Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports posted a video of himself on Twitter/X today, talking about the White House meeting between Zelensky and Trump which is getting a lot of attention.
While Portnoy takes a very fair and nuanced approach to the topic, he ultimately sides with Trump, saying that the American taxpayer is not going to just be ‘steamrolled’ on the issue of the war in Ukraine.
As someone with 3.6 million followers on Twitter/X, Portnoy has a tremendous amount of influence.
The New York Post reports:
Dave Portnoy praised President Trump and Vice President JD Vance for how they handled the explosive clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday – blasting the Kyiv leader for showing disrespect as he “steamrolled” negotiations to secure peace in his country.
The Barstool Sports founder took aim at Zelensky during a more than seven-minute rant on Saturday, while claiming he understood both sides of the squabble as he sympathized with the devastation Ukraine has endured since Russia’s invasion in 2022.
Portnoy compared the blowup to watching “Bravo TV,” adding that it was the “most surreal” thing he’s ever seen in politics…
“We’re not just going to get steamrolled by Zelensky at the expense of getting a deal done. If that means that we have to throw a couple of flowers at Putin, then so be it.”
Portnoy added he, like Trump, would be “pissed” if a world leader failed to show appreciation for the “billions and billions of dollars” that’s been forked over to support another country’s war.
See the video below:
Davey Politics checking in on the Trump/Zelenskyy meeting at the White House. If you don’t want my political rants move along pic.twitter.com/DWkC0k5lMa
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) March 1, 2025
The left is reacting to the Ukraine issue with horror for reasons which are entirely predictable. They simply take the anti-Trump position on everything. Portnoy’s analysis is much more in line with reality and the views of millions of Americans who want the war to end.