Trump tells Europe his administration will continue military support for Ukraine – FT
Trump tells Europe his administration will continue military support for Ukraine – FT
Are you kidding .... who the hell can take his word about anything.
We're better off to turn off these dumb announcements and pay no attention to anything he says because either it doesn't make sense, its stupid, its a lie or he doesn't mean what he says
Keep watching the news to listen to what everyone else is saying but when it comes to US government, don't bother taking it to mean anything.
I'm sorry. I didn't vote for this.
Yeah, just pay attention to what he does. What he says is close to useless.
Next Year:
Somehow I don't believe him. Probably due to his track record of doing the right thing along with standing up to Russian aggression and interference.
This is his way to tell Putin he wants more money and anther wife
I find this difficult to believe. I am assuming he was either lying or this was an off the cuff statement that wasn't serious.
One of the few guys who lies more than a politician.
At least we can point to these conversations when he inevitably changes his mind when putin drops a giant pile of Rubles on his desk or threatens him with blackmail.
Trump is EXTREMELY lazy when it comes to doing stuff he says he will do so he will be playing golf for 4 years while doing almost nothing otherwise. If someone complements him and puts a document in front of him to sign he might.
That's the worry, that some of these fascist scum surrounding him are competent enough to destroy America.
We all know he's too much of a loser piece of trash to do it himself.
(X) Doubt
Yeah, we'll believe it when we see it with Trump, but this is promising.
Won't that upset his base? You know, the ones that said DT is a peaceful dove while the blood thirsty democrats want to sacrifice all of Ukraine for profit. Or will that claim go away like the rampant fraud claims?
Donald Trump's base supports him because he's Donald Trump. Any individual decision or issue is inconsequential and probably not even noticeable, as long as he stays roughly the same person.
I guess what I'm saying is, don't attribute a fixed self-consistent platform to those guys.
I wish you were wrong
Gonna be the same trickle biden did... Clearly US has no interest in Ukraine winning the war. The goal is to weaken Russia.
Your concept of a "trickle" is interesting. The US has contributed nearly as much to Ukraine as every other country combined. (As of September, that was about $92 billion from the US versus about $112 billion from all other countries).
Yes, it does add up to a lot, but it always came in just enough to keep Russia at bay. Also the permissions around where and how which weapons could be used.
When Russia invaded, Putin had no idea how corrupt, weak and inefficient his forces were.
This trickle allowed Russia enough time to turn around much of that, getting us to the point where they are now severely threatening Ukraine.
If the military aid was more decisive, Russia could have been defeated early on, and the total spend could have been less than where it is now.
Most of that money was wasted on domestic corruption.
Essentially Us cleared its stock piles of what they had and dod was severally overcharged on these purchases because stock pile was no in demand.
So Ukraine was getting 1 item for price of 3.
Deliveries were delayed, stuff that was needed was not provided.
Also arbitrary restrictions lifted two years too late.
He also says he now expects Europe to spend 5% of its GDP on defense. So, yeah, we will see.
Support for what?
Didn't he say he'll end the war within 24 hours?
My guess is that some advisor told him to say this. If you are very publicly not in favor of continuing support for Ukraine, that really reduces your ability to negotiate a good deal. There has to be the threat of continued or increased support if the Russians don't agree to terms. Whether this is believable is another question.
Hmmm, Trump saying some sane stuff? Elmo is saying he supports AfD? Sounds they are already starting the "passing of the republican torch" process.
itll be traditional republican support. thoughts and prayers
This would hurt the feelings of his butt buddy, Putin. Highly doubtful.
Does VP Musk knows about it and that it will upset Putin?
Good news for the "won't be any wars under Trump" folks
I have my doubts about this.
We all do, and even if it's true, expect a caveat
Ah yes. The caveat.
"I will continue support........for a price! MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!"
Should we be worried that it's entirely plausible to give our next/previous president an evil laugh, and it reasonably fits him?
I mean, you literally just described the exact scenario that led to his first impeachment.