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The tensions were evident at the recent meeting when the issue of officer shootings led to a public dressing-down of the chief.

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These people seem, even, to disgust and emotionally trigger him, as evidenced by his shocking dressing-down of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky when Zelensky visited the White House.

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"The recent dressing-down of Ukraine President Zelensky by President Trump and Vice-President Vance was a glitch on a media stage."

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That public dressing-down was followed this week by Trump pausing all US military aid and intelligence-sharing with Kyiv.

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The public dressing-down was followed this week by Trump pausing all US military aid and intelligence-sharing with Kyiv.

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