Site equivalent?
For anime I am watching via Animekai thanks to its front page putting focus on current show schedule and an easy to use book mark system.
I am wondering is there any Stream site for Westren Movies and shows? So far most I can find seem to use a front page that focuses on what’s supposedly trending rather then current showings
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My Recent Experience Getting Back Into Linux
Over the past several days, I have been trying to install Linux on my surface pro 2 because Windows is having issues with hogging memory, which is preventing me from finishing a drawing.
First I tried Linux Mint. After several freezes of the Bluetooth program, I was able to get my 8bitdo controller to connect, however i learned that neither using it as a wireless keyboard nor as dinput works. Mint was not detecting input from either mode, but it could detect xinput. Krita, however did not recognize the inputs because they were not keyboard keys, so i had to install a program to convert xinput signals to key presses.
Additionally, the on-screen keyboard on Mint has two options: always on when enabled, or on when a text box prompts. The former sucks to use because you have to toggle the keyboard in accessibility settings every time you want to turn it off or on, and the latter never detected a single text box in my experience. So the on-screen keyboard simply doesn't work on Mint.
I tried installing Kubuntu. I installed the Linux surface drivers recommended on r/SurfaceLinux. This resolved an issue where the pen and eraser were seen as the same.
My controller also worked Flawlessly in keyboard mode right out of the gate. The Bluetooth program didn't freeze once. The on-screen keyboard is also acceptable.
By all accounts the experience was a significant improvement.
Then I tried calibrating my pen. This did not work. The cursor was consistently 2-3 mm up and to the left of where i was holding my pen. KDE with wayland also does not support non-linear digitizer calibration. This is a problem because the errors in my tablet's digitizer are non linear. On windows I had created a script to add extra calibration points to rectify this. I can't do this in KDE with wayland. I could switch to X11, but then all the QoL improvements for touch screen/tablet use would be gone.
So I've been fiddling for hours trying to make a script in krita that will allow me to correct my pen inputs with an error matrix. Krita is refusing to even recognize the script is even there. Probably a Krita problem, not Linux, but blegh. I wouldn't have to do this if the system pen calibration worked.
But of course, my 5 year old experience with how troublesome Linux was is invalid today, and Linux has gotten so much better and Just Works™ now /s
"Sounds like it is working pretty well to me" when I spend multiple days trying to get Linux working for one purpose (to draw) and am unsuccessful.
This is why "current year is the year of the Linux desktop" is hilarious to anyone who doesn't use Linux.
I get it, it's frustrating and it doesn't feel like your needs are being met.
It's just important to see the larger picture. Windows and iOS suck more every day. Linux gains more and more traction, more and more users as the competition becomes less and less attractive.
I hope that the next time you try, that it just works.
Top scientist Hu Ye quits US for China after giving up millions in funding
Top biomedical scientist Hu Ye quits US for China after giving up millions in funding
Hu has been appointed founding dean at the new school of biomedical engineering at his alma mater, Tsinghua University.Shi Huang (South China Morning Post)
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Israel heavily bombs Gaza in major ceasefire violation
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37788915
Published date: 19 October 2025 09:51 BST
last update: ~1200 EDT
Heavy Israeli bombing rocked the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 15 Palestinians, in a major violation of the ceasefire.More than 100 air strikes were reported in Rafah and Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north, and parts of central Gaza.
Among the sites hit were a cafe, a mobile phone charging station, a group of journalists and a house sheltering displaced people.
The Israeli military said the strikes were in response to an alleged "attack" by Palestinians on its troops in southern Rafah involving a rocket-propelled grenade and sniper fire.
Israel heavily bombs Gaza in major ceasefire violation
Published date: 19 October 2025 09:51 BST
last update: ~1200 EDTHeavy Israeli bombing rocked the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 15 Palestinians, in a major violation of the ceasefire.More than 100 air strikes were reported in Rafah and Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north, and parts of central Gaza.
Among the sites hit were a cafe, a mobile phone charging station, a group of journalists and a house sheltering displaced people.
The Israeli military said the strikes were in response to an alleged "attack" by Palestinians on its troops in southern Rafah involving a rocket-propelled grenade and sniper fire.
