By MICHAEL TAVOLIERO
Two key moments in US-Ukraine relations involving President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have defined American politics and foreign policy.
The first, a phone call in 2019 between President Donald Trump and Zelenskyy, led to the impeachment of a sitting US president.
The second, a 2025 meeting between Democratic lawmakers and Zelenskyy, allegedly led to the rejection of a peace agreement, prolonging the war and ensuring thousands more deaths.
Yet only one event was treated as a national scandal—while the other remains ignored by the media and unexamined by Congress.
Remember the infamous Trump-Zelenskyy phone call of 2019. This was the foundation of Trump’s first impeachment.
On the July 25, 2019, phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Trump requested that Ukraine investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, regarding their involvement with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
Specifically, President Trump stated:
“The other thing, there’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution, and a lot of people want to find out about that, so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it. It sounds horrible to me.”
The call was leaked, framed as an abuse of power, and used as grounds for Trump’s first impeachment in December 2019.
Trump was impeached by House Democrats on charges of “abuse of power” and “obstruction of Congress.” The call was portrayed as a pressure tactic to influence U.S. elections. Trump was acquitted in the Senate, but the event was weaponized politically against him.
What do we know about the February 28, 2025, meeting between Senator Chris Murphy, other unnamed Democrats, and Zelenskyy?
On Feb. 28, 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met privately in Washington, D.C., with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and other unnamed Democratic lawmakers. This meeting occurred just before Zelenskyy was scheduled to finalize a mineral deal with President Trump—a deal widely viewed as a steppingstone toward a ceasefire with Russia.
Following this closed-door meeting, Zelenskyy abruptly reversed course, rejecting the agreement and engaging in a heated public confrontation with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance. As a result, the deal collapsed entirely, prolonging the war and ensuring the continuation of U.S. military aid to Ukraine.
While details of what was discussed remain undisclosed, the timing and immediate consequences of this meeting raise serious concerns about whether Democratic lawmakers deliberately influenced Zelenskyy to sabotage the potential peace process. The full list of attendees and what was said behind closed doors remain critical questions that demand further investigation.
Sen. Murphy later admitted the meeting took place, posting on X (formerly Twitter):
“Just finished a meeting with President Zelensky here in Washington. He confirmed that the Ukrainian people will not support a fake peace agreement where Putin gets everything he wants and there are no security arrangements for Ukraine.”
This failure orchestrated by Murphy and other unnamed Democrats promulgated the continuation of the Ukraine-Russia war. This failure will plainly lead to thousands of additional deaths, the potential of U.S. after the midterms to continue funneling billions in military aid, and benefiting defense contractors.
It also denied Trump a diplomatic win, keeping Ukraine a political pawn.
But now the question remains: Who else was there?
Which Democratic lawmakers attended the meeting with Zelenskyy?
Did any intelligence officials or members of Biden’s administration play a role?
Was classified information used to steer Zelenskyy away from peace?
Did any of these officials have financial ties to defense contractors profiting from war?
If Trump’s phone call was treated as an impeachable offense, why has Murphy’s closed-door meeting, which allegedly derailed peace, not faced the same scrutiny?
The Double Standard: Why was Trump impeached but the Murphy gang walks free?
We all know Trump’s call with Zelenskyy was a diplomatic conversation in which he inquired about Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine and then-Vice President Joe Biden’s involvement with Burisma. The call also aimed to investigate potential corruption related to US-Ukraine relations at the time.
Senator Murphy’s meeting, along with other unnamed Democrats, directly interfered with a president’s diplomatic efforts to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine. This interference contributed to the continuation of the war, leading to further deaths and displacement, with approximately 15.23% of Ukraine’s pre-war population directly impacted by casualties and forced migration.
Trump’s 2019 phone call was a request for an investigation.
Murphy’s 2025 secret meeting may have manipulated a foreign leader into rejecting a peace deal.
One was considered an impeachable offense, the other ignored entirely.
Trump’s call did not lead to war—the Murphy gang’s actions ensures more deaths and destruction
No one died because of Trump’s phone call.
