Posted on 05/27/2025 6:56:19 AM PDT by karpov
President Trump is unhappy with Vladimir Putin. The Russian isn’t heeding the President’s entreaties to stop the killing in Ukraine, and Mr. Trump is nonplussed.
“I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever,” Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social.
Separately, Mr. Trump told reporters: “I’m not happy with what Putin is doing. He’s killing a lot of people, and I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin.”
Mr. Trump may be the only person in the world still surprised by how Mr. Putin is behaving. The Russian is the same man he’s been for two decades, bent on reconstituting as much of the old Soviet empire as he can get away with. Ukraine is his obsession. He’s not going to modify his ambitions merely because Mr. Trump alternates between begging for peace and scolding outbursts on social media.
Mr. Trump and his advisers fancy themselves steely-eyed realists on foreign policy. No “neocon” idealism for them. But on Mr. Putin they are starry-eyed idealists, mouthing “peace” as if they can make it happen by wishing it were so. Mr. Trump’s naivete is helping Russia continue the killing as long as Mr. Putin wants.
The good news is that the U.S. Senate still has some genuine realists when it comes to Russia. As GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham writes in a letter nearby, he has 82 co-sponsors on a bill that would hit countries that buy Russian oil and gas with tariff sanctions. Energy sales are Mr. Putin’s financial lifeline.
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GOP revolt? LOL. Anything to do with politics/patriotism, etc, is of no interest to our RINO reps in congress. It would interfere with their insider business deals and partying with the opposition.
Not going to happen in this world or the next!
The very concept of government has been utterly perverted into the Satanic in this world.
This planet temporarily belongs to Satan.
Things will change for the infinitely better - eventually.
“Energy sales are Mr. Putin’s financial lifeline.”
Hitler waged war for over five years without oil revenue.
Karl Rove still writing for the WSJ, it appears
Ukraine can make peace with the Russian Federation or it will be absorbed into it.
Democrats are predatory and evil, and Republicans are morons and cowards. Not much hope here.
Lindsey Graham? Lindsey Graham? Are you kidding me?
The GOP Senate can’t even figure out what planet they live on.
Turtle and Linda should have been gone 10 years ago.
“As GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham writes in a letter nearby, he has 82 co-sponsors on a bill that would hit countries that buy Russian oil and gas with tariff sanctions.”
Do you really think the Chinese are going to tolerate that?
The US simply can’t function without Chinese exports.
If the US insists on being a bully, it will get shunned.
Russia started the war when it seized Crimea under a Democrat President of course. Then it started seizing the rest of Ukraine under another Democrat President. Now the Democrats will probably blamed Pres. Trump for that fiasco which is their only talent ... screw things up and blame the closest republican for it.
“Mr. Trump’s naivete is helping Russia continue the killing as long as Mr. Putin wants.“
More BS from the WSJ TDS gang. They are as far gone as AP. I guess
“Russia started the war by invading Ukraine and is responsible for continuing the war.”
Neither side has clean hands, but I suspect the Russian hands are dirtier.
This is my understanding of the situation:
The war in the Donbas cooled down during Covid.
Once Covid fears passed, the war fears began again.
Pro-Moscow people in Donbas asked for Putin’s armed help and got it.
The war almost started a year earlier.
It looks as though Chinese Sanctions are hurting our military FAR MORE than any sanctions we impose intended against Russia.
Bottom Line - Russia gets the Chinese Rare Earth, we are no longer getting it:
“To state the obvious, Russia started the war by invading Ukraine and is RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUING THE WAR.”
According to your date of choosing.
The WSJ took nearly 1/2 page before they blame Trump.
You can simply promote production of oil. That reduces the price and revenue for Russians.
Of all the things for the GOP Congress to finally wake up and start taking action on, it figures that it would be one that doesn’t benefit Americans in any way whatsoever.
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