Trump-Zelenskyy meeting blows up deal (02-28-2025--Hour2)

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[00:00:29] So I did all the show prep for, you know, full show today, try to get through a bunch of topics that I didn't get through during the week. But then I saw Zelenskyy was coming to the White House. And I knew they were going to be doing some sort of joint appearance. This was, you've seen this setting before. They got the two chairs set up in the Oval Office in front of the fireplace, you know, one leader in one of the gold chairs and, you know, the president in another gold chair. And then they make a couple of statements, answer a question or two.

[00:00:58] And then they heard the media out of the Oval Office. So that was, that's, that's the scene for what just transpired about 15 minutes ago. It, it, it was a little, it was a little tense, shall we say? It was a little tense. And by a little, I mean a lot.

[00:01:18] It started off, by the way, when, when Trump greeted Zelenskyy as he got out of the, the black SUV at the White House. And Trump says to him, he's like, oh, I see you wore, you dressed up for the occasion or something. Oh, you wore your best clothes or something to that effect. Because Zelenskyy is not wearing the, you know, the green sweater, like the military skin tight sweater thing that he's always wearing, that he wears all the time.

[00:01:45] It's his, you know, apparently he does not own a jacket or a collared shirt. But Trump makes the comment to him and he is wearing a black sweater. So he's, he's not wearing a green sweater. He's wearing a black version of it. And Trump makes the go, oh, you dressed up.

[00:02:10] Which, come on, that's, you shouldn't do that. Whatever, you know, that's okay. Okay. So now they're sitting in the Oval Office. They had some meeting and then, you know, little meet and greet, whatever. They go to the Oval Office. They got the press in there, I guess. And then, okay, well, here it goes. I have not even heard all of this. I heard, I heard little bits and pieces of it. So here we go.

[00:02:36] Well, if I didn't align myself with both of them, you'd never have a deal. So he was asked, are you essentially aligning yourself with Vladimir Putin of Russia? And so that's what Trump is responding to. He's like, if I didn't align myself with both of them, you're not going to get a deal. You want me to say really terrible things about Putin and then say, hi, Vladimir, how are we doing on the deal? That doesn't work that way. I'm not aligned with Putin.

[00:03:01] I'm not aligned with anybody. I'm aligned with the United States of America and for the good of the world. I'm aligned with the world. And I want to get this thing over with. You see the hatred he's got for Putin. It's very tough for me to make a deal with that kind of hate. He's got tremendous hatred. And I understand that. But I can tell you the other side is exactly in love with, you know, him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I have to, I'm aligned with the world. I want to get the thing set. I'm aligned with Europe.

[00:03:32] I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. One more question. I would respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin. And then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country.

[00:04:00] The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States' words mattered more than the president of the United States' actions. What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That's what President Trump is doing. Can I ask you? Sure. Yeah? Yeah. Okay.

[00:04:27] So he occupied our parts, big parts of Ukraine, part of East and Crimea. So he occupied it on 2014. So during a lot of years, I'm not speaking about just Biden, but those time was Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now President Trump and God bless. Now President Trump will stop him.

[00:04:56] But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took. He killed people. You know what the contact line? 2015. 2014. 2014 and 2014. Yeah, yeah. So he killed. I was not here. Yeah, but. That's exactly right. Yes, but during 2014 until 2022, the situation was the same. People have been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him. A lot of conversations.

[00:05:26] My bilateral conversation. And we signed with him, me, like a new president. In 2019, I signed with him the deal. I signed with him, Macron and Merkel. We signed ceasefire. Ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him with gas contract. Gas contract. Yes, but after that. Gas contract. He broke in this ceasefire. He killed our people and he didn't exchange prisoners.

[00:05:56] We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn't do it. What kind of diplomacy, J.D., you are speaking about? What do you mean? I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. Yes, but if you are not... Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media. Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems.

[00:06:23] You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict. Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have? I have been to... Count one. I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people. You bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you have problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America

[00:06:49] and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country? A lot of questions. Let's start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems. Even you. But you have nice ocean. And don't feel now. But you will feel it in the future. God bless. You don't know that. God bless. God bless. You will not have a war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. I'm not telling you. Because you're in no position to dictate that.

