Journal of the Plague Years

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Fear and Loathing in the White House

Fear and Loathing in the White House

The Ukrainian president decided to tell the truth. It didn't go well.

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Susan Zakin
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Trigger warning: Watching the Jerry Springer-like cascade of Trumpian lies while Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky attempted to correct the record of Russia's attacks on his country is almost unbearable. One wonders if the whole televised event was a set-up, as many have charged, because Trump and Vance merely wanted to weaken the Ukrainian preside…

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