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What really is going on in the US right now? Is this worse than the first term? Why're legal people being kicked out? When is it time to really consider leave? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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First term a lot of people considered leaving but frankly it didn't feel like this.

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

The US is under the impression that it won the Cold War against Russia.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62zm4eqvp7o

In an interview with pro-Trump journalist Tucker Carlson, Witkoff (Trump's special envoy to Ukraine) praised Vladimir Putin, saying he "liked" the Russian president.

"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy," he said. "He's super smart."

During the interview, Witkoff repeated various Russian arguments, including that Ukraine was "a false country" and asked when the world would recognise occupied Ukrainian territory as Russian.

Witkoff is leading the US ceasefire negotiations with both Russia and Ukraine but he was unable to name the five regions of Ukraine either annexed or partially occupied by Russian forces.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The quotes you selected suggest the opposite. The US is recognizing that it lost the proxy war against Russia, and it is now willing to accept Russian terms for ending the conflict.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

sigh sarcasm and the internet strike again. 🫠

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Poe's law :)