LOL, NATO:
Posted on 07/08/2025 3:45:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had approved sending U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine and was considering additional sanctions on Moscow, underscoring his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the growing death toll in Russia's war with Ukraine.
Trump, who pledged as a presidential candidate to end the war within a day, has not been able to follow through on that promise and efforts by his administration to broker peace have come up short.
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Trump directed his ire at Putin on Tuesday during a meeting with cabinet officials at the White House.
"I'm not happy with Putin. I can tell you that much right now," Trump said, noting that Russian and Ukrainian soldiers were dying in the thousands.
"We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin ... He's very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless," Trump said
Trump said he was considering whether to support a bill in the Senate that would impose steep sanctions on Russia over the war.
"I'm looking at it very strongly," he said.
The bill, whose lead sponsors are Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, would also punish other countries that trade with Moscow, imposing 500% tariffs on nations that buy Russian oil, gas, uranium and other exports.
DEFENSIVE WEAPONS AGAINST RUSSIAN ADVANCES
Trump said on Monday that the United States would send more weapons to Ukraine, primarily defensive ones, to help it defend itself against Russian advances...
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Wait for the other shoe to drop.
With Trump, there are usually multiple shoes hitting the floor.
Trump has absolutely no leverage with the Russians.
“Trump has absolutely no leverage with the Russians.”
Yep, we can give Ukraine weapons for as long as China is willing to sell us the raw materials, as we continue to produce weapons. But how many weapons - maybe 5 to 10% of what they need for the Neocon War in Ukraine? According to Alexander, we STILL have not been able to start up that 155mm factory that we bought from Turkey, complete with tooling and trained workers...and its been over 2 years now, maybe 3 years.
The Russians are able to scrape by with the sanctions, but they’re going to get worse and worse until Russia has had enough. What do you think will happen then?
Shoes dropping for US/Western media consumption, PR and political narrative forming.
It’s not a “Neocon” war. It’s a war against Putin the aggressor. All the nonsense that has been written on this board doesn’t change that.
The only false narratives I see come from Putin fanboys.
Trump has threatened to impose 3rd party sanctions before.
The Russians have bought the necessary machine tools and integrated circuit making equipment already.
Hitler fought a war for over five years without oil export revenue.
Rich Russian women may come to lack the latest fashions from Paris and Russian girls may not get new dolls Made in China for Christmas, but the war will go on, all the way to Odessa, unless Russia is offered a deal it will accept.
There is an article I read today about Russian drones operating 10 kilometers from the front lines.
I’m not sure if it was in the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, but it is well worth reading by both DC politicians and military commanders.
Putin broke more than a dozen international treaties by invading Ukraine, one of them he personally signed, recognizing Ukraines borders.
“It’s not a “Neocon” war. It’s a war against Putin the aggressor.”
I like to give credit where it’s due. The Neocons DARED Putin to attack (by not even talking to him in the months leading to the war), so Putin took their dare...
Vlad will start negotiations when he has Donetsk Province rolled up. Lughansk was recently liberated 100 percent-( watch the celebrations there, but you will not find them on western MSM),…Donetsk almost there.
Vlad’s stated goals are being met, patience my Neo con friends.
A campaign promise broken here.
LOL, NATO:
No more U.S. weapons. Maybe li'l Z-man can get some pop guns from Iran on the installment
plan. I hear Iran is having a "scratch and dent" sale going on right now.
“Lughansk was recently liberated”
Is that the same Lughansk they “liberated” three years ago?
No campaign promise has been broken.
Jul 8, 2025
Kiev Meltdown Infighting After Russia Pokrovsk Breakthrough Trump Rebuffs Kiev On Arms Macron Upset
-Alexander Mercouris.
I run the speed up to 1.4 to listen, Alexander has a halting speech pattern but excellent sources and reputation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rtfYxAiNM
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