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[–] PurpleSkull@lemm.ee -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He generally should avoid publicly associating himself with the EU or "Europe, the continent" or "European values". The EU is Trump's, and more importantly Vance's, declared arch-enemy and the ultimate target. Since they are the last big bastion of liberal values. This will tick off Trump again, which while cool, is not a good idea at all.

Instead he should say how he would love to join the US as the 51st or 52nd state. No, he won't mean it nor should he. It's all just kabuki theater anyway.

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago

Its a fine idea if you assume trump's opinion changes based on what Ukraine says or does. I think trump tends to say or do whatever his goals provoke (whatever those may be) rather than adjusting his opinion to match changing circumstance.

If that's true, then Zelenskyy is making the correct choice assuming trump is already antagonist and anything Ukraine does to apparently provoke him is pretext to further his a priori objective.