Trump Assures Us That He Can Trust Putin
[guest post by Dana]
Welp, that settles it: Putin is trustworthy!:
President Donald Trump said Thursday that talks to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are “very well advanced” and he expressed confidence that Russian leader Vladimir Putin won’t press to restart the war if a truce can be reached.
Trump made the comments at the start of a White House meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer where Starmer was expected to make his case to the Republican president that American leadership would be critical to maintain the peace in Ukraine should the three-year war end.
“I think he’ll keep his word,” Trump said of Putin. “I’ve spoken to him, I’ve known him for a long time now, we had to go through the Russian hoax together.”
It’s almost like Russia didn’t break the Budapest Memorandum, Minsk 1 & 2, The Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty, Azov Sea & Kerch Strait Treaty, and Black Sea Fleet agreements. . . They’ve clearly proven themselves trustworthy, no??
Remember, in 2022, when Russia assured everyone there were no plans to invade Ukraine:
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov emerged from the nearly eight hours of talks and declared, “There are no plans or intentions to attack Ukraine.” He went on to say, “There is no reason to fear some kind of escalatory scenario.”
And less than a month later. . .
Additionally, in his meeting with Starmer, our president made a stunning observation:
Trump, speaking in the White House, and apparently unaware of the existence of gravity, laments Ukraine’s “very flat battlefields” because the “bullets only stop when they hit somebody”.
Makes you proud, doesn’t it?
—Dana
Hello.
Dana (026dbf) — 2/27/2025 @ 1:17 pmTrust
Kevin M (a9545f) — 2/27/2025 @ 1:21 pm, but verifyWe can keep the Secret Service at home when he goes to Russia.
Kevin M (a9545f) — 2/27/2025 @ 1:22 pm“I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy.”
–GW Bush, 2001, after 9/11 but seven years before invading Georgia
“I think he’ll keep his word.”
Paul Montagu (eacde9) — 2/27/2025 @ 1:27 pm–Donald Trump, today, after Putin broke his word on the Budapest Memorandum, the 1997 Ukraine friendship treaty, the Minsk agreements, the Geneva Conventions, UN Article 51, etc.
Reminds me of that old saying: Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, . . .
But when you get up far beyond twice, from a man who was trained in fooling people. I’m really not sure what to say.
But I did have a good laugh. In spite of how serious the subject, a nasty, medium-sized war, is.
Jim Miller (bd83c0) — 2/27/2025 @ 2:03 pmTrump said:
He may be a fool for trusting Putin, but he’s not going at it blindly either.
whembly (b7cc46) — 2/27/2025 @ 2:13 pmKeith Obermann on DU marvels how fast the free press collapsed and abandoned AP. He points out the “free press” is owned by oligarchs who agree with trump’s form of capitalism. When Obama wanted removal faux noise the “free press” protested with banning AP nothing. My disagreement with Obermann is I think it is positive as the corporate media is now being discredited as corporate shills. We soon will have right media vs real left media. The daily stormer vs the daily worker!
asset (814a51) — 2/27/2025 @ 2:15 pmTrump is not saying anything.
It is Trump’s jaw which is moving, but it is Putin who is speaking.
nk (2db120) — 2/27/2025 @ 2:39 pmThe daily stormer vs the daily worker!
How did that work out for Weimar leftists?
Kevin M (a9545f) — 2/27/2025 @ 3:35 pmPutin will keep his word until he sees fit to expand again. You see, having the largest country by land mass in the world just isn’t enough, especially when his population is shrinking.
norcal (a72384) — 2/27/2025 @ 5:30 pmTrump is predictable. He flatters people he perceives as having strong negotiating positions and belittles those who talk big but hold weak positions.
I’m sure he’s been told 100 times about all of Putin’s broken agreements. My best guess is that Putin will eventually sign an agreement near the current military lines, even though Putin’s opening position is said to be for territories he has not taken 100%. Putin wants 100% of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. My guess is Putin floods those two Oblasts with Russians, holds phony elections, and tries a sequel of “Little Green Men II.” The Euros won’t stop it, so it’ll be up to Ukraine to be ready to fight. The US will agree to arm Ukraine with the weapons it needs to fight back and pay for the manpower, but not much more. I’d like to see the nuclear bully slapped, but it seems both Biden and Trump are concerned about the potential consequences of cornering Putin.
steveg (8be186) — 2/27/2025 @ 5:40 pm