Washington, DC. Ukrainian President Zelensky is visiting the White House. US President Trump and his vice president, Vance, provoke and insult him, and finally blackmail him. An unprecedented pillory. He is accused of being “ungrateful,” of “either signing or the US is out.” Even “not very intelligent.” Zelensky stands there, frozen. The president of an invaded country, who has been fighting for freedom for three years (actually 11 years, counting Crimea), is forced—without any defense—to endure the harassment. The meeting ends abruptly at Trump’s request. Zelensky waits in the antechamber for over an hour for the meeting to resume. In vain.
