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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Aug 16, 2025, 02:42 PM Aug 16

Trump, A Very Useful Idiot, Buckles In Alaska, Disastrously Sells Out Ukraine And The West

Morning all. Yes, it was as horrible as we all feared. Trump literally rolls out the red carpet for Putin on American soil and not only does he get nothing in return, but yesterday our weak, cowardly and corrupt leader broke with Ukraine and the Europeans/NATO and adopted Putin’s position on the conflict, folding like a cheap suit.

Here’s the NYT this morning, “Trump Backs Putin’s Route for Talks” (gift link):

President Trump appeared on Saturday to split from Ukraine and key European allies after his summit with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, adopting Mr. Putin’s preference for pursuing a sweeping peace agreement instead of the urgent cease-fire Mr. Trump said he wanted before the meeting.

Doing so would give Russia an advantage in the talks, which are due to continue on Monday when President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine visits Mr. Trump at the White House. It breaks from a strategy Mr. Trump and European allies, as well as Mr. Zelensky, had agreed to before the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska, and it provoked a chilly reception in Europe, where leaders have time and again seen Mr. Trump reverse positions on Ukraine after speaking with Mr. Putin.

Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social early on Saturday that he spoke by phone to Mr. Zelensky and European leaders after his meeting with Mr. Putin. He said that “it was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up.”

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trump-a-very-useful-idiot-gets-played

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Trump, A Very Useful Idiot, Buckles In Alaska, Disastrously Sells Out Ukraine And The West (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 16 OP
"Buckles"...what a great nickname! Think I'll use it! Deuxcents Aug 16 #1
Must use full Native American name dweller Aug 16 #2
I just looked up Hopium Chronicles..learn something everyday. Deuxcents Aug 16 #3
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