I've seen a LOT of russian/trump, "it's a mystery if they're in bed together" type posts for the past few days. It made me pull out the bookmarks from the first term. Here is some ammo if anyone needs it (other stuff is mixed in). Remember, leave the link and depart. If you're explaining, you're losing.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/33277983

I remain unimpressed by CNN reporters because he has not asked the most important question: What will guarantee Russia's adherence to any kind of peace deal?

It's boring to repost it the Nth time but the 1994 Budapest Memorandum was quite clear about these matters:

1. Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders
2. Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories...
3. Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest...
4. Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used".

Yet, putin kicked nearly every single point in the memorandum the moment he felt ready. Why would the same leader act differently in the future?

It's eerily similar in my view to the Abraham accords. Trump negotiated bypassing Palestinians and then we got Oct 7 and the war that spiraled from it. These "deals" are as flimsy as a CyberTruck, but it's also very trumpy. He gets to act like a peacemaker and then his successor will deal with the consequent shit. Same thing happened in Afghanistan.

*edit: also, if someone wants to be "fair" (i'd rather say naive) one can consider the official Russian narrative, but again that narrative explicitly goes against the Budapest Memorandum, meaning, they are very open about not respecting treaties they sign.

That's because there aren't any.

Meanwhile Zelensky is saying he'll give up the presidency in exchange for NATO membership.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9vx01evp9o

Incredible that Trump remains so mad that Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize that he’s willing to literally just order an ally to give up so he can claim he made the peace and demand his prize. He really was just entirely broken by a black man being president.

We all knew the so-called "peace deal" was going to be rough but "US takes this half, Russia takes that half" is a new low even for him.

The EU needs to step up it's war machine. More manufacturing, more army, more WMDs. If we can't rely on the US then we need our own.

Sure, all that is expensive, but not half as expensive as not having it. There's a lot to be said for having a big stick you never have to use.

President Krasnov is a fucking bitch

Because there aren't any

The blind leading the lame

Their concession is sending someone to listen to the Trump guy.

Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, who met with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, said a deal over Ukraine’s raw earth minerals could be signed this week.

The deal will be signed with Russia. Trump will want carve up Ukraine between the US and Russia.

Trump just looks so weak here. So much for being a strongman. I guess he just likes being manhandled?

Weird way to spell capitulation.

Our cold war enemy has the president of the United States in his pocket.

He might let us have Alaska. Trump'd probably take that deal.

What are they talking about?!? Russia is obviously conceding half of Ukraine for the next 3 to 5 years. It is absolutely gracious of them to allow the people in Ukraine to borrow that territory until Russia feels like actually ruling it again!

/s

Yewah poor bohy

I don't want to give Twitter any of my traffic, so I found it here: https://youtu.be/Tbr_4tbvImc

Should keep negotiation going, don't make any deal with Krasnov Trump too early. Always say it is due to US betrayal in Budapest Memorandum.