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Trump says he fears Putin ‘may be tapping me along’ after Zelenskyy meeting
(www.theguardian.com)
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Is he seriously just realizing Vlad doesn't want to end the war? I really can’t tell when he’s an idiot or colluding these days
Vlad wants to end the war. On his terms though, cause he knows he can get it.
With Trump yes his chances have certainly increased. Though the EU looks more willing to help Ukraine than I expected, which is great.
There was literally no scenario where Russia could possibly lose this war. Anybody who has an even minimally functioning brain understood this long before the war began.
It's not even a war according to Putin lol
I’m sure folks said that about Afghanistan and the USSR too
Imagine being so historically ignorant as to try and draw comparisons between the two.
Well Putin notoriously was a KGB man who still thinks the worst day of his life was the fall of the USSR so…
Ah yes, the fall of USSR when millions of people had their lives ruined of course would be the day somebody like you would celebrate.
I don’t celebrate it. You’re making shit up and avoiding what I said/the obvious implications.
Done wasting my time. Enjoy the boot 🖕
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Chances have been looking good for russia. I don't believe Europe has the capacity to deal with russians by themselves, they'd really have to ramp up manufacturing.
In his mind he's ~6' 3", ~230 lbs with an IQ of 150.
He truly thinks that world leaders look up to him and that he's playing everyone else.
If you can't tell whether Trump is an idiot, then sorry I can't help you.
The issue is figuring out whether any given statement is due to stupidity or maliciousness.
No no he is an idiot but not everything he does is because he’s an idiot.
What is the strategic advantage for Russia for continuing the war?
If I had to guess (my knowledge is a couple of geopolitics books), I'd say Russia wants to create a rift between East and West that is beneficial to China as well. China helped Russia build a quantum computer recently and there are more clues that they're getting even closer together. I think Russia wants to shake the current world order.
Why does maintaining a war, which consumes resources, laborers, and focus/attention, and also creates security threats, be beneficial to to Russia for shaking the current world order?
Russia has been cut out from the West, it couldn't even participate in the Olympics. So it got closer to China. Its economy is resilient despite the war. Russia has also been the leading country in the BRICS in regard to finding an alternative to the dollar together with Brazil. And it is working to ditch SWIFT (the banking system). So I'd say Russia is pretty interested into getting away from the West, at least economically and politically.
Why does staying at war on Ukraine advance these aims?