Murphy’s meeting contributed to thousands of additional deaths in Ukraine and Russia.
Trump was accused of political pressure—the Murphy Gang’s meeting was overt political sabotage
Trump was accused of “pressuring” Zelenskyy for political gain.
Murphy and other Democrats allegedly influenced Zelenskyy to reject a peace deal, prolonging war for political leverage.
What must Republicans do?
Grow a set!
If Trump was impeached for a diplomatic phone call, then Murphy and any other Democratic lawmakers involved in the 2025 meeting must face consequences for undermining diplomacy and prolonging war.
Demand a full Congressional investigation
- Identify every Democratic lawmaker present at the Zelenskyy meeting.
- Determine if classified intelligence was used to pressure Zelenskyy.
- Investigate whether this meeting violated diplomatic protocols.
Invoke the Logan Act (18 U.S.C. § 953)
- The Logan Act prohibits unauthorized individuals from negotiating with foreign governments in disputes involving the U.S.
- Did Murphy and others illegally interfere in official U.S. diplomacy?
Introduce a motion to censure or expel Murphy and other officials
- If Trump was impeached for a phone call, Murphy and others should face congressional censure or expulsion for backroom sabotage.
Expose the financial connections to defense contractors
- Who in Congress profits from prolonging the war?
- Did anyone involved in the meeting have financial stakes in military aid and arms production?
- Is Ukraine a complex money laundering operation designed to perpetuate campaign support for a select group of politicians?
Final question: Will Republicans act, or will this be buried?
If Trump’s phone call warranted an impeachment, then Murphy’s meeting, which allegedly torpedoed peace and cost lives, is a national scandal that demands equal or harsher consequences.
Will Republicans demand accountability and expose who else was involved?
Or will this, like so many Beltway crimes, be swept under the rug?
If Republicans fail to act, they send a clear message which will end their control of Congress in 2026:
Political power is above justice.
War is more valuable than peace.
The establishment will protect its own—at any cost.
The American people deserve answers. Who was in that room, and why did they block peace?
Senator Murkowski’s public reaction to that meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy’s was a mere copy from the predictable democrat media release. Either she did not analyze the video for herself to find out what actually happened or her pathological TDS kicked in to fuel her typical Trump vitriol. Probably both. She was totally off base from what took place. Zelenskyy is now apologizing for his insulting behavior at that meeting. Unfortunately this is what we routinely get from Alaska’s senior senator. Alaska deserves better.
You are right Alaska does deserves better But as long as Alaska keeps voting in Murkowski types Alaska will never get better As for Zelenskyy The D-party brainwashed him before the meeting and look where it got him
maybe Dems should listen to John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance” & pay attention to the lyrics.
“ALL we are saying is give peace a chance” …… Go Trump.
Trump only wants “peace” so that he can hide behind it whilst handing over a large portion of Ukraine to his mentor and master: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Simple as that.
Comment from a person highly infected with TDS. The symptoms include insanity.
Odd how that portion of Ukraine was spoils of war, a war we started and funded. Maybe the Ukrainians shouldn’t be physically kidnapping conscripts.
Whidbey whidbey whidbey
Whidbey, why don’t you leave the conspiracy theories to the professionals.
Blue-anons really don’t have what it takes and you are proof positive.
Putin may not be perfect, but he has never insulted the American man. Only the leftists such as yourself have ever expressed hate to people like me.
But thanks for showing us all that MAGA was the right decision after all.
In the words of the great Joe Biden, “just shut up man”.
Pelosi, Schumer, Clinton people, Obama people, Biden people…….all left-wing Democrats met with Zelenskyy first…..urging him to accept no deal with Trump. Interfering and obstructing White House business of a significant peace deal. Democrats are scum of the earth.
President Zelenskyy regrets his action during the meeting he wants to sign the agreement and move towards a peace agreement now. He said
“Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be. It is regrettable that it happened this way. It is time to make things right. We would like future cooperation and communication to be constructive.
Regarding the agreement on minerals and security, Ukraine is ready to sign it in any time and in any convenient format. We see this agreement as a step toward greater security and solid security guarantees, and I truly hope it will work effectively.”
