A little less than three years ago, Will Smith walked up to Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards and slapped him. On Friday, the world witnessed the geopolitical equivalent of the Slap Heard Round the World when Volodomyr Zelensky visited the White House. The meeting between Zelensky, Donald Trump, and J.D. Vance (Marco Rubio was there, too) was tense from the jump, but things really blew up when Zelensky challenged Vance’s comments about diplomacy, citing Vladimir Putin’s decision to renege on the terms of the ceasefire Russia and Ukraine agreed to in 2019. If you haven’t seen it already, Michael Tracey’s breakdown of the whole thing is well worth a watch.
Matt and Walter will be on hand to offer their own analysis of the Rumble in the Oval on tonight’s episode of America This Week. Be sure to join them at 8:00 PM ET.
Oh, and Anora won Best Picture, much to the chagrin of The Telegraph.
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We are fully in the upside down world where progressives hate Trump because he doesn’t want to keep pouring men and money into a meat grinder. I feel like I’m trapped in the Truman Show and someone dosed the people in the control room.
Don’t stop the Maddow clips Matt. Our immune systems need to know what the disease looks like.