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bigtree

(94,213 posts)
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 08:58 AM Aug 2025

'Aligned with Putin'

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 1h
Flag: Trump is now dropping his demand for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia — a stark reversal that aligns him with Putin.

WaPo: Trump drops ceasefire demand for Ukraine war after summit with Putin

KYIV — President Donald Trump said Saturday that Ukraine and Russia should go straight to agreeing on a final peace deal, dropping his demand for a ceasefire in a dramatic reversal that aligns him with Russian President Vladimir Putin hours after their summit in Alaska.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-drops-ceasefire-demand-for-ukraine-war-after-summit-with-putin/ar-AA1KCYqL

...so, basically this U.S. president is using Russian attacks on civilians to pressure Ukraine into a posture of surrender to whatever the convicted felon and the war criminal decide.
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'Aligned with Putin' (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2025 OP
That is correct................ Lovie777 Aug 2025 #1
Taco alwaya backs down. Whatever Putin wants, he gets from Taco. What was the use of the summit... brush Aug 2025 #2
Why not play his ace in the hole? multigraincracker Aug 2025 #3
because he's letting Putin bomb Ukraine into accepting their terms bigtree Aug 2025 #5
Maligned with Putin Blue Owl Aug 2025 #4
What more does one expect from TACO man ? republianmushroom Aug 2025 #6
David gets it bigtree Aug 2025 #7

Lovie777

(22,929 posts)
1. That is correct................
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 09:28 AM
Aug 2025

shithole does not care about people's lives. Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, etc.

The defunding of USAID.

The cutting to losing SS, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, VA, healthcare, and the cruel RFK, jr.

Extreme tax cuts for the wealthy, more taxes on the middle class and poor.

Tariffs, and cooking the books, etc.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
2. Taco alwaya backs down. Whatever Putin wants, he gets from Taco. What was the use of the summit...
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 09:49 AM
Aug 2025

since there's no ceasefire, then negotiations? TSF has no idea of the appropriate protocol for such events. First of all, don't roll out the red carpet for a war criminal. Don't treat him as an equal. Don't applause the war criminal as he approaches on the red carpet. Don't hold it on an airbase with top secret weapons all around.

Call it off when you learn that Putin has staged a drone attack on Kyiv at the very hour of the summit.

Show some effin strength, Taco.

bigtree

(94,213 posts)
5. because he's letting Putin bomb Ukraine into accepting their terms
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 11:33 AM
Aug 2025

...which is essentially surrender.

That collusion with the dictator ethnic cleansing Ukraine will be the legacy of ANY successful agreement.

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