Posted on 02/22/2022 2:39:15 PM PST by bigdaddy45
Former President Trump on Tuesday called Russia's recognition of two breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine a "genius" move ahead of its military invasion.
In an interview on "The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show," Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics in eastern Ukraine on Monday was "smart" and "pretty savvy."
"I went in yesterday, and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius,'" he said. "Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine — Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful."
"I said, 'How smart is that?' He's going to go in and be a peacekeeper," added Trump, who regularly praised and sought close ties with Putin during his time in office. "That's the strongest peace force. We could use that on our southern border. That's the strongest peace force I've ever seen. There were more army tanks than I've ever seen. They're going to keep peace, all right."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Free Königsberg!!!
A master troll.
That’s a big misrepresentation of his point which is made clear at the end of the article.
LOL, he’s gonna cause a few critical vessels to pop. Miss this guy.... and 1.79 gasoline, world respect, full employment, low inflation, full store shelves, etc etc.
I miss him more than ever.
Pelosi is checking with Schiff if they can impeach him again
bkmk
What is more Putin’s “peacekeepers” entered the Ukraine without firing a shot or meeting any resistance. Now if Ukraine wants to expel them, they must attack against combined Russian arms. It would be a massacre and it won’t happen. Biden can scream and sanction all he wants. Putin out maneuvered him. The facts are now on the ground.
Anyone surprised that the Germans are still buying and paying top dollar for all the Russian gas and oil they can get. Also what is the decent interval that the Germans keep the completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline inoperative.
Watching MSNBC calling Trump everything they can for this. Angry faces and nasty names. How dare he. /s
I want to be tired of winning again.
>>> “Russia has become very very rich during the Biden Administration, with oil prices doubling and soon to be tripling and quadrupling,” (Trump) said. “The weak sanctions are insignificant relative to taking over a country and a massive piece of strategically located land.” <<<
You sure you like Trump? Because like myself he supports STRONGER sanctions against Russia and not weaker sanctions.
from the article:
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“It never would have happened with us. Had I been in office, not even thinkable,” Trump said. “You know what the response was from Biden? He didn’t have a response.”
The former president, who has been teasing a 2024 presidential run, also released a statement on Tuesday arguing that “there was absolutely no reason that the situation currently happening in Ukraine should have happened at all.”
“Russia has become very very rich during the Biden Administration, with oil prices doubling and soon to be tripling and quadrupling,” he said. “The weak sanctions are insignificant relative to taking over a country and a massive piece of strategically located land.”
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Yet aren’t the headlines always misleading from the articles content.
“That’s a big misrepresentation of his point which is made clear at the end of the article.”
Thanks.
Indeed!
From the article:
"Trump repeated his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him and said if he had remained president, Putin would never have attempted something like this.
"It never would have happened with us. Had I been in office, not even thinkable," Trump said. "You know what the response was from Biden? He didn't have a response."
He is right. Putin is running rings around Biden.
I wish he didn’t say this. No good can come from saying this stuff. It gives the Left ammunition when they accude him of being Pitin’s guy. He could have said, “ no way Putin does this if I am Prez” , but NO he’s got to get all in on The Apprentice mode. Trump did great things as POTUS but he is every bit the narcissist as Barky was and is.
The Hill - may as well be Media Matters.
Also Trump knows damn well the CIA was trying to use Ukraine as a staging point for a pre-emptive attack against Moscow, but for right now that would be too big a red pill to say publicly
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