The U.S. president has now chosen to throw America to Putin’s side and is more than willing to see this war end on Russian terms.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/02/trump-putin-ukraine-conflict-history/681743/?gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweFr97Dnsiqw1q4J7dtHpokA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.
Putin has been using Trump as a sleeper agent who, activated by a post-hypnotic trigger, immediately forgets the assignments he carries out, and therefore can never betray the Putin operation.
The problem likely reaches back to the Founding Fathers and their cockeyed optimism that presidents would be mostly virtuous. That Congress & SCOTUS would step up when needed.
They didn't envision cowards & weaklings opposing a tyrant.
I thought everyone knew Ukrainian policy was at stake with this election.
As tho ingratiation will fool Putin at all!
https://bluesky-thinking.com/5-leadership-lessons-donald-trump-took-from-pro-wrestling/
https://bsky.app/profile/zacseder.bsky.social/post/3lilizt2t7s2g
They are no more valid than the 🇷🇺-infested Romanian election that was annulled
Heartbreaking for the Ukrainian People 🇺🇦
I will never make fun of the French again, because the Americans are the Surrender Monkeys now!
The Russians still have a lot of money, enough to corrupt Trump certainly
Why wouldn’t they?
Hookers, some blow and the and the dangle of a tRump Tower Moscow.
Melania is a Russian Mafia plant btw.
That war-year film covers the steadfastly indomitable spirit/tenacious unwavering grit of Brooklyn Dodger fans who could smell a bad umpire's stink a mile away.
trumps taught me there are plenty of garbage humans that NEVER supported the will of the people. And they're all #gop.
- Sold out Afghanistan the Taliban, for the surrender ceremony at Camp David on 9-11
- Sold out the Pro-Life movement, kicking them straight in the nuts
- He has sold out Ukraine and has surrendered that country and its people to Russia
Anyone see a pattern?
I took your class at Extension nearly a decade ago. Honestly, man, what should educated citizens be doing right now?
Russell (this is usually a parody account, but not now!)
Only a few months after a trip to Moscow.
I saw that as a conspiracy theory before, but seeing his behaviour now, it doesn't look like it anymore...
The Republican Party is beneath contempt for remaining silent.
I sincerely appreciate writers who do not "talk down" to their readers by limiting their vocabulary.
He is that simple.
He’s empire building.
Baron Trump is being groomed for 2032 following Donald’s third term.
If you know North Korea then you know how this ends.
Isn't Spanish or English spoken in many independent nations outside 🇪🇦 and 🇬🇧 ?
Zelenskyy is Russia speaking.
Crimea is Russian speaking mainly, still over 50% voted to be 🇺🇦.
Like twenty seconds to midnight bad.
40% cut in defense by 2030? What Republican administration ever supported something like that in the past? Who does that serve?
1.)Trump just idolizes Putin and wants to be like him?
2.)By siding with Putin it pisses off all the right people? A sort of “own the libs,” approach?
3.) Putin really does have something on Trump, or is using some kind of leverage?
Or a bit of all of three?
Canada alone - 40,000 troops, 169 deaths, $3.6B
UK? Netherlands? Germany? France? et al
Trump wants us to “pay our share”, so … maybe time for you to pay your share.
for a scheduled visit to the front lines of the war.
Naturally, Trump should proudly wear his red MAGA hat for all to see and out of deference everyone should stand well behind. Could be a turning point...
Putin has been Trump's mentor for a long time.
Now comes the "deal."
Canada exactly parallels Ukraine's situation: a smaller nation with the same language next to an "empire."
Their "great deal" will be: Trump gets Canada, & Putin Europe.
And the idiot fell for it...
What the fuck is this country going to look like by the end of this year?
Great essay.
What are your thoughts? Remember early on, when @avindman.bsky.social warned us about where all roads lead w/Pu-tin? Now what?