Minithread, elicited by the *possible* (no verification yet, and #Trump is full of endless shit) dumping of #Russia by #MAGA (if you missed it, there are rumors Trump told #Europe he is continuing support to #Ukraine):
This is the beginning of the end of Russia as we know it, and the beginning of the end for #Putin
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So let's recap:
In February 2022, #VDV forces landed at #Hostomel airport to pave the way for #Russia's quick decapitation of #Kyiv.
Apparently some of the #Russian #Paratroopers made restaurant reservations in Kyiv (as their joke), such was their certainty.
And, nobody thought #Russia would be this stupid, but if they did it, the world also thought #Ukraine would rapidly crumble.
How could they not? Russia was a major power and Ukraine was poor and puny.
Instead the world got a remarkable demonstration of a people grimly united in dread purpose: not only the preservation of their country, but their lives, such is #Russia's #genocidal #mafia ways.
They rose to the occasion in virtually cinematic terms.
#Zelensky, a #television #comedian, became a #heroic #statesman. The #Ukrainian people used their grit, resolve, and spirit to jerry rig a #resistance that made "mighty" Russia look like a joke. The "great statesman" #Putin became the comedian.
Fast forward to today:
#Georgia is boiling over with #protest and stubborn #political #resistance to the #corruption of their country by #Russia.
Another #Euromaidan brewing, Mr. #Putin?
The #Russian #economy is in trouble. The #Ruble drops, #interestrates are sky high, #inflation: you can't kill or maim hundreds of thousands of your men on folly while directing a huge part of your economy to #shells and #tanks and put that on the national credit card, without serious long term ramifications.
Even if you take all of #Ukraine tomorrow. You're looking at years or even decades of pain.
Oh dear, dear Mr. #Putin. During #COVID, when it is said you sat in dusty #Russian #historical #map rooms, sniffing your own farts, high on your own #ego, dreaming of being the next #PeterTheGreat or #IvanTheTerrible, and you thought: "sure, let's go for #Ukraine"...
Did you imagine it would go this bad, botox ghoul?
You're doomed #Putin.
It's only apocryphal, but apparently, the gruesome gory video of #Gaddafi's end, it is said Putin watched it over and over again.
Because you saw your fate.
And now it is getting much closer.
Due to *your* efforts.
What will it be Mr. #Putin?
The #Oligarchs getting together and offing you since they realize the obvious you see as well?
Or will #GorkyPark become the next #Maidan Square?
/end
Oh yeah, you can go away now too:
@benroyce man... I hope this is true... but who knows.
I think the Trump team has a history of leaking a bunch of different positions to see how people react.
zero argument, i don't trust him either
@benroyce I would say it depends on whom he is talking with next, things will change.
5% of gdp on military, does he understand that will affect the USA too, or maybe he understood that with his policy the gdp will shrink, so he can spend the same dollars to get to 5%
trump is a moron who doesn't think about anything he says. and in the next sentence will say the opposite
it's still remarkable he's saying this, but, yeah, i don't hold any value to it. we'll see
Here's the conundrum, ol' pal: "The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!"
Trump lies constantly, to everyone. Keeps 'em on their back feet. Is he telling the truth now?
The odds of Trump telling the truth are practically nil. Don the Con is back in the saddle again.
zero argument
and well said
but in the fractal dance of the arrangement of bits of partially digested food in a pool of vomit that is #trump's endlessly self-contradictory lies in his festering demented brain, it's a new territory
possibly covering for and saving face from the machinations going on behind him by other parts of the us govt he's learning will not budge on the question of helping #ukraine
Kaiju Alert - the moment Trump turns on Elmo is coming soon. Fill your drinks cabinet now !
Get him a big chested hooker out of Place Pigalle and keep that monkey happy.
#russia recently indulged in mockery of #melania by showing her nude pictures on national #television
i don't think #trump's relationship with melania is anything more than empty and transactional, like everything else in his life
but, beyond being a direct insult on her, it's also an indirect insult on him
so what's the point? why would russia do that?
there is no point. they just can't help themselves
cruel stupidity digs its own grave
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-melania-trumps-nude-190000869.html
@benroyce
Thank you for your post.
I wish I could believe anything good that comes out of trump's pie hole. Problem is that time and time again it has proven to be just another lie.
Peace
When you look at where the Ruble was in mid 2022… it has fallen quite a bit:
https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=RUB&to=USD&view=5Y
Dec 24, 2019, 00:00 UTC - Dec 21, 2024, 06:09 UTC
RUB/USD:
close: 0.00971543 2024-12-21
low: 0.00736328 2022-03-10
high: 0.0190599 2022-06-30
It's not the lowest it's been, but at present, its value is about half that of the peak it had in 2022.
Zoom out to 10 years, and a line-of-best-fit shows a steady decline since 2015.
I understand Vladimir is not a well man, and I think his use-by date is well and truly up. 25 years, and this is what he has to show for it. Not a great legacy.
@benroyce The story against the Euro isn't much better…
https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=RUB&to=EUR
It held its own pretty well, until August this year. 2024-11-27 saw a major crash.
yeah, europe is having struggles
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