The White House provides the following pictures of the Ukraine peace summit in the Oval Office.
Everything about the optics is epic.
The map is also interesting.
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The reference to 2019 comparison.
The White House provides the following pictures of the Ukraine peace summit in the Oval Office.
Everything about the optics is epic.
The map is also interesting.
.
.
The reference to 2019 comparison.
Thanks to Sundance’s many insights over the years, I was better able to contextualize all of the comments made by foreign leaders during the 25 minute or so photo op.
Praying for DJT.
President Trump has the check book and the Ukraine account has been closed!
Let us pray.
Amen!
LMAO: Picture One, Trump the Teacher with EVERYONEpresent being SCHOOLED by President Trump. Picture Two, Angela (I think) attempting to “school” DJT, with Bolton in the background. Thank you Sundance. Nice to go to bed still LMAO.
“schooled” – that’s the word that came to my mind!
Flipped the tables.
Reminds me of V. Putin’s statement re our President and the Europeans: “Trump, with his character and persistence, will bring order there fairly quickly. And all of them — just watch, it will happen fast — will be sitting obediently at their master’s feet and sweetly wagging their tails.” If Mr. Putin follows Sundance, he must be smiling with satisfaction.
Bolton is my favorite part of that picture. Fae says it all – the moment you realize you’re on the wrong side of the table.
Bolton is a reminder–because he always pops up, either in an admin or on “news” talk shows–of just how low are the bars for gov’t “service.”
The first one is a classic “The boss calls his subordinates in for a meeting” picture.
Jeff reads the Treehouse !!
Ben Franklin, Abe Lincoln, Ronald Reagan representing the principles of the Republic facing them. Stars of 50 states, stripes of blood and Truth. With a real man sitting down before them defending the citizens the elected him and the principles of the Constitutional Republic, and the Truths of the Creator of this world.
Flags of Commander in Chief with Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Space Force (which he founded — before he was cheated out of an election, shot, 2nd assassination attempt, faced more worldwide opposition than any living man ever has), and come back to accomplish more in 200 days than any world leader ever has.
Lincoln, the Emancipator who helped bring a nation back together staring Zelensky the obstinate in the face. All of POTUS hardline verbal warriors to the rear of the beggars. Photos of Presidents who were really leaders behind them. Gold representing the economic power of the US.
The map representing the stark reality and futility of their pretend war.
Disorganized line EU “supporting” propping up the puppet Zelensky who was made to wear his church clothes out of respect by the public, the press, the “advisors”, and the tradition.
Guilt and isolation in the souls of each of the pupils being schooled, hoping the real truth of the laundering, lying, and colluding they’ve been doing won’t come fully to light. Hoping the betrayal of their own citizens that they’ve each committed doesn’t come to light.
Each EU puppet leader secretly feeling, but unable to show, their real admiration of the leader they can only dream, but know they never could be.
They can’t do in a year what he does before breakfast.
And in Alaska, it was symbols of American power The stealth bomber flyover, the row of fighter jets they walked past to get indoors, and of course, Putin having to walk across the tarmac but Trump simply left his plane and stood there with Air Force One as a background.
Putin is not a guy to be reminded or intimidated by any of that. He has his own fighter jets, nuclear warheads, submarines, and tanks.
That was for the rest of the world.
Alpha. Universal.
Thank you for the brilliant, picturesque summary.
Just superb, doc.
These photos are powerful, no commentary needed to explain or decipher, seminal and iconic…especially the panoramic view of the summoned, their irrelevance stark, with the faces of men greater than they believe themselves to be looking down upon them it seems in judgement.
Unseen but felt is the Presence of the Greatest Force by Whose design ordained that this moment would arrive. His judgement has yet to come. But it will.
How to explain the emotions…
I can’t.
As our Father Who holds this world in His mighty hands is and ever shall be, the tide has turned. Amen.
Is. 45:1. To Cyrus, God’s Instrument
“Thus says the LORD to His anointed,
To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held—
To subdue nations before him
And loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
I have believed since July 13 of last year that a comparison of President Trump with Cyrus was particularly apposite and have written so many times.
