Posted on 03/03/2025 11:39:32 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
“Our checkbook is done,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said during the latest episode of The Verdict podcast, discussing the tense exchange Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky had with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Friday.
“My view is America first, which means I want our allies to be strong and I want our enemies to be weak,” Cruz said.
“It’s the reason I’ve urged President Trump, yes, you campaigned on we should end the war in Europe. Enough is enough. Stop sending money, but we want a negotiated outcome that is a clear loss for Russia. Why? Because Russia is our enemy. Putin is our enemy, and we don’t want our enemy made stronger,” he said, explaining that Zelensky’s performance was “so bad, so outrageous, so infuriating, that Zelensky increased the chances of an outcome that benefits Putin, and that is bad for Ukraine, bad for America, and bad for the world.”
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Sounds like he got a clear message from voters.
Good to hear him finally say that. Like zathras said...he must have gotten the message.
WHO has cost the US more: Putin or Zelensky?
Name something Russia has done in the past 20 years that directly impacted the USA?
Seriously. Is America being sold a boogie man from 50 years ago?
“Because Russia is our enemy.”
Why? Because he says so? I believe it was USAID that’s been funding the Taliban and most of the many other terrorist groups around the world.
Russia has already taken back most of that little area in Russia proper that "Z" wants to trade. lol
I suspect Texas political leaders are being pushed by U.S. energy giants to keep Russian oil off the global spot market.
Thank you.
“No one ever listens to Zathras. Quite mad, they say. It is good that Zathras does not mind. Has even grown to like it.”
I loved that show
Oh darn Z, we just used our last check.
Someone should send Zelinskyy this link.
https://www.gofundme.com/
Then he can tell Trump/Vance “F U” when his “friends” tell him what to do and have their wallets back up their words ;)
I’m ALL for Ukraine having peace/harmony for their people and their lands. I’m also realistic. I don’t think it’s crazy/extreme to NOT want WW3 which is exactly what we’d get if Trump did exactly what Zelinskyy wants.
I think Z-man has watched too many Hollywood movies where the children talk back to parents with deep disrespect and wind up getting what they want anyway.
Here there’s a major difference. This jerk, with the mind of a spoiled brat, back talked the wrong adult. His allowance is now being cut off for good. A good hard spanking is now in order, figuratively, that would equate to disengaging from the UN, NATO and pulling troops out of Europe.
Let the globalist blood suckers suffer. If they are worried over Putin, too bad. They’ve never respected us, or their own citizens, anyway.
Let Europe put up the next $350 billion.
Cruz is being squishy.
There are 20 GOP Senate seats up in 2026. Not a single one of those will dare to oppose Trump in any way whatsoever.
Neither will the 2028 seats, but they will just keep their heads down for now.
The globalist cabal getting rich off foreign military interventions and government issued defense contracts want us all to believe it’s still the 1950’s and Russia is still the Soviet Union. Sadly, a number of Freepers want us to believe this as well!
Even Lindsey Graham can “read the room”
The witch from Alaska election in 1018 and she is still making waves.
Yesterday’s enemy is tomorrow’s friend (and vice versa). I’ll be honest. I don’t know who America’s friends are anymore. Europe is not acting like a friend.
That is not to say that Russia is our friend. Far from it. But Russia wants the war to end and so do we. We can work with that. Europe seems to want it to continue.
Russia can’t win (ala Cruz)? We MUST win? Why don’t we do what we always do? Declare victory and leave. Just a suggestion.
I don’t have the answers, but I no longer HATE Russia and LOVE Europe. Personally, I’m for keeping both at arm’s length. Neither seems trustworthy or our “friend”.
I do like Poland.
Don’t think she is up.
...all while Europe FUNDS Russia via buying much of their natural gas from them. Ask them how much...they’re literally funding both sides of the war. It’s sick.
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