Political impacts of Ukraine war

[HavokFour]

Trump also told reporters that Russia has been "fine" with regards to Ukraine. "They ‌haven't ⁠been doing much," he said.

[Reuters]Trump says Zelenskiy should get somebody else to negotiate to end war​

"Fine"

Russian Drone Hits Park Full of Families in Kharkiv Region, Killing Infant and Two Women

A Russian drone struck a crowded park in Nova Vodolaha, killing two women and an infant and injuring at least 14 people, including seven children.

united24media.com

 

[Czech_pivo]

[Reuters]Trump says Zelenskiy should get somebody else to negotiate to end war​

"Fine"

Russian Drone Hits Park Full of Families in Kharkiv Region, Killing Infant and Two Women

A Russian drone struck a crowded park in Nova Vodolaha, killing two women and an infant and injuring at least 14 people, including seven children.

united24media.com

Hmmmm

What would Trump say if Zelenskiy said that he’d prefer Carney to negotiate on behalf of the Ukrainians? I mean, Trump did say that Canada’s leaders were nasty and very difficult to negotiate with.

 

[Brad Sallows]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
Have you seen or heard from any good men lately? Every outspoken congress person or senator should be converging on Washington to pass legislation overriding Trump or they should just plain shut up.

There are plenty of people opposed to Trump on the conservative side of the aisle. On any given day I can find at least a few quoted at places like Reason(.com) and National Review Online. There is not a majority sufficient to take action in Congress. They are unlikely to work with Democrats because a few loudmouths among the Democrats have indicated they want to punish anyone who did anything substantial to support Trump (if a hook can be found for some kind of legal theory), and Democrats have a well-established history for disposing of their political opponents after they finish pursuing a shared enemy.

There is not really any point hoping Republicans will throw themselves out as long as the only alternative is Democrats as they currently are constituted. I suppose that if the Democrats were approximately where they were c. 2008 when Bernie Sanders might have marked the outside boundary for wing-nuts, a bipartisan concensus would emerge to thwart if not remove Trump. But they're not; they're in 2026 and a few extreme candidates are scaring the normies and their silent sane majority is staying silent. I see a few people trying to disavow and contradict the extremists, but they're lost voices in a hurricane.