[00:07:19] Remember this. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. We're going to feel very good. We're going to feel very good and very strong. You will feel influence. You're right now not in a very good position. You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position, and it happens to be right about it. From the very beginning of the war, Mr. Graham, I was... You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards. I'm not playing cards. Right now, you don't have your playing cards. You're playing cards.

[00:07:48] You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country. That's backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have. Have you said thank you once? Oh, my gosh. No. In this entire meeting, have you said thank you? Even today. You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October.

[00:08:15] Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country. Please. You think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you can... He's not speaking loudly. He's not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Can I ask? No, no. You've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. I know. You're not winning. I know. You're not winning this. I... You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.

[00:08:43] Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong from the very beginning of the war. We've been alone. And we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet. You haven't been alone. We gave you, through this stupid president, $350 billion. You voted for your president. We gave you military equipment. And you men are brave, but they had to use our military equipment. If you didn't have our military equipment... Oh my gosh, he just laid hands on... Trump, they are sitting, they're leaning into each other, okay? They're only like...

[00:09:13] I mean, the chairs are only like three feet apart. They're both sitting up on the edge of the seats. Zelensky's leaning forward. Trump is leaning forward. And he's... Trump is doing the thing with the finger, you know, where he points it up and he... Like the bottom, the heel of the hand is kind of moving forward. And at that point, he puts his hands on Zelensky. I've never seen anything like it. All right.

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[00:11:34] Like, would you have preferred them to sit there in front of the fireplace, just say nice things about each other, and then have Trump lean over and, you know, say, by the way, tell your boss, Vladimir Putin. Well, I guess this would be if he was meeting with, you know, Medvedev like Obama did. He says, ah, more flexibility after the election. You know, do you want that kind of stuff going on? Trump is just, he's just all out there. It's just like not hiding anything. This is like, this is what I'm here for.

[00:12:06] Dennis says, if this meeting continues the way it started, I would expect the White House to go to pay-per-view to decrease the national debt. They could make some money. John saying, wow, J.D. coming in hot off the top rope. The only thing missing was J.D. Okay, saying shut your, I'll just say shut your mouth. All right, so let's pick it back up.

[00:12:34] Trump, Zelensky in the gold chairs in front of the fireplace, media gathered all around, and now they're yelling at each other. Trump has got the finger pointing going in Zelensky's face saying, you have no cards to play. Zelensky's like, oh, we are not playing cards. And I don't know if the, maybe the idiom doesn't translate very well. But Trump is like, you're gambling with World War III. And I think he's right on that, by the way.

[00:13:05] So, again, haven't heard all of this. So we're both hearing it for the first time. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days. I heard it from Putin. In three days. This is something you... Maybe less. In two weeks. Of course, yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you. Just say thank you. I said it all the time. Except that there are disagreements.

[00:13:31] And let's go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you're wrong. We know that you're wrong. But you see, I think it's good for the American people to see what's going on. I understand. I think it's very important. That's why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don't have the cards. You're buried there. Your people are dying. You're running low on soldiers. Listen. You're running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, I don't want a ceasefire.

[00:14:01] I don't want a ceasefire. I want to go and I want this. Look. If you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it. So the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed. Of course we want to stop the war. But I said to you. I want a ceasefire. With guarantees. Because you'll get a ceasefire faster than any green. Ask our people about ceasefire. What they think. It doesn't matter for you. That wasn't with me. That was with a guy named Biden who was not a smart person. That was with Obama.

[00:14:31] It was your president. Excuse me. That was with Obama who gave you sheets and I gave you javelins. Yes. I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful. Because let me tell you, you don't have the cards. With us, you have the cards. But without us, you don't have any cards. One more question to my vice president. I'm sorry.

[00:15:00] It's going to be a tough deal to make. Because the attitudes have to change. What if Russia breaks ceasefire? What if Russia breaks peace talks? What do they do there? I understand that it's a heated conversation right now. What are you saying? She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire? What if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay? What if they broke it? I don't know. They broke it with Biden because Biden, they didn't respect him. They didn't respect Obama.

[00:15:30] They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia. Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, Shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that. And he did go through it. We didn't end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff.

[00:15:59] He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden's bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, oh, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia. The 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this. He might have broken deals with Obama and Bush.

