US President Donald Trump says Russia has made a “pretty big concession” to end the war in Ukraine by stopping short of taking the “whole country.”

https://archive.ph/SHgoJ

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    3 days ago

    It was very kindhearted of Putin to not meet his military objectives in the planned two weeks, instead extending the war for three years, in order to make it a more fair contest for Ukraine.

    There, am I doing stooge-speak right?

  • itisileclerk@lemmy.world
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    Then Islamic terrorists made big conncession by not hijacking every airplane and crush it into building.

  • Charlxmagne@lemmy.world
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    Its been so painfully obvious this man’s been Putin’s bitch since 2016, there’s a reason people were suspecting Russia interfered with that election, his supporters denied it, and now that he’s openly supporting all of his asslickers showing support as well and following their herd like the good obedient sheep they are.

  • DicJacobus@lemmy.world
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    Its not a concession. They tried. they came very close to accomplishing their goal. But because of the outcomes of the battles of Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel Airport, and one of the most critical battles of the entire war, Moschun, Russia was defeated and lost their opportunity to quickly topple the government.

    In short. They didnt concede. They got their asses handed to them. And played it off as an act of mercy when they ran away with their tails between their legs.

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      And now Putin is trying to win through “peace” negotiations what he failed to achieve through war. But if Europe and Ukraine refuse Trump’s extortion, Putin is going to suffer defenstraphobia for the (hopefully short and miserable) remainder of his life.

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        It’s even dumber than that. Because, using the same parallel, he didn’t do it only because she kicked him in the balls and pulled out a knife (meaning: Ukraine defended itself, it was not Moscow’s decision to stop).

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      After he leaves office, I don’t really want to think about him again.

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            The Republicans will be all too busy backstabbing each other for the foreseeable future in such a scenario. Trump is in the position he is in now because a majority of GOP voters have a stupid fucking cultish worship of him and nobody else. They tried pushing for other less erratic GOP candidates, but they had managed to brainwash their moronic voters so effectively that they are no longer capable of worshipping anyone else but Trump.

            As soon as he is gone, it is going to be a free-for-all among the Republicans, an absolute clusterfuck of a fight to become the next Trump and Vance is not going to be even remotely close to being a candidate for that. He is Trumps pick because he is a spineless vapid non-entity with even less brains than Trump himself. He will not be in a position to do much except getting betrayed by his own party for the rest of the term.

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              He is Trumps pick because he is a spineless vapid non-entity with even less brains than Trump himself.

              Vance was Thiel’s pick. And, while he’s not a brilliant man, unlike Trump he is capable of stringing sentences together, even if they don’t mean much.

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              All this is true, bit Vance is the vice president, if Trump goes, we’re stuck with him for the remainder of Trumps term.

              • futatorius@lemm.ee
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                Well, that sort of depends on events, doesn’t it? And events don’t always play out predictably.

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            Vance doesn’t have the cult following and won’t be able to garner the loyalty. Cults always fail apart when they lose their leader

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              True. Maga hates the man. As soon as he’s no longer “under Trump’s guidance” he won’t be able to afford much.

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                They’ll fall in line behind him but it won’t be the same. With the eyeliner and the fictitious origin story, I’d fully expect President Vance to go full Gaddafi and get dragged up with increasingly flamboyant uniforms that’d make Elton John look like an accountant.

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    I hate this timeline. I hate that my manager, a WOMAN, voted for this POS. Every post I make on Facebook about what he did today is an indirect laser beamed thought to her “this is YOUR fault!”

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    Trump the coward. The definition of ‘getting peace’ is to just make the smaller side capitulate to the bigger one. And then act surprised when said peace doesn’t hold long.

    No surprises that Russia is volunteering to mediate the Iran-US conflict either. Friends always watch each other’s backs.

    A mediator doesn’t take sides. It’s the most basic principle. If you’re gonna do that - taking the easiest and cowardly way - just step aside and let more competent people handle it before you make an even bigger mess. Some ‘help’ simply isn’t worth the hassle.

    And Russia did not take more land for a simple reason - not because of concessions or kindness, but because the small David held their ground against the Goliath invading them. It’s that simple, nepo crybaby.

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      The definition of ‘getting peace’ is to just make the smaller side capitulate to the bigger one.

      And grabbing a piece of the action while rewarding the aggressor.