Posted on 09/24/2025 4:16:06 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised his "productive meeting" with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, after which Trump appeared to jettison his long-held skepticism of Kyiv's battlefield ambitions.
Shortly after the meeting, Trump wrote on social media, "After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form."
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But on Tuesday, the president appeared to have changed his tune. "With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, Nato, the original Borders from where this War started, is very much an option. Why not?" Trump wrote.
"Russia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years, a war that should have taken a Real Military Power less than a week to win," he continued, suggesting Moscow was a "paper tiger" citing its battlefield failures.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov disputed Trump's comments, telling the RBC news agency on Wednesday, "Russia is not a tiger; Russia is more closely associated with a bear. There are no paper bears. Russia is a real bear."
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And Peskov doth protest too much.
Timber Trolled.
In before the Poopers pounce.
Hmmm. No comment.
Wow the Russian response couldn’t have been more childish.
Guess they never heard of teddy bears, etc.
Trump hasn’t pivoted. What he’s done is forced Europe to pay for this forever war with Russia. We’ll provide the weapons as long as Europe and Ukraine pays for them. Many of those European countries are also members of NATO. Europe is broke, and can’t afford to support a long-term war with Russia.
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Why can’t we just stay out of it? George Washington, foreign entanglements and all that old white guy stuff.
“ We’ll provide the weapons as long as Europe and Ukraine pays for them”
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As long as it’s payment in cash with no American subsidies involved, go for it. If Western Europe’s globalist leaders choose to impoverish their people, who am I to object… that’s the prerogative of their peoples.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4342356/posts
“Hey, Apparatchik, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.”
Agreed. Somehow I don't think Europe or Ukraine can cough up the cash.
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