What say you?
Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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Ukraine’s parliament is scheduled to vote on ratifying the minerals deal on 8 May.
Just in time for a big fireworks show in Moscow on May 9th.
bo bo, aren’t you the guy who told us Speedy was dead? Anyway, I don’t care what Russia wanted, General Kellogg and Trump himself have laid out a framework for Peace. It’s time you and your #NeverTrump warmongers stop cheering for Zelensky and war and get behind #47. War isn’t what he ran on and it isn’t what 80 million of us voted for.
What say you?
The strike was carried out using the HIMARS MLRS.
As a result of the strike, 22 servicemen of the company were killed. Of these, three were officers.
https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1919727096282112314
The attack occurred on May 2nd.
BDA most likely from comm intercepts.
‼️🚨 BREAKING: German parliament fails to elect Merz as the next chancellor!
Lmao pic.twitter.com/WMSKdCIq8b— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 6, 2025
It's a beautiful thing
It’s time for you and your NeverTrump warmongering Putin lovers to get with President Trump’s agenda.
Russia out of Ukraine is Trump’s position.
All of Ukraine.
Merz needed at least 316 votes to become chancellor in Germany, but only got 310.
He is still expected to win. Next vote must be within 14 days.
Some of the Members of the Bundestag probably want something in return for their votes
Didn't you tell me Speedy was dead? Did you make that up too?
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Trump's "final offer" for peace requires Ukraine to accept Russian occupation.
(So basically Putin’s offer)https://t.co/dnnTefTCL0— Walter Appling (@WalterAppling) April 23, 2025
Poor Jon he is in a tight spot😂
He must not have got the update
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SoZKRPXmLxY
In President Trumps own words Russia must give up all of Ukraine
Trump doesn't say Putin has to give up all of Ukraine. He means Putin has to give up his dream of taking all of Ukraine.
And don't forget to buy Professor's Gerdes latest Internet Book, "I Need Ammunition, Not a Ride"
From the recent interview with NBC. Sorry about the all caps, but that’s how the transcript was formatted. Pertinent passages:
NBC: LET’S TALK ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY, SIR. YOU JUST SIGNED A MINERALS DEAL WITH UKRAINE. IT’S A SIGN, IT SEEMS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS INVESTED IN UKRAINE’S FUTURE.
47: THE SECRETARY OF STATE TOLD ME THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL WEEK.
NBC: ARE YOU ANY CLOSER TO REACHING A PEACE AGREEMENT BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA?
47: I HOPE SO. I DO BELIEVE WE’RE CLOSER WITH ONE PARTY AND MAYBE NOT AS CLOSE WITH THE OTHER, BUT WE’LL HAVE TO SAY. I’D LIKE TO NOT SAY WHICH ONE WE’RE CLOSER TO ...
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47: THIS IS BIDEN’S WAR. THIS WAS A WAR THAT WAS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN IF I WERE PRESIDENT. THIS IS A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WAR, AND I GET TO SEE SHOTS OF SOLDIERS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SATELLITE. THAT ARE SO JUST SO TERRIBLE. 5000 SOLDIERS ARE BEING, 5000 SOLDIERS A WEEK ON AVERAGE ARE DYING. THEY’RE NOT AMERICAN SOLDIERS, BUT I WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THEY’RE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AND THEY’RE UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS, AND IF I CAN SAVE 5000 SOULS, I JUST LOVE DOING IT. HOW LONG DO YOU GIVE BOTH COUNTRIES BEFORE YOU’RE GOING TO WALK AWAY? WELL, THERE’LL BE A TIME WHEN I WILL SAY, OK, KEEP GOING, KEEP BEING STUPID. WHEN DOES THAT COME? ARE YOU CLOSE TO IT? SOMETIMES I GET CLOSE TO IT AND THEN POSITIVE THINGS HAPPEN, OK? SO I, UH, I HOPE IT GETS DONE.
NBC: YOUR CLOSE ALLY, SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM HAS A SANCTIONS BILL AGAINST RUSSIA. IF YOU GET TO THAT POINT, MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE YOU’RE PREPARED TO WALK AWAY, WILL YOU SUPPORT, WILL YOU SIGN THAT SANCTIONS BILL?
