'Panic' in Ukraine as leaked confidential Trump peace plan astounds: report
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The Telegraph noted, “Trump’s demands would amount to a higher share of Ukrainian GDP than reparations imposed on Germany at the Versailles Treaty, later whittled down at the London Conference in 1921, and by the Dawes Plan in 1924.”
This is an extraordinarily bad move.
I'm glad to see steps taken toward the war ending, but this is the sort of Big Mac diplomacy that's just patently moronic. Trump seems to think he can just order up what he wants and it's going to magically happen without any negative consequences.
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I know exactly what you mean!
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Unfortunately, they are not 100% the problem. Certain groups of loyal citizens put them there.
So while I agree, fuck every politician in office, let's not forget to give credit where credit is due to the "american" people.
And don't tell me those same people are just brainwashed. No, those same people would have put a fascist in power regardless of how educated they are. Evangelicals are just clueless and even the smart ones suck cheeto dick.
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Sounds like my parents' pastor
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Trump has already directed the removal of language saying Taiwan is NOT independent (pissing off the Chinese) and is trying to scale back the CHIPS Act (making us more dependent on Taiwan). Putting those two things together with this "deal" for Ukraine, it feels to me like he is setting us up for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan where he can make a similar "deal" with Taiwan where we protect them in exchange for 50% of their chip making profits.
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Like I simply could not believe he thinks he could add that. Even the most tyrannical warlords of the past didn't demand that much tribute from people they conquered. The Mongols and Romans would blush at this shit.
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I'm not sure you read what that person wrote correctly.
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So openly declaring war on all of Europe?
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As an American I'm not embarrassed. The whole world should have seen this coming. This country elected Trump in 2020. Americans showed you what type of time they're on. When he lost re-election Americans tried to force his presidency. The Democrats were too weak while they had power, always trying to take the high road. If any country is still dumb enough to really on the US for anything then they get what they get.
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Does that seem out of the realm of possibility now?
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Don't be embarrassed for the actions of poloticians. We only have the illusion of choice in the US. You can be embarrassed for the human race if you like. Cause "leaders" like this exist in the first place.
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the word of the USA means less than nothing
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Why would anybody expect a genocidal empire to stop another genocidal empire? They're the same thing.
Ukraine should have allied with palestinians and other people being attacked and colonized by empire.
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Don't be embarrassed for the actions of poloticians. We only have the illusion of choice in the US. You can be embarrassed for the human race if you like. Cause "leaders" like this exist in the first place.
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Politicians gain their power from The People. It is alarming as an American that nearly half the country actually wants this to happen because "the other side is getting hurt" without recognizing that they too will suffer alongside the people they are told to dislike.
What was that infamous quote from POTUS LBJ again? "Convince the poorest white that he's better than the richest black so you can pick his pockets clean [paraphrasing]"
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"Whatever happened to the non-aligned movement?"
"He's over there."
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Personally I'm disgusted to be in the same country as the people who approve of this. Makes me fucking sick.
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Don't bother. People here would rather have Putin as god-emperor than face the reality of institutional failure that got them here. Twice.
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And by "high road" you mean the one paved by donor money, not the morally high road.
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The other option is to channel that hate into action. Even it’s just helping others get angry too. Once the right people (or the right amount of people) get angry enough, this can all be stopped.
