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Trump-Zelenskyy feud escalates as Republicans demand envoy’s removal (www.theguardian.com)
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Zelenskyy’s visit to Pennsylvania weapons factory upsets speaker as Trump continues attacks on Ukrainian president

The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has demanded that Ukraine fire its ambassador to Washington as the feud between Donald Trump and Volodymr Zelenskyy escalated and Republicans accused the Ukrainian leader of election interference.

In a public letter, Johnson demanded that Zelenskyy fire the Ukrainian ambassador, Oksana Markarova, over a visit to a munitions factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, last week where the Ukrainian president thanked workers for providing desperately needed shells to his outgunned forces.

Johnson complained that Markarova had organised the visit to the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant as a “partisan campaign event designed to help Democrats”. The event was attended by the Pennsylvania governor, Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who has campaigned in support of Kamala Harris.

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[–] Erasmus 138 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Being a kid of the 80s and living on the tail end of the Cold War this is just so weird.

The Republicans then, under Reagan, really viewed the Russians with disdain. We were constantly told - both by them, school, and the media, how Russia and Communism was the greatest evil on this planet.

Now all I see every time I turn on the news is some shadow of a Republican, gargling the balls of a Russian leader or representative.

It’s WEIRD I tell you, it’s like that movie The Manchurian Candidate is playing out only they’ve replaced the whole party.

[–] WhatYouNeed 22 points 2 months ago

Republicans now see how much money the leaders of modern Russian are siphoning out of the countries coffers, and realise they can do that too in the US.

[–] Olhonestjim 22 points 2 months ago

I remember Republicans warning in the 80s that the Russians would attack America from within. Made sense, the way the KGB operated.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Republicans (and liberal democrats) hated communist russia.

[–] mineralfellow 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The documentary "The Family" offers the explanation that Russia has a strong traditional family values contingent that appeals to the right-wing idealogy.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 10 points 2 months ago

And here I was thinking the source of their appeal was all the political corruption and fascistic tendencies

[–] takeda 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

this guy and family values???

In 20s we had Jews, now this position was taken by gays and trans. Fascists always need an enemy to rile up others.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Well they're voting for a rapist who cheated on all of his 4 wifes, in case you still thought they actually cared for family values.

[–] mineralfellow 1 points 2 months ago

Yes, because "family values" means anti gay and anti abortion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Well you say the communist evil was defeated by Reagan in the Nineties. History ended there, according to one asian dude. It was clearly the Communist thing that made Russia evil. The other co-word, corruption is actually a good thing.

  • Some Republicans
[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 months ago (3 children)

no Republicans were invited

So? Why would they invite the assholes trying to sabotage everything? Putin wasn't invited either.

[–] linearchaos 50 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"We don't invite Russian assets" QED

[–] zigmus64 13 points 2 months ago

I do enjoy every opportunity I get where my brain gets to say the words quod erat demonstrandum.

[–] uberdroog 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They act like babies and then clutch their pearls when not allowed at the adukt table. Same people who rail against benefits but go back to their states and take credit for any improvements. Gross people all around.

[–] takeda 13 points 2 months ago

I first didn't think much of it, but now I am realizing that this visit shows how Republicans lie that Biden is just dropping pallets off dollar bills into Ukraine, when in reality majority of it actually stays within US, creating jobs, and apart from artillery shells majority of production is to replenish US stocks, because we are giving Ukraine equipment that was close to expire.

This lie being exposed is the real reason why Mike is upset.

[–] RagingRobot 19 points 2 months ago

Also the Democrats who were there are currently in office one being the Governor. It's his job to meet with diplomats sometimes and do that kind of stuff so wtf.

[–] NounsAndWords 90 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He's still upset Zelenskyy didn't falsify evidence about Hunter Biden for him.

[–] EleventhHour 58 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And then told congress about the attempted extortion, which got Trump impeached for election interference

[–] takeda 10 points 2 months ago

"official presidential duties"

[–] sfbing 7 points 2 months ago

"Perfect phone call."

[–] Sterile_Technique 83 points 2 months ago

Trump-Zelenskyy feud

Which is synonymous with Putin-Zelenskyy feud. I don't think anyone is surprised that Putin's bitch is doing Putin's biding.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay, I might be oversimplifying a bit here, but is the speaker of the house escalating global tensions simply because he wasn't invited to a party?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

I highly doubt it because he's got to he accustomed to that this late in his sad life.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Amongst all of the Republican insanity of recent years, the thing that definitely stands out to me the most, as the weirdest, is their slavish subservience to Putin.

I understand it from an extremely cynical point of view, but still, it's just so weird snd so directly contrary to everything they've ever claimed to stand for. It's hypocrisy and malfeasance and amorality and pathetic subservience all rolled into one and cranked up to 11.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because the Russians hacked the RNC servers in 2016. They have all the dirt on them and then some.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

And they have the Trump pee tapes too

[–] Num10ck 2 points 2 months ago

Russians bugged the golf carts at Trumps courses way before that.

[–] HocEnimVeni 23 points 2 months ago

We don't call him Moscow Mitch for nothing

[–] Valmond 1 points 2 months ago

Must be the hate of being held to answer and to laws that putin doesn't have.

I mean otherwise Russia is just a shithole country.

[–] MutilationWave 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Not everything is about our fucking election. One side wants to continue funding Ukraine and the other side ~~wants Russia to win~~ wants to stop funding. What does that have to do with the election? Where was this talk when Trump, not even an elected official, had Viktor Orbán over?

[–] themeatbridge 14 points 2 months ago

Nobody complained about Orban because nobody likes Orban.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump's also an ex president, unfortunately.

[–] madcaesar 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Forever stain on the USA

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Agreed

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Jesus christ everything is election interference for them. Jesus himself could came back and praise Bill Clinton and they'd claim that's election interference

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

Of course! He was a dark skinned, long haired immigrant who talked about being decent to each other and how being rich was wrong.

Can't have that in Murrica!

[–] Olhonestjim 8 points 2 months ago

Oh they'd crucify that dude all over again.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

Zelensky is the better man.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

“lol no”

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

Go jerk off with your son Mike Johnson.

[–] nemonic187 17 points 2 months ago

So they’re traitors AND cry babies.

[–] SelfProgrammed 16 points 2 months ago

Watching our senators and congresspersons in how they respond to Ukraine and simultaneously how they respond to Israel is absolutely sickening. We're not Russia but it seems like our representatives want us to be just as authoritarian, just as ruthless, just as disconnected from reality. I know it's not the whole of the house, but the bad apples are the loudest.

[–] saltesc 6 points 2 months ago

Ironically,.not many people would've known about this. Now they do and hiis behaviour paints the Republican Party poorly. it is such a very normal and inconspicuous thing,.and then he does this,.making me wonder wtf is up with him and that party.

[–] RagingSnarkasm 5 points 2 months ago

"I could fire him, but I'm going to need you to do us a favor."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They could have a cage fight to work it out. I know who my money is on.