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From: Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 17:02:13 +1100
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On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:

>> A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but
>> forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
>
> You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting.  The
> display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to
> have Ukraine twisting in the wind.

Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.
It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that
Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though,
the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks
behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum.

It didn't help Vance's reputation either. He came across looking like a
ventriloquist's puppet. He seemed to be in over his head. Not really VP
material.

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Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW