[janetjanet998]

BUDAPEST NOT HAPPENING:

per senior White House official, “Secretary Rubio and Foreign Minister Lavrov had a productive call. Therefore, an additional in-person meeting between the Secretary and Foreign Minister is not necessary, and there are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future.”
https://x.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1980681505471975744

[libh8er]

Putin already got what he wanted - stopping the sale of Tomahawks. He has no use for a meeting with Trump. The question is how long will Trump allow himself to be humiliated by Putin. He doesn’t seem to learn (unless Putin has secret leverage that we don’t know about).

[chajin]

As I read this I'm watching a 1943 movie, Mission to Moscow, about the work of Amb. Davies in helping the Soviet Union fight the Nazis. It's like watching a snake and a scorpion in battle, knowing that whichever one you pick to help, when it is over it will turn and bite you with poison. (No, I don't think we should have supported Hitler.)

It is nearly the same today. Putin is not our friend, Russia is not our friend. But Europe has become maybe even a worse enemy, steeped in jihadism and Marxism, so that whichever side we pick to help, when it is over that side will turn and bite us.

[tennmountainman]

Zelensky is a very angry Man about this news.

He will have to spend some extra time at his Bathhouse to relieve his stress.

[SaxxonWoods]

Good, no need to waste time. You can’t end something neither side wants to end. Leave them alone.

[Allegra]

Just as well. It becomes more and more evident that meetings with Putin or Zelensky are exercises in futility.

Both of them are greedy and selfish and they just want to see what they can get out of our country.

[Orosius]

Putin thinks he’s winning, so why negotiate?

[silverleaf]

Cry Havoc
And let slip the dogs of war

After Zelensky’s Friday performance…a tantrum over not getting US Tomahawks ( ridiculous)….there was no settlement to discuss

Meanwhile Z back to collaborating with the EU on seizing $200 Billion in frozen Russian assets ….that won’t end well

[Karl Spooner]

Zelensky terrorists are on the loose in Hungary to block negotiations, as usual.

Blasts hit Romanian, Hungarian oil refineries tied to Russia October 21, 2025

"In light of recent Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, local authorities have not ruled out the possibility that the incident was a deliberate act. Yet, other potential causes, such as human error or technical malfunction, are also being considered, according to Vilaggazdasag.

An explosion also occurred at Hungary's largest oil refinery, located in the city of Szazhalombatta, which receives crude oil from Russia, according to Hungarian media outlet Telex."

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