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And red voters will still find ways to deny that he's Putin's little bitch boy
You know what would help end the war in Ukraine? Letting Russia keep all their money and having no repercussions for their actions. That should do the trick.
Well it will help end the war, just in Russia's favor
Art of the deal: give Putin everything, let him finish in your mouth and ass. Get nothing in return!
Suck those russian dicks!
I’ll keep saying it till we are all on the same page
Lol, bending over for Russia when they've done absolutely nothing toward peace. Trump is such a big strong man.
Watch how many US companies immediately get right back in there, like flies on shit.
I have nothing against americans, but this is Hitler level bullshit and if americans dont wake up after this (like revolt level wake up), they are no better than today russians orks or past german nazis sympathizer. Until they get their shit together by getting rid of this orange shit pile, americans can just go fuck themselves...
I agree. As an American I didn't understand how this could happen. However, and this excuses nothing, but read the book "They Thought they were Free," by Milton Mayer. It explains how normal people were wrapped up in Germany. It was eye opening.
I'm trying hard not to accuse America per se but recognise that this is Trump and his administration being driven by Kremlin interference and direct involvement.
I cannot see the American people putting up with this nightmare but I fear it's not hitting home as it should.
Ukraine is just a part of a bigger picture where Russia is actively interfering with Western politics, business, governments, elections and referendums with the aim of bringing down the West.
With the traditional USA out of the game Russia will move on to eastern Europe. In the meantime China makes it's move on Taiwan and others in the region; the Trump USA taking Canada, Greenland, Western Europe; the middle east being carved between Russia and Trump USA.
It's going to get a lot worse before it gets any better whilst Trump is in power.
bUt wE hAvE oUr oWn PrObLeMs. tHiS dOeSn’T cOnCeRn Us.
Fucking shameful and depressing. Makes me realize that slogans like “never again” are not at all realistic because they’ll always be idiots who think shit doesn’t concern them, until it does.
Ronald Reagan is spinning in his grave.
I didn't know people could spin from pure happiness. This can all be traced back to him, I bet the only thing he'd be mad about is that he couldn't be king too.
It couldn't have been done without the groundwork he laid.
though it’s unclear what the U.S. would receive in return.
Trump already got what he wanted, what even is this statement?
Elon gets battery ingredients
America is gross
America is stupid and selfish.
America is stupid and selfish.
The U.S. has been propagandized by the rich via corporate media consolidation (AKA Manufactured Consent) since at least the 1980s when the Fairness Doctrine was repealed by Reagan... earlier if you consider folks like JFK - who (as a member of a dynastically wealthy family) did things like drop the marginal tax rate from ~90% for the insanely richest people in the country to ~60% to start the tumble of budget shortfalls ultimately leading to the ease in which dishonest grifters are more easily able to convince the desperate and unheard to put their faith in demagogues offering them scapegoats in place of the actual culprits for their socioeconomic plight.
That is to say, that :
IF America is stupid, it is the fault of the ultra-rich once again - as they did in the 1860s with railroad barons, and 80 years later in the 1920s with the industrial age robber barons, and again as they've done now with tech-bro barons - need to be reminded that peace is only achievable on a level playing field, wherein they pay their goddamn fair share of taxes to provide a stable, safe, clean, healthy society where our bountiful resources are not made artificially scarce for all but the very top of the wealthiest classes.
IF America is selfish, it appears so only because those at the bottom are shown - by example of those at the top - that if they are selfish, they can "get ahead..." or at least "get by."
This is so wrong. I hate what we've become. As an American, I've never been proud of what this country has done but I've never been THIS ashamed. I feel like a joke.
So rise up against tyranny.
There's no more room for nuance. We (that is, our government) are the baddies. Straight up.
There is plenty of room for nuance, there's just no nuance to be had.
So let’s stop beating around the bush at what has to be done, violent revolution is the only path to freedom.
I'm approximately 2,700 miles from DC, so I'll need several days' notice for when the violent insurrection will be.
Does this need to go through congress?
Only if Congress specifically passed the sanctions. Usually it's a bill that directs the president to sanction people fitting a description. Which effectively makes it a decision for the president.
I doubt that will make much of a difference what with both houses being controlled by the GOP.
The house's majority is slim enough that 2 defectors are all that's needed.
Zero faith in these bootlickers.
Is this being reported in the US in the mainstream media?
The possibility of a US coup is becoming more real everyday with the Trump administration.
The possibility of a US coup is becoming more real everyday with the Trump administration.
A US coup is becoming more real everyday with the Trump administration.
Possibility? .... this coup is more like watching moss grow over concrete ... it's taking time but it will soon cover everything and everyone is making it as hot and moist as possible to speed up the process
It doesn't look like it's being reprinted yet. Reuters just published the story about two hours ago.
IM FEELIN THAT GOOD OL SHERMAN BURN TO DO AWAY WITH SOME TRAITORS TO THE UNION
BRUICS incoming?
CRIBSUS
In Europe many leaders still claim USA is our most important ally. I wonder if they say it.hoping it will make it true, or if they really still believe it?
They say it because saying the truth (that they're an enemy of all democratic countries) is seen as too risky when they remain so intertwined with other countries worldwide. There are US military bases all over the world, for example.
They're still in the first stage of grief.
With the number of nukes the US has, and the impulsiveness of people in charge, it might be safer to keep calling it an ally
We don't call Russia an ally just because they have nukes.
If USA lift sanctions on Russia, they are working against NATO interests, and against a world of law, and against democracy.
That cannot be an ally of Europe, and we shouldn't sugarcoat it.
Here in the UK people have been asking privately if Trump is a Russian asset. It is now being asked openly in the mainstream media.
He is and has been for decades, well before he became president the first time.
Seems to me very likely that he is, why else would he have such a hard-on for Russia?
Why else would he blurt so much bullshit about Ukraine being corrupt, and Zelenskyy a dictator? When we know Russia is very corrupt an a totalitarian country!
There are dozens of examples of similar bullshit comments by Trump, Musk and JD Vance. They are all in it, USA has been taken over by Russian and/or Chinese agents.
I fucking hate it here.