I remember all the interviews with President Trump in his younger days…years before he was despised…with interviewers (the repellent Oprah, Larry King, and others) asking if he would consider a run for the presidency.
He was visibly thoughtful as he responded, “No” or “Not yet” or “Maybe if…” time and time again.
For everything there is a season which Almighty God determines…
Someone would have to work extremely hard to change my mind that President Trump’s season was known and has been made manifest for this moment and not a second before. I hasten to add that it would be a fool’s errand to even attempt to do so. Given what we have been witness to past and present, it is impossible for me to consider him anything else but an instrument of God, as was Cyrus.
Thank you for this passage from Isaiah, to which I will add my own choice which I consider just as apposite…
“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send and who will go for us? Then said I, “Here am I; send me.”
Blessings to you…
~Isaiah 6:8~
Ditto.
“especially the panoramic view of the summoned, their irrelevance stark,”
especially the panoramic view of the SELF-INVITED, their irrelevance stark
FIFY
My understanding, dear bara, is that, according to Rubio, they were in fact invited. I thought as you did, but then I heard him on the Sunday yap shows stating this.
In any event, I think it was stroke of genius on President Trump’s part. He obviously arranged his humiliating (for them, that is 😎 ) “Power Point Presentation” well in advance. And wasn’t it just perfect! He got them all together so he could tell them how things are going to be (God willing) instead of having to apprise them individually…much more time and energy efficient when it’s important to not let the momentum slacken.
The Daily Mail had an absurd headline before the meeting about how there was an ” Ambush” planned for President Trump yesterday.
They got the “Ambush” part right, just the other way around as we can see from above.
Really, wouldn’t you think those who believe they have or will have the upper hand and are out maneuvered time and time again would know better by now?
But then their own hubris defeats them every single time.
Glorious!!
Benjamin Franklin: was a frequent correspondent with Empress Catherine of Russia; there is a very rich and little known history there, suffice to say that Britain requested Russia’s aid during the Revolutionary War…she refused.
Abraham Lincoln: also several connections to Russia; I’ve mentioned it at length here in days prior.
Ronald Reagan: well, that everyone knows.
Thank you, Jane. I did not know about the correspondence between Catherine and Franklin. So interesting.
One of the first entities to recognize the fledgling United States of America was the Russian Empire. And if Catherine the Great refused to assist George III with his fight with the American colonies then we know why the UK has had a major weed up its figurative ass vis-a-vis Russia for 250 years.
But Russia did increase trade to get needed supplies to the US during the war.
It was and is overwhelming Russia control of eastern Ukraine and crimea. EU does not want to look at and give any appearance of acknowledgment of the huge map near them.
They sold it through graft and now have to own It by looking at the map and the face of someone who understands what they did
Damn, they’re all pissed! Map says it all, 5 provinces surrendered.
Could also be disputed territory. Crimea is a different color, which means it won”t be part of negotiations.
Have not verified this on Snopes, but, “smartest man Joe knows”, CoacaineHunter, reportedly presided over today’s sessions.
I believe that map is the one that Trump gave to Zelenskyy. Even more epic.
Its good to see Hunter Biden made the meeting
Surely, that picture of Hunter Biden is photo shopped onto the portrait on the wall.
If not, it is an epic in your face troll. All of the lack of dignity of Hunter Biden and his role in the graft, conniving, lying, cheating, lack of all pretense of dignity that Hunter exposed, that was at the core of Joe. This cesspool into which every foreign “dignitary” in that room has been sucked—- to be flushed along with the deep state/CIA.
Each of those counterfeit leaders.threw away any pretense of dignity when they colluded with the crooked CIA to start this Ukrainian mess that they are in.
Starmer, Macron, Merz are there. Any tissues being hidden away?
Or “Stir Sticks”?
Stir sticks!! lol. I doubt they even needed glasses.
IT’S GOOD TO BE KING!
“Trump 2028 — One King To Rule Them All …”
The King is actually the Son of David. But he is holding President Trump’s hand, like he did the ancient Persian king Cyrus’ hand:
“This is what the Lord says to his anointed,
to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of
to subdue nations before him
and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
so that gates will not be shut:
2 I will go before you
and will level the mountains;
I will break down gates of bronze
and cut through bars of iron.
