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.
@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
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Aho