It continues to amaze me that those who know & have suffered under Putin know who he is & what he does, while too many Americans still believe we can “strike a deal.”
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It is the illusion of diplomacy that blinds those who do not face the shadow of a thousand lost lives. The ones pulling strings are not driven by reason, but by their own self-serving desires.
I for one would not be supprised if RU offered Trump minerals from occupied parts of UA.
What shall we call the war that will come from this? Putin will change when he is dead, not before. The U.S. is opening the door to a much wider Euro conflict. At the same time abandoning NATO and attacking our allies.
Look at the ruins in Chechnya, Syria and Ukraine. Strike a deal with a murderous monster? Only an agent of Satan could even contemplate it. Trump talks real tough with Panama, but very chummy with Vlad. Absolutely sickening.
Being a malignant narcissist and a sociopath, Trump is incapable of accurately judging the motives of others. Driven by self-interest, need for attention and control, and spite, Trump will voluntarily destroy that which the world values if it enriches and empowers him. He feels vindicated by Putin.
My family fled from RUSSIAN OCCUPATION in EAST GERMANY. My mother told me she witnessed RUSSIAN SOLDIERS driving through the streets ,grabbing women into their jeeps and raping them..she told me ..I know..
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
And how many Americans either believe that Trump has their best interests at heart, and how many American politicians believe they can manage his worst excesses to get what they want and it will be okay in the end.
Russia sent people into American churches. Some evangelical leaders were allowed to visit & evangelize in Russia. They don’t realize everything was staged & they’ve been deceived.
They now think Trump & Russia are their hope for a return to a Godly nation.
The evangelicals are the third leg of Trump’s support. Without them he’d never break 25% of the vote. Their deception was key to his victory & the development of Project 2025. By the time they realize they were deceived it will be too late.
Hopefully the rest of America will stand for democracy.
…why is pointless when it comes to turnip… how is distracting when it comes to turnip… question is who… who goes first… who takes the point… who risks losing their position… that is the question of the day… who…
p.s. a poll last year said 44% of Ukrainians thought Trump would be good for them. Last month I had to whip Anton Gerashchenko's head around because he said something similar. I think he believes me now. I also had to tip Kyiv Independent to a Putinist writing for them.
I think a lot of Ukrainians believed that b/c (1) they were so utterly fed up with Biden & (2) they made the common mistake of taking Trump literally but not seriously & expected him to be pragmatic & serious when the rubber hit the road. Some, sadly, still appear to believe that.
A lot of folks believed that Ukraine had the foundations of a deal - preferential access to rare earths & minerals in exchange for opening the floodgates on military aid. Unfortunately Trump had a completely different notion.
you didn't go deep enough. where do people fall on the political spectrum? the educational spectrum? the spectrum of being informed on the last 10 years of history? until you know that you'll never get it.
The only Americans I've heard say they believe a deal is possible are Trump sycophants. 🤷 I think most of us grasp the pretense of a deal and trust neither Putin or Trump.
I grew up with a parent that fought in WWll, and it was drilled in my crib that I was better off bringing a poisonous snake inside, than trusting anything coming from, now, Russia.
Sorry, Trump is not negotiating, but reopening markets for future personal business ventures. And I think your « many Americans » are simply ignorant people waiting to be fooled by the first snake oil seller knocking at their door.
I think it really goes down to who is going to benefit from that deal, if the answer is a limited amount of people grabbing money coming from natural resources, oil from arctic for instance, then they can strike a deal, for the others not really
Why is Trump negotiating a deal with a communist government?
Because he’s the puppet of Putin.
The stupid shit is Trump wants Ukraine to hold an election. If they were to do it. Would Trump want Putin on the ballot?
I think Trump would say YES.
Putin had armed soldiers take votes from people for him
Why anyone would want to defend a man who will jail you for mentioning Navalny’s name in a way that offends his sensibilities is beyond my understanding.?
He literally poisons people and has others thrown out of windows.
