'Amateur hour': Diplomacy expert shames State Department for Saudi 'cheerleading show'
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'Amateur hour': Diplomacy expert shames State Department for Saudi 'cheerleading show'

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President Donald Trump's sharp turn away from the United States' defense of Ukraine toward a "peace" plan that one-sidedly gives concessions to Russia, while ranting on social media about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy being a "dictator," is an embarrassment to the U.S. on the world stage, Michael Bociurkiw, former spokesman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, said on CNN Wednesday. "The cheerleading show we saw yesterday in Riyadh — because I don't know how many times Mr. Rubio and company said Mr. Trump is the only person on earth who can solve this war. Sanchez agreed that "holding elections in the middle of this war, specifically, would be problematic and would amplify Russia's lethal abilities," adding, "I wonder what you think about why Trump and Putin are so aligned with their view, not just of Ukraine, but seemingly of Europe as well." He then emphasized, as someone who has observed elections around the world, that the reason this demand isn't possible is that the elections would "become targets for the Russians" to interfere and manufacture legitimacy for their invasion, as well as the fact that "there's no way that.

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