[House Atreides]

Marcus…. DON’T FORGET THE FREEPATHON!!

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

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[Robert DeLong]

Utter nonsense from WSJ.

[pierrem15]

Simply nonsense. Putin managed to do two stupid things at the same time: a) ignore and mock Trump's peace overtures; b) fail to achieve any significant gains towards Russia's grandiose stated war aims.

In addition, the Europeans have stepped up to fund the war, and the Ukrainians showed themselves to be resilient and have caused real damage to both the Russian army and the Russian economy, the latter by droning Russia's oil infrastructure.

I still think if Trump is serious about ending the war he needs to do two things: i) up the pain on Russia (the sanctions may help); ii) offer a settlement plan that gives Putin enough to back down and Ukraine realistic security arrangements to guarantee it won't be attacked again.

[McGruff]

“Trump was also made aware of a planned Ukrainian offensive which would require U.S. intelligence support”

“Not my war” - President Trump

[duckbutt]

Trump is no chump! You don’t think he’s seen this all before in business and politics? Keep your enemies close.....

[aMorePerfectUnion]

(((PING!)))

To be added to the zeeper follies pinglist, 
ping me bro... we need laughter!

[Navy Patriot]

...Zelensky’s Charm Offensive...

Agreed.

[mass55th]

Charm?? He sure didn’t charm President Trump into giving him anymore freebies. This moron and his European supporters, many who are members of NATO, were charmed by Trump to buy weapons from this country to fight that endless war. Now they’re all involved in a proxy war with Russia, but at least the US is no longer.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Nothin to to with Zelenskyy.

This is pressure to force Putin to the table.

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[McCarthysGhost]

Bull...Trump was able to correctly ascertain that Russia is playing games and has no interest in peace. Russia is not going to like this new arrangement.

[tumblindice]

“Pop. Barzini or ... “ Michael
“Zylynskyy’s a pimp.” Don Trumpleone
(theme tune plays for 127th time, Pam blows in from her pedicure)

[Montana_Sam]

Putin went out of his way to make Trump look ineffective.
Putin isn’t nearly as clever and cute as he thinks he is; now Trump is cooking up a giant sh!t sandwich for Putin to eat.
Trump’s change of position had nothing to do with Zelenskyy.