“Putin is tired of this whole thing,” Trump said on Fox News. “He’s not looking good. And he wants to look good.” In reality, it is Trump who is tired of “this whole thing,” Trump who’s not looking good, and Trump who wants to look good. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... - ThreadSky

anneapplebaum.bsky.social • 2 days ago

“Putin is tired of this whole thing,” Trump said on Fox News. “He’s not looking good. And he wants to look good.”
In reality, it is Trump who is tired of “this whole thing,” Trump who’s not looking good, and Trump who wants to look good.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/ukraine-war-russia-trump-putin/682843/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK35E_JWTnft2R6CpFLeRHu1Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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goldenrulegirl.bsky.social•2 days ago

If Kamala Harris would’ve been elected President, this wouldn’t be happening 💯

nomoretrump.bsky.social•2 days ago

He looks like a dried up prune - trump.

bardonabike.bsky.social•2 days ago

Should Ukraine ask the Nobel committee to enter the negotiations and guarantee Trump a peace prize if he gives Ukraine the resources to end the war and removes Russia’s capacity to fight it?

tuningfork.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump=MAJOR DAMAGE TO US. Putin has marginalized Trump, alienating the US and EU/NATO and democratic allies. If Putin now intensifies his imperial dream of restoring the Soviet Union, can NATO/EU/Allies trust Trump to honor NATO's mutual pact? Trump has demonstrated how weak and fickle he is.

1truthlight.bsky.social•2 days ago

I know there are studies that show similarities between those who are chemically dependent and suffer from substance abuse with those with authoritarian disorders. Have you looked into the connections - is there a source you recommend?
Wonder if Putin has ever thought of trying psilocybin? Thanks!

jaynestarkey.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s because we have a loser in the White House.

patfeb55.bsky.social•2 days ago

Donnie is the embodiment of "putting lipstick on a pig".

ggard4.bsky.social•2 days ago

Putin is eating his lunch for the thousandth time.

lukebro92.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump's accusations are virtually always confessions...

tabularius.bsky.social•2 days ago

But, actually Trump may be saying the truth. Putin wants to look good, he does not.

When two people like this meet, expect profound observations...

eltoninatlanta.bsky.social•2 days ago

Putin doesn’t give a 💩 how he looks. He doesn’t want to look good, he wants Ukraine.

dh1969.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Trump will go down in history as the most corrupt US "president".

ac3snow.bsky.social•2 days ago

More projection! SAD

mepafford.org•1 day ago

Too Many People Are Normalizing The Behavior Of #Trump!

SLOOGA (Russian for Servant) ‪Trump WAS #KOMPROMAT - Long Ago!
2017-2021: Willfully Retained National Defense Information (#NDI).‬
‪2021: Removed NDI!‬
‪2025: Trump Continues, "Grave Damage To The National Security".‬

rgatess.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ukrainians believe they can win this war and are no longer intimidated by the Russian war machine. They’ve suffered horribly and a honorable President would partner with them and Europe to give Ukraine the full assistance it needs to kick the invading Russians out.

rdaaj.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly. His normal method of projecting.

gerardcassidy.bsky.social•2 days ago

And it was Trump who boasted that he would have the conflict settled within a day. 😞

gcm5.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agreed. Trump is projecting onto Putin what’s happening to him. Trump can’t even seem to stay awake.

acpinono.bsky.social•2 days ago

Rubio should say the longer Russians stay in Ukraine, the quicker Ukraine gets NATO membership

ocram13.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or suffer progressive sanctions the longer they stay.

frugalman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Putin is playing the useful idiot Trump again. The call sounds like it was worthless. No agreement to a definable ceasefire - just more of the same rhetoric from Putin. Putin doesn’t want peace so he drags out the discussions as usual. Totally worthless! Trump is weak!

cygon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yep, and no progress behind the scenes either.

Too bad he's no Obama who diligently makes offers, compromises and does the footwork necessary as happened with the Iran deal in 2015 (that Trump also ruined).

