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Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.
The senior Trump allies held talks with Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a remorselessly ambitious former prime minister, and senior members of the party of Petro Poroshenko, Zelenskyy’s immediate predecessor as president, according to three Ukrainian parliamentarians and a U.S. Republican foreign policy expert.
The discussions centered on whether Ukraine could hold quick presidential elections. These are being delayed in line with the country’s constitution because Ukraine remains under martial law. Critics of holding elections say they could be chaotic and play into Russia’s hands, with so many potential voters serving on the front lines or living abroad as refugees.
Well fuck me, he’s gonna try to regime change Zelenskyy.
EU, and particularly UK, France, Germany, and Poland: pay the fuck attention. Stop assuming my government is your ally. It’s not anymore. I hope we can be again someday, but you REALLY need to wake the fuck up on this shit. We are switching teams. You’re ignoring that at your existential peril.
Don’t worry, we know. We wouldn’t be re-arming like crazy if we didn’t. The general vibe here in eastern Europe is one of worried, resigned determination. I’ve never seen pro-EU rhetoric this popular before in my life.
Same in central and western europe.
You know one has to give it to putin and trump. They really know how to strongly unite a group that was constantly infighting and bickering with each other.