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Trump: I can't tell you if Putin wants to end war
Baha Breaking News ^ | 5/28/2025 | Christian Baha

Posted on 05/28/2025 10:34:48 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

United States President Donald Trump admitted on Wednesday that he "can't tell" if his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin truly wants to end his country's ongoing military campaign in Ukraine.

Speaking at the White House amid the Swearing-In for the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Ferris Pirro, Trump said that "I'll let you know in two weeks" after more negotiations have taken place. He also complimented US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff for "doing a phenomenal job" mediating the talks between Russia and Ukraine and for "dealing with him [Putin] very strongly."

Asked about his comment that Putin is "playing with fire," Trump said that "I'm not gonna tell you exactly" what potential consequences to Russia if the conflict does not end would be, but stressed that "words speak pretty loud." He added he would be willing to negotiate with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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1 posted on 05/28/2025 10:34:48 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin does want to end the war as long as he gets a large chunk of Ukraine and control over Ukrainian foreign policy


2 posted on 05/28/2025 10:36:43 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: marcusmaximus

Not to the terms the Weenies and the Zee are up for, so Putin’s okay just finishing up Russia reclaiming a buffer zone and assuring peace for the ethnic Russians in Ukraine on their own timetable.

Please, we just need to withdraw rather than getting drawn into a third WW from Europe.


3 posted on 05/28/2025 10:38:48 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: marcusmaximus
It can definitely be said Zelensky and the EU don't want the war to end.

They want to keep things going and find a way to draw us into it.

4 posted on 05/28/2025 10:39:48 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: marcusmaximus
Huge Russian Advance At Lyman Front l Russia Starts Another Offensive

RUAF Storm Rusyn Yar | Zelene Pole, Vodolahy & Kostyantynivka have fallen | Sumy Offensive Expanded

5 posted on 05/28/2025 10:40:18 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: 9YearLurker

Please, stop pretending Putin is just “assuring peace for the ethnic Russians in Ukraine”.

I have ZERO desire to send troops, but Putin is a POS who doesn’t give a rat’s rear end about ANYONE under him!

PS: Z-man is much the same, but didn’t start the war and isn’t a threat to his neighbors.


6 posted on 05/28/2025 10:41:46 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: marcusmaximus

Both sides are employing basic negotiation strategies.
This isn’t high level stuff. Before you even come to the table, you set the bar high, and you do not signal any significant interest in negotiating so that you are not forced into making a lot of concessions.


7 posted on 05/28/2025 10:43:04 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Kazan

President Trump just kicked your Putin’s butt back to the negotiating table. Lol!


8 posted on 05/28/2025 10:43:37 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: 9YearLurker; Jonty30

The Rotheschild’s figured out that the best way to make money is to sell weapons to both sides. Consequently, never ending war.

It is Satanic in nature.

#4 posted on 5/26/2025, 9:02:39 PM by Jonty30 (I have invented a pen that can write underwater. And other words. )

https://luiggitrejo.medium.com/money-and-the-war-the-rothschilds-6976c13643b5

https://theglobalelite.org/globalists/


9 posted on 05/28/2025 10:47:42 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If history teaches us anything: It's that history rarely teaches us anything! (outofsalt))
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To: Kazan

“They want to keep things going and find a way to draw us into it. “

That’s been the goal of NATO and Ukraine since day one.


10 posted on 05/28/2025 10:50:06 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: JSM_Liberty

Ukraine won’t let the war end.


11 posted on 05/28/2025 10:53:31 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Lol.

That’s nuts.


12 posted on 05/28/2025 11:05:02 AM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Fuzz

No, Ukraine is nuts.


13 posted on 05/28/2025 11:11:31 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: Mr Rogers

You’re deluded.


14 posted on 05/28/2025 11:37:21 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I doubt it. Apart from a lifetime of reading history, I’ve got 25 years in the military. Including combat. The idea that Putin just wants to protect poor innocent Russians, though, is SERIOUSLY deluded!


15 posted on 05/28/2025 12:15:24 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: Mr Rogers

25 years in the military apparently steeps you deep in EU/NATO/globalist/Deep State propaganda.


16 posted on 05/28/2025 12:20:44 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I spent 25 years with the USSR as an enemy. Putin is KGB. And he doesn’t give a damn about his people! But you can give him blow jobs if you want...


17 posted on 05/28/2025 12:31:24 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: 9YearLurker

What sort of “conservative” insults a military veteran for his service? You, sir, are a fraud.


18 posted on 05/28/2025 12:31:37 PM PDT by Salohcin
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To: Salohcin

I simply countered someone who was snotty and condescending to me who on another recent thread regretted that Ukraine wasn’t successful in killing Putin—and then tried to haul out military service as an excuse for idiotic geopolitical positions.

And you don’t seem to be a prize yourself.


19 posted on 05/28/2025 12:46:39 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

“I simply countered someone who was snotty and condescending”

You cited military service as neocon indoctrination.


20 posted on 05/28/2025 12:50:14 PM PDT by TexasGator (11-.1.'1'11\1I11111111111.1'11.'11/'~~'111./.)
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