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In a Fox News interview, Donald Trump argued that Ukraine should not have resisted Russia’s 2022 invasion, claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should have made a deal with Vladimir Putin.

Trump criticized Zelenskyy for choosing to fight, compared the military strength of Russia and Ukraine, and said he could have ended the war quickly through negotiations.

Trump’s stance contrasts with Joe Biden's strong support for Ukraine, including aid and sanctions on Russia.

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[–] [email protected] 127 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I'm sure at this point if Zelenskyy pulled out a wellrod, popped both of them and said "Slava Ukraini" there would be a round of applause.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If he does this, I'm getting Heroiam Slava tattooed on my chest.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

i honestly don't think anyone would put him to trial. like suddenly everyone you know was with the president of ukraine at the time of the incident. and sure, that's not what questions the ICC would be asking, but that's what we'd all be saying

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Exactly I mean, the USA isn't going to start a war with an ally over a shitbag placeholder president like Trump. As for Russia they're already fucking war so what are they going to do? If anything set it up so it looks like a Russian assassination attempt on Z went wrong and got Putin and Trump instead. United States should have been at war with Russia since 2016 anyway. Now would be a great time to join in considering Russian combat capacity is at nearly zero, and they're currently utilizing the zap branigan meat wave tactic.

At this point if that actually happened China would take a long hard look and go no thank you sir. They ain't doing shit to defend Russia. Hell, if we promised them a portion of it, they'd help us take it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I'm indefinitely with him at a pizza party

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Firstly, he'd need two Welrods. Those things aren't exactly quick to reload.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I'm sure the British would oblige him.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It would almost certainly be a requirement to prosecute and then likely lock Zelenskyy up if he did that, even if he might be doing us all a favour. And even the nicest prison is still a prison.

It would be better if there was a way to have the targets neutralise each other.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Requirement from whom? Who would enforce it?

I know the obvious answer is the ICC, but they currently have warrants for both Putin and Netanyahu, so clearly that's not an effective threat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Vance. I think he and his puppet masters would love the excuse to join with putin's past allies. Russia gets the land, united states of stupid gets ~~half the resources~~ contracts to aid in building the 'infrastructure' and such to process the resources.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Straight up killing a known criminal is not the accepted way to mete out justice, no matter how right it seems. We have (international) courts for a reason, even when the case is open and shut, and even if the same courtesy would be unlikely if the situation was reversed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nah, make the entire operation look like a Russian assassination plot on Z went wrong. People in US intelligence that are currently involved with Ukraine would definitely help facilitate that story.