{"id":837188,"date":"2025-03-27T15:13:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/ambush-appalling\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:13:51","slug":"ambush-appalling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/ambush-appalling\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ambush\u2019, \u2018appalling\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In front of a packed media crowd, the Ukrainian president, Mr Trump and vice president JD Vance<\/a> spoke over and interrupted each other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The US president accused Mr Zelensky of \u201cgambling with World War Three\u201d and his deputy said the Ukrainian leader was being \u201cdisrespectful\u201d, claiming he had not been thankful for US military aid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Plans for the two countries to sign a Ukrainian minerals deal in exchange for continued US support were also put on hold as Mr Zelensky abruptly left the White House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Sun<\/strong> labels Mr Zelensky a \u201cglobal hero\u201d who \u201cled his wronged country\u2019s brave defence against a tyrant\u2019s war machine\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHis ambush by Donald Trump and his vice-president as the world watched was a shocking spectacle,\u201d the newspaper writes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cZelensky flew to Washington hoping to secure Ukraine\u2019s future, only to be degraded and sent home with no minerals deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHis courage and leadership have earned him far more respect than the undeserved humiliation he received on live TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sentiments are echoed by the Daily Mirror<\/strong>, which also describes the interaction as an \u201cambush\u201d and Mr Trump as a \u201cbully\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOne is leading his country\u2019s fight for survival,\u201d the editorial says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe other prefers to showboat in front of TV cameras as if he is on The Apprentice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But Mr Trump\u2019s deputy does not escape unscathed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The<\/strong> Independent<\/strong> claims Mr Vance was in \u201cperformative propaganda mode\u201d, labelling the conflict \u201cone of the most shameful episodes in the history of American diplomacy\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And the Daily Telegraph<\/strong> writes the White House leadership was in the wrong \u201cfactually, geopolitically and morally\u201d, labelling Mr Trump\u2019s outburst \u201cunprecedented\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe Western alliance appears to be on the brink,\u201d the newspaper says, later adding: \u201cIt was a chilling scene which will have worried everyone in Britain and Europe concerned for the security of their continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But iWeekend<\/strong> rules Ukraine\u2019s president \u201cmaintained his dignity\u201d even if he \u201cshowed too little diplomacy when it might have benefited his people\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during an interview with Bret Baier during a taping of FOX News Channel\u2019s Special Report (AP\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe provocations came from Trump and JD Vance, whose crass attempt to embarrass Zelensky will delight their supporters but dismay America\u2019s allies,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cPutin must be laughing his head off.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Others maintain more neutrality, instead focusing on the \u201cuncharted waters\u201d now surrounding Ukrainian peace talks and the groundwork laid by Sir Keir Starmer during his White House visit on Thursday, in which he sought to ensure a \u201cUS backstop\u201d for European peacekeeping forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBritish policy on Ukraine has been thrown into turmoil,\u201d The Times<\/strong> writes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWith no US guarantee \u2014 and that situation is likely to persist so long as Mr Zelensky remains in power \u2014 deploying troops to Ukraine seems like a non-starter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBritain and its Nato allies in Europe simply lack the means by themselves to deter Russian forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Similarly, the Daily Express<\/strong> calls the \u201cfractious meeting\u201d a \u201csharp reminder of the gravity of the \u00a0Ukraine crisis\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe last thing the world needs is a row between two democracies while \u00a0Vladimir Putin\u2019s forces are working to cement gains,\u201d the editorial adds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ending its editorial on a sombre note, The Guardian<\/strong> reports Sunday\u2019s defence summit of European leaders in London is \u201cmore crucial than ever\u201d after Mr Trump\u2019s \u201cblistering\u201d attack on Ukraine\u2019s leader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe extent of their erstwhile ally\u2019s betrayal is now undeniable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cKyiv is the first but not the only victim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe extent to which European countries are able to formulate a plan for acting accordingly, and in unison, will be critical to Ukraine\u2019s future, and to the continent\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In front of a packed media crowd, the Ukrainian president, Mr Trump and vice president JD Vance spoke over and interrupted each other. The US president accused Mr Zelensky of \u201cgambling with World War Three\u201d and his deputy said the Ukrainian leader was being \u201cdisrespectful\u201d, claiming he had not been thankful for US military aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68566,45406],"tags":[103003,45405],"class_list":{"0":"post-837188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ambush","8":"category-appalling","9":"tag-ambush","10":"tag-appalling"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}