General - most do not get that Putin is not just an authoritarian Russian.
He was a product of a vanished empire that was greater than geographical Russia. He believed in the Greater Russian EMPIRE and his aim is not “Russia First” but Russia Over All in the Eurasian continent.
It is a mindset that seems archaic to many millennials and Gen Z Americans. And therefore the pattern recognition is not there.
Truly even anti Trump people under 50 do NOT quite get that he’s not a Modi, Orban, Erdogan or Netanyahu.
He seeks Empire.
I don't think any Americans outside of the president's closest sycophants thinks we can "strike a deal." Everyone else, even people like Rubio and Kellogg, know the truth and simply choose to lie.
@markhertling.bsky.social General, you know what's coming. At some point Trump will order military or Intel to do something in support of Russia: sharing intel, even targeting data on Ukraine. It could go even worse than that. Q: how far are the US forces willing to go to obey orders?
And as long as we continue to assume that Trump et al share what we have all come to know as our traditional values as a geopolitical leader, we will continue to be surprised and shocked.
Once we accept that he does not share those values, then it all makes sense.
Those same people wouldn't "strike a deal" with Mexican drug cartels. When it's happening far away, & not on your doorstep, it's really easy to think you know best.
Let's hope Canada invades!
The difference between Putin and Trump is that Putin believes in Russia and its empire and was prepared to die for it as a KGB officer. For bone spurs Trump sacrificing anything for your country is for suckers and losers.
Americans have lost sight of how "fat" and privileged we are. Unfortunately we may need to learn the hard way, by losing some of the things we take for granted.
Putin captured Trump and then Trump captured the Republican Party and the right wing media echo chamber. Everything that followed in the last decade or so stems from these two indisputable facts.
They don't understand game theory. You don't appease a repeat aggressor. You respond in kind. Putin should spend the rest of his life with one eye on the sky, waiting for the inevitable.
Putin’s days are drawing near as is Trump, Elon and all of the rest These Monsters are going to reap ! God has the perfect timing and he is never LATE !!!
The plain answer to everyone's quandary about Trumps loyalty to Putin is and has been .....Trump is a Russian asset. Period. Explains it all. Wake up people this has been a decades old KGB Putin operation.
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I for one would not be supprised if RU offered Trump minerals from occupied parts of UA.
The window to stop this insanity seems small
This is the message we should send Putin:
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
JFK
If Putin agrees to that, he can keep what he had before the war started in 2014. If not, we keep arming and defending Ukraine until Russia falls apart
Ukraine and Europe should be THE focus.
They now think Trump & Russia are their hope for a return to a Godly nation.
Beware of flattery it’s a poison.
Hopefully the rest of America will stand for democracy.
I used to be optimistic about the US. That optimism has been rewarded with a gut punch on numerous occasions.
What does Putin have over Trump?
Because he’s the puppet of Putin.
The stupid shit is Trump wants Ukraine to hold an election. If they were to do it. Would Trump want Putin on the ballot?
I think Trump would say YES.
Putin had armed soldiers take votes from people for him
He literally poisons people and has others thrown out of windows.
There is no defending that.
He was a product of a vanished empire that was greater than geographical Russia. He believed in the Greater Russian EMPIRE and his aim is not “Russia First” but Russia Over All in the Eurasian continent.
Truly even anti Trump people under 50 do NOT quite get that he’s not a Modi, Orban, Erdogan or Netanyahu.
He seeks Empire.
Once we accept that he does not share those values, then it all makes sense.
Let's hope Canada invades!
Thank you for all you do. We need all our good leaders to stand and act. Our legislators are literally trembling.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book
There is also a real possibility that Russia will become an US ally, in 1-2 years.
It seems that Trump hates its democratic allies, and loves dictators. He's a narcissist.
And, as John McCain once said, "Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country".
Gotta ask yourself what the US could possible gain from partnering with Russia.
Then ask what Trump could gain from such a partnership.
Becomes clearer in that context.