Tech tycoon Elon Musk joined a call between US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the day after the presidential election, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

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God, I feel for Zelensky… Imagine fighting for your existence against Russia and having to talk to these morons for help.

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Remember when we had a whole impeachment hearing against Trump for withholding aid to Ukraine so he could get a political hit piece on Biden? I’m wondering how long it will take before a quid pro quo scenario pops up again. Either in Ukraine or elsewhere. So ya, we’re all feeling for Zelensky in the next few years.

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There will be no agreements.

trump is going to change US policy to excluding all intelligence and military support and will “leak” all known military intel to putin.

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As though nobody considered what he was actually doing with all those confidential documents.

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And all those 5* Generals and going to stand by and salute ?

You really don’t understand America .

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Impeaching him might be on the docket, if the Republicans really want Vance in the puppet seat. I think they’d rather manipulate him than whatever fucking impending shit-splosion Trump will become about 3 minutes in.

I think Vance might at least be convinced to do logical things. We know that isn’t happening with Donny.

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I think Vance might at least be convinced to do logical things.

He’s more likely to competently implement project 2025. Or at least more competently than Trump.

And that’s not a good thing for anyone.

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There may exist a scenario where north korea is trying to build something that looks suspiciously like an Ohio class submarine and he has a strange golf bar appear on his desk.

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Zelensky probably spent the whole call wondering if it would be faster to just hand deliver everything they talked about directly to Putin.

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I’m sure his conclusion at the end was “We need to build nukes immediately”.

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I’m sure they will help, “Just give Russia what they want, war over, problem solved”

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My guess is Trump essentially extorted him in the namel of “making a deal” in exchange for American aid.

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