3 I will give you hidden treasures,
riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the Lord,
the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
Amen
CLEARING His Path, now …
Every Day.
Love this. Perfect timing
MAGA . . . for us!
Thank you, Mr. President!
In the older photo the stance of PM Shinzo Abe almost matches President Trump.
God rest his soul
Yes indeed 🙏
Only problem I have with the 2019 picture is Walrus stache needs to be photoshopped to left side of table. He doesn’t deserve to be on the Trump side.
Is that Caroline in the President’s chair?
Whose bust is staring at the slackers? And Zelensky is Stage Left.
According to Sundance its Lincoln.
Fitting, especially to Britain.
Would have preferred to see Stars and Stripes standing alone. Looks like the left overs of a uni party to me.
Groan.
And that is exactly what President Trump is showing you today.
Sec State Rubio looks like he is ready to smack in the back of the head anyone who starts to get smart. Marco the enforcer.
I am encouraged and astonished.
President Trump has 9 in his house.
Because we OWN them.
Seems like Benjamin Franklin’s bust is on PT’s left side…not certain of who is on the right.
Already answered. Lincoln. TY!
Professor President Trump tutors a group of unwilling pupils!
President Trump sure did load up the symbolism with the way the office is loaded up. It’s on a par with the B-2 flying over.
Meloni with her arms crossed looks like she doesn’t want to be in the room, or maybe doesn’t think she needs the lecture like the others do. The way she looks is the most intriguing of them all. But whatever she is thinking, she doesn’t look too happy. Macron looks petulant, like he thinks he should be on the other side of the desk doing the lecturing. The others look like they are used to being lectured to.
What are all those boxes on the desk? There are seven boxes and there are seven of them, so those must be their souvenirs of the visit and they cannot get them and go on their way until the lecture is over. And a box of pens to remind them they will have something of Trump’s to sign soon, if not right away.
‘Meloni with her arms crossed looks like she doesn’t want to be in the room, or maybe doesn’t think she needs the lecture like the others do. The way she looks is the most intriguing of them all. But whatever she is thinking, she doesn’t look too happy. ‘
Don’t read too much into women’s expressions. It might be “that time of the month”, for some the majority of the month.
(One reason some believe women should not be in power. Or serving in the military. Or many other roles outside raising children and keeping the home, which appears to be God’s design. Have no fear, 50+ years of feminism combined with economic sinking have reduced birthrates below what is needed to maintain population, down we go.)
PM Meloni has one of those faces on which everything is written. I’ve seen it many times.
Yesterday in the meeting with Zelensky and his handlers, she sat between President Trump and Germany’s Merz. And as Merz was trying his best to be relevant, speaking directly to President Trump, her face couldn’t hide what she was obviously thinking.
The only things missing were her magnificent and expressive eye rolls at Merz. Through an extreme control of will it seemed.
My daughter assures me that I have one of those faces. I need to take lessons.
No eye rolls here unfortunately ately.
Just the death stare.
Your “time of the month” comment is retarded.
However, I totally agree with your final paragraph tucked into parenthesis.
And I am female.
That part of the comment…also uncouth and vulgar., sis.
Oh how I miss the days when such matters (and so many others) were not mentioned in polite society, which has become coarsened. However, wishing for times gone by won’t make them so. Perhaps he won’t mind a gentle upbraiding from two ladies who remember them…
Meloni looks as though she has adopted the masculine Harris style and it’s disappointing.
She looks nothing like she did when she was campaigning and how I’ve seen her at other times.
A few times lately she has not had the look of an Italian woman. They would agree.
Starmer is cut out from the left of the photo, he is in another. Excellent!
Our guy loves the gilded look. Unless he’s redecorated it, his Trump Tower residence is full of it. It’s not my taste.
The office looks quite mess. I understand wanting to honor our history by bringing up from the basement portraits of American leaders, but I’d prefer they not fill every inch of the round space. Put a few up, take some down after a few weeks, and replace them with a few others.
The gold medallions are overwhelming. UGH. A few, I can take, but every time I see a new pic, he’s added more.
It’s like walking into a teenage boy’s room with athletic ribbons, trophies, medals promiscuously tossed about.
