Exactly how? Did he spit in Trump’s face? Call his wife a strumpet? Or what?
The mere act of asking for help isn’t disrespectful. If your kids came to you and asked you for help, even though they knew you were disinclined, would that alone be “disrespectful”?
> He’s only still in this fight because of the US. He knew damn well why he was flown to Washington this time. Trump wants the ceasefire. He should be thankful for what he’s getting instead of confrontational. He is owed absolutely nothing.
The USA’s attitude has never to date been “we don’t consider favors to others because we owe them nothing; people to whom we don’t owe anything should kiss our ass.” Sure, nobody owes us anything in the way of foreign relations. We do things because it advances our interests. Trump, like you, clearly believes helping Ukraine doesn’t advance our interests. We may disagree on that, but our President certainly shouldn’t be a jerk when communicating that and constantly interrupt our guest while they’re trying to communicate. That’s disrespectful.
> If they were genuinely wanting peace, yes. If it was theatrics with bad intent, no.
I was talking about Trump’s and Vance’s behavior, not Zelensky’s.