Posted on 02/20/2025 5:20:52 AM PST by RandFan
... While Scholz didn’t call out the U.S. leader by name, there’s no doubt who he was slapping down when he said: “Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the elected head of the state of Ukraine. The inability to hold regular elections in the midst of war is in line with the Ukrainian constitution and electoral laws. No one should claim otherwise.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has had almost nothing but warm words for Trump since he reentered the White House, to try to keep the so-called special relationship alive.
But Ukraine is something of a red line. Starmer called Zelenskyy on Wednesday night, and according to a readout released by Downing Street told the Ukrainian president that he supports him “as Ukraine’s democratically elected leader and said that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during war time as the U.K. did during World War II.”
In an olive branch to Trump, the No. 10 statement said Starmer “reiterated his support for the U.S.-led efforts to get a lasting peace in Ukraine that deterred Russia from any future aggression.”
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who has clashed with Trump over his insistent warnings he could acquire the Danish territory of Greenland, said she didn’t understand the U.S. president’s “attack” on Zelenskyy, local media reported. “Zelenskyy is a democratically elected and otherwise unusually capable political leader in Europe,” Frederiksen was quoted as saying.
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Gazans - yes.
“What, in your head, does the “USAID line” consist of with regards to Ukraine?”
$5 BILLION.
I admire Ike a lot when you look at history he must be up there as one of the best ... Perhaps a little overlooked
His parting shot against the MIC is legendary and if anyone knows about the danger it was him!
elaborate
Maybe Zelenskyy was helping the Democrats get rid of Trump in his first term (1st Impeachment)..Never thought Trump would come back.
Those EuropeonPolitic-hos are as wacky as the Politic-hos in this country.
Cool. Let’s pull our troops (yes we have boots on the ground there) out and claw our money back and let the two dicktasters go at it. Not our monkeys, not our circus.
It’s a good point you make because the US bases there do a lot for the local economy in those areas. I’m sure they’d be displeased if they shuttered!
So the US does support Germany in many ways not only underpinning defense of Europe.
I think it’s awful what they’re doing and siding with Zelensky
I don't. I hate the Krauts, but hey can do whatever they want on Euro soil as far as I'm concerned. They've basically adopted every party platform of the Third Reich, including terrorizing Jews with the import of muzzies so those last two world wars were kind of a waste of time. The whole Eurasian continent can burn. Just save the Hungarians.
It could change - Germany have federal elections THIS SUNDAY!
I will definitely keep an eye on that
So Ukraine’s constitution has a provision where elections can be suspended if there is a war going on...what could possibly go wrong?
Cancel all german visas and green cards ah that’d be fun to see all those sanctimonious expats be deported to their incredible Fatherland. I can dream
Politico aka politibullshit.
“Reminds me of the deep state backing Robert Mueller.”
And it turned out that he was as addled brained as Biden. He had no clue what was in his report and how they investigated Trump.
This keeps spiraling down, and, the closer it is inspected, the less likely Trump’s attempt to end the war is realistic. A very very nasty guerilla war is more likely every day.
Who will supply 200k peacekeepers? UK says they can’t even put 10k in the field (40k in rotation.) Who would be agreeable to both sides?
Now Trump says Z-Man has to find the missing billions. Is Trump getting good info? Zelenskyy said the “missing” support never arrived. That might seem doubtful, but, the US IG report confirms it. Is Trump ignorant of the report? Even more remarkable, Trump is missing an opportunity to bash Biden, because the gap was on Biden’s watch!
As for paying for it, the Euros have paid more overall, and are now only 2 billion euros behind the US when it comes to weapons.
Would the death cult vote for more death? My guess is they would.
The Uke’s term ran out last May.
He isn’t elected to $hit, no matter what some left-wing Kraut has to say.
He WAS the elected HoS.... his term has expired and he refuses to allow new elections. That, by definition, is a dictator.
The Soviets/Russians did it, Hitler did it, etc.
He also shut down opposition media and closed churches.
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