It’s not the content of the dispute that is offensive (the U.S. may fairly view its interests today differently than Kyiv and Europe more broadly) but the tone of the spectacle that is insulting not just to Zelensky but to all the Ukrainians who have died or been wounded in this war.

Ukrainians have suffered a lot. They didn’t ask for the war, and they are not being spoiled as Trump and Vance comments are suggesting. If the U.S. wants to stop funding the war that is their right but basic decency should be shown to people who have endured so much.

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Trump is fixated on being the one who ended the war through making 'deals', without having any regard for Ukraine. He sees a vulnerable country and licks his lips at what he can extract, while convinced Putin isn't an enemy and can be appeased. So when Zelensky doesn't give him a 'win' he gets triggered.