I hope Russia crashes rather sooner than later and their hybrid warfare machine collapses.

bagatelleyouwhat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Have we agreed on a concise term for performative projection yet? Or is that the one?

Feels like it's past time to assign terms to this stuff, get an efficient shorthand going, instead of explaining each example from first principles every time as if we haven't seen it hourly for years now.

nicki2910.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump the master of projection.

mmegaffee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Projection is his (psych) thing.

lindarn.bsky.social•2 days ago

More projection

bobborsley.bsky.social•2 days ago

Putin probably is bothered by all the men and equipment he is losing in Ukraine every month, but if he abandoned the attempt to subjugate Ukraine, he would be faced with questions about why he sent so many Russians to their deaths, and that would be unsettlig for a dictator.

erwinsamson.bsky.social•1 day ago

And then the traumatised bastards return home, trained for violence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War

erwinsamson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Would love to see a remake of the 1989-1991 period and a collapse of Muscovy...

profgbarrett.bsky.social•1 day ago

Putin is 'looking' a heck of a lot better than the more than million dead Russians and Ukrainians whose deaths he is responsible for by launching this needless and terrible war.

christeele.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://substack.com/inbox/post/163717843?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4135024&post_id=163717843

mrurbano.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Trump is Chamberlain 2.0. Believes in Herr Putler. What a shame for the US.

sundevils.bsky.social•2 days ago

projection

crazycatlady239.bsky.social•2 days ago

Did you hear him take credit for the cease fire in India & Pakistan? And did you hear both countries deny he had anything to do with it?

benmooi.bsky.social•2 days ago

I give Mr Trump credits for the lovely weather in the Netherlands… 🤪

jwoodlands.bsky.social•2 days ago

Everything Tangerine Palpatine says is a confession.

mwilk19.bsky.social•2 days ago

The only thing Trump cares about is winning a Nobel Prize. He's so jealous of Obama that it consumes him.

magichouse.bsky.social•12 hours ago

2017 - #TRUMP holds press conference telling Qatar to stop funding terrorism and to end their awful human rights laws.
https://youtu.be/YROLcyT_A7k?si=UQkAWOax5-5Mdp5g

2025 - #TRUMP accepts a $400M Plane which will be given to him after he leaves office

This man is #evil guys & is gambling with the lives of US citizens

robert500223.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump just wants the whole Ukraine thing off his todo list, a trade deal with his soulmate Putin, and a Nobel Peace Prize on his mantlepiece. What more could we expect from a tired old amoral narcissist?

tmarie829.bsky.social•2 days ago

He’s chomping at the bit to get a Nobel “Peace” award. #FAIL

greensky33.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly. Putin could give a shit.

ivan-cheddar.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yup. Trump is the king of projection. He has no idea what Putin is thinking.

usg1863.bsky.social•2 days ago

lindaisee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump always wants to look good without being good. Projection is something that you can count on trump for.

anneapplebaum.bsky.social•2 days ago

The point of Putin's negotiation:
"stringing out Trump for as long as possible and agreeing to more phone calls and meetings in order to avoid new sanctions, distract attention from Russia’s ongoing war crimes, and make the U.S. appear weak"

lozzadarlo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Putin clever. Trump stupid.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EXtrbkLE27Y

singingringingtree.bsky.social•2 days ago

Appear? trump is a pathetic excuse for a president. He could have brought Putin to heel with threats of severe sanctions and arming Ukraine to the teeth. Instead, he thought he could make a deal where he made money and also let Putin do what he wanted while denigrating NATO and Europe.

chilller1222.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactamundo

sciantixo.bsky.social•2 days ago

oops, we are weak with these morons in charge

elg5667.bsky.social•2 days ago

I believe he is trying to get trump to give up…Cicero’s style.

rmatuz.bsky.social•2 days ago

This whole thing is unbelievable.

bjlueeyes.bsky.social•2 days ago

US under Trump is weak when it comes to Russia.

lzhedd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Putin is doing to Trump what Trump is trying to do to the US courts.

g8rlaw.bsky.social•2 days ago

The US is weak with Trump as president. He is and always has been Putin’s bitch.

