Posted on 09/29/2025 4:14:00 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
President Donald Trump is flexing new leverage in the war in Ukraine — allowing the nation to use U.S. weapons to strike deep into Russia, weighing whether to provide Kyiv with Tomahawk cruise missiles and vowing Ukraine can take back all its land — while pressing China and India to slash purchases Russian oil.
Ukraine supporters are cheering the shift, noting that after months of frustration over the grinding conflict, Trump appears to be changing tactics. From a combative February meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his declaration last week that Ukraine could reclaim all of its original territory, the president is signaling a harder line on Moscow.
On "Fox News Sunday," Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg revealed that Trump had authorized long-range Ukrainian strikes inside Russia. Vice President JD Vance added that the administration is weighing whether to send Tomahawk missiles, a capability the Biden White House had denied. The weapons would be funded by European partners.
"We're certainly looking at a number of requests from the Europeans," Vance said. "It's something the president's going to make the final determination on."
The U.S.-made Tomahawk has a range of about 1,500 miles, meaning Kyiv could theoretically target Moscow if Trump approves the transfer. Russia quickly issued warnings, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov questioning whether Ukrainians could operate such systems without American assistance.
"Who can launch these missiles, even if they end up on the territory of the Kyiv regime?" Peskov asked. "Can they be launched only by Ukrainians, or must it still be done by American personnel? Who provides the targeting? A very deep analysis is needed here."
He dismissed the weapons as strategically meaningless. "There is no panacea that can change the situation on the fronts. There are no magic weapons, whether Tomahawk or others, that can alter the dynamics,"
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Marcusmaximus?
I’m sure his base is happy with that.
I can tell you why I’m not. All that money and no updates. They sort of have freedom of speech here.
Sounds like hopium. No fricking way PDJT will allow WWIII to start.
Sounds like hopium. No fricking way PDJT will allow WWIII to start.
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If Trump launches, he will be the worst President ever.
There is NO REASON to attack Russia on this. We jumped into Kosovo against our WW 2 Allies, now again siding the the One Worlders.
Some will add, “like a fox”, but I am thinking he is crazy.
“Trump finds new leverage in Ukraine fight with Tomahawk threat and long-range strike authorization”
The problem isn’t Trump ‘finding’ new weapons against Russia - the problem is Russia using the weapons they ALREADY HAVE.
As it is, the Neocons hitting Russian targets with Tomahawks virtually assures a decapitation strike in Kiev, and with that, Trump will FINALLY be able to put an end to this war.
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It's not a proxy war anymore.
6000 nukes pointed at America is a lot of nukes
This is insanity and just asking for trouble. What happened to Trump? He’s been looking unwell lately. There’s something going on behind the scenes.
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a Zeep…Zeep….ZEEPER.
So who is spinning propaganda and hopium?
Nothing is free in life.
Ask Steiner.
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