This should be interesting.
All military aid to Ukraine paused
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Again, we are propping up a true enemy by capitulating to Russia. Putin has no reason to negotiate now that his opponent will run out of arms. I'll be interested to see how this strategy speeds the end of the war through negotiation. It actually puts Russia in a position of not wanting to negotiate. Putin would rather take more territory through fighting and declare a military victory.
I am all for facilitating a negotiated peace. I have no problem with trying to leverage Ukraines mineral rights to get some money back either. However, giving Russia a victory is BAD for us. Putin will feel emboldened that the US will never stand up to him.
I am all for facilitating a negotiated peace. I have no problem with trying to leverage Ukraines mineral rights to get some money back either. However, giving Russia a victory is BAD for us. Putin will feel emboldened that the US will never stand up to him.
If all that is true, why isn’t Ukraine wiped off the map right now? You’re saying that this move is so pro-Putin and pro-Russia, why aren’t they just going crazy right now? After the casualties they’ve suffered surely this psycho Putin feels justified to retaliate yet he doesn’t. It doesn’t make sense. There’s absolutely no way Russia or Putin are mistaking this as weakness from Trump. Whatever you think about Trump we can probably all agree that world leaders find him unpredictable but not weak.
When your TV is telling you that the man negotiating for peace is an evil fascist dictator while the man agitating for World War 3 is a hero of freedom and democracy then it's probably time to turn off your TV.
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All I’m saying is, if hypothetically the President was a Russian asset working to advance Russia’s interests and also erode the country from within, what would they be doing differently than what the Trump administration is doing in regards to the Russia/Ukraine war?
Well, since this literally just happened, Russia hasn't had a chance to react to it. Let' see how fast they come to the table and if it is a true negotiation or if it is a capitualtion giving them everything they want.
Ukraine tried (probably did) buy influence from Biden. I get it. Zelensky denied Trump in 2019, I get it. But only one of the parties is a threat to the U.S., and that is Russia.
Please give us your version of how it should be done then since you are so up in arms about how President Trump is doing it.
Here's the correct version: "We don't negotiate with terrorists. We don't negotiate with dictators/dictatorships who commit crimes against humanity. Instead, we ally with other democracies and promote freedom throughout the globe."
We don't care how your cult leader spins it- he is choosing to negotiate with terrorists/dictators over democratic allies (miss me with your 'Zelinsky is a dictator, Russian Propaganda Bullsh*t'). That is not the American way, it's not America first.
It's simply wrong.
Mainly because Russian troops are horrible. They are pulling a Stalingrad now in Ukraine…just throwing Russians with little training and little equipment at the Ukrainian front lines.
Trump does things out of spite. He doesn’t do things because it makes good policy.
Straight from the lib hive mind. So you are in favor of continuing to bleed ourselves dry with a 36T debt for basically nothing? Russia is entrenched on those lines and nothing short of WW3 would have a chance to change that. If you are in favor of that then please check yourself into a mental clinic fast. Additionally if we just for the sake of argument wanted to do WW3, then get ready for Russia to hit us on the US mainland and hard.
Half baked response not rooted in reality.
Then you aren’t really looking at his behavior because you probably don’t care how he behaves.
I grew up in the deep conservative south, and I still live there- This is absolutely in no way shape or form the "lib hive mind."
I grew up in the 80's and early 90's with the mantras "we don't negotiate with terrorists" and "America is THE defender of democracy," and "Dictators and totalitarian government's are an infringement on human rights and inherently evil." And just like everything the conservatives/evangelicals/southerner's believed in the 80's and 90's that some are now calling "compassionate conservatism," championed ideas that have been completely abandoned for your 'Maga cult indoctrination and isolationist policies," mixed in with a little dictator/oligarchical obsession with totalitarianism.
You say libs are propagandized? Of course they are. We all are in this day and age in our social media and internet echo chambers- but at least reckon with and admit that your "team" is just as hypocritical, fickle, and have changed their tune and what they want over the past few decades to something that would be unrecognizable to your elders.
