In Trump vs. Zelenskyy, Putin Wins

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

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European leaders met for an emergency summit in London Sunday to shore up support for Ukraine and wrest control of ceasefire talks with Russia. The rushed gathering came on the heels of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s disastrous Oval Office meeting Friday, where he was publicly berated by President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance for being ‘disrespectful’ and ‘gambling with World War III.' While the Oval Office blowup shocked the Western world, Kremlin officials praised Trump for his 'commonsense' approach to ending the war. Michael McFaul, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia under President Obama, talks about how Trump’s actions benefit Russia and leave the U.S. weaker. And in headlines: Israel halted all aid to Gaza as the first phase of the ceasefire expires, Elon Musk and the DOGE bros sent federal workers another email asking them to justify their jobs, and Trump signed an executive order making English the official language of the U.S.

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0:00.0	It's Monday, March 3rd.
0:03.7	I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waday, the show that has lots of takes about the Oscars.
0:09.3	Yes, I only saw like two of the movies that got nominated, but I still have takes.
0:14.7	Lots of takes.
0:19.6	On today's show, Elon Musk once again asks federal workers to justify their jobs.
0:25.3	And Israel blocks aid from entering Gaza amid a ceasefire standstill.
0:29.4	But let's start with the war in Ukraine in the absolutely shambolic Oval Office meeting on Friday
0:34.3	between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky
0:38.1	that made millions of Americans ask, what the hell?
0:42.1	President Zelensky was in Washington to sign a treaty with Trump that would give the United
0:45.6	States access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals in exchange for military support from the United
0:50.2	States. But that didn't happen. Not even close. Instead, we got Vice President J.D.
0:56.4	Vance calling Zelensky ungrateful.
0:58.0	Have you said thank you once this entire meeting?
1:01.2	No, in this entire meeting, you said thank you. Even today. You went to Pennsylvania and campaign
1:06.0	for the opposition in October, offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president
1:12.5	who's trying to save your country. For the record, Vance's claim is false. Zelensky was in
1:19.0	Pennsylvania this fall. He was there to thank workers at a munitions plant. Some Democrats were also
1:24.0	there, but who cares about pesky facts? During Friday's meeting, we got President Trump arguing, I think, that Russia wouldn't break a ceasefire because they would never betray Donald Trump.
1:34.5	But also, nonsense in response to questions from reporters.
1:38.3	What are you saying?
1:39.6	She's asking, what if Russia breaks the ceasefire?
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