THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS A FUCKING RUSSIAN ASSET.
God damn it, I wish the news outlets would take the kid gloves off already.
this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2025
429 points (99.8% liked)
News
23738 readers
3090 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Why would they? The people in bed with the russian asset own the media.
He's just checking on his investment....
evac flight for agents after the election.
Gotta test the beds at the White House to make sure they're soft enough for Big Daddy Vlad.
Daddy Vlad and mommy Elon?
trumps got his knee pads ready
This deserves an "we regret there was some kind of malfunction with a SAM system" without any actual apology.
Gotta fly in republican bribe money.
And it’s best to let them know what their policies will be for the coming year in person. Putin’s end of year review with them.
NATO officials who fear a deal that could harm Kyiv and alter NATO’s eastern border dynamics.
And why do they think Ukraine would agree to such a deal?
Because Trump will cut all funding and equipment if they don't.
He's gonna cut it anyway
Biden and the idiots in the US Congress have been so slow at delivering equipment and money that Ukraine has been overwhelmingly relying on other sources. That dithering has (most likely inadvertently) removed much of Trump's ability to strong-arm Ukraine. Trump's writ doesn't run as far as he imagines it does. There's a strong chance that the Ukrainian and European response will be "LOL no."
No that's not a good enough reason, because Ukraine can't give in, just because USA cuts funding. Everyone with any insight to the situation in Ukraine knows this.
USA will continue to support Ukraine, although maybe not with as much funding, there is a very strong consensus that at the very least USA will continue to share for instance intelligence from satellite surveillance.
Russia is running dry of resources, and Ukraine continues to receive aid from EU and countries all over the world. USA ending funding will only make it take longer before Russia finally collapses, and it will cost more losses for Ukraine. But it doesn't change the fundamentals of the situation.
So the bullshit about Trump ending funding will change everything, is just that. Bullshit. Because he might do that any way. And it's unlikely that NATO officials believe otherwise.
I suspect that someone made that claim up!! That NATO officials "fear" a deal. Because it doesn't make any sense.
They won't have a choice. That's what he meant by ending it in a day. He'll likely agree to allow Russia to use extreme measures on what the US will then officially consider Russian territory without risking retaliation from the US since it will then be Ukraine who is the aggressor on paper if they don't withdraw and stand down. And the if NATO refuses to acknowledge the new agreement it will just give Trump the excuse to withdraw from it like he keeps threatening.
They won’t have a choice
Of course they will.
He’ll likely agree to allow Russia to use extreme measures
That will end the NATO alliance. And Europe will continue with many independent countries to support Ukraine.
it will just gibe Trump the excuse to withdraw from it like he keeps threatening.
Then the world will dramatically change, and democratic countries can nolonger work with USA, and USA will lose ALL soft power they have.
I seriously doubt the rest of the US administration and the oligarchy will allow that.
You are vastly underestimating how uniquely stupid and compromised Trump is.
But he is also a coward. If certain powerful figures have conversations with him, he'll fold.
I CLEARLY write that the rest of the administration would probably stop him.
There is no rest of his administration, just a rotating cast of clowns that do as he says.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Biden lame ducked himself so hard that this isn't a news story. Literally the entire world has already switched to talking to Trump unless it's something that's happening before January 20th. Yes Putin sucks, but he's also the only person in the world who can call off the war in Ukraine. So without evidence of fuckery I find it hard to care.
thats not even really a biden problem, this is a well established feature of trump existing.
Literally nobody can ever shut the fuck up about him ever, for a second.
Biden also outed himself as aging badly on the national stage. Allies are going to be diplomatic about it, but they definitely noticed.
Didn't it land at one of the only airports with Trump's plane or is that just rumour?
what questions? Nobody had any doubt that this was going to happen.
Why speculate, it's just Lavrov's batch of cocaine
Biden needs to transfer to Ukraine a nuke right now to provide some M.A.D. insurance. If he doesn't, I worry Trump will look the other way completely should Russia escalate with tactical ones or worse.
Edit: Guys, please educate yourselves on MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) Theory. The point is deterrence through mutual destruction, which effectively worked during the Cold War.
EDIT: Russians down-voting? I can only assume given the curious lack of substantive counter-arguments.
Because Republicans with Trump gained full control of the US, effectively all geopolitical support is going to drop off for Ukraine over the next 4 years. It is imperative that Ukraine be given leverage ahead of this transition.
If nukes start flying we all lose.
That's the point of MAD
MAD requires sane leadership and neither the US nor Russia are to be trusted with that.
Those nations already have nukes. 🤣
And you think Khrushchev was more sane than Putin? The guy who was putting nukes in Cuba?
load more comments
(6 replies)
Of course. That's why I advise we provide Ukraine with a nuke and warn Russia that if they try to utilize nukes against Ukraine, then Moscow will be targeted by Ukraine themselves.
Again: MAD Theory. Deterrence.
Edit: Russians down-voting? I can only assume given the curious lack of substantive counter-arguments.
UK has stated that if Russia uses nukes against Ukraine, there will be a symmetrical response.
Edit:
And a promise is basically all the defense Ukraine has, just like they were promised both non aggression from Russia, and protection from USA, when they gave up their nukes 20 years ago.
Promises are worth zilch, just like when Hitler promised Chamberlain peace. Some things never change, especially when dealing with crazy dictators.
One would hope, but those are mere promises. When the time comes, doing is far different than saying. If we're already committed that far and we already support Ukraine to those ends, then let's cut out the middle man and give Ukraine such missiles themselves where they may be utilized immediately without hesitation. And of course, that's a certainty Putin can be assured of.
load more comments
(1 replies)
load more comments
(1 replies)
I’m of Russian Jewish descent but my family has been in America since 1907.
You’re getting downvoted because most of the world thinks increasing nuclear risk is bad. Because it is!
If there were an easy way to end this conflict it would of happened by now. But I’m not interested in nuclear war and MAD only works when both sides are sane. Does anyone look sane right now on either side?!
Also if Russia uses nukes they’ll get a nato nuke response. What’s the point of putting nukes in Ukraine? We can end the whole world in like 30 minutes if we’re fucking dumb enough.
load more comments
(19 replies)
How do you think nukes work that one can just be provided to them? And how do you feel they will implement MAD with only a single nuke?
load more comments
(5 replies)
There are plenty of nuclear weapons close to Ukraine that can very easily and quickly be launched if whatever necessary scenario I can't come up with that would require a nuclear weapon happens.
The UK currently has 120 of their 225 nuclear weapons deployed and France currently has 290 of their 280 deployed and Putin is well aware of that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons
load more comments
(19 replies)
view more: next ›