Zelensky's Misstep: Why It Backfired & What Comes Next – SF547
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🗓️ 5 March 2025
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President Trump's clash with Zelensky has led to a total freeze on US military aid to Ukraine, marking a major shift in the war's trajectory. Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer commits to sending troops and air support, stepping into the void left by Washington. With Ukraine now facing uncertainty on both fronts, was Zelensky's approach a critical mistake? Can he recover, or has he miscalculated his leverage with the West?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there, you awakening wonders. Thanks for joining me today for stay free with Russell Brad, |
| 0:07.5 | where once again we undertake the impossible and implausible task of trying to report to you on global events when they move at this pace. |
| 0:18.6 | This is just like, since we were last on, on Wednesday, Thursday show, was pre-taped, |
| 0:25.6 | this is what's happened. |
| 0:26.6 | Trump says Ukraine can forget about joining NATO. |
| 0:28.6 | Zelensky leaves White House after stunning shouting match with Trump. |
| 0:33.6 | Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza. |
| 0:36.6 | European leaders voice support for Zelensky following heated exchange with Trump. Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza. European leaders voiced support for |
| 0:38.7 | Zelensky following heat exchange with Trump. Stama pledges British boots on the ground to secure |
| 0:45.0 | peace in Ukraine. Rubio signs declaration to expedite delivery of $4 billion in military aid to Israel. |
| 0:51.3 | I mean, look down there in the corner, barely, barely worthy of mention. U.S. releases |
| 0:58.1 | $870 million in military aid for Taiwan. It's actually difficult. The King of England |
| 1:04.5 | meets with Zelensky after that extraordinary and exciting White House meeting. |
| 1:10.1 | I actually feel like, do you, how do you |
| 1:13.6 | lot feel? Do you feel like it's now an impossible task and endeavor to try to keep up with |
| 1:19.1 | current events? Like we're literally undertaking something that simultaneously, Sisyphian, pushing or |
| 1:25.7 | a boulder up a hill, knowing that it's going to roll down again and Promethean |
| 1:30.0 | like just having your guts picked out for all eternity where it not for the sacrifice of the |
| 1:36.3 | holy one then that would be the answer because what supersedes pagan beliefs is the idea that by |
| 1:43.4 | his blood we may be saved. |
| 1:45.4 | Don't you sometimes sense in the Gideon cycle of the news. |
| 1:48.9 | The material things, political things, aren't going to bring about resolution. |
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