Trump suggests Ukraine shouldn't have fought back against Russia
Trump suggests Ukraine shouldn't have fought back against Russia
“Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful,” Trump said. “He shouldn’t have done that, because we could have made a deal.”
Summary
In a Fox News interview, Donald Trump argued that Ukraine should not have resisted Russia’s 2022 invasion, claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should have made a deal with Vladimir Putin.
Trump criticized Zelenskyy for choosing to fight, compared the military strength of Russia and Ukraine, and said he could have ended the war quickly through negotiations.
Trump’s stance contrasts with Joe Biden's strong support for Ukraine, including aid and sanctions on Russia.
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Does he really believe this, or is this redirected anger because he's finally figured out that he can't, in fact, just solve it?
Probably, Putin told him to pound sand, and then OPEC basically just ignored him when collapsing oil prices was the next idea.
Putin didn’t tell him to pound sand. Putin holds the leash. Everything Donald Trump says and does is to advance Russian interests.
I see little evidence of that. At most Putin has a small amount of leverage on him. Basically, there's just a lot of stuff good for Putin Trump could do but doesn't.
It’s only the first week.
In his previous term, he had to be forced by Congress to keep sanctions against Russia in place. Getting rid of them was one of his first priorities.
He also has been publicly threatening to economically destroy Russia for the last week, so there, a bit of evidence both ways.
Meanwhile, he could order assassinations in Ukraine if he wanted to and nobody could stop him.
Trump says a lot of shit. He also said Ukraine shouldn’t have fought back.
Actions speak louder than words.
His pro-Russia actions are way more weak than I would allow if I were Putin and actually controlled him, though.
Because of the separation of powers and checks and balances we have in the US, he doesn’t have unilateral power to do whatever he wants. He can typically only inch toward Putin’s goals. Why do you think he is trying to weaken our relationships with our allies through tariffs and talk of land grabs?
Yeah, I know how the US system works in reasonable detail. He commands all the security stuff, to start, and is immune to prosecution if he just ignores the rules that do exist. We saw that he's pretty hard to impeach even with a split house, too.
Why do you think he is trying to weaken our relationships with our allies through tariffs and talk of land grabs?
He's just like that. He's mean and stupid. I see little evidence of an actual plan.
In less than a week, he's fucked up relations with Mexico, Canada and the EU. California had proposed secession. In less than a week. This is all Putin's marching orders, being enacted in broad daylight, and your response is "kinda weak"?
At least you've kept your head warm this winter, placing it firmly up your backside as you've obviously done.