Trump as Saturday from Hell and Is Bashed Overseas

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What are world leaders saying about Donald Trump?

Ben Meiselas 0:00
Donald Trump is losing it this morning on Saturday as world leaders are calling him out strongly in Munich. World leaders from President Zelensky to Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen to the Foreign Minister of China and others are are out there calling out the United States for its weakness, for abandoning the United Nation, for abandoning the world and isolating itself. Let me show you what's going on, folks. You've got Donald Trump making posts like this in this morning. He goes, sometimes in life you waste time. TV host Bill Maher, he asked to have dinner with me through one of his friends, also a friend of mine. He came into the Oval Office much different than I thought he would be.

How does Trump react to criticism from international leaders?

Ben Meiselas 0:49
He was extremely nervous. He had zero confidence. I mean, he goes on and just look how long this message is that Donald Trump posted about Bill Maher. He's like, I jokingly stated recently in a truth that China will do first is terminate all ice hockey. being played in Canada and permanently eliminate the Stanley Cup. Well, he, Bill Maher, went on and on about the hockey statement, like what kind of person would say such a foolish thing as this, as though I were being serious when I said it. Fortunately, his television ratings are really bad. And he goes on to say, Bill Maher's television ratings. They're like Kimmel or Fallon or Colbert. Regardless, I'd much rather spend my time making America great again.
Ben Meiselas 1:35
Oh, he was just joking, everybody. He was just joking. Do we realize like how demented it is for the president of the United States to make a post that just physically, visually like looks like this, yet alone the underlying content of it? Then you contrast that to what was going on in Munich this morning or there this afternoon or early evening at the same time that Donald Trump was making those posts. You had President Zelensky of Ukraine basically calling out Trump in the United States for saying, you want us to make concessions here, concessions there, but never Russia. You always want Ukraine to concede. We're not going to give up our damn territory. And we've made our concessions. Watch Zelensky here play this clip.
Volodymyr Zelensky 2:21
The Americans often return to the topic of concessions, and too often those concessions are discussed in the context only of Ukraine, not Russia. Europe is practically not present at the table. It's a big mistake to my mind, and it is weird. I think we Ukrainians, we Ukrainians who are trying to bring Europe fully into the process so that Europe's interests and voice are taken into account.

What controversial statements did Trump make about Bill Maher?

Ben Meiselas 2:59
Then Zelensky calls Putin Hitler and he compares Putin to Hitler, which is an accurate comparison. And Zelensky is not mincing words. He ain't holding back. Show you this clip.
Volodymyr Zelensky 3:11
And it seems Putin hopes to repeat Munich and not Munich. 2007, when they only spoke about dividing Europe, but Munich, 1938, when previous Putin began dividing Europe in reality. It would be an illusion to believe that this war can now be reliably ended by dividing Ukraine, just as it was an illusion to believe that sacrificing Czechoslovakia would save Europe from a great war.
Ben Meiselas 3:46
More from Zelensky right here about the meetings. that will be taking place between representatives of Russia, the U.S. and Ukraine in Geneva. And Zelensky is like, OK, yeah, we have these trilateral meetings. Sure. But honestly, sometimes it feels like we're just talking about different things. And Clearly, Ukraine is talking about peace and ceasefires and actual concessions. And Russia brings like a historian with them and talks about why Ukraine needs to capitulate. Russia has never made a single concession. Let's play this clip.
Volodymyr Zelensky 4:22
Here we are. The more realistic peace becomes. A lot of time now is spent on negotiations. We truly We truly hope that the trilateral meetings next week will be serious, substantive, helpful for all of us. But honestly, sometimes it feels like the sides are talking about completely different things.
Ben Meiselas 4:47
Zelensky, though, points out that the Ukrainian army right now

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