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Trump tells Putin to end Ukraine war or face more sanctions

www.politico.eu Trump tells Putin to end Ukraine war or face more sanctions – POLITICO

Good news everyone, wars over! (/s)

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Damn why didn't Biden try that /s
- Trump is already looking like the impotent elderly moron and he barely just got back in power.
  
  Next four years will be a shit show
  
  He's so old.
  
  Shitshow doesn't even begin to describe it
- Biden did send them a message "Listen jack, you better knock it off!", but after translating no one was sure who Джек referred to.
  
  Simple miscommunication
Trump's plan for the next four years:

Send Israel bigger bombs

Fuck up the environment

Fuck up the economy

Fuck up education

Fuck up privacy rights

Fuck up LGBTQ+ rights

Fuck up civil rights

Fuck up the proper functioning of government

Fuck up the military

Fuck up healthcare

Fuck up our alliances

Crib everything else from Biden or Obama <- We are here
- But but genocide joe?!?!?!
  
  How hard it is to call out trump zionizm without justifying Biden complicity with the genocide
- You missed that the tariff threat means he backed out of NAFTA. Which he re-signed last time.
- I'm sure he can find ways to make healthcare even worse, sell out the remainder of your privacy to big tech and look for ways to give everybody's job to AI.
  
  You inspired me. I added a few more entries.
- Crib everything else from Biden or Obama <- We are here
  
  Here is redundant with some of the other items.
I thought he was supposed to end the war within 24 hours of him taking office?

He hasn't kept his campaign promise!
- No, it was 24 hours after being elected.
  
  It's so tiresome people even seem to think he even believed it himself, not talking about you ofc go ahead and bash him! But about "journalists" and youtubers etc.
  
  If you listen hard enough, some even say he was responsible for the ceasefire, even from before he was sworn in.
  
  Actually you don't even have to listen very hard. Stupid is pretty loud these days.
Did Zelensky promise Trump hotels in Ukraine or something during his meeting a month ago? Like a Mar-a-Lago in Crimea?
- Probably. And honestly, gross though the idea is, it would have been wise. He has a country to save.
  
  Turning Crimea into Europe's Florida would be worth returning it and protecting it. I just wish I was a fly on the wall to see what the heck he did to sway the orange one.
Putin must be laughing in his chair. More sanctions?
- Well they do work, it just not very fast.
  
  As we've seen, they don't work at all if countries like India and China are still willing to trade with them via backdoor channels.
Isn't it cute when your little one puts on his pouty face, stomps his foot, and says, "No more broccoli"?
- That was literally George Bush Senior.
Man he sure sounded confident he could end things "On day one!"...

Was this really all he had up his sleeve? Pathetic.
Like I get the whole shitting on Trump thing. But it gives me a bit of hope he isn't just cutting Ukraine off or trying to force them to capitulate.

Could even argue he might handle this better than Biden...

Putin must be very weak right now to have his (former?) lapdog potentially turn on him.
- I hate that I’m doing this but here’s the link to his announcement on truth social. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113872782548137314
  
  He spends 2/3rd of the post sucking up to Putin.
  
  I really really heavily doubt he will overperform Biden on this.
  
  Ok I read it.
  
  Here’s my take.
  
  This is a set up. Putin now has to say “ok, ok, we’ll make a deal!”
  
  Then he says he’ll end the operation in Ukraine but only if they retain taken territory.
  
  Then Trump gets to say that’s reasonable, and Zelenskyy becomes the disagreeable one for saying no.
  
  Trump then turns on Zelenskyy.
  
  I give it 3 months before this chain of events becomes reality.
  
  Given the use of the word settle, I am concerned it means Russia can promise to stop with only half of Ukraine and Trump will turn that into a victory and blame Ukraine for being unreasonable...
  
  dude just multiplied Russia's WW2 casualties number by 10x lol
  
  60M?
  
  Highest figures for Russia+ukraine+others combined is 27M!
  
  Ugh, fair enough

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