Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have sat down for a face-to-face talk in the opulent halls of a Vatican basilica to discuss a possible ceasefire, after which the US president accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of not wanting to “stop the war”.

The White House described Trump’s meeting with the Ukrainian leader before Pope Francis’s funeral as “very productive”, while Zelenskyy said on X that the talk with the US president was symbolic and had the “potential to become historic, if we achieve joint results”.

It was the first time that Zelenskyy and Trump had met face to face after a frosty February encounter in the White House where Trump and the US vice-president, JD Vance, berated the Ukrainian leader and accused him of ingratitude for US aid.

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    9 hours ago

    Translation: Not all of your base is ready to abandon Ukraine yet so give some lip service about Russia.

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    Trump is such a fucking idiot. Don’t waste your time thinking about this.

    I’m an American, and I want my taxes going to Ukraine. This fucking asshole removed those. Fuck him. Fuck. Him.

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      Yeah, I’d much rather Ukraine than Israel. It’s so much cheaper to let Ukraine whittle Russia down than deal with Russia directly. Let’s give them whatever support they ask for until Russia hopefully collapses.

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    This moment will be long forgotten by next week, nobody will remember he said that. Including him

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        I’m not particularly old, late 20’s. But in Sweden we use proverbs pretty frequently

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    My conspiracy theory: Trump is dying. He no longerer fears the Russian Kompromat, and believes a change of heart to support Ukraine will be better for his legacy.

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      Trump is a through and through narcissist, with a touch of anti-social personality disorder. My point, is the only thing he cares about is himself, and what he can get out of a situation. I don’t think he gives a crap about a legacy, much less whether people view him positively after he dies.

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        Partially agree. I don’t think he cares what people think of him, only that they are thinking of him. So he wants to leave a legacy, but doesn’t really care if it’s good or bad, as long as a very vocal group loves him.

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        Wouldn’t a narcissist fret a lot about their public image, even what’s left of it after their death? I mean, the way this man brags about winning at golf, having every other country “kissing [his] ass” asking for deals after the tariffs, scoring high marks on his intelligence dementia tests, etc, it’s quite clear he cares a lot about being seen as a powerful and talented person.

        I don’t know much about narcissism other than the popular definition so of course I could be completely wrong.