It's about 20 minutes long in total. The first 15 minutes breaks it down by starting from the beginning and analyzing key points of the discussion prior to when things got testy. The last 5 minutes go into events that happened earlier that day.
Yep.
The tell was Trump's signal of "last question." and Vance jumped right in.
Here's a transcript from when Vance launched. Reading it is even more infuriating because you can actually see what Zelenskyy was saying as Trump and Vance repeatedly tried to bully him into shutting up. www.kktv.com
@#61 ... No. ...
Interesting your current alias admits to responding to "Jeff."
:)
... Do you think he should suspend elections in order to retain power? ...
Ukrainian law allows him to do so.
Ukraine parliament affirms no elections during wartime in rebuff to Trump (February 25, 2025)
abcnews.go.com
... The parliament noted on Tuesday that Zelenskyy was elected in legitimate elections and his mandate is not in doubt. It also said that no elections can be held until the lifting of martial law after the coming of a "just and lasting peace." ...
... and ...
Is Zelenskyy unpopular?
www.theguardian.com
... Donald Trump's claim that Zelenskyy has a 4% approval rating appears to have been conjured from thin air: the only suggestion of any source for that figure comes from Russian media outlets citing a "poll" conducted by Zelenskyy critic Oleksandr Dubinsky among his (deeply unrepresentative) Telegram followers.[emphasis mine]
Wherever he plucked it from, the number doesn't align at all with the credible available evidence. Zelenskyy himself suggested yesterday that the 4% figure was "disinformation, we understand it's coming from Russia".
It is true that Zelenskyy's ratings are a bit lower than they were at the very peak of his popularity, in the early months of the war, when some polls put him at 90% (against a low of 25% prewar).
But that would be entirely unsurprising to anyone who has tracked the popularity of leaders in periods of crisis in the past, and is consistent with, for example, George W Bush after 9/11, who went on to win a second term.
The most recent available poll shows Zelenskyy at 57% --" still an extremely high approval rating when set against his peers across Europe, and certainly higher than Trump's.
"Very few leaders have as much support as Zelenskyy," Lutsevych said. "There is no sign of that support collapsing. It seemed pretty clear at his press conference yesterday that he was confident about this, and confident that he has the support of the public and the parliament." ...
Do you think he should suspend elections in order to retain power?
#61 | Posted by BellRinger
He is not the one suspending elections and it has everything to do with continuity of power during wartime:
The Ukrainian constitution disallows elections during wartime, specifically under martial law[1][4]. The Constitution of Ukraine prohibits holding elections to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) under martial law[4]. Article 83 of the Ukrainian Constitution states that if the term of the Verkhovna Rada expires under martial law, it shall automatically be extended until a new Rada is seated following the end of martial law[2].
Additionally, Article 19 of Ukraine's martial law legislation specifically forbids conducting national elections[2]. This legal framework predates the current conflict and President Zelenskyy's administration[2].
The constitution also prevents amendments to itself during martial law, as stated in Article 157[4]. This means that even changing the constitution to allow elections is not possible under the current circumstances.
It's important to note that these constitutional provisions are designed to ensure the continuity of state power during times of crisis[4]. The president remains the legitimate head of state and must fulfill their duties until a new candidate, elected by the people, takes office once martial law is lifted[4].
Citations:
[1] www.jurist.org
[2] foreignpolicy.com
[3] euvsdisinfo.eu
[4] war.ukraine.ua
[5] www.ukrainer.net
[6] abcnews.go.com
[7] en.wikipedia.org
[8] en.wikipedia.org
[9] www.understandingwar.org
[10] www.journalofdemocracy.org
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