Kremlin State Media: Russia Will Now “Fight Longer”

The New York Times reports:

The extraordinary scene in Washington — in which Mr. Trump lambasted President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine — was broadcast as the top story on state television in Russia on Saturday morning.

It played into three years of Kremlin propaganda casting Mr. Zelensky as a foolhardy ruler who would sooner or later exhaust the patience of his Western backers.

“Russia will be willing to keep fighting for longer, and more bitterly,” said Konstantin Remchukov, a Moscow newspaper editor with Kremlin ties, describing the consequences of Mr. Trump’s public break with Mr. Zelensky. “If Zelensky says the Ukrainian people are ready to keep on fighting, Moscow will say, ‘Sure, let’s keep fighting.’”

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The reporter who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is from the pro-Trump network Real America’s Voice and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots after the White House blocked the Associated Press pic.twitter.com/oiYOi3PMeS

— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) February 28, 2025

Here was where the first insult came.

“Oh look, he’s all dressed up today!”

Premeditated and a pre planned attack. pic.twitter.com/WjOzW2bkQN

— Shaun Pinner (@olddog100ua) March 1, 2025