The president of Ukraine arrives in Washington. As usual, no red carpet, no warm greeting, and conduct that tests the outer boundaries of what is required under the rules of diplomacy and statecraft.
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I like the image better. Zelensky is all business. "Save your red carpet, fake embraces, and rubber chicken lunches for that other guy."
aug 18, 2025, 7:45 pm • 7 2 • view
He looks...fierce.
aug 18, 2025, 4:25 pm • 23 1 • view
I admire him so much
aug 18, 2025, 4:28 pm • 15 0 • view
He's a tool and corrupt, Kathy
aug 20, 2025, 11:36 pm • 0 0 • view
No girlish swaying or clapping awaiting his corsage
aug 18, 2025, 4:31 pm • 4 0 • view
I’m ashamed for our country at the constant rude behavior of the thing that calls itself a “president”.
aug 18, 2025, 4:37 pm • 18 0 • view
aug 18, 2025, 4:23 pm • 78 12 • view
I was thinking green with ❓ marks adorning
aug 18, 2025, 5:19 pm • 1 0 • view
trump
aug 18, 2025, 5:14 pm • 1 0 • view
Dude has mastered that look.
aug 18, 2025, 4:45 pm • 3 0 • view
State craft went alongside the bundles of crack trump hoovered
aug 18, 2025, 6:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Trump will never, ever be even half the statesman and world leader that Zelensky is. There is so much respect for Zelensky - he doesn’t need a red carpet when the leaders from Europe and Canada are behind him. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
aug 18, 2025, 7:07 pm • 1 0 • view
F*ck trump
aug 18, 2025, 5:00 pm • 0 0 • view
It's cool. You're on bsky. It's still ok to say fuck, for now.
aug 18, 2025, 5:59 pm • 2 0 • view
But he’s got integrity, a highly functioning moral compass, and sense of humor (let us hope it’s there despite this obscene incursion by Russia).
aug 18, 2025, 5:00 pm • 3 0 • view
Ridiculous idea, but I think President Zelensky should arrive at the White House in a full f'ing topflite daywear tuxedo, red sash with gold trim, bullshit medals pinned to his chest. Make Turnip in his poorly tailored blue suit and dangly, wrongly long red tie look like a sack of potatoes.
aug 18, 2025, 4:37 pm • 4 0 • view
aug 18, 2025, 4:38 pm • 11 1 • view
Exactement!
aug 18, 2025, 4:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Zelensky could arrive naked and he'd still be better dressed than that shitstain on humanity's asscheeks.
aug 18, 2025, 5:56 pm • 3 0 • view
No applause, no fawning.
aug 18, 2025, 4:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Trump has all the couth of a cow pie, as is reflected in his ill-fitting clothes, clownish hair style and mud make-up, and his ultra-tacky desecration of the White House.
aug 18, 2025, 4:27 pm • 15 1 • view
“All the couth of a cow pie” is my current favorite description.
aug 20, 2025, 4:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Did Putin even say thank you?!
aug 18, 2025, 4:52 pm • 7 0 • view
no suit. no service. this is appalling behavior by the admin.
aug 18, 2025, 4:21 pm • 5 0 • view
The red carpet is reserved by Donnie "Convicted Felon & Rapist" Trump for fellow dictators like Putin and Kim.
aug 18, 2025, 4:28 pm • 0 0 • view
Don’t forget - no clapping
aug 18, 2025, 4:25 pm • 2 0 • view
A true leader requires no pomp to prop up his authority. A lesson Donakd will never learn.
aug 18, 2025, 4:48 pm • 6 1 • view
🇺🇦 🌻 💪🏼 bsky.app/profile/teed...
aug 18, 2025, 7:32 pm • 7 2 • view
Thanks for the graphic. It’s 🎯
aug 18, 2025, 8:07 pm • 2 0 • view
So shameful. Every day, a new low.
aug 18, 2025, 4:34 pm • 3 0 • view
Only his dictator pals get that. 😒
aug 18, 2025, 9:26 pm • 1 0 • view
meanwhile his luncheon menu with Putin called that psycho ware criminal 'his excellence' as though Putin is the fucking Pope or something
aug 18, 2025, 7:37 pm • 0 0 • view
My hero! He deserves the red carpet, the fly over, the private deal making meetings, & our unwavering support. 🇺🇦
aug 18, 2025, 11:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Very strong "fuck you" energy from this photo. And look; he appears to be getting down the stairs without tripping or hanging onto the rails, unlike certain "presidents" we could name.
aug 18, 2025, 5:45 pm • 3 0 • view
Again, I wish he'd just flip the table and wail on trump.
aug 18, 2025, 4:31 pm • 7 0 • view
A honest to god fist fight would make my day.
