Posted on 08/19/2025 9:33:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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“The Russian demand that Ukraine give up parts of the Donbas would be, just to illustrate the scale, comparable to asking the United States to give up Florida,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters after the White House meeting.
During the closed-door meeting, Finnish President Alexander Stubb called the eastern Ukrainian cities of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk “a bastion against the Huns,” a description that appeared to impress Trump, according to the officials.
Zelensky didn’t reject land swaps out of hand during the discussions with Trump, but he said it would be difficult to move populations and override Ukraine’s constitutional prohibitions against surrendering territory, the officials said. But Zelensky said he might consider “proportional swaps.” Zelensky’s spokesman didn’t respond to a request for comment.
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There's NO way that Kamala would've ever considered brokering such a summit. Zero.
If ever there were two people who should duel to the death.
Give them each a pre-loaded flintlock pistol at twenty paces.
IMO Trump needs to cool his jets and not put so much American skin in the game.
Simply go home and stop the funding.
I didn't see that coming.
I'm skeptical if a one on one without most things agreed upon will ever happen.
Kamala would have kept giving Zelensky unaudited billions of our dollars every time he yapped for it and would have kept the laundromat up and running.
That’s why Zelensky enthusiastically campaigned for her on our soil last fall.
It boils down to one thing, and one thing only. Vlad will keeps his ethnic Russian territories.
They have already been codified into Russian Constitutional law by Duma vote. The Russian people will not allow them to be surrendered….the Russian Donbass is Russian, has been for centuries, and will remain so.
If not, then the war will be decided on the battlefield. Quite simple….get used to it folks.
IMO Trump needs to cool his jets and not put so much American skin in the game.
Simply go home and stop the funding.
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Exactly, not Trump’s war, it belongs to senile Joe. Quit all the welfare funding and weapons, the war will be over by Christmas ( Western Christmas, not Russian Orthodox Christmas).
By the way, I am eating Chicken Kiev for lunch, I can’t find the good Russian Bilini ( for dessert), must be those brain dead Sanctions.
Following the Russian Revolution and the subsequent civil war, the region was incorporated into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent republic of the Soviet Union.
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+did+ukraine+acquire+Donbass
That would be Crimea. Now he can give Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia back which all have ethnic Ukrainian majorities.
Lurker is saddened.
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“Kamala would have kept giving Zelensky unaudited billions of our dollars every time he yapped for it and would have kept the laundromat up and running.
Recent news reports indicate that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made comments suggesting he would support Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election.
These statements came after Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race and endorsement of Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s nominee. Putin’s comments included complimenting Harris’s “expressive and infectious laugh” and hinting that under her leadership, US-Russia relations might improve, citing that Donald Trump had imposed many sanctions on Russia.
https://www.google.com/search?q=putin+campaigns+for+kamala
Gator’s gunning for war?!?
“Gator’s gunning for war?!?”
Putin shill lies.
“Putin shill”? Bwahaha!
You’re a riot, Gator.
“You’re a riot, Gator.”
Your posting history shows multiple objections to criticism of Putin.
Yeah, I take issue with the Weenie/NATO/neocon Ukraine spin.
Doesn’t make me pro-Putin. But I take it you don’t deal well with such discernment.
“Yeah, I take issue with the Weenie/NATO/neocon Ukraine spin.
Doesn’t make me pro-Putin. But I take it you don’t deal well with such discernment.”
Even when he posts the truth about Putin!
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IMO-—PUTIN IS DETERMINED TO “RESTORE” THE ORIGINAL SOVIET UNION BEFORE HE DIES—SO HE HAS A “LEGACY”
“Doesn’t make me pro-Putin.”
Then, acknowledge that Putin is an evil, corrupt dictator!
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