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Posted on 05/29/2025 4:50:52 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
President Donald Trump has had a simple and bold plan to win the peace in the brutal war between Russia and Ukraine.
In my opinion, Trump knew getting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainians to negotiate was never going to be the problem.
But Russian President Vladimir Putin would be.
So Trump seemingly castigated the Ukrainians at the very same time he extended a very welcoming hand to Putin, a nonthreatening and nonjudgmental one at that.
Trump's maneuver was a brilliant one, including a peace deal that would start with both sides agreeing to an immediate ceasefire.
As expected, Zelenskyy quickly signed on.
At Trump's demand, the Ukrainians even gave away a big chunk of their national wealth in a minerals deal with the U.S.
Putin has talked a good game and still does.
While Trump and Zelenskyy have taken concrete steps toward peace, Russia has actually stepped up its attacks against Ukraine.
This past weekend, Russian forces have undertaken one of their largest combined drone and missile strikes since the invasion began in February of 2022.
The recent attacks, largely targeting civilian centers, have included nine Kh-101 cruise missiles and a record 355 Shahed-type attack drones.
Putin's ongoing attacks have contributed to the wider toll of the war on Ukraine, which has seen hundreds of thousands of casualties, millions displaced and significant damage to the nation's civilian infrastructure.
Russia's own toll has been enormous, with estimates of total Russians killed and wounded around 1 million men.
With his proposals, Trump had offered Putin a relatively easy off-ramp from his apparent suicidal mission.
But the Russian leader doesn't want a deal.
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Military Summary Channel
https://youtu.be/LZ2Pa9dY—I?si=jBMMV3c3j4BFtN4X
Facts on the ground.
Russians make big gains today and continue their offensive in the Suma and Krakow regions. Really. All over the place.
The European Union Soviets want Russia and Israel to bend their knees.
I certainly hope President Donald Trump is not a party to the agenda of the EU and its blatant hostility to those countries.
The Ukraine and Gaza wars are tough situations and I hope and pray President Trump will find the right course on both issues.
The Leftist EU is seeking to hurt Russia and Israel instead of helping those nations secure their borders.
Ok. So Trump finds a way to take out Putin. Would it snowball events in Iran and Cuba? What about Bejing/
Christopher Ruddy - there’s a blast from the Clinton wars past.
The Palm Beach Post interview also noted that Ruddy, disenchanted by the war and runaway federal spending under Bush, re-evaluated the Clinton years and offered a kinder view of the administration he once criticized.
Yeah, he was a big fizzle from the Clinton years.
Christopher Ruddy doesn’t know nothing.
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Preserving their homeland as a free and independent nation factors in there somewhere, not just for Zelensky but for the Ukrainians in general. If they had done what many here have suggested, they would all be Russian slaves by now.
“Russian slaves” huh?
Where are they at in Russia?
War Pig Putin and his useful fools still don’t have enough blood on their hands. The Moscow Kremlin’s dupes really need another armchair hobby.
“Ruddy: Trump, Zelenskyy Want Peace, Putin Does Not”
Depends how “peace” is defined.
If it’s the temporary absence of armed conflict, then Putin doesn’t want that kind of “peace”, after all it’s OBVIOUS what will happen as it has already been stated by Kellogg and the leaders in Europe (not to mention it already happening).
If “peace” is defined as Russia and Ukraine fully settling their situation, with borders adjusted to reflect reality - and internationally recognized, along with other conditions, then Putin would end the war the next day.
Obviously the Neocons are GASLIGHTING us by claiming that “peace” is the first definition, but they’re not fooling Russia with that (even if they fool their own publics), and that’s all that matters, at this point.
Putin is a former KGB spy from the 70’s he thinks that the collapse of the old Soviet Union was the worst thing to happen to Russia since WWII & acts accordingly.
TITLE IS CORRECT.
PUTIN WANTS HIS “LEGACY” TO BE:
“HE REUNITED THE FORMER SOVIET UNION & GLUED IT ALL BACK TOGETHER”
The Putin loyalists have been extra cranky over the past few weeks.
“Ok. So Trump finds a way to take out Putin. Would it snowball events in Iran and Cuba? What about Beijing.”
Depends what you mean by “take out Putin”, but if it means removing Putin as president by some means, Putin will be replaced by someone who likely won’t play nearly as nice simply because those are the people that surround Putin.
If it means the Neocon goal of overthrowing the Russian government in order to replace it with a bunch of Slave States (similar to Ukraine and most of Europe), then you’re right - China won’t like that, an will actively join the war as they know they’re next.
But the good news is that China is sick of their drones being used by the Neocons to kill Russians, so now their production is solely for Russian use. This should greatly accelerate peace efforts.
“Christopher Ruddy - there’s a blast from the Clinton wars past.”
Explains why his views are so popular in Zeeper-land.
Surrender is a path to peace.
Trying to assassinate Russia’s leader by drone strikes doesn’t facilitate Russia’s willingness to negotiate
““Russian slaves” huh? Where are they at in Russia?”
Exactly, if they hadn’t invited-in the Neocons, they would still have Donbass and Crimea, along with the rest of Ukraine. Idiots, all they needed to do was look at the track record of the Neocons, starting with Vietnam and ending with Afghanistan.
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