As Vice President Vance said in the meeting
“We tried the pathway of Joe Biden of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States’ words mattered more than the president of the United States’ actions,” Vance continued “What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy.”
President Zelenskyy should be honest about who was in that meeting at what was said.
HOMERUN article!
GOP needs to grow a pair!
Yet more U.S. domestic drama and “reality” entertainment programming. If Trump and the right wing doesn’t want to fund Ukraine, stop funding them and move on. Focus on DOGE. Focus on the Mexican border. Focus on the economy. Let Europe be Europe.
Stop the games. Trump will not be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. It just isn’t going to happen.
Our country continues to be so divided. People voted. People have spoken. I think term limits for these career caustic politicians would dramatically reduce most of this BS.
As a nation we have to get behind the elected presidential. If not we will not heal as a nation.
Ah yes. Peace at any price. That has always worked well.
You’re a mass murder supporter whidbey. Just say it. You’re a murderer. Pro war. Insane.
If this was 1940 Trump would be appeasing Adolf Hitler- all in the name of “peace”.
Appeasing dictators doesn’t work. You need to either kill them or use such ruthless military force that they quit. The free world stands with Ukraine.
How I miss Ronald Reagan.
During a debate with Jimmy Carter in 1980, Ronald Reagan said “I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and only a last resort, when everything else has failed, and then only with regard to our national security.”
In what sounds like something rings just as true today as it did in 1980, Ronald went on to say
“Now, I believe, also that this meeting, this mission, this responsibility for preserving the peace, which I believe is a responsibility peculiar to our country, that we cannot shirk our responsibility as the leader of the Free World, because we’re the only one that can do it. And therefore, the burden of maintaining the peace falls on us. And to maintain that peace requires strength. America has never gotten in a war because we were too strong. We can get into a war by letting events get out of hand, as they have in the last 3 years under the foreign policies of this administration of Mr. Carter’s, until we’re faced each time with a crisis. And good management in preserving the peace requires that we control the events and try to intercept before they become a crisis.”
President Trump might not be Ronald Reagan, but he is sure doing a good job at sounding like him.
During his first Inaugural Address Ronald Reagan said “As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it, now or ever.”
Once again President Trump might not be Ronald Reagan, but he is sure doing a good job at sounding like him.
The military force you are asking for is nuclear. Is this what you want.?? This won’t be an Ak47 game. Is it possible you have no clue what you are even talking about. This is high stakes. Rule #1 in business and politics keep your friends close and your enemies closer. If you actually want ruthless force all our live may be over. Putin has over 9000 nuclear war heads. It only takes 1 to ruin all our lives. You willing to gamble that for Ukraine.??
By far the funniest event in the whole spectacle was watching Rubio melt into the couch, his anxiety flowing out of his ears and his peepee shrinking. The poor guy wasn’t meant to be in a room with real men. My prediction: he won’t last long as Secty State.
As I write this, Zelensky appears to have reconsidered. Still, the meeting has to be investigated, and actions of the perpetrators detailed and dealt with why? Because there can only be one voice for American diplomacy, and that is the current administration in power. To insure that this doesn’t happen again, the following actions must be taken:
1. No prior meetings before meeting with the President to sign what was already agreed to.
2. Acknowledgment that the receptor is the person in need, NOT the President.
3. In the case of Ukraine, it was the US who led a coup to replace the elected president, and that should be acknowledged. And the administration at that time was that of Barrack Obama, famous for the coups to replace leaders he didn’t like. 5 Billion was spent on that one coup alone. The goal was to place nuclear missiles less than 5 minutes from Moscow. No Russian leader can let that happen, any more than Kennedy could let nuclear weapons be based in Cuba by the then Soviet Union.
4. Foreign policy is conducted by grownups, not by those who cannot listen to others.
5. It is time to quit the habit of replacing governments we don’t agree with and begin to work with real intentions for world peace in a business-like manner of win-win. Quit looking at others as “Hitler” or believing everything we read in the so-called press. Do some research and thinking for ourselves.
Until we quit trying to run the world and make it entirely in our image, there will be no peace or trust.
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