Israeli air strikes hit Rafah amid repored clashes with Abu Shabab gang
Israeli fighter jets carried out air strikes on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday, in the latest reported violation of the ceasefire.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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Israel heavily bombs Gaza in major ceasefire violation
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37788915
Published date: 19 October 2025 09:51 BST
last update: ~1200 EDT
Heavy Israeli bombing rocked the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 15 Palestinians, in a major violation of the ceasefire.More than 100 air strikes were reported in Rafah and Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north, and parts of central Gaza.
Among the sites hit were a cafe, a mobile phone charging station, a group of journalists and a house sheltering displaced people.
The Israeli military said the strikes were in response to an alleged "attack" by Palestinians on its troops in southern Rafah involving a rocket-propelled grenade and sniper fire.
Israel heavily bombs Gaza in major ceasefire violation
Published date: 19 October 2025 09:51 BST
last update: ~1200 EDTHeavy Israeli bombing rocked the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 15 Palestinians, in a major violation of the ceasefire.More than 100 air strikes were reported in Rafah and Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north, and parts of central Gaza.
Among the sites hit were a cafe, a mobile phone charging station, a group of journalists and a house sheltering displaced people.
The Israeli military said the strikes were in response to an alleged "attack" by Palestinians on its troops in southern Rafah involving a rocket-propelled grenade and sniper fire.
Israeli air strikes hit Rafah amid repored clashes with Abu Shabab gang
Israeli fighter jets carried out air strikes on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday, in the latest reported violation of the ceasefire.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
How to remove 'anti-piracy' footers from complex PDFs?
I have some sewing patterns that I would like to share (and hopefully swap) but all of the PDFs have a
"This was purchased by John Doe john.doe@email.com #ordernumber - if you are not John Doe, please dob in the person you got this from to company@example.com so we can sick our lawyers on them"
sorta footer on every single page.
Obviously for privacy reasons (and because I don't actually want lawyers sicked onto me), I need to remove this footer.
These are often complex PDFs with more than a hundred pages and multiple layers.
I managed to successfully remove the editing password (not user/viewing password, just can't edit without password) with qpdf --decrypt. But removing that footer has left me at a dead end. I have even tried manually removing every single instance of those footers using Master PDF Editor but saving the file flattened it and you are no longer able to show/hide layers which is essential for correct printing. (Please don't ask me how many different PDF editors I have tried because it has been so so SO many I have lost count).
Not that I really want to have to manually edit this out on what could amount to over a thousand pages but searching for a command to remove a certain phrase has come up empty. Even Master PDF Editor doesn't seem to have a bulk remove or search and replace function (just search).
I use Linux btw.
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Just because the visible footer gets removed doesn't mean there isn't other unique tracking information hidden deep in the PDF that could still get the lawyers sicced on you. Depending on how valuable this information is to the company, and how litigious they are, you have to judge how far they might've gone and might yet go to protect it.
Unfortunately, that's why this kind of copy protection can an actually be an effective tactic to prevent individuals from sharing their copies. While there might be ways to strip this kind of hidden data on simpler PDFs... even resorting to methods like screenshotting or printing and scanning, still cannot give you absolute confidence that there isn't some subtle unique identifier invisibly hidden in the layout or through subtle inconspicuous variations, especially if you're doing this regularly and they start targeting you and your account for identification. And on complex PDFs there are so many more ways they could hide this information digitally if they know where to look for it and you don't. 99% of the time it's going to be pretty obvious to strip out, but are you willing to take that risk even if you do find a technical method of removing the visible footers? If it's a one-off, maybe you can get away with it, but in the long term this strategy is not viable and is a trap for rookies.
The only truly safe way to share digitally watermarked content like this is to buy it with a burner account and full opsec in the first place. Nobody to sic lawyers on if it's a hacked paypal or a stolen/prepaid credit card or an untraceable email and IP, or in a jurisdiction with no enforcement. Smash and grab, get the data anonymously and get out. Don't share stuff from your personal account that's literally got your name and banking information attached to it unless you can confirm it's bit-for-bit indistinguishable from other innocent copies with something like a checksum.
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hacked paypal or a stolen/prepaid credit card
How do you do this? Asking for a friend.
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You can just buy a prepaid gift card from a convenience store and pay cash for it.
