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Summary

House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should either show more gratitude for U.S. aid or step down.

His comments follow a heated Oval Office meeting where Zelenskyy clashed with Trump and JD Vance over a U.S.-negotiated mineral rights deal.

Some Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, echoed calls for Zelenskyy’s resignation, while others, like Sen. James Lankford and Sen. Bernie Sanders, opposed the idea.

Johnson defended the deal, arguing it implicitly guarantees Ukraine's security.

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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 68 points 2 years ago

Anyone that has been following this war knows that Zelenskyy has constantly been thanking the US. These fuckers are lying yet again.

They're going to have blood on their hands. Disgusting.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago

There is no guarantee of security being provided by the us as long as agent krasnov is in office.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Trump may have to resign after meeting with Zelensky." -Random Internet User

Now that RIU has more credibility than the speaker of the house.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

'Many good people on the internet are saying.... Johnson should resign. Many good people. Only the best people on the internet...'

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

You first, Mike

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

"The leader of that country had a run-in with the leader of our country, and therefore should resign"

In what world does this bullshit make sense? Get fucked moron, you realise he's not in some government department, right? He's the leader of ANOTHER COUNTRY

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

Speaker Johnson is a traitor who should be dealt with in the appropriate manner.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 years ago

Shouldn’t they be calling for Vance’s resignation? He’s the one who broke protocol, not Zelenskyy

[–] echo@lemmings.world 32 points 2 years ago

Speaker Johnson, then, is a useless idiot.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago

How could anybody watch that interaction and believe that somebody needs to resign over that, but that person isn't trump? Grandpa threw a temper tantrum and embarrassed the country in front of the entire world. He thinks he's being strong, but he's just gifting soft power to the EU when they pick up the check and look like big damn heroes.

The US is circling the drain and his dipshit cultists think this is a win. I fear that we're already beyond the event horizon.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You first, dipshit. Zelensky isn't a puppet, unlike Trump.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

yep, putin has his hand all the way up trumps rear using him as a puppet.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Why would the guarantee need to be implicit?

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

No, see, unlike turnip, Zelenskyy does have a mandate from his.people.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago
[–] IcedSeraphine@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago

Johnson is a Christian fundamentalist pos shaped like a human.

This mfr got jokes huh. Johnson is a piece of shit garbage human.

Lmao holy shit. It’s so comically obvious that Johnson is playing for the domestic audience, and the domestic audience alone. This whole clusterfuck is entirely insane.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

God, these lying snowflakes.

Johnson should resign for two reasons:

  1. His name is a synonym for penis which isn’t family-friendly.

  2. I love the drama of a republican lead government trying to get anything done.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Speaker Johnson can shut his trump-ass-licking idiot face. AND get the fuck out.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Fucking moron.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I hate that my government doesn't understand that they aren't everyone's government

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

FFS, that weird freak Mike Johnson is such an ass-kiss.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Why do we give these guys air? They don't matter.