lesliehilton0131.bsky.social•2 days ago

We are weak under trump.

demofighter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump has no plans to impose new sanctions against Russia! He is playing a joint game with Putin in which the aim is to pretend that they both want peace. Trump will do nothing against Putin's policy!

icanseeforleon.bsky.social•2 days ago

jsbinaz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Which is succeeding beyond his wildest imagination....

johnfbrowning.bsky.social•2 days ago

Putin is tired of not getting Ukraine illegally ceded to him. He won't ever give up

donisaacs.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why does every leader with even half a brain play The Felon? He’s reportedly such a fantastic negotiator and deal maker.

larryleclair.bsky.social•2 days ago

Smiling, nodding, patting him on the bum when needed, a veteran KGB agent has made an ancient orangutan look weak, foolish and in the end pathetic. Donald will go home, tail between his legs, still demanding a Nobel Peace Prize. What humiliation for the American people.

singchoirsing.bsky.social•2 days ago

And Putin has the naïve press buying everything he says

blazesboylan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Solution: Support Ukraine 100%.

schoobies.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump may have suddenly realized -- finally -- that he is the one who looks like a sucker in talks with Putin. Now he is trying to declare a diplomatic victory and running like hell in the opposite direction.

rudelyvangelder.bsky.social•2 days ago

Every morning the dog wakes up and takes Trump out for a walk.

Every. Damn. Day.

demokrator.bsky.social•2 days ago

And at some point, Trump will blame Zelensky, say the United States is no longer interested, and claim some sort of victory.

used2balawyer.bsky.social•2 days ago

And humiliate THE ALWAYS-WHINING, BIG FAT, CORRUPT, DEMENTED, INCOMPETENT, RACIST, SEXIST, SERIAL ADULTERER, RAPIST, NAZI, LOSER, PATHOLOGICAL LYING (“waste, fraud, and abuse”), SOCIOPATH, AND CONVICTED FELON by making him kiss his ass every day he wants.

harrowedsparrow.bsky.social•2 days ago

🎯

abartney57.bsky.social•2 days ago

So true

delya123.bsky.social•2 days ago

Text book Russian strategy 😒

hagenn.bsky.social•2 days ago

In the eyes of the world the USA has one of the most corrupt governments today, turned Banana Republic in 100 days and besides Putin nobody trusts them any more! Pathetic Con- Republic!

skysoldiervet.bsky.social•2 days ago

You got it right Anne!...thank you for all you do.💙🙏

demofighter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump wants him and Putin to look good! Because then he can do the deals he wants with Putin. Greed for wealth is greater than the defense of freedom and the lives of Ukrainians.

xcised.bsky.social•1 day ago

Absolutely true. Remember, he was going to fix this day one. Another big fail by the very big failure.

yanadear.bsky.social•2 days ago

there is a way in which both of them could look good

deuce7crakd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Rapey McFraud desperately wants the Nobel Peace Prize, which explains why he's always talking about "senseless deaths" and the like.

But he has no idea how to secure peace anywhere, especially in Ukraine.

emblues.bsky.social•2 days ago

The thirst for that Nobel Peace Prize is great

lonevoice.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump is picking up a public fight with Putin. Putin: trained KGB officer, takes advice, has good advisors, experienced in international affairs. Trump: never trained in anything, arrogant, not experienced, no good advisors, arrogant and an idiot!

Take a guess who will win this fight!

blumenkraft.bsky.social•2 days ago

Typical narcissistic trait: They always project.

alanfarago.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly.

petcharles.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s rumored Putin told Trump, with tears in his eyes, “Sir, I’m tired of this whole thing. I’m not looking good. I want to look good.”

williamfergie.bsky.social•2 days ago

Correct.

ocram13.bsky.social•2 days ago

The fastest way to end this war is to push Russia over the edge and US appeasment is not the way to achieve that.

mop-fautneddy.bsky.social•2 days ago

How does Bebe look?

mybits.bsky.social•1 day ago

He tries to praise Putin into a ceasefire, but Putin is not dumb and has other ideas!

