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๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป: ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป
๐ Paris, France โ European leaders gathered in Paris for an ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐จ, not to end the war in Ukraine, but to figure out why they werenโt invited to the actual peace talks. ๐ฌ
French President Emmanuel Macron ๐ซ๐ท, in his signature philosopher-king mode, opened the meeting by stating: โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฌ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ!โ ๐ฐ๐ธ (scattered applause)
๐ก ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
- ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง called for the U.S. to provide a โ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆโ ๐ก๏ธ because, well, Brexit taught them that โ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ญ๐บ.โ ๐
- ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฉ๐ช suggested that, just maybe, Ukraine should be in the room when its future is decided. ๐ค (Groundbreaking idea!)
- ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฑ offered logistical support but made it crystal clear: โ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด? ๐๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด.โ ๐ซ๐จโโ๏ธ
- ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป tried to talk sense into Trump over the phone, but the call reportedly ended with Trump saying, โ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ.โ ๐โ๏ธ
- ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ฐ? She proposed something radicalโEurope should start acting like a serious power instead of waiting for an invitation. ๐คโฌ๏ธ (๐ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ?)
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ๐บ๐ฆ, upon learning that the U.S. and Russia were deciding his countryโs fate without him, rolled his eyes so hard it triggered a small earthquake. ๐๐ฅ
๐ฏ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐
- ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ โ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: The Invitation Struggle.โ ๐บ If drama is what it takes, letโs give the world some real entertainment!
- ๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ โ๐ง๐ท๐ท๐บ๐ฎ๐ณ๐จ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฆ (๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ!)
- ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐ฎ โ๐ก๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒโ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. ๐ He loves awards. Tell him ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ can approve it.
- ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ง๐ข ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ข. (North รlite Alliance Treaty Organization) โ because new clubs are all the rage. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
And if all else fails? Next time, just ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ and "๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต" to ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ถ๐ป. ๐คญ๐
๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑโ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฃ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ!