Posted on 09/23/2025 11:02:31 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft if they enter NATO territory, shortly after nations in the Western military alliance condemned Moscow for violating Estonian airspace.
"Yes I do," Trump told reporters when asked about whether he would support such moves.
Trump made the comments to reporters before a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
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Putin has put NATO on notice. This is not 2022 nor 2023, or 2024. Russia invited NATO to bring it yesterday over the increasingly hostile rethoric of warmonging coming from Britian, France and Germany. Russia has put their missile forces on alert now, and they are prepared for the EUropean conflict agianst Russia.
Trump wants to somehow provide all the weapons and have the EU fight Russia since the US General Officer corps has lost the war they directed in Ukraine.
Maxi-pad, do you actually think the EU leadership is doing anything to actually support Ukraine, or do you actually understand that these leaders are using the war in Ukraine to distract their own people form the recessions in their own countries. The first political trick for domestic problems to focus the public on external conflicts.
Ukraine serves that purpose the EUropeans at this juncture. Everything they are promising Ukraine is 4-7 years out with the exception of Troops. Russia will defeat the EU. In fact the Duma has recognized the EU as a warring fraction similar to NATO rathar than an EU government - but as a military focused government without a mission absent Russia to kick around.
Today, we see the Ukraine patriots cheering the potential NATO downing of Russian military aircraft. Now, that might be consistent with their established position, if they actually believe there is zero risk of direct US-Russian conflict - even if the US starts destroying Russian aircraft and killing Russian pilots! Or it may indicate a new position; our FR Ukraine patriots may actually be pushing for a hot war with Russia (potentially WW3), just to save their precious Ukrainian bacon. It will be interesting to see which of those positions attracts more FR proponents...
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That would be President Trump.
No more olives from the Trump orchards extended to Mad Vlad in the hopes of a reciprocal offer for peace. In essence Trump walking away from a bad deal.
“If I flew a combat airplane or any other for that matter, into your airspace I would expect to be shot down.”
So like KAL 007, then ?
US military is ready for war. Just look at this training video showing their “skills”.
https://x.com/Mrgunsngear/status/1970548883664314409
That cheap shot demonstrates you are not aware of some of the finer points in play. Obviously, Trump saw the question as an opportunity to underscore for Russia the U.S.'s support NATO.
What other response would you recommend from a third party that has a deep, personal interest in the matter?
“Will Putin test this over the US ?LOL”
Yes. It will be over spam-us-marximus’ house.
...wait...that’s in ukraine.
Never mind.
My bad
You can’t see the difference? Really? That is amazing to anyone.
Remember when we used to chase Russian planes away from US airspace on the regular?
Pepperridge Farms remembers. Not sure Communists even know HOW to change...
“If I flew a combat airplane OR ANY OTHER for that matter, into your airspace...”
So what did you mean by “or any other” ?
Do you really need an explanation?
“”””There is a deranged bunch in DC now that truly believe they can conduct a conventional war with Russia, and they will accept defeat and never dare go nuclear.... because, they just wouldn’t dare.””””
It is bizarre for you to think that Russia would choose to end themselves in nuclear war anytime they fail in a foreign invasion, when did Russia switch from MAD ‘rather than be conquered’, to MAD ‘anytime we start losing during foreign invasions’?
“””””US military is ready for war. Just look at this training video showing their “skills”.
https://x.com/Mrgunsngear/status/1970548883664314409“””””
For a military service avoiding foreign boomer, you sure are an idiot when it comes to evaluating foreign militaries.
That is not what he said.
Reuters made it seem like he wanted to start a war.
He said “yes I do”
“Do you really need an explanation?”
It’s bad when they do it, but not when we do it ?
I think almost anyone can evaluate this.
The problem is more the training staff that would set up this woman like this in the first place.
Shows the US military and all Western militaries have a long way to renew themselves.
My “amateur” opinion is avoid conflict with a military which is tuned up after 3 years of brutal trench warfare with rapid innovation in drones, PG weapons, jamming etc.
https://x.com/Mrgunsngear/status/1970548883664314409
Your boomer military service avoiding foreign, America hating opinion of the American military is absurd, actually far beyond absurd, but you offer a lot of absurdities to promote Russia here and attempt to denigrate America.
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