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Thank God for this group. It’s heartening to see.
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It's still a negotiation, it's just Zelensky represents Ukraine and Trump represents Russia.Negotiation? Trump has already conceded to Putin on damn near every point before they ever sit down.
Pubs voted for us to ally with Russia and Hungary over this group. Just unforgivable.Thank God for this group. It’s heartening to see.
Give the opposing side a voice. Super ignore exists for a reason. This is your board, but I would draw the line at blatant racism, Naziism, etc, not at simply being an annoying MAGA sycophant. Don't repeat the mistakes (IMO) that the original ZZL Politics made.What does everyone else think? Personally, I think Michael Flynn is a disgraceful human being. Pretty much the same with Elon Musk. But, I’m aware others may have a different view.
Do we want an opposing side to have a voice or is this just blatant “trolling”?
Is that why your hero and President Elon has a record of firing or silencing people that are critical of his actions? Hell, the dude even refused to sell a Tesla to a journalist who once wrote a column that was critical of him.Relax. When people do what you're doing its a sign they don't like being exposed or the truth they hear is offensive. Its always the left calling for bans, so odd.
They have opinions. I don't agree with them in the slightest, but let them speak. Like another poster said, we've done too much ignoring these folks, and it didn't work.What does everyone else think? Personally, I think Michael Flynn is a disgraceful human being. Pretty much the same with Elon Musk. But, I’m aware others may have a different view.
Do we want an opposing side to have a voice or is this just blatant “trolling”?
We may very well wake up in the near future and realize our country looks like Russia (or Hungary).Let's say Europe rallies and we aren't needed for muscle going forward. Do we close down bases? Are we forced to close down bases? What happens to our ability to project power? Do we wake up one day and realize our military looks like Russia's current mess?
That is certainly Putin’s objective. The Trump administration’s continuing efforts to move things in Putin’s direction is more than just a bit curious to me.Let's say Europe rallies and we aren't needed for muscle going forward. Do we close down bases? Are we forced to close down bases? What happens to our ability to project power? Do we wake up one day and realize our military looks like Russia's current mess?
If in a decade or so Europe has been able to do this, I imagine we would close some bases. But we’re still a long ways from that.Let's say Europe rallies and we aren't needed for muscle going forward. Do we close down bases? Are we forced to close down bases? What happens to our ability to project power? Do we wake up one day and realize our military looks like Russia's current mess?
I agree with the majority of your post, so I didn't bother to quote it here.Trump has always been an isolationist. He is going to advance an isolationist foreign policy and economic policy (IMO).
I read ,but can't vouch for the truth of it, that their constitution forbade elections during war time.Peace is not Zelenskyy’s priority, Tulsi Gabbard says
“President Zelenskyy has different aims in mind,” she said.
“… “President Trump is committed to peace and to freedom,” Gabbard told host Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.” “We’re seeing this big divergence here between his position, his commitment to these values and the interests of the American people and the interests of President Zelenskyy and these European leaders.”
… President Zelenskyy has different aims in mind,” she said. “He has said that he wants to end this war, but he will only accept an end apparently that leads to what he views as Ukraine’s victory even if it comes at an incredibly high cost of potentially World War III or even a nuclear war.”
… Gabbatd put the onus on Zelenskyy to repair the damaged Ukraine-U.S. relationship.
“When President Zelenskyy directly challenged President Trump and Vice President Vance in front of the media and the American people, he really showed his lack of interest in any real, good faith negotiations,” Gabbard told Bream. “This has created a huge rift in the relationship.”
And now?
“There’s going to have to be a rebuilding of any kind of interest in good faith negotiations I think before President Trump is going to be willing to reengage on this,” Gabbard said.
Gabbard also assailed Zelenskyy’s leadership over his country, telling Bream that Kyiv had canceled elections and silenced its political opposition. Trump in February called Zelenskyy, who was elected in 2019, a “dictator without elections” and American negotiators have discussed the prospect of new elections in Ukraine in peace talks with Russian counterparts.
But elections now could be perilous for Ukraine, and even Zelenskyy’s top critics are opposed to the idea of holding votes during wartime, due in large part to the risk of Russians influencing campaigns.
“We could go down a whole laundry list of issues that are against the values of democracy and freedom,” Gabbard said,
“So it really begs the question as Vice President Vance said again in Munich, it’s clear that they’re standing against Putin, obviously that’s clear. But what are they actually really fighting for? And are they aligned with the values that they claim to hold in agreement with us?” …”
Well said. And he’s also much more comfortable with authoritarian strongmen than he is with democratic leaders.I agree with the majority of your post, so I didn't bother to quote it here.
I don't think Trump is an isolationist as much as he is a transactionalist. He only offers to support others insofar as they offer him something that he values, either before they seek his help or as payment for receiving his help.
He is very much willing to help Russia because Russia assisted him, both in his private financial dealings and in his efforts to be elected as POTUS. Zelensky refused to help him when he requested Zelensky's assistance against Biden in 2019/2020 and so he will refuse to assist Ukraine now unless Zelensky provides a large payoff to Trump/the US (mineral rights).
Trump assists Israel because they have assisted him in the past and because he expects to gain from the transaction in the future (Trump Gaza).
Trump is very interested in international engagements in Greenland and in Panama, even though those nations have sought nothing from him, but solely because he wants something from them.
I don't think you can correctly label Trump an isolationist because he is more than willing to take on international causes/issues, but you can label him a transactionalist because he only wants involvement with causes/issues where he stands to gain from the engagement.