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[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 4 points 21 hours ago

You'd think a real estate mogul of all things would understand the value of land even with damaged property. Almost like he's sympathetic to Russia or something.

I am flabbergasted. Who would have thought that a man with decades long ties to Russia, who's met with and spoke highly of Putin, who had russian spies crawling all over his first presidential campaign, who's backed by russian oligarch money, would say such a silly thing about Ukraine.

They're planning an offensive that has moscow scared enough they are rattling their nuclear sabers. Seems like a poorly thought out move for a "destroyed" country and that their hegemonic buddies would advise them against rather than helping them tool up for the fight.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 2 days ago (61 children)

Saw this just after reading the post about Russia knocking out Ukrainian citizens' ability to heat their homes this winter.

Any tankies wanna weigh in on why this is acceptable?

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Russia good, West bad. No further thought required.

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[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 89 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He'll say the same to Taiwan, too

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, only if that's what Xi writes on the check's memo line.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 72 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just refuse to listen to a chronically lying fat fuck who shits himself on the regular

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I WONDER WHY ITS DEMOLISHED, MAN IF ONLY WE KNEW.

jokes aside, this is to be expected from trump, nothing less from him is expected.

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 107 points 2 days ago

Concerning whatever this felon awaiting sentencing might say, recall that the opposite is true.

Slava Ukraini!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 66 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Guys, I’m starting to think this trump fellow is a goddamned fucking moron whose evil is not limited to sexual assault and fraud.

[–] rednalsi@lemmings.world 11 points 2 days ago

he is a dumb man. he is a dumb man, i know him. i can tell you surely he is an excellent idiot. great idiot. bigly.

[–] ephrin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

I’m shocked, I tell you, just shocked.

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[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 59 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's making big sense lately why tankies LOVE trump so much.

He supports their favorite dictators very well.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I hope all the tankies and "genociders" will vanish after november so we can have normal discussions.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Trump laid blame for the conflict on President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival in November. He said Biden “egged it all on” by pledging to help Ukraine defend itself rather than pushing it to cede territory to Russia.

“Biden and Kamala allowed this to happen by feeding Zelenskyy money and munitions like no country has ever seen before,” Trump said.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Why didn't he resolve the conflict during his presidency?

Or we also believe him that it didn't exist when he was president? His first impeachment was for blocking already approved aid.

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[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 24 points 2 days ago

It's great when his arguments only strengthen my resolve to stand with Democrats in supporting Ukraine.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

"they didn't extort ukraine for oppo research hard enough!"

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You know when you go to a movie and it looks amazing but turns out to be just the same fucking trope of a shitty guy with a sack of money belonging to an actual real bad guy and instead of just delivering it, the shitty guy blew it?

Now you gotta sit through two hours of him verbally fellating the guy then getting actually scared? That one?

Anyone else hate that trope?

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[–] rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 34 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Ukraine may be in rough shape, but no real fire fighter would stop trying to put out a fire at a burning house. There is always something to save.

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[–] suzune@ani.social 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If Trump is elected, the USA would also be demolished, but you should not give up the entire country.

[–] rsuri@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“If they made a bad deal it would’ve been much better. They would’ve given up a little bit and everybody would be living and every building would be built and every tower would be aging for another 2,000 years.”

Just a little appeasement, what would go wrong. Of course I can believe he's fully unaware that Ukraine tried that twice already in the Minsk agreements.

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[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Trump more and more desperate for those Russian funds. Probably gets $1 million for each Ukraine/Zelensky diss.

And he'll still get up in front of Americans and claim he's not taking the side of the most belligerent enemy of democracy on this planet.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Trump always sides with himself.

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