Demonstrators surge in Vermont, New York City and Boston after Oval Office debacle with US president and vice-president

Summary

Protests erupted across the U.S. in response to Donald Trump and JD Vance’s Oval Office bullying of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Demonstrators gathered in cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Boston, waving Ukrainian flags and demanding continued U.S. support for Ukraine.

In Vermont, protesters disrupted Vance’s ski trip, criticizing his stance. Many labeled the White House meeting an “ambush” and condemned Trump’s ultimatum to Ukraine.

The protests reflected growing public frustration over the administration’s shifting stance on the Russia-Ukraine war.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1331·
    2 days ago

    I don’t know why enabling netanyahu’s genocide was a greater priority for the biden administration than Ukraine ever was. Or indeed, anything else for the entirety of his term.

      • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
        131·
        2 days ago

        I mean they still have a point.

        Claiming Israel doing it is fine while helping Ukraine was a really wild thing to do.

        Though I still don’t understand why anyone thought Trump would do anything to stop Israel either.

        • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
          11·
          1 day ago

          Helping Israel is messed up, but there’s probably only a handful of politicians who tried to stop it. Before Trump, it seemed like everyone supported Ukraine. It’s such a drastic change in the political climate that blaming Biden for everything Israel is a gross oversimplification and shifting of the blame that rightfully belongs on most of our government.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        2 days ago

        I can’t wait for them to come for you.

        I know. Centrists will rejoice in the suffering of everyone to their left until it’s them.

        Hope you’re still alive to get some licks on by the time I get to the gulags.

        And you entertain fantasies about violence against people to your left. Wonder what it would be like if you ever thought about punching right.