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They understood it very well and voted accordingly. Dem gaslighting of the American public, outside the dem cult, is over.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/documents-classified-trump/2025/02/28/id/1200939/
Oh no! At least they weren’t near a corvette in a garage…..
Oh no! At least they weren’t near a corvette in a garage…..
I get it, more questions than answers the last three years of this war. Understandable when Biden wouldn't or couldn't talk to Putin and the media really not wanting to publish much about it. No worries. Trump is just now getting involved, Stay tuned. Well have more answers soon.
That's not correct. That's just not realistic.
Talking with Putin is necessary (of course Lavrov is the only one talking so far) and Biden was a fool not to try to keep some type of communication with Russia regarding the war. However, it must be said that Putin, at the beginning, was certainly not interested in any discussions either.
However......
Having totally one-sided talks with Ukraine and having Ukraine negotiate with itself- without knowing what Russia will do or is willing to do is also wrong. in Saudi Arabia, Russia made ZERO concessions and MADE zero assurances of anything. They offered nothing in return for a peace deal. Ukraine wasn't even invited.
If you were leading a negotiation between Carolina and Clemson to settle some major, life threatening dispute if Clemson had attacked our campus, it would be pretty damn stupid to expect South Carolina to make concessions - while excluding South Carolina reps in the discussions with Clemson- and getting NO guarantees at all from Clemson. if that happened, you'd be going absolutely ballistic.
That's what people are expecting Zelenskyy and Ukraine to do - stop fighting, and give up without any assurances 1)Russia would stop or abide by anything, 2) Give up anything at all to bring a peace. Why would you expect Ukraine to do that?
Even Brit Hume on Fox pointed out that Zelenskyy has zero reason to trust Russia - and that no matter what Russia says to Trump- they could very easily agree to a deal and immediately violate it knowing the Trump administration would not do anything to punish Russia for it. Even Brit pointed out that was a very real and legit concern on the part of Ukraine.
If Trump were serious about this right now, he'd send Marco Rubio to meet with Lavrov and find out what Russia is willing to offer for a peace deal. Russia won't say a lot, but he can get some minimal guarantees. What will they accept and what are they prepared to offer for a deal. That hasn't happened at all.
When Rubio met with them in Saudi Arabia, Russia offered nothing. They essentially got put on notice that the Trump administration was going to apply major pressure on Ukraine to give up minerals to the United States - and maybe Russia gets part of that deal too- and that Trump would pressure Zelenskyy to accept that.
With that, Lavrov and Russia made no guarantees that wouldn't still keep the war going or try to take over the entire country.
That's not a deal for Ukraine.
You don't walk into a car dealership and the salesman demand you pay full price and then give you no guarantee that the vehicle you are buying is even on the lot.
I get the impression you constantly make up a lot of crap and post a lot of things out of context.
Let's hear from Russia's own Central Bank instead of GoCocksFight2021....
The Russian economy’s production capacity and labor resources are “exhausted,” the Russian Central Bank said in January
Prices in Russia are rising so quickly that even official statistics largely confirm the economic reality.
the Central Bank’s key inflation rate currently stands at a record 21%, further increases are expected. The bank predicted the rate could approach 30% soon.
At its December meeting, the Central Bank unexpectedly held its key interest rate steady at 21% after Governor Elvira Nabiullina was reportedly pressured by Russia’s elites and government leadership to not raise rates further.
No Signs of Inflation Slowdown Yet, Russian Central Bank Says - The Moscow Times
The Russian Central Bank’s decision to raise interest rates to their highest level in two decades has so far failed to slow rising inflation, the regulator acknowledged in a bulletin published Wednesday.
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We should never forget that Obama let Putin grab Crimea after backing off of his “Red Line” promise. Putin knows weakness when he sees it.
Ukraine is DONE. They either take whatever deal Putin agrees to or get that ass destroyed in a few months. His choice because the banks closed.
The best path forward is for Trump to apply the same type pressure on Russia that he has on Ukraine. He can do both at the same time.
God knows he doesn't want to do that to Putin. But it's necessary to some degree.
He won't criticize Putin but he can get them to offer some guarantees and put some mechanisms in place to assure there is a high price to pay if they violate those guarantees.
Then Ukraine will have some faith in our government's efforts.