[00:16:27] And he might have broken them with Biden. He did. Maybe. Maybe he didn't. I don't know what happened. But he didn't break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don't know if you can make a deal. The problem is I've empowered you to be a tough guy. And I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave. But you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty. All right. I'm going to stop it there because I've got to go to the news.

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[00:17:54] Your subscription then not only helps my podcast, but it also supports Ground News as they make the media landscape more transparent. There was supposed to be a news conference today, a joint news conference with Zelensky and Trump. It was supposed to be at one o'clock. They did this this little press gaggle availability thing in the Oval Office where they're sitting in the Oval Office. The press comes in, ask a couple of questions. They get shuttled out.

[00:18:19] It degenerated into a shouting match between Zelensky and Trump along with J.D. Vance. That's the third voice you heard on the on the audio there. The one o'clock news conference has apparently been canceled. And we're seeing. The motorcade has now the Ukrainians motorcade has now come up to the West Wing. And the report is that they've been kicked out of the White House now.

[00:18:50] And then. Well, here, I'll just let me go back to the audio because they're not this is not done. I don't know how much longer we have on this in this exchange. This occurred now. Probably it started about an hour ago. We're just listening in real time to it because. It's it is something I've never seen or heard before. I doubt anybody alive has this.

[00:19:17] This kind of interaction between a foreign leader and the American president in the Oval Office in front of the media. And it all started because Zelensky came in asking about security guarantees. And that's what prompted Trump. You heard him say, you know, you're gambling with World War three. Oh, no. My device just ran into a problem and it needs to restart. That's never happened before. So I guess we're not going to listen to any of the audio.

[00:19:48] Is it rebooting? It is rebooting. That was very weird. I wonder why my laptop just completely. Went belly up there. I hope I'm not hacked. Wait a minute. I was talking about. The intelligence community. In the first hour. Is this. Is this the NSA? Are you guys are you taking over my computer here? Is that what's happening here? Just let me know. I mean, if that's the case, just shut it down again. If that's what y'all are doing.

[00:20:19] And then I'll know. Or just, you know, write me an email from my own account. Something like that. Yeah. I'm not going to be able to probably find the spot in this audio quickly enough. Yes. I know my computer shut down and probably it is now it's, it's booted back up, but I, I am aware. No, I cannot open the, the C-SPAN back up. But there's a, apparently there's a reporter named Brian Glenn. I don't know who this guy is.

[00:20:49] Um, let me see here. Uh, because he asked Zelensky the very question that I have been asking for a very long time. He, uh, yeah, here it is. I got it. All right. Brian Glenn. Second question. My second question for President Zelensky. Yeah. Do you ever, why don't you wear a suit? Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office and you refuse to wear a suit.

[00:21:17] Just want to see if you, do you own a suit? Yeah. Yeah. Problems. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the country's office. I don't have such, uh, I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Okay. Yes. Maybe, what? Maybe something like yours. Yes. Maybe some, something better. I don't, I don't know. We will see. Maybe something cheaper than, yeah. Thank you. Thank you. So no answer for that.

[00:21:45] He has no answer for why he won't wear a suit. That's not. Although I don't know if this is after hashing it out as he just did with the president. I don't know if, uh, if he was in a mood to answer that question, but I think it's a fair question. The guy never wears a suit. He came into the, uh, memory came into the house of representatives. He came before Congress member. And he didn't wear a suit for that either.

[00:22:13] And I'm sorry, but it is a sign of disrespect. I feel like I do. Everybody else is wearing suits and ties. There's a dress code. And you're the only person like in the world that gets to come in. And, well, I shouldn't say that. I shouldn't say that because there's probably like, if they have people from like Middle Eastern countries, they come in sometimes and they're wearing the, I don't know what they're called.

[00:22:40] I was going to say dresses, but I know they don't, that's, I don't mean to be insulting. I don't know what the term, robes. That's better. Maybe a better word. Like they're wearing robes. Right. There are. So is this like the Ukrainian, like cultural garb? I'm wearing, he's, he's wearing the sweater and the, and the fatigue pants. He's wearing those. He did say the word costume. I mean, I didn't, I didn't want to say costume.

[00:23:10] He said the word costume, but he was talking about costume. Like you're wearing a suit. Like that's a costume. So I, I don't know. That's not a very good. He did not have a good answer for that. But I do have to wonder if that's the first time he's ever been asked that question. I feel like it's a good question. I mean, like I'm at a point now. All right, look, let me throw this out there. Okay. Let me throw you out my, my conspiracy theory.

