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๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป


๐Ÿ“ Paris, France โ€“ European leaders gathered in Paris for an ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐Ÿšจ, not to end the war in Ukraine, but to figure out why they werenโ€™t invited to the actual peace talks. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

French President Emmanuel Macron ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท, in his signature philosopher-king mode, opened the meeting by stating: โ€๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜œ๐˜ฌ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€”๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ!โ€ ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ธ (scattered applause)

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ

  • ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ž ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง called for the U.S. to provide a โ€๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆโ€ ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ because, well, Brexit taught them that โ€๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜บ.โ€ ๐Ÿ™ƒ
  • ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช suggested that, just maybe, Ukraine should be in the room when its future is decided. ๐Ÿค” (Groundbreaking idea!)
  • ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ offered logistical support but made it crystal clear: โ€๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด? ๐˜•๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด.โ€ ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โœˆ๏ธ
  • ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป tried to talk sense into Trump over the phone, but the call reportedly ended with Trump saying, โ€œ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ, ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ.โ€ ๐Ÿ“žโœŒ๏ธ
  • ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ? She proposed something radicalโ€”Europe should start acting like a serious power instead of waiting for an invitation. ๐ŸŽคโฌ‡๏ธ (๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ?)

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, upon learning that the U.S. and Russia were deciding his countryโ€™s fate without him, rolled his eyes so hard it triggered a small earthquake. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’ฅ

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜

  • ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ โ€๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: The Invitation Struggle.โ€ ๐Ÿ“บ If drama is what it takes, letโ€™s give the world some real entertainment!
  • ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ โœŠ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ!)
  • ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ โ€๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒโ€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ† He loves awards. Tell him ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ can approve it.
  • ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—ข. (North ร‰lite Alliance Treaty Organization) โ€“ because new clubs are all the rage. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

And if all else fails? Next time, just ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ and "๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต" to ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป. ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ’…

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑโ€”๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ฉ๐—ฃ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!