{"id":28980,"date":"2025-03-02T20:39:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T20:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=28980"},"modified":"2025-03-02T21:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T21:14:42","slug":"standing-with-zelenskyy-and-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=28980","title":{"rendered":"standing with Zelenskyy and Ukraine&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Court-Painter-Zelensky.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Court-Painter-Zelensky.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Court-Painter-Zelensky-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Court-Painter-Zelensky-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI stand with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. And I stand with the people of Ukraine\u201d <br><br>says Justin Trudeau as he responds to a reporter\u2019s question about Friday&#39;s Oval Office encounter between President Zelenskyy and President Trump<br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBBSoenxE8\">pic.twitter.com\/EBBSoenxE8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterStefanovi2\/status\/1896277525170729299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zelenskyy-flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zelenskyy-flag.jpg 500w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zelenskyy-flag-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Court-Painter-Zelenskyypxm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Court-Painter-Zelenskyypxm.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Court-Painter-Zelenskyypxm-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Court-Painter-Zelenskyypxm-768x395.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At Least Now We Know the Truth<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It\u2019s ugly, but necessary to face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/author\/david-frum\/\">David Frum<\/a> The Atlantic February 28\/25 (excerpt)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At least the Oval Office meeting held by President Donald Trump and Vice President J. D. Vance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was held in front of the cameras. False friendliness in public by Trump and Vance, followed by behind-the-scenes treachery, would have been much more dangerous to the Ukrainian cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Instead, Trump and Vance have revealed to Americans and to America\u2019s allies their alignment with Russia, and their animosity toward Ukraine in general and its president in particular. The truth is ugly, but it\u2019s necessary to face it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Today\u2019s meeting gave the lie to any claim that this administration\u2019s policy is driven by any strategic effort to advance the interests of the United States, however misguided. Trump and Vance displayed in the Oval Office a highly personal hatred. There was no effort here to make a case for American interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/White-House-meeting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/White-House-meeting.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/White-House-meeting-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/White-House-meeting-768x408.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Oval office meeting February 28\/25<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Putin-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19693\" style=\"width:auto;height:650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Putin-copy.jpeg 763w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Putin-copy-254x300.jpeg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Least Now We Know the Truth It\u2019s ugly, but necessary to face. By&nbsp;David Frum The Atlantic February 28\/25 (excerpt) At least the Oval Office meeting held by President Donald Trump and Vice President J. D. Vance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was held in front of the cameras. False friendliness in public by Trump &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=28980\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;standing with Zelenskyy and Ukraine&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28980"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29001,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28980\/revisions\/29001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}