The Wall Street Journal, a conservative publication controlled by Rupert Murdoch's family, published an editorial board opinion piece declaring Russia's Vladimir Putin the winner of Trump and Vance's meeting with Zelensky at the White House.
WSJ editorial board: "Putin wins the Oval Office Spectacle"
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti ... [image or embed]
-- The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) February 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Not just the WSJ.
GOP congressman Lawler says "only winner" in tense Trump-Zelenskyy summit was Putin
www.npr.org
... Republican congressman Mike Lawler has called the tense Oval Office meeting between President Trump, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President Vance on Friday a "missed opportunity for both the United States and Ukraine," voicing guarded criticism of the American side's conduct in the diplomatic talks.
Representative Lawler of New York -- who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee -- said the meeting had been "extremely frustrating for everyone," and added that "the only winner... was Vladimir Putin, because this deal did not happen". ...
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