Then do online purchase with it and download the contents through tor.
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Israel heavily bombs Gaza in major ceasefire violation
Published date: 19 October 2025 09:51 BST
last update: ~1200 EDT
Heavy Israeli bombing rocked the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 15 Palestinians, in a major violation of the ceasefire.More than 100 air strikes were reported in Rafah and Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north, and parts of central Gaza.
Among the sites hit were a cafe, a mobile phone charging station, a group of journalists and a house sheltering displaced people.
The Israeli military said the strikes were in response to an alleged "attack" by Palestinians on its troops in southern Rafah involving a rocket-propelled grenade and sniper fire.
Israeli air strikes hit Rafah amid repored clashes with Abu Shabab gang
Israeli fighter jets carried out air strikes on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday, in the latest reported violation of the ceasefire.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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When trying to see communities, *filtered*, the "next page" doesn't include the filters, so one CAN'T see the next filtered-page results.
the search communities page, with local/other as 1 filter, & subscribed/not-subscribed as the other filter ( other options, don't remember 'em )..
IF one searches for other/remote sites, & not-subscribed, e.g. & goes through that page..
then at the bottom of the page is a Next Page button, .. which gives one a page of bullshit, because it discarded the filtering.
( it certainly discards the subscribed/unsubscribed filtering, it may have kept the local-vs-remote sites status ).
Also, if one searches for local + unsubscribed, the 2nd page isn't filtered.
This renders the 2nd-page & all other pages .. garbage.
I'm only identifying this, not complaining: the fact that PieFed exists is awesome, & work is work, so I'm grateful for what there is, that works properly, so this is only a heads-up.
Perhaps a special-page checklist for the programmers would prevent oversights ( Atul Gawande's book "The Checklist Manifesto" identified that there are 2 categories of checklists: these-people-need-to-connect, & this-task-need-get-done.
Perhaps checklists should be considered as foundational in programming as code-review, pair-programming ( near-view/in-the-trench & far-view/how-does-this-fit-in-with-everything-else ), continuous-integration-testing, etc..
Salut, Namaste, Kaizen, & Gratitude for the wonderful contribution to our world..
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PS; I just created this post, & now I see to the top-right, that it says, in green, "Solved".
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On The Gaza "Mass Executions" and "Civil War" - Minis
On The Gaza "Mass Executions" and "Civil War" - Minis
A new rising Narrative based on Deception.Green Rose (The GreenRose)
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The UN says entire families are buried beneath the rubble in Gaza
While Israel continues to break the ceasefire, many Palestinians' loved ones are still buried under the rubble, as the UN points out
Archived version: archive.is/newest/thecanary.co…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Twitter is launching a marketplace for inactive handles
X is launching a Handle Marketplace where Premium subscribers will be able to search and request usernames that have been unavailable.
Israel accused of 80 Gaza ceasefire violations killing 97 people
A Palestinian government office says Israeli forces have carried out 80 ceasefire violations since October 10, killing 97 people and wounding 230 more.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/middleeastey…
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Marco Rubio betrayed drug gang informants to seal El Salvador prison deal, report says
Trump administration allegedly agreed to abandon confidential informants protected by US government in an effort to ink CECOT deal
Moscow warns Azerbaijan of planned coup by head of Presidential Administration
It has emerged that Vladimir Putin personally warned Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev of a coup being planned against him by his chief of staff earlier this month, Azerbaijani news agency APA reported on Thursday.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/novayagazeta…
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Moscow warns Azerbaijan of planned coup by head of Presidential Administration
It has emerged that Vladimir Putin personally warned Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev of a coup being planned against him by his chief of staff earlier this month, Azerbaijani news agency APA reported on Thursday.Novaya Gazeta Europe
Virginia Giuffre thought she might 'die a sex slave' at hands of Epstein and his circle, memoir reveals
The BBC obtained a copy of Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir ahead of its publication on Tuesday.
Archived version: archive.is/20251019222852/bbc.…
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GOP Vermont State Senator Sam Douglass Resigns Over Hate-Filled Group Chat
Many social media users had the same reaction to Douglass' resignation: "Good riddance!"