You're probably fine with that. Hell, you want the "overton window" to move more and more in your direction. But the things "your team" is advocating are certainly not America First, nor are they democracy first.
If anything, they are "isolationist first" at best and "authoritarian first" at worst.
But be honest with yourself and what you're doing. Maga is not proponents of free speech, or democracy, or even america first. They're just... Maga cultist in bed with rich dudes trying to get richer. If that makes you richer and you're happy with that? Great for you. If you think that makes you safer in the short term and the long term and that's what you want? Great for you.
Wisdom and the bigger picture matter greatly in these issues, but I fear seeing the big picture, and in a wise/long term way, is forgotten forever in our society.
You do understand that serious warfare is no longer fought with troops right? Russia has advanced super sonic missle systems and 5500 nuclear warheads that we know about. Ukraine can’t sniff that. Russia could wipe them out if they wanted to but they know they’d be kicking off a war with US. This ain’t WWII.
What benefit does Trump receive by “capitulating” to Russia? A cease fire? In other words, tell me why you think he’d be just “giving them everything they want” six weeks into his term. What’s the play?
Wow, thanks for the delusional post. Not surprising from a dem southerner
I grew up close to Clemson in the 70s. Half my relatives are democrats. I just look at what I think is right and wrong. As President Trump says this admin is bringing back common sense. I am not rich by a long shot. I come from a textile mill family. I agree with the vast majority of President Trumps viewpoints on issues and its that simple. I am behind him as much as anyone could be currently and love the man dearly. He is attempting to do what no one has tried to do which is fix the USA. He is for the USA first and foremost and thats what I want. The USA has no vested interest in Ukraine in reality. We are 36T in debt and cannot afford to shit money away all over the world anymore. DOGE is showing that our govt has been robbing us blind for decades and that includes dems and repubs. I hate establishment repubs more than I hate dems. The dems at least tell you what they stand for. The slimy establishment repubs talk a great game and then stab you in the back when it hurts the most. We will not agree on many issues but I admire your intensity and the way you appear to care about it. We all need to care about what the fricking politicians are doing in DC. I trust President Trump to do whats right for America and thats the plain easy reason I support him. I do not call it isolationism but instead call it common sense. With the current debt spiral we have to fix it or we are going down and thats a fact.
No one gives a shit about your road to becoming a dumbass.
You do understand that war is not about obliterating the enemy off the face of the earth? If troops are not needed, why does the US still maintain the Army? Why is it the largest branch?
War is just politics done through different means. Russia needs to control as much territory for negotiating leverage. Boots on the ground are still required. If Russia's goal is to gain most of the territory in Ukraine to include ports, grain, minerals and oil, why would Russia risk any of that with supersonic missiles and nuclear warheads? Unless I am misunderstanding your point.
Russia wants to align with the USA but needs some help in doing so
Russia hear this is NOT A CHINESE ALLY WANNABE
Russia wants to be closer to USA
Just have to make it work
Trump is petty. His style is to bully. He and Vance should be ashamed of their behavior Friday! Of course the White House & his staff are trying to sell it as Zelenski's fault., It was started by Vance wanting Zelenski to "kiss" Trump's, ring. Most of the rest of the Republicans already have. There are lots of worthless politicians in Washington & some are from South Carolina. They kiss Trump's butt and think all is well!. Why don't they have the courage to stand up for what's right.
Where were all the patriotic democrats politicians and media when they knew we had an invalid for potus and covered for him? You know people who spent time with him knew he was not mentally capable and could not carry put his duties as potus, but no one said a thing until it was clear he would lose the election. Then, suddenly stories start to make their way out about his mental ability to the public- at least the ones that were too stupid or blinded by ideology to see it or admit it when it was perfectly clear to many from just tv coverage.
Also, why don't we let this play out and see what happens before passing judgment. And not for nothing, but why is it that Putin land grab attempts only started under dems if trump is a russian asset? Why did none of this happen when he was potus the first time?
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