47: WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT RUSSIA IS BEHAVING TOWARD COMING TO A PEACE. WE WANT A PEACE DEAL. WE WANT RUSSIA AND UKRAINE TO AGREE TO A DEAL. WE THINK WE’RE FAIRLY CLOSE AND WE’RE GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM BEING KILLED. WE SAVE A LOT OF MONEY TOO BECAUSE WE’RE SPENDING MONEY LIKE ... YOU KNOW, EUROPE IS SPENDING A THIRD OF THE MONEY THAT WE’RE SPENDING, AND IT’S MORE IMPORTANT FOR EUROPE THAN IT IS FOR US. BIDEN HAD NO CONTROL. HE JUST SENT MONEY OVER THERE WILLY-NILLY. NOBODY HAD ANY IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING, WHY THEY WERE DOING IT, WHY THEY WERE SENDING IT, AND IT WAS MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
NBC: SO YOU THINK YOU’RE CLOSE TO A DEAL. WHAT WILL RUSSIA HAVE TO GIVE UP BECAUSE UKRAINE
47: THERE’S BEEN DISCUSSIONS. THEY WILL HAVE TO GIVE UP SOME OF THE LAND... ALL OF UKRAINE. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT. ALL OF UKRAINE, MEANING THEY WOULDN’T KEEP ANY OF THE LAND THAT THEY’VE CLAIMED. RUSSIA WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP ALL OF UKRAINE BECAUSE WHAT RUSSIA WANTS IS ALL OF UKRAINE.
47: AND IF I DIDN’T GET INVOLVED, THEY WOULD BE FIGHTING RIGHT NOW FOR ALL OF UKRAINE. RUSSIA DOESN’T WANT THE STRIP THAT THEY HAVE NOW. RUSSIA WANTS ALL OF UKRAINE, AND IF IT WEREN’T ME, THEY WOULD KEEP GOING, YOU KNOW THAT THE EUROPEAN UNION LEADERS HAVE ASKED ME TO CALL PUTIN. SO MANY TIMES BECAUSE HE DOESN’T RETURN THEIR PHONE CALL.
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NBC: WHAT’S THE RED LINE FOR YOU? AT WHAT POINT DO YOU SAY THAT’S IT? WE’RE WALKING AWAY?
47: WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE’LL BE A TIME WHEN I MAY SAY THAT, AND IF I DO THAT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING I CAN’T, MAYBE IT’S NOT POSSIBLE TO DO. THERE’S TREMENDOUS HATRED JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, CHRISTIAN, WE’RE TALKING TREMENDOUS HATRED BETWEEN THESE TWO MEN AND BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SOLDIERS, FRANKLY, BETWEEN THE GENERALS. THEY’VE BEEN FIGHTING HARD FOR 3 YEARS. I THINK WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF DOING IT. VERY QUICKLY,
NBC: IF YOU DO WALK AWAY, WOULD THAT MEAN THAT YOU WOULD PULL MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE?
47: I DON’T WANT TO SAY THAT NOW. IT’S TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT. I DON’T WANT TO GET INTO THAT.
Q(NBC): WHAT WILL RUSSIA HAVE TO GIVE UP?
President Trump (as of May 2025): ALL OF UKRAINE, MEANING THEY WOULDN’T KEEP ANY OF THE LAND THAT THEY’VE CLAIMED. RUSSIA WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP ALL OF UKRAINE.
I understand that the president is still negotiating (including in his public statements). The final settlement will depend on the deal that can be worked. But this is a marked change from President Trump, in public.
So far, President Trump has gone out of his way and taken a lot of heat, to offer Putin a face saving way out of the mess that Putin has made.
It looks like Putin has overplayed his hand by holding out too long, and demanding too much. It is probably very hard for Putin to change course and maneuver around all the palace intrigues in the Kremlin and among the Russian elite, without getting himself killed.
Now that Ukraine is securing an open line of credit for American weapons with the minerals deal, President Trump’s recent statements are making it clear that he can (and will) punish Russia severely with bone crushing sanctions, worse outcomes in the final settlement and painful combat losses; if they don’t make a deal soon.
The weapons are once again flowing to Ukraine. The rhetoric has clearly hardened against Russia, and softened toward Ukraine. Moscow is being struck nightly.
Bottom Line: The carrot approach for Russia is transitioning to a stick approach.
Maybe you can get someone to read it to you?
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