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  • jon-nycJ Online
    jon-nycJ Online
    jon-nyc
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    #2783

    I’ll take it.

    You were warned.

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    • W Do not disturb
      W Do not disturb
      Wim
      wrote last edited by
      #2784

      Say thank you when we rob you...

      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/12/us-demands-control-from-ukraine-of-key-pipeline-carrying-russian-gas

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      • RenaudaR Offline
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        Renauda
        wrote last edited by Renauda
        #2785

        Extortion by military or economic means appears to be a foreign policy tactic shared by the Kremlin and current White House.

        Elbows up!

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        • A Offline
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          AndyD
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          #2786

          20250321_130934.jpg

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          • W Do not disturb
            W Do not disturb
            Wim
            wrote last edited by
            #2787

            Either shut up or...

            https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/13/ukraine-civilian-deaths-sumy-attack-russia-us-talks-trump-putin-analysis

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            • jon-nycJ Online
              jon-nycJ Online
              jon-nyc
              wrote last edited by
              #2788

              You were warned.

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              • Doctor PhibesD Online
                Doctor PhibesD Online
                Doctor Phibes
                wrote last edited by
                #2789

                Everybody's to blame.

                Everybody except Trump, presumably.

                I was only joking

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                • RenaudaR Offline
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                  Renauda
                  wrote last edited by Renauda
                  #2790

                  Par for the Trump course.

                  He does not get it. Doubtful that he ever will either. Inept.

                  Elbows up!

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                  • 89th8 Offline
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                    89th
                    wrote last edited by
                    #2791

                    What an odd comment "Biden could've stopped it. Zelenskyy could've stopped it."

                    Umm, yeah pretty sure if he coulda...he woulda.

                    That being said, the video clearly says Trump says Putin started it and I think his latter comment about "if you start a war" was a sloppy way of saying Zelenskyy essentially allowed the war to start. Which is a lazy summary of events.

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                    • MikM Away
                      MikM Away
                      Mik
                      wrote last edited by
                      #2792

                      Lazy seems to be a defining characteristic.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • Doctor PhibesD Online
                        Doctor PhibesD Online
                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote last edited by Doctor Phibes
                        #2793

                        I think "lazy" is quite a charitable interpretation of what Trump said.

                        I was only joking

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                        • 89th8 89th

                          What an odd comment "Biden could've stopped it. Zelenskyy could've stopped it."

                          Umm, yeah pretty sure if he coulda...he woulda.

                          That being said, the video clearly says Trump says Putin started it and I think his latter comment about "if you start a war" was a sloppy way of saying Zelenskyy essentially allowed the war to start. Which is a lazy summary of events.

                          RenaudaR Offline
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                          Renauda
                          wrote last edited by Renauda
                          #2794

                          @89th said in The Ukraine war thread:

                          What an odd comment "Biden could've stopped it. Zelenskyy could've stopped it."

                          Umm, yeah pretty sure if he coulda...he woulda.

                          That being said, the video clearly says Trump says Putin started it and I think his latter comment about "if you start a war" was a sloppy way of saying Zelenskyy essentially allowed the war to start. Which is a lazy summary of events.

                          It’s also possible (albeit remote) that Trump is beginning to realise that all along Putin has been playing him for the Muggins he really is on the world stage of diplomacy and conflict resolution.

                          As any self deifying narcissist would do, Trump is lashing out and laying blame on everyone else other than himself for what amounts to his own ineptitude.

                          So yeah, sloppy thinking is at play here. Big time sloppy thinking.

                          Elbows up!

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                          • 89th8 Offline
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                            89th
                            wrote last edited by
                            #2795

                            Wait, so Rubio said Trump's been working on this for 87 days (7.9 scaramuccis).

                            I thought Trump said he'd end it in 1 day (0.09 scaramuccis).

                            Link to video

                            Link to video

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                            • 89th8 89th

                              Wait, so Rubio said Trump's been working on this for 87 days (7.9 scaramuccis).

                              I thought Trump said he'd end it in 1 day (0.09 scaramuccis).

                              Link to video

                              Link to video

                              taiwan_girlT Offline
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                              taiwan_girl
                              wrote last edited by
                              #2796

                              @89th Shhhh! You are exposing the truth.

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                              • jon-nycJ Online
                                jon-nycJ Online
                                jon-nyc
                                wrote last edited by
                                #2797

                                You were warned.

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                                • Tom-KT Offline
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                                  Tom-K
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #2798

                                  " ⁦@marcorubio is currently defining what it means to abandon absolutely every principle one used to hold dear."

                                  I guess that means Rubio is Presidential timber.

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                                  • RenaudaR Offline
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                                    Renauda
                                    wrote last edited by Renauda
                                    #2799

                                    The ineptitude of Trump and Witkoff:

                                    https://timothyash.substack.com/p/a-fools-guide-to-putin-and-ukraine

                                    Elbows up!

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                                    • W Do not disturb
                                      W Do not disturb
                                      Wim
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #2800

                                      Divide et impera:

                                      https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/22/ukraine-russia-rubio-london-crimea-peace-deal/

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                                      • RenaudaR Offline
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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #2801

                                        Posted without comment other than let’s see where this takes things…..

                                        Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to end the war in Ukraine along the current front lines as part of peace talks with the United States, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing multiple sources familiar with the negotiations.

                                        During a meeting in St. Petersburg earlier this month, Putin reportedly told Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff that Moscow could drop its claims to parts of four Ukrainian regions still controlled by Kyiv.

                                        Washington has floated its own proposals for ending the conflict, including recognizing Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and acknowledging its de facto control over occupied areas in Ukraine’s east and south, the FT reported.

                                        https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/22/putin-proposes-ending-invasion-of-ukraine-along-current-front-lines-ft-a88834

                                        Elbows up!

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                                        • Tom-KT Offline
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                                          Tom-K
                                          wrote last edited by Tom-K
                                          #2802

                                          I'm OK with that. Not honorable or righteous or perfect. But a lot of less deaths and some reasonable peace all around. And it may give DJT a Novel Peace Prize that he well deserves. 🙄

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