[00:23:40] Is it possible that while the feelings are real, the frustrations are real, right? This does make it appear that Ukraine has to be dragged to the negotiating table, right? That Trump is strong arming Ukraine. Okay.

[00:24:07] And if that's the case, does that make Putin more willing to come to the table? Because Putin doesn't have to. I'm not sure people, I know there are a lot of people out there that are like, you know, Putin is losing this war. He's not. The Russians are not. The Russians, I heard the stat the other day, like the amount of bodies that Russia

[00:24:29] threw at the Nazis, millions, millions of people slaughtered in World War II on the Russian side. They have nuclear weapons as well, right? They had a lot of problems. Russian military still has a lot of problems. They've adapted. In fact, if you want a good analysis, this is where I heard it actually. They had a lot of trigger-nometry. They had Eric Prince, the guy who founded Blackwater.

[00:24:57] And he breaks down what's going on on the battlefield with Russia and Ukraine. And if Russia wants to wipe Ukraine completely off the map, they could do so. And I feel like people are overlooking that in a lot of this stuff. And so if you're trying to create a lane for Putin to come to the table, not lose face,

[00:25:31] and stop the war on his side for however long. I don't know, whatever. I don't know what the terms of the deal look like. But does this help get them to that point? Like, Zelensky came here, so obviously there was a thought that there was some sort of a deal to be had. Now, I don't know if they still can. If what we just saw there is now ruined all of it, I don't know.

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[00:27:16] I did pull up, I got the C-SPAN feedback up, but there's only, there's less than a minute here. So apparently it crashed at the end. My computer crashed at the very end of the clip. So we heard all of the, everything that you needed to hear, you've heard. So, all right, let's go to the phones here. First up is Andy. Hello, Andy. Welcome to the program. Thank you for taking my call. Sure. I can say 10 things, but I'm just going to say two.

[00:27:43] Elon Musk never wears a suit. Not true. He is disrespecting. That's not, that's not true. He is disrespecting. Well, Elon Musk walked into the Oval Office with his very young son. Right. And Musk was wearing a baseball cap and a t-shirt. And a what? And also, no, Andy, hang on, Andy, he was also wearing what? What else was he wearing? All that's important is what I just said.

[00:28:11] No, he was wearing a jacket. He had a jacket. He had a blazer on. Well, yeah. And I can wear, I can wear my jacket with a torn t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. And that's not disrespectful. Right. Do you think that Elon Musk is the, do you think Elon Musk is a world leader that's coming in to ask Donald Trump to help stop a war? Do you think Elon Musk would wear a suit at a, like, say, an inauguration? Because he did. If he was speaking in front of the Congress, do you think he'd wear a suit?

[00:28:41] I'm just pointing out the mistake that you made. Which is, which is the mistake? Which is the mistake? What was the mistake? Because, because you respect the office of the president of the United States, regardless of who is there. And you go to the Oval Office with a suit and tie on. Right. And so when I pointed that out. Right. And so when I pointed that out, you want to play what about Elon Musk? No, I got my, here's my second point. No, no, no, no. I'm not done with your first, Andy. I mean, I got time.

[00:29:10] So I'm not done with your first point. So your first point is that what about Elon? My first point is that you are criticizing Zelensky, and I believe that he is sending a message to the world that he is in battle. Okay. So that's... And he will always wear what he's wearing because he is sending a message to the world that I am in battle. Okay. And I love him for that. Okay. So you love him for the fact that he refuses to wear a suit when he comes to the Oval Office, but do you find it disrespectful that Elon Musk didn't?

[00:29:39] Absolutely. Okay. So why do you have a double standard? One is a U.S. citizen who works with a president who should respect the office. And Zelensky is not someone who should respect the office? He respected the office. He doesn't need to do so by wearing a suit. I don't think I've ever seen him in a suit. No, and that's why the reporter asked him. Okay. And that's why everybody's asking.

[00:30:09] So I think you playing the whatabout game with Elon Musk, you're trying to hold it up or assert it, although you haven't explicitly said it, but I sense that this is the beef is that there's a double standard for Zelensky versus Musk, that Zelensky gets criticized for not wearing a suit in the Oval Office, but Musk doesn't get criticized for that. And I would just point out that you too have the same double standard, but in reverse. That's all. Go.