hobbesg.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Trump has always been seeking cashing in his relationships to Russia. Seems he is helping himself.

brunatauzhgorod.bsky.social•1 day ago

I would say,this is nothing but the plain truth at all.Trumps 24 h are away.

level90.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pure projection, as always.

uilleccdubh.bsky.social•2 days ago

He ALWAYS projects.

lisawborden.bsky.social•2 days ago

No one but Zelenskyy looks good. And he’s more tired of it than anyone.

larryleclair.bsky.social•2 days ago

The US is being asked to continue providing intelligence service and sell (not give) weapons to Ukraine to help a western democracy survive a brutal invasion - and they make it sound like some unbearable burden no nation should be asked to bear.

singchoirsing.bsky.social•2 days ago

They are both in this together and they know exactly what they’re doing. Keeping the war going, killing more Ukrainians and their endgame is to take ALL of Ukraine.

The press is so stupid they don’t get any of it

stacymalecki.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes, Trump has no patience at all. Putin on the other hand has lots of patience and does not seem moved at all by death and destruction. I don’t know which direction Trump falls when he runs out of patience but I hope he feels embarrassed for being played by Putin and helps Ukraine.

truebleu.bsky.social•2 days ago

Spot on.
So much losing bores Trump.

lindalooming.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Thank you for the gift article

mazs23.bsky.social•2 days ago

you mean to tell me that the war Trump was ending on Day 1 is still going on.

bjornbert.nafofellas.com•2 days ago

Thank you AA.

kakistokrat.bsky.social•1 day ago

He only has one subject - himself.

cbgstylee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well said. Spot on.

bluecarcharodon.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It’s all about him.

mfriedmannola.bsky.social•2 days ago

3 months in and he's already bored.....he's golfed 45+ times already.

brad-carpenter.bsky.social•2 days ago

When I think of Trump's goals, I see Putin pulling the strings, so...

katnmouse.bsky.social•2 days ago

Always the projectionist

used2balawyer.bsky.social•2 days ago

THE ALWAYS-WHINING, BIG FAT, CORRUPT, DEMENTED, INCOMPETENT, RACIST, SEXIST, SERIAL ADULTERER, RAPIST, NAZI, LOSER, PATHOLOGICAL LYING (“waste, fraud, and abuse”), SOCIOPATH, AND CONVICTED FELON has NEVER looked good!

nima47.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump doesn’t want to president anymore. He’s old and tired and just wants to hold rallies surrounded by adoring crowds and repeat “big and beautiful, like you’ve never seen before” the only words left in his brain, and then go eat his burger and fries washed down with a coke.

littlejimmy115.bsky.social•2 days ago

I could reasonably guess that Putin is laughing his ass off at Trump’s ridiculous antics. It’s like playing with a cat with a laser pointer.

mom2girl.bsky.social•2 days ago

He doesn’t want to stop this war and he won’t until he gets Ukraine 🇺🇦

shoebillstork24.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think they both look like 💩. Metaphorically and realistically.

peakraider.bsky.social•2 days ago

Putin can't quit. His ego prevents it, and even more than that, losing this war poses an existential threat to him. His military is already in such tatters that NATO, even without Trump, would roll his ass in a week.

breminator.bsky.social•2 days ago

With Trump, it's always projection.

nosenko.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don’t have a master’s in psychology but I figured this projection stuff out in Year One of Trump. After 9+ years of this man, I can’t believe there are people out there who don’t understand this pattern. Malignant narcissists are emotionally immature and project their failures / blame onto others.

poli32.bsky.social•1 day ago

I hope this war ends soon to reduce the damage to the people.

sunneklaas.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump looks at good as my toilet and that's the maximum.

gernotalmesberger.bsky.social•1 day ago

An I am getting tired of grandiose narcissists in important positions.
They destroy so much lifes around the world. It's sometimes hard to stay positive.

livhoward.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly!

loufromboston.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe Putin is getting tired of his stooge; blabbing for 2 hours without saying anything. We’re all getting tired of the Trump show.

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