Trump is not authorized to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine… full stop. Anything that happened in Alaska was solely for show and for Trump to get his updated marching orders from Putin.
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It was to put pressure on Ukraine and Europe and to make them look like warmongers, when muskovites are reasonable and just want to end this war.
It is amazing that this optic even exists, let alone that it is popular with millions of people.
Propaganda works. And it works especially well on stupid people.
Anything that happened in Alaska was solely for show ~~and for Trump to get his updated marching orders from Putin.~~
Trump and Putin both know how to use the phone. This shit was 100% theater. Of the absurd.
Something about Trump not being Ukrainian or the Ukrainian president or part of their government.
Trump is a Russian puppet and Putin is a war criminal.
The fact that Putin wasn’t arrested immediately when he stepped foot on American soil shows you just how badly he’s grabbing Trump by the pussy to get what he wants.
I’m hoping the EU holds out for more with Ukraine. America is Russias little cuck bitch at this point and Trump will give him whatever he wants without question.
My question is, how long before Trump is declared a war criminal by other countries? Why aren’t other countries trying to bring true justice to him?…. My personal answer is that there isn’t anymore true justice.
Pretty much every President since Roosevelt can be argued to have been a war criminal, so I don't see why countries would suddenly start holding the US accountable.
Previous presidents' war crimes didn't crash the entire global economy. Want people to care? Fuck with their money.
I mean yeah but Trump is being a real dick about it.
My personal answer is that there isn’t anymore true justice.
Never was. Your favorite US president was likely a war criminal.
What justice was served by the Trail of Tears? Or by the MOVE bombing? Rainbow Farm?
Justice has always been one sided.
Damn good points. Justice is through their eyes not the public’s
Americans voted this asshole into power, if the rest of the world had any backbone we would be isolating the US from international trade via harsh sanctions & retaliatory tariffs, so once unemployment hits great depression levels in the US the people would stand up and solve the problem themselves.
Instead, countries like mine are lining up to kiss his ass because our leaders are neo-liberal pussies who are bought by the same ownership class as the American Democrats, and thus can't fathom the idea of a slight drop in profit.
They're cowards and so theyll probably do it only once he's lost power.
Everybody plays trump. Everybody is smarter than trump.
Except all the American institutions that have capitulated one by one.
They're smarter too, just enfeebled by internal corruption and complacency.
"The best lack all conviction, and the worst are full of passionate intensity."
Outplayed him because Trump is a bitch and a sell out.
He who drinks with the enemy while his ally bleeds is no hero but a fool. You grant him honor while he seeks to burn your and your ally’s home. No word of peace holds meaning while his sword is still raised against those who stand with you.
Small hands can’t negotiate.
This was a staff meeting / performance review. Pootie wanted to update Agent Krasnov on his next assignment, and Agent Krasnov wanted to show off his toys.
How to outplay Trump:
"No"
The entire thing was just Trump getting new instructions
What happened to the sanctions if Russia didn't agree to a ceasefire?
TACO
Let's face it, a not-very-bright dog could outsmart Trump.
So many easily-pushed buttons: narcissism, cowardice, greed.
Release the Trump/Epstein files
Outplayed? No, took a couple back shots yes!
At the risk of being redundant, Putin isn't outplaying Krasnov; Putin outplayed America by putting Krasnov in charge and is now cashing in.
outplay
lol
"No I won't do that"
"Foiled again!"
Kompromat
Of course Putin doesn't need to budge, Trump is his stooge. The orange skidmark was tripping over himself to fellate him.
He didn’t even play him, just asked him to bend over and Trump grabbed his ankles
I thought he was ruzzian for the longest time. But it turns out his family comes from Germany and Scotland. Only Melania is from Slovenia... Again not ruzzian. So why do they capitulate to putin is beyond me.