GOP Vermont State Senator Sam Douglass Resigns Over Hate-Filled Group Chat
Many social media users had the same reaction to Douglass' resignation: "Good riddance!"brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment
"To tell you honestly, I am a lot more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact."
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Technology definition is so broad that it could fit 90% of the general news into it.
- merriam-webster.com/dictionary…
- britannica.com/technology/tech…
I understand that everyone feels that technology should only apply to what they think technology is, but that's why there is a section in the sidebar to specify what it means in this community.
Technology | Definition, Examples, Types, & Facts
Technology is the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life or, as it is sometimes phrased, to the change manipulation of the human environment.The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (Encyclopedia Britannica)
Kohler Wants to Put a Tiny Camera in Your Toilet and Analyze the Contents
The company's new Dekoda toilet accessory is like a little bathroom detective.
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Morocco vows social reforms after youth-led protests shake government
Morocco’s government promised major improvements to healthcare, education and youth participation in politics on Sunday, in a direct response to a wave of Gen Z–driven protests sparked by public anger over inequality and corruption. The pledges mark the first concrete reforms since the demonstrations erupted last month.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/france24.com…
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US senators voice concerns over ‘foreign influence and national security risks’ in Saudi-funded EA acquisition
Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren have asked EA CEO Andrew Wilson to answer questions regarding the deal…
Florida politician faces backlash over calls for mass deportation of Indians
Chandler Langevin faced censure from Palm Bay council and calls to resign from series of posts condemned as ‘vile’
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Women’s urinals to be at more UK events after £1m funding boost
The urinals are 2.7 times faster to use than conventional portable toilets
Twitter is changing how it handles links to try and keep you in the app
X is making changes to better serve link-based posts and keep you in the app.
Trump Baselessly Calls Colombia's Petro 'Drug Dealer' as US Bombs Another Boat
The leftist Colombian president retorted that "US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters."
Archived version: archive.is/newest/commondreams…
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US Airlines Told To Ignore 'X' Sex Marker In Passports
Trump's executive order against gender ideology came into effect this week.
Possible “space object” strikes United Airlines jet over Utah
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched an investigation after United Airlines flight UA1093 from Denver to Los Angeles was struck by an unknown object while cruising over Utah on Thursday.
Boeing 747 Crashes On Landing In Hong Kong, Plunges Into Sea
An Air ACT Boeing 747 operating on behalf of Emirates Cargo crashed on landing in Hong Kong, and ended up plunging into the sea.
Canadian Embassy Hosted Ukraine’s Azov Brigade This Summer
An Azov member described the meeting as a “friendly and open dialogue.”
Experian fined $3.2 million for mass-collecting personal data
Experian Netherlands has been fined EUR 2.7 million ($3.2 million) for multiple violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
American Airlines subsidiary Envoy confirms Oracle data theft attack
Envoy Air, a regional airline carrier owned by American Airlines, confirms that data was compromised from its Oracle E-Business Suite application after the Clop extortion gang listed American Airlines on its data leak site.
[Announcement] Path of Exile: Keepers of the Flame Teasers
Announcements - Path of Exile: Keepers of the Flame Teasers - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/37580499
A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border on Sunday, South Korea's military said.The military took custody of the soldier who crossed the central portion of the land border, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. It said the soldier expressed a desire to resettle in South Korea.
It was the first reported defection by a North Korean soldier since a North Korean staff sergeant fled to South Korea via the border's eastern section in August 2024.
North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border
A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on Sunday, South Korea's military said.CBS News
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MPs urged to confront royal family over Prince Andrew’s Epstein links
Parliament is under mounting pressure to examine what the royal family knew about Prince Andrew’s links to Jeffrey Epstein and introduce a mechanism to strip him of his titles.
There were calls on Sunday night for Andrew to face a police investigation and for ancient rules barring parliament from freely scrutinising royals and formally removing their titles to be revisited.
The Metropolitan police confirmed they were looking into claims that Andrew asked his Met bodyguard to dig up information on Virginia Giuffre, who had accused him of sexual assault, hours before the bombshell picture of them was published in 2011.
Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, said leaked emails suggesting Andrew passed his close protection officer Giuffre’s date of birth and US social security number were “deeply concerning”.
