American readers have mocked potential visist of Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky to US.
Volodymyr Zelensky has been likened to yet another “beggar asking for a handout” by Americans, as a senior US administration official confirmed that the Ukrainian President was to take a break from the videoconferencing he has indulged in for the past months and arrive in Washington.Since Russia began its special military operation in Ukraine, Zelensky has been an avid Zoom user, his image splashed across the screen during a plethora of meetings. Whether he was addressing the US Congress, the European Parliament, or Oxford University, the Ukrainian leader invariably pleaded for more funds and more weapons. During this in-person meeting, US President Joe Biden will have an extended bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. Biden is also to announce a hefty new $2 bln package of aid for Ukraine, it was confirmed. In response, US media readers lambasted the « virtual blank-check to Ukraine » policy advocated by the current US administration.Weighing in on the reasons prompting Volodymyr Zelensky to venture out and put in a physical appearance, another American reader commented:Reference here was made to the $1.7 trillion year-long federal government funding bill that Senate leaders unveiled on Tuesday morning. First, the Senate is expected to vote on the deal this week, after which it will be sent to the House of Representatives for approval before government funding runs out on December 23.