He could do a theme a month, but come on, have a decorator decide how to display the relics.
The
Gilded is not my taste either. I think he wanted to lecture from the Resolute Desk, which is fine, and he loaded up the room with all those other trappings to make an impression of power, but the Oval Office is too small for all that. The staff must have spent a couple of days getting all those things in there and arranged. I hope they are busy moving all of it back out to wherever it came from. The way it usually looks, even with Trump’s golden drapes, is more elegant and a bit understated. Oh well, no one’s asking us.
It is, at the moment, his house. He is the elected occupier of the house. Let it reflect him and not the opinion of some random “decorator.”
Never seen it but I had to look it up. In the series on Madam Secretary, season 2, episode 10 there was a map of Ukraine being given to Russia very similar to the map in the Oval Office. The series ran from 2014 to 2019 which is very interesting. Just sayin.
The scene is about 46 seconds when they discuss the land that Ukraine is giving up.
From the Series, “Madam Secretary- S2, Ep 10.”
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Sorry, I suck at this image thing as I can’t find the photos so I took screenshots and that still didn’t work. Oh well, lol.
If it helps and anyone is interested, it starts at the 32:30 minute mark into the actual series. S2, Ep10. Madam President
Don’t feel alone, lol.
Whenever you are posting an image or photo, it has to be a URL. Test the URL in a separate web browser tab first and then if it works there, use that URL in your comment. Works for me, at least.
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Much talk about the “optics”, including the expressions of the gathered dignitaries.
Maybe they are suffering gastrointestinal distress from unwittingly consuming the typical US manufactured food product – perhaps the US handlers arranged some “regular” US food and drink to “soften them up” for the photo optics and beatdown.
Europeans are used to good food. It is doubtless a shock to the system when they consume standard US food.
Bio-attacks are apparently a favorite device of the current US powers, this would fit. Look what they did with the engineered virus and coerced harmful ineffective* experimental genetic manipulation shots.
(* Ineffective for their stated purpose, but very effective at population attrition – their real purpose?)
I doubt any of them ate “standard US food”. If they ate at the WH, it was surely top-tier. And you can bet if they ate elsewhere, it was at a gourmet restaurant, or their own embassy.
Agree. None of them had much time to prepare for an overseas trip, and flying westbound across the ocean is harder on one’s circadian rhythm. At least it was in my own experience which is what I base my comment on. I’m sure PDJT is THE consummate host, but he wasn’t messing around this time. Urgent business at hand.
Daddy is home now.
Gosh, that’s funny.
As our stay at home Mom said that to us when the 11 of us were all home at once and she had to lie down.
Of course, Dad got home gave us one frightful look, no spanking, and we behaved.
Trump is the master of that.
From glowering threats to Apprentices waiting to hear who gets fired.
Ithink the low percentage numbers in to the west of the red areas are that low is because, unlike the MSM reporting, Russia does not want to control Ukraine, just the areas that want to be part of Russia.
Let’s see, be a part of eastern Ukraine and continuously get bombed and harassed by Little Z and his Azov Nazis, or become part of “evil Putin’s empire”. To paraphrase SD’s article earlier, “What do the Eastern Ukraine provinces want?” I think we know….I think President Trump knows….hence all of this. I think he’s doing a great job here, not that he needs my approval, but this is what I voted for.
Godspeed Mr. President!
These pictures deserve a frame and belong in the Oval Office! An absolutely perfect display of reality. Unfiltered, unaltered, undeniable! The decline of a continent, the rise of another. Thanks God I left Europe!
Very good optics:
Portrait of Ronald Reagon in background, near the resolute oval offiice desk – the greatest POTUS since the 80’s, by far
with
the current 2 term POTUS in the forefront working
to help gain peace and individual liberty amongst many countries
– whom have problems with that honest concept amongst people within their own respective countries borders ( illegal migrant invasions and associated issue$ ).
