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Major risks loom as Trump upends US Russia policy
Reuters ^ | February 19, 2025 | By Matt Spetalnick

Posted on 02/19/2025 9:19:06 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, then-U.S. President Joe Biden took a firm stand in solidarity with Kyiv, forged a bulwark of European allies and set veteran advisers to the task of isolating Moscow economically and diplomatically.

Washington's approach changed dramatically with Tuesday's initial meeting between U.S. and Russian negotiators.

The officials met just a month after Donald Trump returned to the White House, with Ukraine and NATO partners sidelined by a relatively inexperienced team of Trump aides and Putin granted concessions even before the talks got under way.

Trump's rush to impose an end to Russia's war in Ukraine has stoked fears of a peace deal with Putin that could undermine Kyiv and Europe's security and alter the geopolitical landscape.

"The really worrying fact is that Trump has taken Russia from pariah to prize partner in the time span of just a few days. That comes at a price," said Brett Bruen, a former foreign policy adviser in the Obama administration.

Even before the talks, European politicians accused Trump of handing free concessions to Moscow last week by ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine and saying it was an illusion for Kyiv to believe it could win back the 20% of its territory now under Russian control. Some critics condemned Trump for what they said amounted to appeasement.

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1 posted on 02/19/2025 9:19:06 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So Trump pursuing peace with a nuclear armed Russia is somehow riskier than continuing to fight to expand NATO’s borders right up to Russia by annexing a former Russian territory that was the route of all European invasions into Russia?

Somehow, I doubt it.


2 posted on 02/19/2025 9:23:06 AM PST by wildcard_redneck ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
has stoked fears of a peace deal

Do the war clowns listen to themselves?

3 posted on 02/19/2025 9:23:47 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: kiryandil

Peace is an unknown concept to war mongers. They may have to learn how to be productive citizens, instead of destructive parasites.


4 posted on 02/19/2025 9:27:07 AM PST by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things! )
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To: kiryandil
has stoked fears of a peace deal

Do the war clowns listen to themselves?

So far, this is the question of the week...congrats.

5 posted on 02/19/2025 9:27:23 AM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Note the language. “US Russia” policy is something that exists all on it’s own and a president must obey it.

Sorta like the way Vindman testified that Trump did not follow the instructions of “the interagency group” in the phone call.


6 posted on 02/19/2025 9:34:22 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Reuters - trash and they millions from USAID.


7 posted on 02/19/2025 9:40:15 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: USS Alaska

Reuters lol, a USAID dependent of the deep state globalist warmonger narrative.

Who’s going to subsidize their propaganda machine in the future,


8 posted on 02/19/2025 9:40:41 AM PST by captmar-vell
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To: USS Alaska

Libs think too much free speech caused the holocaust and now they fear a peace deal. Sun Ting Wong.


9 posted on 02/19/2025 9:43:12 AM PST by BipolarBob (Remember kids: Think positive and test negative.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden was bought and paid for by Zelenski.


10 posted on 02/19/2025 9:43:28 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“then-U.S. President Joe Biden took a firm stand in solidarity with Kyiv”. Not before Joey said this, I guess it took a little while for the money to start coming in:

“I think what you’re going to see is that Russia will be held accountable if it invades. And it depends on what it does. It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do.”


11 posted on 02/19/2025 9:44:19 AM PST by kawhill (“My poor friend, you are the absinthe drinker. It is you who have lost your moral faculty.”)
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then-U.S. President Joe Biden took a firm stand in solidarity with Kyiv

Should have stopped reading right after this fallacy. Biden's careless words condoned the invasion.

12 posted on 02/19/2025 9:45:20 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Russia couldn’t take down Ukraine in three years of war. Now they are a threat to the rest of Europe? They had to import Nork military to help.


13 posted on 02/19/2025 9:48:21 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Privatize the administrative state!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You don’t score without taking chances.


14 posted on 02/19/2025 9:49:09 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Black guy upon receiving a MAGA hat: "MURICA!")
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Putin doesn’t care a thing about taking all of Ukraine and has no interest in taking any of Europe. He just wants everybody else worn out and broke militarily before Russia cracks economically. So far, he’s scraping by.


15 posted on 02/19/2025 9:52:46 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Black guy upon receiving a MAGA hat: "MURICA!")
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To: USS Alaska

Yes, Biden defaulted on bond payments to another country, Russia. Reuters is part of the deep state cabal.


16 posted on 02/19/2025 9:53:04 AM PST by Machavelli (True God)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Come on Matty. Put on your big boy pants. Trump has the controls.


17 posted on 02/19/2025 9:57:56 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The U.S. Government was never meant to be a jobs program.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, then-U.S. President Joe Biden took a firm stand in solidarity with Kyiv, forged a bulwark of European allies and set veteran advisers to the task of isolating Moscow economically and diplomatically.

And how is that working out for... anybody?

18 posted on 02/19/2025 9:58:01 AM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
images-9 pumpin pure crap by the gallon,,,,, again.
19 posted on 02/19/2025 10:01:58 AM PST by cuz1961
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To: kiryandil

“Do the war clowns listen to themselves?”

No. That’s why the article says this:

“U.S. President Joe Biden took a firm stand“

Uh, sure he did. It’s not as if he had been napping on the beach three weeks each month.


20 posted on 02/19/2025 10:11:08 AM PST by packagingguy
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