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submitted 5 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Summary

The White House has directed the State and Treasury Departments to draft a proposal for lifting some U.S. sanctions on Russia as part of Trump’s effort to restore ties and end the Ukraine war.

The proposal could ease restrictions on select Russian entities and oligarchs, though it’s unclear what the U.S. would receive in return.

Trump has signaled openness to sanctions relief despite previously threatening harsher measures.

Talks between U.S. and Russian officials have intensified, with economic cooperation, including rare earth minerals, emerging as a key topic.

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[-] sommerset@thelemmy.club 2 points 5 months ago

Word has changed since cold war u know.

[-] Devanismyname@lemmy.ca 21 points 5 months ago

The only thing that hasn't changed since then is Russia

[-] sommerset@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 months ago

This is a total lie. there is no sense to keep funding stupid usaid propaganda - it keeps population dumb

[-] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

it keeps population dumb

You mean dumb like all those Trump Musk supporters ? Or dumb because educational programs have been defunded, and fed by social media and classic media controlled by the rich men having power ?

[-] Devanismyname@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

Well Russia was doing all this same stuff back the too so I'm not really wrong. They certainly aren't more peaceful these days.

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

Yeah, note instead of Russia being a communist authoritarian hellscape, it’s a capitalist authoritarian hellscape.

Very different

[-] sommerset@thelemmy.club 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Isnt that what us is? Capitalist authoritarian hellscape?

[-] itslilith 7 points 5 months ago

That's why they get along so swimmingly

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

That's certainly the trajectory Project 2025 wants to really drive home. That's not exactly a defense of Russia.

[-] Ledivin@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes, but Russia (or at least Putin) hasn't.

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

He came into power almost a decade after the Cold War ended, so I don’t get what you mean

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago

You're an idiot then. He was literally a KGB agent. This isn't even hard to find information, if you Google him it's on Wikipedia you've done literally zero research.

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Oh so being a KGB agent is being the president, got it. Who’s the idiot again?

[-] uienia@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Which has nothing to do with anything, but I bet it sounded cool in the goo in your numbskull.

[-] liuther9@feddit.nl 8 points 5 months ago

Commenting on every post licking trumps balls

[-] sommerset@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 months ago

I disagree with Trump on many things, just not Ukraine Russia

[-] 1847953620@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

“I put at least some minimal effort into looking like I don’t just fantasize gargling their balls. Even though I do.”

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Trump is so l still a Russian asset. Doing russias bidding

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Both Putin and Trump are 80s relics and so it matters little how much the wor[l]d has changed, the cold war facet applies to the blindly pro-russian stance of Trump.

Of all the stances to take, this one is insane. Almost every violent conflict has shades of gray, nuance rather than unambiguous good and bad. The Ukraine-Russia conflict is one of those supremely rare straightforward ones where Russia is just straight up the bad guys.

[-] sommerset@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If china is about to kill you economy, who gives a damn about Russia?b

And u clearly have no historical knowledge of that conflict.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago

Well yeah, it's part of o365 now.

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