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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by matwood on Friday February 28, 2025 @04:57PM (#43212009)
IMO, taking personal shots or in this case escorting Zelensky out because he pushed back is folding. That's not strength, it's petulant child energy who didn't get their way. You saw the same thing in the debates over crowd size.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by s1artibartfast on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:31PM (#43212560)
A lot of strange definitions of folding in the responses.

I would consider "folding" to be backing down and giving in to whatever Zelensky requests.

Throwing a tantrum, embarrassing oneself, or even harming your own interests is distinct from folding.

If you tell a mugger, "what are you going to do, shoot me" and they do, the mugger is stupid but didn't fold.

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