Posted on 05/11/2024 7:40:54 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
If re-elected, would Donald Trump end U.S. support for Ukraine? He certainly sounds as if he would. On the campaign trail, he routinely describes Ukraine as a burden to the U.S. and declares his eagerness to see the war end, which he promises to achieve through negotiations in a mere 24 hours. Trump has also made clear his admiration for Vladimir Putin and dismissive attitude toward the European Union. Many observers worry that once back in office, he would condone, tacitly or even directly, Russia’s efforts to dominate Ukraine.
But it wouldn’t be an easy move for Trump to make, and there is reason to believe that his rhetoric on Ukraine is more political bluster than plan of action.
Trump’s dislike of Ukraine has many sources. It stems in part from his first impeachment trial in 2019, when he was charged with interfering in the 2020 election by putting pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce an investigation of Joe Biden. The subsequent war in Ukraine has provided ammunition for one of Trump’s longstanding foreign policy complaints: that the U.S. does too much and Europe too little for Europe’s security. He has even suggested that the U.S. wouldn’t come to the defense of allies who don’t do their share for NATO. And of course there is the politics of aid to Ukraine: Democrats champion Ukraine and revile Russia, inspiring some in Trump’s orbit to do the opposite—to make Russia a synonym for strong leadership and to decry Ukraine as corrupt and parasitical.
Against this backdrop, it is instructive to scrutinize Trump’s actual record on Russia and Ukraine. Much of what he said about the two countries on the campaign trail in 2016 had little or no bearing on the actions he took as president.
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Michael Kimmage and the wall street cat box liner.
Military industrial complex WSJ sounds concerned.
What Trump will say is get out now or hellfire will be coming. That will end the war.
The WSJ wants the Fed to print more worthless dollars for the Ukraine toilet.
Agree.
Israel is going to buy their weapons from Ukraine since that is where their promised US weapons went.
Biden still gets his 10%.
Supports spying, supports censorship, supports more war for Nazis. And endless debt & Mike Deep State Johnson.
He’s betrayed us/US.
The WSJ hates Trump as much as the NYT.
If you watched Trump’s speech today, he pledged to speedily drop the price of oil by about 60%, and that Putin would not be able to afford the war.
You will at some point see most of our pro Putin and supposedly anti Biden friends here, line up to oppose Trump.
Trump constantly reminisces on how he threatened all of our enemies and made them stop in their tracks.
America’s enemies are going to pull out all the stops in an attempt to keep Trump out of office.
How could he make it worse? Biden’s policy to fight the war to the last Ukrainian is nuts. What will be left to save if Biden continues on this path. He wants quick negotiations with Hamas and long war with Russia. His policies suck.
Won't help with his mental state or quality of life, which are going into the crapper.
Jill, on the other hand, ...
WSJ is a Never Trumper Rag.
This is based on lies.
Trump warned Germany and the European Union what would happen if they signed up for the Putin Pipeline, they laughed in his face and exactly what Trump predicted happened.
Obama and Biden said Russia had changed and laughed in the faces of those warning of Russia.
This is based on Dem Scandal sheets long disproved rumors and lies.
What next? Hillary is really a warm and loving person? And Joe is a Foreign Policy expert.
It'll benefit the MIC.
Here it comes, people
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So they’re back to the “Trump will cause WW3” story.
After Biden caused 10/7, Ukraine, everything else.
Projection is mighty with these pathetic putzes.
This author is full of it.
Trump won’t abandon Ukraine. He wants the bloodshed and killing to stop. I believe he’ll make it a priority to get a negotiated peace settlement with harsh economic conditions if it is violated.
That’s just my speculation, though.
Ukraine is a huge industry. These hundreds of billions will never come around in the lifetime of any of these connected people again.
There’s nothing they won’t do to keep that money coming.
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