Why in the eff did he give Putin 50 days?

[senseandsensibility]

He's unleashing a "massive attack" on Ukraine right now! How many will die during this 50 day extended "ultimatum"?

Breaking on CNN.

[Skittles]

1. um, because Trump is a Putin stooge?

[senseandsensibility]

5. Hard not to agree with that, my friend,

but it is still infuriating. Russian state TV is dismissing the "ultimatum" by saying we've been through all this before.

[JI7]

2. Because it's the usual bs

[Hassler]

3. He is a TACO Don for a reason

[lapfog_1]

4. because Putin called him and told him he needed 50 days

to grab as much Ukraine and kill as many Ukrainians as possible.

[Ocelot II]

6. Because he doesn't have any idea what to do if Putin ignores him,

which he will, so he randomly chose a deadline which will prove to be meaningless. More TACOs.

[Historic NY]

7. To give Putin a chance to take more ground and kill more Ukrainians

[Deuxcents]

8. He throws numbers out all the time without any reason

[senseandsensibility]

10. Yeah, everyone made fun of him for the 2 week thing

so he's trying 50 days now. Whatever.

[tinrobot]

9. Just another version of his classic "two weeks"

The guy is all about the threats, but sucks at the follow-through.

[kacekwl]

11. So he didn't have to explain in

20 days why Putin blew him off.

[Picaro]

12. TACO

He’s trying to bluff.

[doc03]

13. Its his cliff hanger for next season. nt

[NewHendoLib]

14. The TACO effect

[WarGamer]

15. Putin knows the time is up... he will push like hell for 50 days...

Then after 50 days, Trump and the EU step up and say "Negotiate Boys"

Russia will use the 50 days to advance as far as possible

I don't particularly think the 50 day thing is smart strategy... HOWEVER... some leaders of NATO seem to like it

[RockCreek]

16. It's an easy number to remember

He must have had trouble remembering the 14 days he gave Iran.

[PikaBlue]

17. To give Putin time to

attempt a major offensive against Ukraine, perhaps?

[Efilroft Sul]

18. Here's what I'm watching.

As we draw closer to September 1, it will be interesting to see if Trump amps up the pseudo tough-guy rhetoric. Should that be the case, the media will run with nightly special broadcasts of "Will it come to war?" Pay close attention to which MAGA Republicans go on the air frequently, begging the president and for cooler heads to prevail while criticizing "warmongering" Democrats for standing with Ukraine and NATO. Those will be the politicians most in the bag for Putin.

[BootinUp]

19. Why ask why, try Bud dry. nt

[617Blue]

20. So obvious - so he could ignore it for the rest of summer vacay.

That's really all there is to it.

[Grins]

21. Had the same thought. Why not 30 days? Why not...

…two weeks, the same timeframe he said he would need to decide whether to bomb Iran? An action that is solely HIS!

What’s so key about 02 September?

He pulled it out of his ass. He’s still scared of Putin.

[GoodRaisin]

22. He is a useless carnival barker.

He brings nothing to the table in terms of helpful negotiations.