Hegseth just threw Ukraine under the bus. Who needs enemies when there's the USA? — Benkei
On another note... When someone pushes for peace, not by stopping the attacker, but by stopping the defender, then something's amiss. — jorndoe
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he expects to see his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for their first meeting since the Republican took office.
Trump made the remarks following an almost 90-minute phone conversation with Putin in which the two leaders discussed ending Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“We ultimately expect to meet. In fact, we expect that he'll come here, and I'll go there, and we're gonna meet also probably in Saudi Arabia the first time, we'll meet in Saudi Arabia, see if we can get something something done,”
Trump really should think about selling California. All those Democrats leaving the Union would be absolutely great for him! All those liberals with their DEI stuff, ugh! All good Republicans have already moved to Texas, so why not? California just has brush fires and nasty democrats. A Great Deal for Trump!— hypothetical news headline — jorndoe
now the largest democratic cooperative around — hypothetical news headline
At least the last time the US lost a war, it didn't send back South Vietnamese refugees to the Communists. But that was then and now it's different with Trump.Afghans who fled their home country after the Taliban’s return to power in 2021 are pleading for the United States to reconsider a decision cancelling all existing refugee resettlement efforts.
On Wednesday, reactions continued to pour in against an executive order Trump had signed two days prior, on his first day in office.That order called for the suspension of the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), which processes refugees for resettlement in the country, starting on January 27. All applications and arrivals through the programme have likewise been suspended.
But the sudden halt to USRAP has left Afghan refugees — many already approved to enter the US — in limbo, facing instability and the threat of violence.
Although I am dead against the war and was shocked when Putin invaded. I realise that it was a fatal strategic error for Putin. His army is now depleted in arms and feet on the ground. His economy in tatters and all the lucrative energy deals with Europe ended. He is far less a potential threat to Europe and the West than he was before the war.Maybe Trump, in his own moronic way, stumbles to putting an end to the war that the US both instigated and prolonged. I doubt it, but who knows?
Well, there has been always thepossibilitymaterial risk that Trump will fuck it up as he did with the surrender deal to the Taleban where he did through Afghanistan (and other allies like NATO) under the bus. — ssu
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Lmao. Pity? You've demonstrated to be generally incapable of the emotion so obviously I wasn't expecting it. — Benkei
The loss of Ukraine would have catastrophic consequences not just for Europe but for the entire world. — Benkei
Aggression has just been rewarded. — Benkei
That we can explain their actions from a real politik perspective doesn't make it morally right. — Benkei
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I don't ban people for being dumb or having morally abject opinions. If you don't enjoy it, you're welcome to leave. — Benkei
Trump has thrown Ukraine under the bus, that much is clear. Yet many people still don’t seem to fully grasp the consequences. — Benkei
I give the UN another 10 years at most after which it will have become irrelevant in its entirety due to the continuous undermining of it. — Benkei
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