Posted on 02/18/2025 6:37:17 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970
President Trump on Tuesday appeared to blame Ukraine’s leaders for the three-year war with Russia, arguing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “should have never started it.”
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, after massing troops on the border and demanding a ban on Ukraine ever joining the NATO alliance. The invasion took place nearly a decade after Russia took over Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
Trump vowed to end the war during his presidential campaign and on Tuesday repeated his claim that the war would never have started if he had been president. He spoke after U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia without Ukraine officials.
“I think I have the power to end this war. And I think it’s going very well,” Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago on the heels of the meeting between U.S. and Russian officials.
“But today I heard, ‘Oh, well we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years,” Trump continued. “You should’ve ended it in three years. You should have never started it. You could have made a deal. I could have made a deal for Ukraine that would have given them almost all of the land, and no people would have been killed, and no city would have been demolished and not one dome would have been knocked down. But they chose not to do it that way.”
Trump went on to rail against former President Biden as “so pathetic” before again criticizing Zelensky.
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which began three years ago when Russia launched an unprovoked invasion of its neighbor.
"unprovoked" - LOL. They keep saying that, knowing it is ludicrous and no one believes it any longer. Habit, I guess.
I support Trump no matter what. He obviously doesn’t want to deal with Zelensky.
Russia has aided Democrats in every election since the 1930's. The Democrats tried to say Russia helped Trump, but it was debunked, they helped Hillary.
Looks like B.S. from the Hill. It looks very much like he was talking about the Biden administration, no Zelensky.
Taken in that context, it makes perfect sense.
It takes very little to “provoke” Russia. Just refuse to abide by their fake elections.
Just refuse to allow them to run your political parties, or their presidential candidates (in your country).
The idea that there was no Russian meddling in Ukrainian politics is silly.
This is not saying the USA did not meddle. But to claim it was one sided is silly.
Waiting for Z to show receipt that Pedo Joe had a hand in starting the war.
“Appeared to blame “ . Right there you know it’s a BS article.
Trump has repeatedly said that Russia would never have invaded Ukraine if he were president.
Exactly, which shows he was talking about the Biden administration, not Zelensky.
This is the Hill putting out anti-Trump propaganda.
You love it when leftist sites jerk you!
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb 26 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump condemned on Saturday Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and said he was praying for Ukrainians, switching tone from his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week.
Ukraine is sooo screwed.
I would have to disagree. This is the light at the end of the tunnel for ordinary Ukrainians. But the elites who sold their souls to the globalist cabal - yeah, the party is over for them.
That was 3 years ago.
Catch up.
All they had to do was forswear NATO and not militarize.
“Russia launched a FULL-SCALE invasion of Ukraine”
Dog Whistle completed, this reporter is safe.
“You” is both singular and plural in English.
Was not Ukraine shelling it’s own provinces before Russia invaded?
When Trump does end this war there will be no more need for Putin... Which means there will be no Putin. The faster it ends, the faster he will disappear into oblivion.
“But today I heard, ‘Oh, well we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years (speaking of Zelensky),” Trump continued. “You should’ve ended it in three years. You should have never started it.”
Trump gets it, so the war will end sooner than later.
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