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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Ukraine HAD a deal with Russia ensuring its peace and its borders. It was called the Budapest Memorandum. Russia was the one violating the deal Russia had agreed to.
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Of course he did. Trump would never stand up to a bully, he would never defend the weak against the nasty. That would take courage, but Trump has only cowardice and sycophacny for bullies.
Trump is a person who sucks up to bullies, and punches down on the bullied, through and through.
Of course the convicted felon would say that Ukraine should just lie down and let Russia grab 'em by the country.
Fuck Trump you spineless corporate shill
America hasn't had to deal with the recieving end of Imperialism for almost 250 years. (its been on the giving end of it for the last century) America is in no position, not Trump, not Elon, not Biden, not the dude that just wants to grill. None of them are in a position to tell someone not to fight for freedom, when there is an actual threat of losing ones freedom and sovereignty. Most western countries have long forgotten what the struggle is all about because they've had their freedom for centuries.
Ukraine's fight has been going on for centuries, but 2022-Present has been the defining moment of that fight.
If you aren't going to help, shut the fuck up, and fuck off and let the rest of us handle it. Ukraine isn't going to stop fighting for its existence just because Part of America is tired and upset about superficial things like egg prices. If America isn't going to carry the torch of Liberty, there are plenty of others willing to take it from here.
Honestly I'm more worried about the NATO 5% thing which is blatantly designed to fracture the alliance.
The number was 2%, and many didn't hit that. 5% is never going to happen and is going to be Trump's cause to pull out, mark my words. Thankfully Congress put some stops in there, but doesn't mean Trump can't fuck things up bigly.
Ukraine can schlump along with NATO sans USA, but no NATO and Ukraine is finished.
“They’re saying ‘the war is tomorrow’ – this causes panic on the market and elsewhere," Zelensky, Jan 2022 in response to US warnings of imminent Russian invasion.
Zelensky didn't "choose to fight" because Russia insisted there would be no fight right up until it crossed the border. It would've been considered a sneak attack but for the US telling everyone Russia was invading for a full month in advance. There was no choice offered to Zelensky and never has been since, unless you count Russia's current stance of basically "give us all your weapons and maybe then we'll negotiate"/
if only he hadn't fought back against being prosecuted.
he'd be in prison... or on death row... and we wouldn't be in this mess---again.
"Trump suggests Ukraine shouldn't have fought back against Russia""Trump demostrates how little he understands about the conflict in Ukraine"
FTFY
No deal can be made with Putin when the ruthless conquest of rebuilding a Russian empire is Putin's goal.
This just confirms that Zelenskyy has a way bigger ball count than Trump by two.
Trump is a malignant narcissist, and I'm pretty sure that's a requirement to have that opinion.
I can't imagine what would have satisfied Russia other than complete surrender. Ukraine had few other options than to fight. Uphill as their battle may have been.
As in 'becoming a part of Russia isn't too bad actually'? Because that's what would have happened if they hadn't fought back.
Yo. You know. Screw him. Slava Ukraini!!!
Donald Trump argued that Ukraine should not have resisted Russia’s 2022 invasion
*Trump was an idiot as usual, arguing (...)
Well yeah, and now he's taking this move from Putin's playbook for Greenland. He's at the "people in Greenland would rather be US citizens" stage. Putin did the same thing in the beginning when talking about the territories in Ukraine he wanted to take.
He can 'make a deal' with me as I take his real estate portfolio off his hands.
But the US has the most powerful military on the planet under president Trump? Power is useless if it is not used and guided well.
I'm kinda getting a "if you're getting raped just lay back and take it" vibe from this.
What a POS
Lemme just invade the us on a whim then
OTOH, I also heard him quoted trying to get Saudi Arabia to flood the market with cheap oil to try and force Russia to the table. Makes sense, since oil has been the last big export Russia has to make money on. I'm opposed to Trump and his stupid fucking Nazi pals on pretty much everything, but I guess even broken clocks can be right twice a day. It'd be nice to see this meat grinder closed down with a treaty, instead of the US deciding to do a rugpull on Ukraine. Ofc, I support the Ukrainian people's right to self determination. If they want to keep fighting, that's their right, but putting Russia on an economic back foot would probably meaningfully help negotiations.
Source (didn't read, heard about it on NPR)
Of course he does.