‘I Expect You To Die!’ Trump Gets Compared To Bond Villain On MSNBC Over Oval Office Barrage
Former Zelensky adviser Igor Novikov compared President Donald Trump’s Oval Office bombardment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with a famous villain from the James Bond film series, reenacting a quote from Auric Goldfinger.
Trump and Zelensky met in the Oval Office Friday after weeks of tension over public comments between the two. That meeting devolved into a stunning outright shouting match when Zelensky angered Trump and ended with Zelensky being ejected from the White House and the diplomatic world in a state of shock.
On Monday’s edition of MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera Reports, host Ana Cabrera played some clips of Trump berating Zelensky and asked Novikov what Zelensky could have done differently:
ANA CABRERA: Let’s remind our viewers how that unfolded. Here’s just part of it.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now! With us, you start having cards.
PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY: I’m not playing cards!
You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You’re gambling with World War Three!
What you’re doing is very dis– disrespectful to the country. This country. That’s back far more than a lot of people said they should have.
You’re not winning. You’re not winning this time. You have a damn good chance of coming out, okay because of us.
You have to be thankful. You don’t have the cards.
ANA CABRERA: Igor, as you reflect now on on what went down, do you think Zelensky should have done anything differently there?
IGOR NOVIKOV: Well, I mean, if you remember, you’ve asked me what my advice would have been, and I said, resist the theatrics, but unfortunately, I was wrong.
Not in the sense that President Zelensky didn’t resist the theatrics. But, you know, that whole situation reminded me of that classic James Bond film.
Remember when James Bond basically says, “Do you expect me to talk?”
And the villain says, “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!”
It was exactly like that. So I don’t believe there was anything that Zelensky could have done differently for a different outcome.
And to be honest, what’s worrying here is not the actual meeting. I think, you know, there’s a very fine line between pushing for peace and outright helping Russia.
And certain things. Some of them are not Ukraine related, like, for example, the infamous news about the Cyber Command stepping down against Russia recently.
You know, I believe that line has been crossed. Therefore, I think President Zelensky needs to sign the mineral deal if it’s on the table. And if it’s sane.
President Zelensky needs to be open to this relationship, but, you know, there’s only so much you can do. It’s not personal. It’s a bilateral relationship between two countries.
Watch above via MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera Reports.
