Trump Launches a Verbal Offensive on Ukraine - Direct Edition 02/21/2025

Edward Endymion is back from vacation to try to explain the complicated web of missteps that lead to the opening salvos in a war of words between President Trump of the United States of President Zelensky of Ukraine. Our saga begins in the humble German city of Munich, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dealt his cards hands up by taking Ukraine's ambitions to reclaim it's territory off the table before JD Vance admonished the famously sensitive Europeans for their overly strict speech restrictions and overly lax immigration policies. We then jet set to exotic Ridyadh, where an American delegation met with a Russian delgation to discuss an end to the war. The Ukranians, however, felt left out, as they're the ones fighting the war - and that's where the trouble begin. Some verbal sparrings broke out into open warfare yesterday; but does it signal a realignment of American to Russian interests, or is Trump just applying maximum pressure to get a deal for Ukraine's mineral rights? Even Trump probably doesn't know, but we'll pretend we have the answers. Then, because the show wasn't long enough, we're diving into a YouGov poll breaking down American's approval of DOGE and their opinions on the Ukraine war. The numbers make the show seem very professional.