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Trump, who won reelection in November 2024 partly by claiming he could end the Ukraine war in one day, spent his first month in office posting cryptic messages on Truth Social about how the “deep state” was preventing him from implementing his genius plan. Now, with pressure mounting, he has finally delivered on his promise – by offering to surrender on Ukraine’s behalf.

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[–] [email protected] 130 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Trump will fight tooth and nail against the ruzzians.....

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought The Onion was supposed to be satire...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

It's Satyr.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I believe his tactic is:

  1. ”Negotiate” a deal with Russia without Ukraine
  2. Present the deal to Ukraine
  3. Ukraine declines the deal because it mostly favors Russia while Ukraine gets nothing
  4. Accuse Ukraine for being warmongers who refuse to end the war
  5. Stop the aid to Ukraine because ”he doesn’t want to support warmongers”
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

I fear you will be proved right.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

I think he is looking for an excuse to lift sanctions on Russia.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's getting harder and harder to tell Onion stories from reality.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

You know what would be really spooky?
If Vance came back from Munich with an agreement to settle the Ukrainian question with Putin and declared peace for our time...

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

I'm sorry. You posted this in the wrong community. THIS one is supposed to be satire.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is why Russia bought the presidency, right? I really don't get why people are still pretending this is news.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

...he's been a known russian asset for decades, openly broadcasting it to the world for at least nine years, and a plurality of the electorate are totally fine with that...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As part of the deal, Kyiv has been renamed “Trump City, Russia” in what Trump called a “tremendous concession on the part of Vladimir Putin and the people of Russia.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In addition, it has been reported that Trump ordered the construction of a tower in his name: "It's going to be the biggest tower in ~~Ukraine~~ Trump City, maybe ever. Nobody builds towers bigger than me!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wonder if he thinks he can also ignore basic contract law on the international scale? Or is he maybe planning to send US troops to assist the Russians when the Ukrainians refuse to recognise his genius.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm sure he's prepared to promise anything to make his deal come through, but abandon those promises immediately afterwards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's how promises work, in his mind

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

"When religion and politics travel in the same cart the riders believe themselves to be unstoppable"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

This is how the orange man will stave off WW3, by uniting American and Russian troops against a common enemy!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

No surprise there.