HARNWELL: I reckon the blood drained from Zelensky’s face as he watched Trump’s presser today

VIDEO SYNTHESIS / At the Mar-a-Lago press conference today, President Trump, under questioning, refused to rule out using the US military to wrest control of the Panama Canal and/or Greenland.

I imagine three people watching very attentively indeed were Presidents Xi, Putin and Zelensky.

Xi, because he may quote President Trump as justification should he launch his own invasion of Taiwan. Putin, because he will feel more secure at eventual peace talks. But most of all Zelensky, because there is now a clear inference that the US will no longer see Putin’s chosen defence of Russian national interest as wholly illegitimate.

SOURCES:

https://www.barrons.com/news/zelensky-sees-ratings-drop-as-ukraine-war-nears-4th-year-af6f6371

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-says-kyiv-security-guarantees-will-only-work-if-us-provides-them-2025-01-05/

https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/donald-trump-president-office-inauguration-01-07-25/index.html?t=1736271890415

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Aired On: 01/07/25