MPs urged to confront royal family over Prince Andrew’s Epstein links
Calls grow for parliamentary rule changes to strip Andrew of titles and ask questions of royalsEleni Courea (The Guardian)
MPs urged to confront royal family over Prince Andrew’s Epstein links
Parliament is under mounting pressure to examine what the royal family knew about Prince Andrew’s links to Jeffrey Epstein and introduce a mechanism to strip him of his titles.
There were calls on Sunday night for Andrew to face a police investigation and for ancient rules barring parliament from freely scrutinising royals and formally removing their titles to be revisited.
The Metropolitan police confirmed they were looking into claims that Andrew asked his Met bodyguard to dig up information on Virginia Giuffre, who had accused him of sexual assault, hours before the bombshell picture of them was published in 2011.
Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, said leaked emails suggesting Andrew passed his close protection officer Giuffre’s date of birth and US social security number were “deeply concerning”.
MPs urged to confront royal family over Prince Andrew’s Epstein links
Calls grow for parliamentary rule changes to strip Andrew of titles and ask questions of royalsEleni Courea (The Guardian)
She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.
Bernie Sanders, Mehdi Hasan, Brandon Johnson and More Give Fiery Speeches at 'No Kings' Rallies: 'America Can Defeat This Fascist Threat' | Video
Earlier in his speech, Hasan extended an olive branch to members of the Republican Party who may feel disillusioned with the current administration. “And you know, they say we don’t reach out to the other side, we don’t reach out to conservatives or Republicans, that we’re in an echo chamber,” he said. “Well, let me say to every Republican and conservative watching, aren’t you the ones who said no more big government, no tyranny in America? So if you believe that, what are you doing defending masked federal agents in unmarked cars, bundling people off of the streets, including American citizens, and disappearing them? How are you okay with that? And if you’re not okay with it, then come over to our side.”Hasan clarified that “our side” is “the small-d Democrats, not the big D Democrats, not the Democratic Party, those of us who are from all parties and none, but those of us who care about saving America so that we can get to our 250th birthday and still be free when we reach 250 years.”
. . . In a rousing speech, Nye evoked the very history that birthed the United States. “Our government is based on ideas embodied in a constitution among other remarkable features that guarantees our freedom to speak as we’re doing here today,” Nye said. “Rather than doing one monarch’s bidding, we have agreed to form a democracy, to work together, and to follow the laws that derive from it. No thrones, no crowns, no kings.”
Nye returned to that history later in his deliverance. “In 1776, our ancestors had had enough. They declared independence from a king by means of a document stored safely right over there on Constitution Avenue in the National Archives. Although it was conceived 249 years ago, the Declaration of Independence describes a train of abuses connected with an absolute authority, a king with absolute power. No thrones. No crowns. No kings,” he said.
“Their king had refused to honor the law. Their king had refused to let lawmakers be elected. The king had made court judges dependent on his will. They cited the king sending quote swarms of officers to harass our people. Their language referred to quote cruelty and faithlessness scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous of ages. Their king was trying to quote render the military independent and superior to civil power. Our founders even censured King George for cutting off trade with all parts of the world. Did these actions sound familiar?”
. . . Sanders later lashed out against Trump allies Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg “and the other multi-billionaires who were sitting right behind Trump when he was inaugurated.”
“Yes, I am talking about the insanity of one person, Mr. Musk, owning more wealth than the bottom 52% of American households. I am talking about the incredible injustice of the top 1% in America, now owning more wealth than the bottom 93%,” Sanders said. “I am talking about the richest people in America becoming much, much richer, while 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, struggling every day to pay their rented mortgages, pay for childcare and education, pay for their healthcare, and pay for their health care.”
Bernie Sanders, Mehdi Hasan, Bill Nye and More Speak at 'No Kings' Rallies
More than 2,500 No Kings protests against the Trump administration kicked off across the United States (and in several European capitals) on Saturday, with millions of people expected to march at rallies attended by politicians, celebrities, media fi…Stephanie Kaloi (TheWrap)
Something Weird Is Happening to Earth’s Magnetic Field
Something Weird Is Happening to Earth’s Magnetic Field
ESA's Swarm constellation shows the magnetic field's weak spot has expanded dramatically.Passant Rabie (Gizmodo)
Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree.
The meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents descended many times into a “shouting match”, with Trump “cursing all the time”, people familiar with the matter said.
They added that the US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier.
Though Trump later endorsed a freeze of the current front lines, the acrimonious meeting appeared to reflect the capricious nature of the US president’s position on the war and his willingness to endorse Putin’s maximalist demands.
The meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy came amid a fresh push by the US president to end Russia’s war following the ceasefire secured between Israel and Hamas.
Zelenskyy and his team went to the White House hoping to persuade Trump to supply them with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, but the US president ultimately declined to do so.
The tense meeting echoed a similarly fractious encounter at the White House in February, in which Trump and Vice-President JD Vance lambasted Zelenskyy for what they characterised as a lack of gratitude towards the US.
During Friday’s meeting, Trump appeared to have adopted many of Putin’s talking points verbatim, even when they contradicted his own recent statements about Russia’s weaknesses, said European officials briefed on the meeting.
According to a European official with knowledge of the meeting, Trump told Zelenskyy that Putin had told him the conflict was a “special operation, not even a war”, adding that the Ukrainian leader needed to cut a deal or face destruction.
The official said that Trump told Zelenskyy he was losing the war, warning: “If [Putin] wants it, he will destroy you.”
At one point in the meeting, the US president threw Ukraine’s maps of the battlefield to one side, the official familiar with the encounter said. According to the official, Trump said he was “sick” of seeing the map of the frontline of Ukraine again and again.
“This red line, I don’t even know where this is. I’ve never been there,” Trump said, according to the official.
Trump also said that Russia’s economy is “doing great”, the official said, in a sharp contrast to his recent public remarks in which he urged Putin to negotiate because his “economy is going to collapse”.
The White House and the Ukrainian president’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump told Fox News on Sunday that he was confident about securing an end to the conflict, and added that Putin is “going to take something, he’s won certain property”.
Putin made a new offer to Trump on Thursday under which Ukraine would surrender the parts of the eastern Donbas region under its control in exchange for some small areas of the two southern frontline regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
The Russian proposal marks a small concession from that made during Putin’s last meeting with Trump in Alaska in August, where he said he would agree to freeze the line of contact elsewhere on the frontline if Ukraine surrendered the Donbas.
That meeting also ended acrimoniously after Putin rejected Trump’s push for an immediate ceasefire and digressed at length about medieval Ukrainian history, prompting the US to explore ramped-up support for Kyiv, including by supplying Tomahawk missiles.
But ceding the remainder of the Donbas still under Ukrainian control would be a non-starter for Ukraine, as it would hand Moscow territory it has only partially occupied for more than a decade and failed to seize despite its efforts since Putin ordered the invasion in 2022.
Russian forces have struggled to retain the territory in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia that Putin offered in exchange, and have made virtually no progress on the battlefield there since 2022, the year the war began.
“To give [the Donbas] to Russia without a fight is unacceptable for Ukrainian society, and Putin knows that,” said Oleksandr Merezhko, chair of the Ukrainian parliament’s foreign affairs committee.
He said that Putin might be pushing the contentious idea “with a purpose to cause division within Ukraine and undermine our unity”.
Merezhko added: “It’s not about getting more territory for Russia, it’s about how to destroy us from within.”
Trump’s belligerent repetition of Putin’s rhetoric on Friday dashed hopes among many of Ukraine’s European allies that he could be convinced to increase support to Kyiv.
That hope had risen after Trump in recent weeks expressed frustration and impatience with the Russian president’s refusal to actively engage in bilateral peace negotiations with Zelenskyy.
Three other European officials briefed on the White House discussions confirmed that Trump had spent much of the meeting lecturing Zelenskyy, repeating Putin’s arguments about the conflict and urging him to accept the Russian proposal.
“Zelenskyy was very negative” following the meeting, according to one of the officials, adding that European leaders were “not optimistic but pragmatic with planning next steps”.
In a statement on Sunday, Zelenskyy said “decisive steps are needed from the United States, Europe, the G20 and G7 countries” to end the war.
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Hope there will be peace soon. I'm so tired of war.
This whole thing never should have happened.
[Two year old music video] Where are you Oh humanity | one of the most beautiful works by Saleh al-Jafarawi (with english subs)
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
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I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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