Donald Trump continues to suck up to the Russian president.

If Ukraine were to suddenly surrender to Russia, everything would be “much better,” at least according to Donald Trump.

During an afternoon press conference Wednesday, the Republican presidential nominee urged the Eastern European nation to submit to the foreign power, claiming that any deal, no matter how dismal for Ukraine’s freedom, would have been better than the current state of affairs.

“Ukraine is gone. It’s not Ukraine anymore. You can never replace those cities and towns, and you can never replace the dead people, so many dead people,” Trump said. “Any deal, even the worst deal, would have been better than what we have right now.


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  • @cynar
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    1910 hours ago

    Appeasement can work, just not in the obvious way. It’s like throwing steaks at a pack of hungry wolves. It won’t slow them for long, but it might give you enough time to find the shells, and load the shotgun.

    What Trump is doing doesn’t even rise to the level of appeasement. He’s just begging like a whipped dog to his master.

    • @[email protected]
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      77 hours ago

      To be clear, even if it was appeasement, it still would accomplish nothing since the US does not need to buy time to build up their military.

      • @AngryCommieKender
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        6 hours ago

        Ehhh, recruitment levels have been plummeting. I’m not saying we couldn’t absolutely kick Russia’s shit in with what we currently have, and take out half of Iran’s Navy again, while we are at it for shits and giggles. We could have some issues if WWIII were to happen, at least for a couple of months for the draft to catch up.

        • @[email protected]
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          36 hours ago

          The US spends more on its military than the next 9 countries combined.

          I think they’ll be fine.

          • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥
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            16 hours ago

            The biggest air force in the world is US Air Force.

            The second biggest air force is US Army.

            The fourth biggest air force is US Navy.

            I think they’ll be alright against Russia.

    • @lostinasea
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      That’s a damn good analogy. Appease for long enough to grab a big stick. My original thought on Dementia Don saying just “give Putin what he wants” felt to me like a “if we do this now he won’t ask for more later and the war will stop” kinda thing. As I read it now I’m willing to bet you’re more correct. There is no nuance here. The orange cheeto is angling for praise from his master and dictators the world over. How fucking dumb