Posted on 01/25/2025 3:22:46 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Moscow is in a tizzy: The denizens of the Russian capital did not see this version of President Trump coming for Mad Vlad.
Prior to Trump’s inauguration, Russia’s gilded oligarchs and apparatchiki were confident the 47th president of the United States was going to serve Ukraine to Russian President Vladimir Putin on a silver platter.
That was then.
This is now — and the man from Mar-a-Lago has Moscow panicking.
Instead of giving Putin the golden keys to the Ukrainian kingdom, Trump issued an ultimatum to the Kremlin: Cut a deal to end the war or, as he posted Wednesday on Truth Social, “It is only going to get worse [for Russia].”
Putin’s state-sanctioned talking heads were at a loss.
“[Trump] can’t talk to Russia this way,” Andrey Gurulyov, a member of the Russian Duma and a regular guest on Russia-1, whimpered hours later to host Vladimir Solovyov on Russia’s most popular TV talk show.
“It’s just so rude!” Gurulyov whinged. “How is [Trump] talking to us? Who does he think he is talking to?”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Given the inauguration was on the 20th, maybe not. But as of the 17th one reads:
Houthis Claim 7th Strike on Carrier Truman as Red Sea Conflict Continues U.S. Naval Institute, 17 January 2025.It is assured that President Trump has been president again for the last five days. Time will tell, won't it? But the gist of the Naval Institute article is that the so-called "ceasefire" is in jeopardy. Probably for a variety of reasons. This is a long game, best not played with "gotcha."
I'll go with continued reporting from the U.S. Naval Institute.
Didn’t happen. The military aid comes from DoD and Intelligence accounts and not from the State Department. Go read Trump’s actual order.
So how do you think Trump is going to react to that when Putin tells him to shove his deal up his wazoo?
Like he has been WAZOOED
The Man from Mar-A-Lago
Tarantino movie title.
And we'll say it again:
We noticed you were missing from the Trump Train on November 5th. And your posts were definitely depressing on November 6th, like you just returned from Zelensky's funeral.
You scurvy little troll.
That's why he took November 5th off and didn't celebrate Trump's victory with the rest of us.
Hush, foreigner.
You funny guy...
But then....
"The memo stipulates that U.S. departments, agencies and entities 'shall not provide foreign assistance funded by or through the Department and USAID without the Secretary of State’s authorization or the authorization of his designee.' Rubio issued a waiver for foreign military financing for both Israel and Egypt, but no other countries were specifically mentioned in the cable. Rubio spoke with both his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts Thursday ahead of the directive."Deatils, details. Sounds like there's more clarification coming which TimberMarcus will likely not be posting.Secretary of State Marco Rubio orders halt to almost all U.S. foreign aid NBC, 24 January 2025.
What is assured -- we'll see.
Snek is devoid of character. He is a hollow person who uses Jim’s Conservative American site to post anti-America, anti-Trump articles and engage with FReepers.
Then he slithers over to The Briefing Room where he slams Jim, FR and FReepers.
What a lowlife.
There is nothing left to sanction Russia over. The only tariffs that can be placed on Russian goods are ones that are essential (like fertilizer) and would increase inflation here.
We're going to drill, baby drill and Trump will place tariffs on Chinese goods if a deal can't be worked out that is favorable to us. But, all that is going to happen anyway.
Trump is merely using the "threat" to Russia as means of dulling attacks on tariffs.
Did happen. You’re corrupt little green birch just got run over by the Trump Train.
LOL. “You’re”. Good times.
You mean Trump… the New Sheriff who has just frozen $3 Billion Funding
for YouCraynee for 90 Days?
We Non-Zeepers love this new sheriff!
Tell your Zelensky his Trump Gravy Train is ending.
Trump has just frozen $3 Billion In YouCraynee Funding for 90 Days!
Putin’s doppelganger will be negotiating with Trump from a midgets position. Russki is a third world shyte hole with some oil and gas to sell to India and China.
Moscow and St Petersburg glitter with oligarch gold. The rest of Russia is poor and third world. It has vast regions with Appalachia style rural poverty. Where you are a rich man if you own 5 goats and a dairy cow and Three cannon fodder sons in Putin’s Ukraine invasion army..
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