Donald Trump made clear that his personal grudge with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky hasn’t abated during a phone interview with NBC News.
Speaking with Meet the Press anchor Kristen Welker on Saturday, the president knocked Zelensky for offering assistance to the U.S. and Middle Eastern countries, the latter of which the Ukrainian president said on Friday were seeking his aid in sharing drone detection technology.
The “last person we need help from is Zelensky,” Trump told Welker.
I don’t know about top 5, but top 3 would probably consist of Belarus, Hungary and Ukraine, in this order.
We usually think that Ukraine isn’t severely corrupt, just because it’s western-aligned. But that’s not what corruption means.
Are you suggesting Russia is less corrupt?
I know Ukraine has had many problems with corruption, but at least they’re trying to do something about it. Although unfortunately they do have more pressing matters at the moment. Russia embraces its corruption. As does the US, for that matter.
Absolutely not. As a European, I don’t consider Russia as part of Europe in terms of geopolitics.
According to a corruption perceptions index someone linked (idk how reliable), Russia is almost at the bottom of the list, so it’d probably be top 1 in Europe.
But Ukraine is actively trying to rid itself of corruption? While several others aren’t bothering at all.
Edit: technically Russia is European. So that should be automatically #1.
Is it though? Before the war, its efforts were dissappinting at best. Right now, they’re nonexistent.
The Ukrainian government has just recently given the president the ability to hand pick people to oversee the president, effectively dismantling the entire office responsible for overseeing him.
Again, in case I failed to convey this point in prior comments, I’m not saying Ukraine is evil or that we should not support it. I’m all for supporting it and having it join the EU in the future, but at the same time I want to highlight the issues it’s facing, both internal and external.
Don’t bother, you’re in an echo-chamber: Ukraine good, Russia bad, Iran bad, chest-thumping.
Nuance is a foreign concept.
Damn you missed out on a bunch of good opportunities. So you’re like 15 years behind on modern history. geography and politics leaves a lot to be desired.
You’re clearly a college educated American, by this level of knowledge being demonstrated. I’m always thrilled to see the value of those college degrees on display.
You are perfectly welcome to contribute your input, if you have any. Preferably without insinuations or insults, as I’d expect from a well educated person.
I did contribute. I’m not well educated, I just read the ‘world’ section of the news paper. I’m an asshole and I call em like I see em. You should feel shame for sharing baseless propaganda. That’s how I contribute. ❤️
Why the need of personal attacks?
Had you considered how many lives this Russian information war has cost over the last decade? Just because my bitch made president bows to them doesn’t mean I have to.
Idk did they need to attack my democracy and dismantle it with money and corruption and kid fucking?
Because I’m tired of people sharing baseless propaganda that was demonstrably false 10 years ago…. You want a piece of this too?