aug 18, 2025, 4:33 pm • 2 0 • view
This has nothing to do with his arrival but I just wanted to say..when the war first started, I went back and watched the seasons of his tv show about a teacher who becomes president…I loved him, and to think he is also this great leader! May he lead his people to victory!
aug 18, 2025, 4:29 pm • 3 0 • view
“Wear a suit, get more respect” Counterpoint: youtu.be/J8IRLdGpr3Y?...
aug 18, 2025, 4:38 pm • 2 0 • view
And all intentional. Trump is a pig.
aug 18, 2025, 4:27 pm • 12 0 • view
Harsh on pigs who are very intelligent creatures withanIQ higher than the orange toddler
aug 18, 2025, 4:45 pm • 5 0 • view
No clapping? Of course, we should prefer no pompous bs. Are the people of US being represented? It seems like only the world's oligarchs and the European people are represented. The GOP make America ghastly again mob is evil.
aug 18, 2025, 4:47 pm • 1 1 • view
No suit? How dare he…
aug 18, 2025, 11:35 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m really sick of this permanent sense of shame due to Trump and the republicans.
aug 18, 2025, 4:31 pm • 15 1 • view
Well... Trump's a cunt who works for Putin, and Putin's trying to destroy Zelensky. So obv he was happy to provide Putin with a quick tug & tickle on the red carpet, and is going out of his way to ignore Zelensky. If you're expecting better behavior from Trump, you haven't been paying attention.
aug 18, 2025, 8:43 pm • 0 0 • view
This. Is. Our. Actual. Ally.
aug 18, 2025, 11:38 pm • 2 0 • view
I hope he punches Trump in the fucking face on live tv.
aug 18, 2025, 5:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Shameful contrast with the disgusting suck-up to Putin
aug 18, 2025, 9:40 pm • 0 0 • view
I wouldn't want that fucking drooling ape clapping for me, honestly. Imagine the deep shame of knowing that idiot considers you a "bestie."
aug 18, 2025, 5:32 pm • 0 0 • view
Perhaps he can track some good thick Ukrainian soil across Donnie and Mellie's white shag carpets.
aug 18, 2025, 6:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Trump is a petty tiny little man. It’s pathetic.
aug 18, 2025, 5:11 pm • 3 0 • view
Trump’s an embarrassment in every single way.
aug 18, 2025, 4:20 pm • 40 0 • view
I mean... Can't roll out the red carpet for someone not wearing a suit 🤷🏾♂️
aug 18, 2025, 4:47 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm greeting him warmly from here. It's always good to see him.
aug 18, 2025, 4:21 pm • 30 0 • view
We used to support allies. Until Putin ran for president.
aug 18, 2025, 4:37 pm • 0 0 • view
No Trump clapping like a toddler on his 3rd candy bar with no nap?
aug 18, 2025, 4:21 pm • 22 1 • view
We should treat Trump the same way and be done with him.
aug 18, 2025, 6:45 pm • 0 0 • view
you're thxful for the transparency and the witness it allows you to bear
aug 18, 2025, 5:17 pm • 0 0 • view
Pretty striking difference.
aug 18, 2025, 4:46 pm • 1 0 • view
He probably needed to take an Uber to the White House.
aug 18, 2025, 4:21 pm • 12 0 • view
just his badass self, which is enough to send conservative enablers into a tizzy.
aug 18, 2025, 5:44 pm • 3 0 • view
What a strong good man he is. He does not care about all that, what he does care about is his country, his people, what I would give for a president who did the same.
aug 18, 2025, 4:25 pm • 33 0 • view
Technically Zelensky is no longer a president, just a usurper
aug 18, 2025, 6:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Skanky reception for a war hero. Shows exactly where the orange clown’s loyalties lie. Disgusting and totally disrespectful. Zelenskyy Will rise above this. Count on it
aug 18, 2025, 4:32 pm • 6 1 • view
Zelensky is head and shoulders above tRump and Pooting.
aug 18, 2025, 4:39 pm • 2 0 • view
Maybe Zelinski should say "You know, we have copies of the Epstein videos too"
aug 18, 2025, 4:38 pm • 6 0 • view
I'm not sure he really minds. He brought along some real friends of his own. I remember when they were our friends too-the good old days.
aug 19, 2025, 3:42 am • 1 0 • view
How about each European head of state saying why they came to the meeting today at the White House and why it's so important- to support Ukraine AND all of Europe! Each country's story a lesson. Trump should have thanked them & shouldn't have called Putin. But he's a traitor
aug 19, 2025, 3:51 am • 0 0 • view
Trump and his administration are waaaay beyond the outer boundaries of "what is required" under the rules of ANYTHING just, constitutional or normal.
aug 18, 2025, 5:12 pm • 0 0 • view