By Staff
March 11th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
Canadians and Americans agree Russia started the war and Russia is prolonging it
After a seemingly calm conversation in the oval office exploded between American President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, many Canadians and Americans alike have taken a renewed interest in the conflict underlying it. And while U.S. officials are hopeful of “significant progress” during peace talks this week in Saudi Arabia, few have faith in Trump’s boast that he would bring the war to an end within his first 100 days in office.
The Americans were supplying the Ukrainian forces with tanks and ammunition.
New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds residents in both Canada and the U.S. dubious that the war will be brought to an end by April 29, Trump’s 100th day of his second term. More than half of Americans (54%) and seven-in-10 Canadians (70%) view this prospect as unlikely, even as the parties meet in Saudi Arabia this week.
Trump’s position on Russia has been criticized in recent weeks, after he appeared to blame Ukraine for starting the war. On this he is out of step with his own country, his own supporters, and Canadians. Seven-in-10 Americans say Russia began this conflict, while 82 per cent of Canadians agree. Just 16 per cent of Trump voters agree with him that Ukraine is to blame, while 63 per cent blame Russia.
With negotiations ongoing, but the productivity coming out of them uncertain, there is a sense among Canadians and Americans that Ukraine stands to lose if Trump is the one making a deal. Seven-in-10 Canadians believe that Ukraine will be hurt by a Trump-negotiated peace deal (71%), while a similar number say a such a deal would benefit the U.S. (71%) and Russia (77%). In the U.S., most say Russia (54%) will benefit, while fewer than half say the U.S. (42%) or Ukraine (30%) will see value.
The idea that the conversation between Trump, Vance, and Zelenski actually “exploded” in fact, if you watch it live, could not be further from the truth, from what I watched live. I have been wanting to point this out, as this happens, and is always the same wrong.
Zelenski could hardly be heard, and hardly spoke. He was yelled at by Vance, demanding that he kow-tow gratefully, apologize, thankfully, and that he was not diplomatic.
Then Trump was totally loud, pointing his fingers at Zelenski, straight, up, down, both hands, all around, in a ranting berating, mercilessly and loud. Vance did the same thing about thank-fullness and owed apologies, and diplomacy, and Zelenski asked him what kind of diplomacy did Vance mean. Vance then berated him for being in the Oval Office owing the US big time, and ungrateful. Zelenski then stated that Putin can’t be trusted, so what did Vance have offer to Zelenski.
Vance didn’t have an answer, so he didn’t, and bullied again and then Trump..
Z could not get a word in, or when he tried to be heard, Trump or Vance kept talking, cut him off and drowned him out. So here we had two of them, loud-mouthing bullies, making all the noise.
That was the only thing that that I saw that happened, Z was pretty quiet, but some media crowd had to call an explosion, or some other outlandish exaggeration Trumpism. Look it up and see yourself.