I believe China is joining some sanctions.
Trump said he likes Putins style. He's very smart. What he's doing is giong to cause a lot of suffering in Russia as well, but I don't think that matters much to Trump.
TDS much?
shareNot TDS, which is an Orwellian word tactic used by redder-than-reds in cases like this to back up their comrade in Moscow. The derangement actually does exist--inside Trump's skull. When he says something that confirms this, it is not "TDS" for rational people to point that out (in the hope of exposing his derangement to his supporters and possibly changing minds). Do you approve of his calling Putin's aggression "smart" and "savvy?" He has not yet said one word of condemnation, in sharp contrast to the rest of the still-living, non-accidental or Russian-aided, presidents.
shareLol absolute TDS, Trump said that he thought Putin was smart and that we were being dumb. He wasn't admiring him rather criticising the notion of sanctions as a deterrent - which turned out to be 100% correct.
For thr record, Putin may be a maniac, but he is not unintelligent ... Which is why we must be very cautious.
Absolute TDS? The invasion has been a mess and the international community is nearly unanimously condemning. It will bring a lot of hardship on his own people.
He absolutely praised Putin, calling the invasion a smart and savvy move. What would Trump have done that didn't involve sending in Troops? He didn't tell us, just told us how smart he is again. That's often the case with him.
"calling the invasion a smart and savvy move"
Link?
"The problem is not that Putin is smart, which of course he is smart, but the real problem is that our leaders are dumb," Trump said.
Trump has long expressed admiration for Putin, and this week described his war strategy in Ukraine as "wonderful" and "genius."
Wonderful and genius were Trumps words specifically for his war strategy, but he was saying Putin was smart, while talking about the invasion. Split hairs if you want to.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-again-praised-smart-putin-123527786.html
edit: Here Trump is talking about the invasion and how he's going about it as smart and savvy.
"I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘This is genius.’ Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine — Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that's wonderful," Trump said in a radio interview with “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show." "He used the word ‘independent’ and 'we're gonna go out and we're gonna go in and we're gonna help keep peace.’ You gotta say that's pretty savvy."
Really genius. Just declare a country to actually be independent then attack it calling peacekeeping. Idiot.
LOL Just as I thought. Not only does the link you provide not say that Trump said "the invasion a smart and savvy move" but it actually quotes Trump saying this:
"The Russian attack on Ukraine is appalling, an outrage and an atrocity that should have never been allowed to occur. We are praying for the proud people of Ukraine. God bless them all," Trump said.
... and then you say I'm splitting hairs.
I don't understand people whom cannot be objective. It's like an illness.
LOL back at you. Yeah, he said it's appalling and an atrocity, but Trump also praised the strategy and thought the way Putin was going about it was smart and savvy.
Trump has said both those things. Praising Putin but also making sure to say it's a bad thing. He said it's smart and savvy as far achieving Putins goals go, it seems. But also an atrocity. It's bad. Trump would have stopped it, somehow.
I don't understand people whom cannot be objective. It's like an illness.
"calling the invasion a smart and savvy move"
Link?
You honestly think Putin has no intelligence?
Underestimate these people at your own peril.
An illness called TDS. It's absolutely real.
shareHe may not be unintelligent, but he is unwise.
shareThere could be a few old soviet blocks that might join Russia in this fight but for the most part, it looks like Russia is on it's own.
However, those neo-nazi's in Ukraine gave Putin a good reason to want to go after them after they murdered Russian separatists.
Yea this is a reason to invade a country.
sharePeter -
It was another reason but certainly not the main reason for this conflict. However, it would be like a foreign military group attacking American citizens that are living abroad. Would that be okay with you?
Most would consider that an act of war. Personally, I think Russia could have avoided this whole thing but I also think they have a few legit reasons for this conflict. This isn't just "big bad Russia attacks peaceful and innocent Ukraine". It's much more complex than this. In fact, this thing has been mounting for several years now. After weeks and weeks of talks, no one was able to come to an agreement, so Russia decided to use military force.
And this is the mistake of Putin. His attack lead to unification of europe and to huge sanctions for russia. It would not have hurt to keep on talking and starting to de-escalate by bringing the troops back from the border. But Putin did not want to de-escalate, he planned invade Ukraine and the talks were just a farce. Putin wanted blood. Surely there has been a crisis before but starting a war was not neccesary.
And come on: The Idea of "Nazis" killing russians on Ukrain territory is like two weeks old - the army of russia was at the border fro 2 month before that - what a funny coincidence...
FACT: There are no neo Nazis in positions of power in Ukraine. Prove me wrong.
shareBean -
Depends on what you consider as a position of power. The Azov Battalion is considered a rather powerful group. So, there you go, I just proved you wrong.
Mr Crisp, you better go down to the station house. You’ve been proven wrong.
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Poor Russia. They were so affraid of the huge Nazi Regime, led by a jew that they had no other chance to invade Ukraine and murder civil people and kids- of course to defend the self
shareIt's all an American plot. The US is at fault for those eastern European countries joining NATO, and Ukraine wanting to join the EU, and so on.
shareFACT: Zelenskiy did not provoke Russia. Prove me wrong.
shareThere are plenty of buffoons on this site who are doing just that.
share#45, and all of his weak-minded followers who do and think everything he does, no matter how idiotic it sounds coming from him.
shareTDS strikes again. A clear expert on weak mindedness. Pay attention lemmings.
shareNot for Russia but... how can we deal with their problems? They are paranoid. Ukraine can't join NATO or EU or it would freak them out. Putin believes they act like a NATO country without being one. He hates that. He's using them as an eg. Not the wise choice on his part but he's willing to kill over it.
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