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Trump is willing to sacrifice Alaska and Ukraine just so people aren't focused on Trump being a fucking pedophile.

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[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (5 children)

so putin fighting against ukraine for territory means america is surrendering. wut?

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol, he's offering Russia part of Ukraine AND America now, while buying right into Russia's propaganda that Alaska should belong to Russia too?

Even though we could literally kick Russia out whenever we wanted with adequate military aid.

What a weak little bitch.

[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The art of the deal!

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Everything makes sense if you begin all conversations assuming he's a russian asset.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Shut up! This is what WINNING looks like! /s

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Krasnov hopes to please Putin at his performance review.

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, he was willing to take Greenland by force for their resources, and now he's giving up America's?? Was he just planning on turning Greenland over to Putin in the first place?

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

Was he just planning on turning Greenland over to Putin in the first place?

Shipping/ocean-going routes, yes. He was.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

He just wants to make sure all the world’s resources are being exploited by someone—he doesn’t care who.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Make America Russia Again?

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago
[–] canajac@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

He's going to give Alaska back to Russia and apologize for buying it for 4 million because the then pres was a dem.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago

Fuck no.

In a less broken society, Trump would be on trial right now for treason.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He’s really going all in on distracting from Epstein.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Nobody will be talking about what I did last night if I just walk in and shit my pants

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So, that means Putin has copies of the Epstein Papers and recordings to blackmail Trump with? It's ALL about the Epstein Papers.

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe he wants Russia's help taking over Canada. You know, get them to play bad cop so Trump can play good cop offering protection, for a price.

It's a nice country you've got there; it'd be a shame if it were invaded by those Russians at the border...

[–] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay. I've seen links to this a few times now...

Didn't we buy Alaska from Russia? (Yes we did)

This is either the weirdest case of buyer's remorse, or yet another ginned up controversy.

[–] Prancingpotato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Hey, should France join some kind of war to ask for Louisiana ?

[–] datalowe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What is with this article? I've read previous pravda UA articles that were good, but this one just seems like something an LLM spat out after being asked to summarize the cited Telegraph article. There is no additional context offered, everything is in this list-like/chopped up format, and the last subheading ("conclusion" I presume) seems to have been left in Ukrainian or Russian (I can't read either). At least one quote wasn't even properly attributed to anyone. My guess then is that it's just a direct copy-paste of an LLM response. I hope this is just a single "journalist" not doing their job rather than a trend at the outlet.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pweeeeease stop the war. I'll give you stuff to stop the war.

Weakling bitch.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They keep saying these things are a distraction. From what? Not like the american public is doing anything notably effective otherwise.

[–] poke@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OK so... Not that its stopped him before, but can he legally do this? Is this within the powers of the presidency?

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nope. Congress does. But we know Congress is weak, compromised, and ineffectual at this point.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If Trump could chortle Putins shrivelled ball sack any harder, he’d probably be sent back in time to the 1980’s when he was recruited as a Russian spy.

Jesus Fucking Christ Americans are weak.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Ah, Pravda. Pravda is like FOX News Russia for the uninitiated.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Wrong Pravda bud. This is the Ukrainian one.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

You may want to check that TLD again.