEMENTS OF HIS DESIRE TO ANNEX CANADA, THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. HAD AN EASY OUT FOR THAT QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED CANADA. I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND A DIVIDE BETWEEN US THAT DOESN'T EXIST. WE'RE THE CLOSEST OF NATIONS, AND WE HAD VERY GOOD DISCUSSIONS TODAY, BUT WE DIDN'T. YES, SO THE LAUGHINGSTOCK DIDN'T DISCUSS CANADA WITH THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. 13:01 THE LAUGHINGSTOCK PRESIDENT WHO WANTS TO MAKE CANADA THE 51ST STATE DID NOT DISCUSS WITH THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WHETHER THE KING OF ENGLAND AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD BE WILLING TO AGREE TO LOSING CANADA FROM THE GROUP OF BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES. WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS HEARING FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME FROM ANDREW FEINBERG. THAT THERE IS ANY RELATIONSHIP AT ALL BETWEEN CANADA AND THE GUY WHO'S GOING TO APPEAR ON THE NEXT EDITION OF THEIR $20 BILL, THE KING OF ENGLAND. THE NEXT GREAT QUESTION ASKED AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY WAS ASKED BY A BRITISH REPORTER WHO UNFORTUNATELY WAS JUST THERE FOR THE DAY. AND WON'T BE AROUND TO ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF DONALD TRUMP. MR. PRESIDENT, UM, TOMORROW YOU'RE SEEING PRESIDENT ZELENSKY TO SIGN THIS DEAL ON MINERALS AND ENERGY THAT COULD BE HUGELY IMPORTANT TO THE UNITED STATES. 14:02 WILL YOU TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APOLOGIZE TO HIM FOR CALLING HIM A DICTATOR WHILE PRAISING VLADIMIR PUTIN, WHO IS A DICTATOR? NEEDLESS TO SAY, DONALD TRUMP SIMPLY DID NOT ANSWER ROBERT PESTON'S QUESTION. HE JUST SAID, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY GOOD MEETING TOMORROW. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COWARDLY PERSON IS CONFRONTED WITH THE TRUTH. DONALD TRUMP ALL BUT MELTED. IN REACTION TO THE DICTATOR QUESTION, ARE YOU GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING HIM A DICTATOR WHILE PRAISING VLADIMIR PUTIN? WHO IS A DICTATOR? DONALD TRUMP DELIVERED THE FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT OF SPEECHLESSNESS BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP PROVES IN MOMENTS LIKE THAT THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS BECAUSE HE HAS NO CONVICTIONS EXCEPT THE 34 CONVICTIONS HE EARNED IN A MANHATTAN COURTROOM LAST YEAR. DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING. DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T EVEN BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP. WHEN DONALD TRUMP CALLS PRESIDENT ZELINSKY A DICTATOR, 15:01 HE KNOWS HE'S LYING AND HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IT. AND SO WHEN HE'S CALLED ON IT AS PERFECTLY AS A BRITISH REPORTER DID TODAY, DONALD TRUMP'S GOT NOTHING. THE BLUSTER IS GONE. WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THE NOTES THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS TOOK TODAY IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE INCLUDED PERFORMANCE NOTES ON HOW ANDREW FEINBERG DOES IT. AND HOW THE BRITISH REPORTER ROBERT PESTON DOES IT. THAT'S THE WAY THEY SHOULD ALL DO THEIR JOBS IN THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS. WHILE DONALD TRUMP WAS BEING HUMILIATED IN THE OVAL OFFICE BY THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AND HIS OWN IGNORANCE, ON THE SENATE FLOOR, SENATOR RUBEN GALLEGO SAID THIS. THIS IS A WAR THAT RUSSIA STARTED. UKRAINE DID NOT ASK FOR IT. THEY DID NOT ASK TO GO TO WAR WITH A NUCLEAR SUPERPOWER, AND THEY DID NOT ASK FOR THEIR CITIES TO BE REDUCED TO RUBBLE. 16:00 THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO BE DISPLACED AND FAMILIES TO BE TORN APART. IF UKRAINE HAD ITS WAY, THIS WAR WOULD HAVE ENDED YEARS AGO. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE UN. PUTS US ON THE SAME SIDE AS RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA. THAT'S NOT JUST EMBARRASSING. IT IS DANGEROUS. IT SENT A MESSAGE TO OUR ALLIES AND EVERY OTHER COUNTRY THAT RELIES ON THE US TO STAND UP TO BULLIES AND DEFEND, DEFEND THAT AMERICA CANNOT DEFEND THEM AND HELP THEM DEFEND THEMSELVES, THAT AMERICA CANNOT BE RELIED ON TO RIGHTFULLY CALL OUT UNPROVOKED AGGRESSION. IT TOLD THEM THAT THEY ARE ON THEIR OWN. THAT AMERICA'S WORDS MEANS NOTHING.

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