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A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.

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TRUMP HELPED RUSSIA The US shouldn't have made concessions to Russia in advance of peace negotiations by ruling out Nato membership for Ukraine and accepting the country would have to forfeit some of its territory, Germany’s defence minister has said. TRUMP IS A TRAITOR, SEEMS TO WORK FOR RUSSIA

Also a reminder: the Russian army is decimated and at its weakest point in a long time (ever?). Also Ukraine holds some Russian territory too, which is hilarious.

Bear in mind that if he did that he would not be able to have Russia conquer literally the whole world, and therefore that suggestion's not going anywhere. Imperialist swine that he is.

Stopping Putin with his current gains only encourages him to keep pushing to restore the Soviet Union's former territories. Starting negotiations with capitulation seems to be Trump's plan. The art of the deal?

And then there is the rebuilding. Russia needs to pay reparations to the Ukrainian people for attacking them. Of course Trump will want a piece of that action.

A ceasefire and peace treaty suits Putin now. Even RUS can't keep losing men at this rate. There's a reason they brought in NK troops. RUS public are sick of the war. EUR needs to help UKR to get an OK settlement and then prepare for the next RUS aggression, knowing US can't be relied anymore.

Well, actually, the war in the Donbass region wouldn't end if Russians suddenly disappeared. It was already raging long before & will continue long after. Crimea won't get automatic peace with sudden regime change after 10 years. So not much changes if Russia goes home, unless all their wars end.

Bullies tend to be cowards. Were Trump confronted properly, he would capitulate like the big baby he is. The image that I used is poor-quality AI. But it tells the truth well enough!

While picking fights with his loyal allies, like Canada, Mexico, Denmark and interfers in our European elections he is creeping for his friend Putin. What a shame for the US he is. How could you elect him?

2001, when the US faught terrorism in Afghanistan, Europe was on their side immediately. Yesterday the Trump gangsters fucked Ucraine and Europe deep in the ass. Just deleted my Amazon account. Google and WhatsApp will follow. No money for US Nazi billionaires! #boycottUS #boycottTrumpgangsters

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social But the point of starting a war is not to just go home when you are bored. Ofcourse this will be used (together with trump) to extract as much value as possible. And then just repeat again. I thought we understood that you do not pay ransom?

history rhymes...in the Doha agreement the government of Afghanistan was ALSO not involved in the discussions. Basically Trump sold out the country to the Taliban...and in this case to Russia...and call it a win. Europe is on it's own from now on. The withdrawal from NATO is next.

It should be self-evident, to everyone, and it seems silly to keep repeating it, because the truth of the matter is so simple and clear. Anyone who sees any complexity in it has fallen for the propaganda to obfuscate the obvious: Russia is the aggressor, Ukraine their victim.

Let’s have a serious conversation about what Europe can do for itself to ensure the continent’s security. Right now, not much without US support after years of reduced military budgets but it’s critical to develop now a multi-decade, united strategy on this asap.

Trump is following in the footsteps of Chamberlain and Daladier who thought they could maintain peace in Europe by giving German an area of Czechoslovakia where many ethnic Germans lived. This appeasement just encouraged Hitler to conquer more territory which led to millions of deaths and ruin.

Peace through weakness is the “end the war in one day” Trump plan. Among the many problems with this strategy is doesn’t bring peace; It brings the opposite.

Why should he? Russia is about to score a major league geopolitical victory. Russia will get everything they want. The USA will become an international pariah for betrayal of Ukraine. NATO will be mortally compromised. Putin is laughing while Trumposhenko has Hergseth kiss his ass. Chocolate cake?

So? Do you think anyone commenting on social media in the west thinks Putin is listening? He “should” because that “major victory” will be of no benefit to the Russian people. But again, noone here thinks that’s his motivation. The reminder is more a criticism of Trump than a suggestion to Putin.

Geopolitical victories take time to show. VietNam was a Geopolical victory for the USA. Yer right, Putin doesn't care about the average Russian, but he DOES care to humiliate and defeat the United States. No, I don't think Putin listens to me, but Trumposhenko listens to HIM. Europe needs to RISE.

100%. Trump saying this is a war UKRAINE should have not gone into. Gone into? They were attacked. We could have saved the world from Trump if he was just convicted by the senate in the 2nd impeachment.

These are not negotiations. These are business deals, trade-offs, and bids between Putin and Trump about who gets what out of Ukraine. Trump could care less about the consequences of a major war breaking out in Europe that WILL have great negative impacts on USA and the rest of the world.

I wish the EU would fast track Ukraine’s application to become a member but I also realize the implications of this are complicated. Putin is preventing Ukraine from getting into the EU or NATO, only able to do so because of the power trump has handed him.

Trump is a “Russian Asset” same for Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth. The words “Russian Asset,” should be on every elected Democrat’s lips every day for the next 4 years. Branding is literally everything and they don’t seem to know how to do it.

Yes, that would work. After all he directed Russian forces to attack and occupied Ukraine. First in 2014 and again later as he occupied the eastern border areas where Ukraine stopped him, but have struggled to push his imperial forces back into Russia. Yes Putin could end it today. 🤔

Europe should stay with Ukraine. Economically and militarily. Ukraine is Europe. Trump cannot sell out Europe. We shouldn’t let him. Agressors should be stopped. We’ve been here before…

Well, yes, if he didn't have the ego that he does we'd be looking at Russian troops heading home already with a hang-dog look on their faces. The outcome can't be anything short of a real victory for Putin on his own 'land grabbing' terms. His ontology must appear terrifying to those who fear it.

This is both true and an indictment of the Biden/Harris administration who could've closed the border. No need for a bill to pass congress. Instead the border helped to cost dems everything. This continued poor logic from the left will continue to cost elections. New ideas are needed.

Trump is throwing Ukraine under the bus because he can’t be bothered. He never liked to put in the work, as was already clear from his first term in office. He is sacrificing principled self-interest (the hallmark of a long tradition of American engagement) to lazy pandering to the area czar.

Yes, that's the insanity of it all. Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukraine has been fighting back to keep it's sovereignty.There is nothing to negotiate.Russia needs to leave Ukraine. Plus, I won't trust any promises from Russia So far the 21st Century has been a huge step back

Hoping the EU and the rest of the Democratic world steps up and displaces all of the US support of Ukraine. Let Trump, Putin and the crown Prince have their own personal circle jerk.

Vladimir Putin is the puppet master and Trump is the puppet. And the Republicans in the Senate and House are mere spineless minions. Every single Republican in Congress must be voted out!