[00:30:37] So if you're done with that point, we can move to the... And we could disagree on that. We disagree. Yeah, that's fine. You're okay with some double standards. No, I'm not. Yeah, you are. It's not a double standard. Sure it is. No, it's not a double standard. Of course it is. Because one is a U.S. citizen... That's the line? ...and one is not. That's the line? That's the line. That's the line. That's the line. ...being a U.S. citizen?

[00:31:29] That's right. No, Andy. Of course not. Andy, some do. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don't. And in fact, if you were listening, Andy, if you were listening, I literally said that. I literally pointed out that other leaders come, and when they are dressed up in their cultural heritage attire, then that's appropriate. This is not a cultural or heritage attire, though.

[00:31:52] As you said, and I agree with you, by the way, I agree with you that his attire, Zelensky's attire, is meant to convey this image that he's fighting in war. And so that's why he keeps wearing this same outfit all the time, as if he is in war. I literally said all of those things.

[00:32:13] Second point, what would the world be saying today if everything were switched and Kamala Harris had retained George Soros to do everything that Elon Musk is doing? Question for you. So George Soros would not be trying to save taxpayer money. He would be spending it. Okay, assume George Soros takes the responsibility and the authority that Elon Musk has. What would you be saying about the authority of him to do so?

[00:32:43] Andy, I can tell you what I would say, because I have been saying it, because the Democrat Party has already done that. They've been doing it for a very long time. See, but the difference is, is that Soros, by the way, would he wear a suit? Is he a citizen? Anyway, never mind. The Soros example is not going to make the point you think it makes, because George Soros has anti-American sentiment behind his expressions of power.

[00:33:11] Whereas Musk is going in there to try to save the taxpayer dollars because he recognizes we are on a path to economic collapse. No, he is going in there to make himself even more rich. Yeah, I know that's what the left says. The government, and he's going to deregulate, he's going to deregulate crypto so that he is able to make billions of dollars. When he does that, Andy, when he attempts to do that sort of stuff, I think you'll have a point.

[00:33:39] But right now, you're just making up stuff. He's already done it. No, he deregulated crypto? He deregulated crypto? No, my first point about his contract with the United States government in order to facilitate communication with the FAA. Yeah, the Starlink deal. And why was that? And why was that? That is a conflict of interest that he should withdraw. He should either get out of his own businesses, get out of all of them, or he should get out of that contract because it's a clear conflict of interest. Is it a conflict?

[00:34:09] Billions of dollars for the government he controls. So would it be a conflict of interest for all of the NGOs that George Soros has funded, right, to get all of those contracts that they have been getting? Absolutely. Absolutely positively. Done.

[00:34:29] So when Elon comes in and finds him, so when Elon's team comes in and they find all of the stuff and they're rooting on all of the waste, fraud, and abuse, and all of the people that have been revolving through Democrats' politics and elected office and going to NGOs, getting the government contracts and kind of recycling through over and over again, you think all of that in the Democrat Party infrastructure is all conflict of interest? Oh, I forgot.

[00:34:57] I didn't realize that George Soros worked for an administration. No, they work for him. I didn't realize that. No, they work for him. Did you not see? George Soros in the administration. Did you not see? He doesn't. They work for him. No. When was George Soros an employee of the administration? Elon Musk isn't an employee. Elon Musk is not an employee. Oh, thank you very much. He's not an employee? You're welcome. No, he's not an employee. Andy, you're ignorant.

[00:35:27] Is that the worst for Donald Trump? No. Andy, he's donating his time and his expertise and his service and his teams and stuff. He's not drawing a paycheck for any of this. And you're saying he's going to make all of the money later and this is all what's going to happen. I deal with the stuff that has occurred, that I know has occurred, that we can prove has occurred, and you don't have any of the proof of any of that. And the FAA thing or the Starlink deal that you're talking about was actually due to the collapse of a comms system.

[00:35:56] And that's what he's offering to replace. Elon, he did this in Western North Carolina as well, and I'm up against the news. But, like, your hatred of Elon is noted. Your double standard for the dress code is noted. I appreciate the call. All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much for listening. I could not do the show without your support and the support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast. So if you'd like, please support them too and tell them you heard it here.

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