The War in Ukraine

[Kirkhill]

In terms of the evolution of Trump

Ukraine-Russia war live: Trump: Putin is stringing me along

Donald Trump has accused Vladimir Putin of stringing him along over Ukraine peace talks.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Trump’s post in full​

Here is Donald Trump’s full post on Truth Social in which he turned on Vladimir Putin.

“No matter what deal I make with respect to Russia/Ukraine, no matter how good it is, even if it’s the greatest deal ever made, The Failing New York Times will speak BADLY of it. Liddle’ Peter Baker, the very biased and untalented writer for The Times,

First things first - It is all about New York. How The Donald is seen on Page Six of the New York Post and how he is accepted by New York society.

followed his Editor’s demands and wrote that Ukraine should get back territory, including, I suppose, Crimea, and other ridiculous requests, in order to stop the killing that is worse than anything since World War II.

I actually do think that Trump is serious about his concerns about the killing. And the risk of WW3 and Americans dying. If only for the impact on his reputation.

“Why doesn’t this lightweight reporter say that it was Obama who made it possible for Russia to steal Crimea from Ukraine without even a shot being fired.

To my mind this is a major concession. Realpolitik aside the war started with the seizure of Crimea by Russia from Ukraine. That is not Ukraine's fault. Obama is a handier scapegoat.

It was also Liddle’ Peter who wrote an absolutely fawning, yet terribly written Biography, on Obama. It was a JOKE! Did Baker ever criticize the Obama Crimea Giveaway? NO, not once, only TRUMP, and I’ve had nothing to do with this stupid war, other than early on, when I gave Ukraine Javelins, and Obama gave them sheets.

As is Biden.

“This is Sleepy Joe Biden’s War, not mine. It was a loser from day one, and should have never happened, and wouldn’t have happened if I were President at the time. I’m just trying to clean up the mess that was left to me by Obama and Biden, and what a mess it is.

It is less dangerous to beat up on Biden, Obama and Zelensky than it is to beat up on Putin and Xi.

But....

“With all of that being said, there was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through “Banking” or “Secondary Sanctions?” Too many people are dying!!!”

Apparently Trump knows a lot about a lot of stuff. He knows more than everybody else about deals, infrastructure, tax laws, visas and how to build solar powered spaceships.

One thing he doesn't know about is sending people to die.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

To be fair, had Obama placed a Division of troops into Ukraine in 2014, we would not have had this war. It was Obama's insipid response to the take over of Crimea that encouraged Putin to risk moving on the DNR and LPR.

 

[KevinB]

To be fair, had Obama placed a Division of troops into Ukraine in 2014, we would not have had this war. It was Obama's insipid response to the take over of Crimea that encouraged Putin to risk moving on the DNR and LPR.

The same blame could be placed on Trump45 and Biden. They could have put US troops into the area and had NATO conduct PeaceMaking