( that’s some big picture perspective – trying to help them to see the overall forest amongst the trees – while having already co$t others lives for years in addition to the tyrannical and unhealthy pandemic response )
for other leaders to try to grasp yesterday
as they belatedly try to grasp the current moment – of which they d8d snd would perpetually spend billion$,
disparage russia,
and out of pitiful years of hatred, never honestly talk with the Russian leader(s)…. and russia knows the fickle snd wasted collusion blathering$)
( talking with other seemingly problematic world leaders )
God willing…
Reagon would and did…
Trump would and is…
The past and pending results
are way, way better than any currently tainted reputation nobel peace or pulitzer or … )
Imho
Yes, to reduce the past and present miss leader interferences in peoples lives,
there
is more good works to pursue both internationally and at home(s) –
so that millions +
of people can more consistently get on with their pursuits of happiness.
( with cloaked evils intertwined in societies )
There probably always will be a need for people with hearts and souls of
faith
with the resolve to accomplish
good works…
James 2:22
During each persons physical short time here on earth,
Thank you to the many, many people that are helpful in seeking more timely, honest, whole truths and accomplishing more good works…
not for award,
for others…
[ because it becomes such a huge pile of past bad works that cyclically build up,
you know,
we probably all need to work together to find an honest remedy, cure, to help reduce the 40 year gaps in good, honest, productivd, u.s. leadership.
How about
working together to develop the
‘ how to(s)’
to reduce frauds
( and frauds are coy. sly, tricky that $cheme )
such that are no multi year gaps in good u.s. leadership?
Then, maybe the
‘how to(s)’ could spread to other countries…?
hmmm…]
Sincerely
Please Lord let there be peace! …cut off the money laundering and put the criminals in jail.
I like that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is there, because:
1. It’s all connected.
2. Economic policy is foreign policy.
😉
Realpolitik is a b*tch.
All these countries have been invaded, barely hanging onto to sovereignty, with “no go zones” all over their countries . If Russia was the Middle East or Africa, it would be acceptable to the left. America has also been invaded, millions die from drug overdose, as it is my opinion our enemies don’t use guns, they use bioweapons and economically overwhelming our system to destroy America. But let’s pay attention to a bunch of counties that are not very good friends to the US. Simply praying for the survival of America, with American culture.
Reminds me of the school circles we endured during basic training in the Marine Corps. Only with chairs because we planted it wherever we were standing.
I hope he teaches them their 11 General Orders.
Just saw this, more optics and hidden messages
Who didn’t turn and look?
https://x.com/warclandestine/status/1957521939490304383
While we’re at it
Extra legs? Haha some AI altering 😏
Probably Meloni’s chair…and legs.
Maybe their individual talking to is related to their happy faces in the family picture .
Still very sad about the loss of Abe.
RIP Abe. The scumbags got to him.
“Come meet me on my terms”
Good. I hope Ursula’s chair had legs of different lengths.
Where is Donald Trumps Shinzo Abe when he needs one.
I guess it is the Hungarian leader now, but he isn’t at the meeting.
I was thinking about that. No PM Orban.
Would have been epic if President Trump had invited him or the Hungarian Ambassador to the US.
The seating arrangement protocol is of great significance in these types of meetings. Notice who is sitting directly across from the President and it ain’t Z-Man.
Von Der Leyen, Merz and Macron seated directly in front of the Resolute desk. Interesting. 🤔
I’ve been thinking “It’s Versailles 2025.”
In the Army we called that a “Come to Jesus” meeting.
The one behind the desk is on transmit. The ones facing are on receive.
Been there, done that, got the bruises
I laughed at the “then and now” photo comparisons. In six short years, the euroweenies have been reduced to their appropriate places in world affairs – on the sidelines.
It looks like a teacher has all the students gathered around for story time as PDJT47 reads to them.
The caption should read: “Hush. The adults are talking.”
Hahahaha. Exactly what I thought of yesterday when the fake pic of the leaders sitting in a row along the WH hallway was released!
The 2019 version is iconic.
School is in session.
There is also this when President Trump directed their attention to the FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT painting from the Butler Rally.
God Bless President Trump!
I wish Trump had drilled Merz by asking him how many peace agreements he has been a party to. The arrogance of the European elite needs to be addressed and it was a perfect opportunity for Trump to have done so.
PM Meloni definitely wants to be somewhere else.
She’s had that “They made me come to this event” look since the moment she arrived.
WOW!!!
A photo from a Second World War had Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin.
Real funny!
Class is in session….lol!