It wasn't necessary for him to be there. Putin wasn't there either. That would be silly for him to be there- just as it would have been for Putin.
It was stupid not to have the Ukrainian ambassador in Saudi Arabia. She's well respected with Rubio (he's said so in the past) and having her there in the room, even if not sitting around the table, was a no-brainer and they screwed that part up. That was a diplomacy 101 thing they messed up.
It would have been a signal to Russia that Ukraine is a respected partner of the United States and that their concerns are legit.
Do you think Trump or Vance lectures Putin if he was sitting there and went on one of his "America's responsible for all the world's ills" rants like he often does when he is interviewed? He lectured Chris Wallace for over an hour about how awful the Untied States was going back to the American Revolution.
My guess is Trump and Vance would have smiled the entire time.
As I pointed out, Putin wasn't there either. There was no reason for Zelenskyy to be there.
There is no acceptable reason why Ukraine''s ambassador wasn't invited.
No, because everything what was said would go right back to Zelenskyy and he would use that to try to kill any deal. He doesn't want a deal. He wants Putin completely out, and that ain't gonna happen. Putin would seriously escalate before leaving with nothing.
That's not going to happen either.
You sound like the crazy Uncle at the family reunion who is never correct about anything.
That's nonsensical.
of course he wants some deal. Russia has been trying to kill him and his family. He doesn't want to die. He's said that since the war started. Do you even follow this issue?
What was said to Russia is public knowledge. Both sides said the same thing and have proven it with their actions since then. Rubio has talked about the talks extensively in numerous interviews.
It's not some secret- and Zelenskyy is their President. Of course he's going to know what was said. He's got to sign off on the deal for it to be put in place.
You think he's going to sign a deal and not know about what he's signing. My God. That's nuts.
He's repeatedly said he is willing to cede territory. Earlier in the war, he ruled out ceding territory because he said- as most people understand, that Putin won't stop even if he ceded territory.
Zelenskyy has since- repeatedly said- he's willing to cede some territory for security guarantees that are meaningful and that the negotiation can't just be Ukraine giving up stuff without Russia also having to pay some price.
Some of the most foolish and corrupt former DC villains are likely at the core of the issue.
This is what happens when you fill your cabinet with criminal dummies.
This is what happens when you fill your cabinet with criminal dummies.
It's so strange that you expect the Ukrainian President to sign off on something that he's not fulling informed of and engaged with
as if you'd ever do that yourself
or as if you'd ever accept an American president being kept out of the loop in a discussion and negotiation that involved Americans being killed or not being killed.
The problem with people like you are is you expect others to do things you'd never in a million years accept or do yourself.
If you listen to the entire conversation yesterday, Zelensky is now openly admitting that they had reached a peace deal and Biden intentionally blew it up.
Zelensky is using that as leverage to try to get us to keep funding the war -- with the belief that Biden's corrupt stupidity got them in the mess they are in today.
Pseudo-liberals are in disbelief.
Zelensky is using that as leverage to try to get us to keep funding the war -- with the belief that Biden's corrupt stupidity got them in the mess they are in today.
Pseudo-liberals are in disbelief.
Just like the Epstein list that was coming on day 1.
All you’re going to get is a bunch of lies and Russian talking points.
Zelenskyy says a lot. But he is full of shit. He openly said yesterday that he didn't even want a ceasefire. A bunch of demands before even a temporary ceasefire. He doesn't want peace or a deal. He wants Russia out and Ukraine in NATO, and neither are happening.
Yes. It’s obvious the discussions in Saudi Arabia weren’t about the best interests of Ukraine and instead were about doing what is best for Russia.
Pretty obvious why you wouldn’t want Zelensky there.
Yeah, Dems are trying to block both the Epstein list and peace in Ukraine.
Everyone in Europe knows Russia can’t be trusted. The Problem is Trump is ruining America’s credibility in the process.
Trump may get a deal here in the Ukraine in the short term and claim a “win” but all this going to do is push Europe away from the US and hurt us in the long run.
The beauty of America has been even though we’ve changed parties in control the past 80 years, there has been overall stability in the big picture. Trump and his minions are turning their back on established American ideals. Something this country hasn’t seen before in anyone’s lifetime.
In 150 years, your nutty descendants will be claiming he was a Democrat and not a Republican, just like Abraham Lincoln.
