To those who favor the US disengaging from the world stage so that Russia can take over, and who use money as an excuse to abandon Ukraine: If you think that helping Ukraine keep its sovereginty now is costing us too much, I promise you, the price paid to undo the damage done by Russia if they take over Ukraine and then move on to do the same in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, and beyond will be much, much higher.
Exactly, this is where the stupidity of Americans unable to see the bigger picture of Putin’s threat to Europe. Willfully misunderstanding the dynamics of working with pro democracy countries is dangerous and short sighted. I am so fed up with the ignorance and lack of critical thinking from Americans who are gaslighted daily by the propaganda of right wing media.
Sitting in your comfortable chair, in your very comfortable accommodations and condemning millions more of Ukraine's people to death in a war they can never win is beyond criminal. Like their ultimate sacrifices are the only answer to your concerns. No other way. Why aren't you and your own children there giving your very lives away if you are so very, very concerned?
Would you give away huge swaths of the USA if an aggressor were to invade us and claim ownership of our land, rape and steal our children, breaking International Law??? Would YOU cave to rewarding that country with what was sovereign territory won after the fall of the USSR? Putin is still a murderous KBG Soviet at heart, craving to imperialistically reassert the USSR’s former glory of the 1970s, when it nearly had dominion over the USA.
As Michael Schuman wrote for the Atlantic, “. . .the big winner from such a settlement will be China. Because China is Russia’s most important partner, any gains that Putin can salvage from his disastrous war forwards the two dictators’ global agenda. That’s why Xi is egging Trump on. Beijing has reportedly proposed holding a summit between Trump and Putin to resolve the Ukraine war. Then Chinese construction companies would try to swoop in and earn a fortune rebuilding a shattered Ukraine, which Xi helped Putin destroy by supporting Russia’s sanctions-plagued economy.
More than that, Xi certainly realizes that Trump’s pandering to Putin offers Xi a chance to break up the Atlantic alliance and entrench Chinese influence in Europe.”
Go over there and fight and die a horrific death yourself if you are so damn concerned!! But why would you when you can quite comfortably sacrifice faceless others by the millions for your hysterical fantasies?
Not all of us voted for or are in favor of trump's isolationist rhetoric. In fact he has a historically low majority so don't assume that things are going his way. And we don't appreciate being lumped together as if we were a monolithic zombie who only exists to do trump's bidding.
And to those who are saying that we should abandon our allies and let Russia invade and kill all they want bcause ‘Russia already won’: If Russia already won, why are they having to import soldiers from North Korea? Or is Russia so gleeful about its ‘victory’ that they celebrated by bringing in North Koreans as part of a Russian DEI Initiative?
FWIW, I just called Senator Wicker's DC office ((202) 224-6253), shared my name and state, and had a genteel conversation with the lovely person who answered. I explained that I called to 1) "thank the Senator for his leadership on the Committee on Armed Services" and 2) "implore him and his colleagues to check the bizarre and disturbing turn of events that has the President blaming the war on Ukraine and treating Putin like a dear friend." It was a conversation so I said a bit more than that but you get the idea. My input was collected, I was kindly received and thanked for calling. Calls matter! Please call your reps and Senator Wicker (or others on the Committee https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SSAS.htm).
Someone please explain to me how Trump and Putin are going to end the war without Ukraine agreeing to terms - Putin-Russia are already involved in the war and they’re losing it. They’ve lost over 800,000 young men and an extraordinary amount of military vehicles planes, etc. The sanctions against Russia are doing much more damage than the world will ever know because of their control of state run media.
And Ukraine keeps coming up with New inventive ways of fighting using air and ground drones which don’t cost Ukrainian lives -
so I believe the war will end when Ukrainians decide to stop fighting not because Donald Trump sides with Putin - of course we knew Trump was going to cut off new supplies to Ukraine, but with Europeans understanding the danger to themselves if Ukraine loses, I am sure that they will find a way to fill the void that the USA is not going to provide to Ukraine - so as long as Ukraine is being assisted with the weapons they need they are not going to give up their country or parts of their country to the Russians. Let us hope the Europeans come through.
I know more about this war than anyone you know. They’ve been inverting statistics since Day One. Absolute fact that Ukraine has lost 800,000 men. I think Russia has lost 60,000, but I’m not sure. Ukraine is running out of soldiers!
Truth is the first casualty of war. We've been lied to to put it mildly. With support pulled Ukraine will likely go back to being brothers with Russia.
Thank you so much for giving us perspectives other the mainstream
Media. As a Canadian I do not know the ins and outs of congressional power or holding leaders accountable but it seems that nobody is willing to stand up to Trump and are happy to just surrender Ukraine (and America) to Russia.
His tariff plan seems like a way to weaken allies economically which also plays into Putin (and American oligarch’s hands).
Please make your voices heard, America! Keep calling your reps, writing letters, protesting!
I have written a letter to our Canadian election officials asking them to investigate Elon Musk for election interference (which he already did in our last election with his freaking algorithms).
In the meantime, products from Red States are all heavily discounted on our shelves because people aren’t buying them.
Great column Tristan and I believe you are right. Of course we hope Europe will step up and do what needs to be done. This isn't a surprise. Everyone worldwide knows that trump is Putin's bitch and that support for Ukraine would evaporate if he were elected. It is in Europe's by far best interest to take over and give them the support they need. Whether Congress here will do the right thing is a far shakier proposition. Hard to believe that even though they all seem to be taking the knee before trump that they are in favor of Putin's expansion. It would just make everyone's lives harder - even theirs. So we'll see.
I don't think that there is enough in the US GOP to counter the European and Canadian will to go it alone with Ukraine. If the aid is with no strings attached (haha, just made a funny), then maybe. The US is untrusted. We will make our own way. But thanks fir the kick in the ass.
There is a greater chance that Europe will step up than that Republicans will and the odds of either are not high. So Ukraine should disregard whatever conditions the United States has imposed on the use of weapons at its disposal and go for the jugular now, because time may be running out. Prioritize taking out Putin wherever he is and don’t worry about the collateral damage.
"When the chips are down, will the potential Reagan Caucus stand up for Ukraine?" No, of course not. These are all abject cowards. C'mon. Self-delusion on your part is not helping.
To those who favor the US disengaging from the world stage so that Russia can take over, and who use money as an excuse to abandon Ukraine: If you think that helping Ukraine keep its sovereginty now is costing us too much, I promise you, the price paid to undo the damage done by Russia if they take over Ukraine and then move on to do the same in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, and beyond will be much, much higher.
Exactly, this is where the stupidity of Americans unable to see the bigger picture of Putin’s threat to Europe. Willfully misunderstanding the dynamics of working with pro democracy countries is dangerous and short sighted. I am so fed up with the ignorance and lack of critical thinking from Americans who are gaslighted daily by the propaganda of right wing media.
Sitting in your comfortable chair, in your very comfortable accommodations and condemning millions more of Ukraine's people to death in a war they can never win is beyond criminal. Like their ultimate sacrifices are the only answer to your concerns. No other way. Why aren't you and your own children there giving your very lives away if you are so very, very concerned?
Would you give away huge swaths of the USA if an aggressor were to invade us and claim ownership of our land, rape and steal our children, breaking International Law??? Would YOU cave to rewarding that country with what was sovereign territory won after the fall of the USSR? Putin is still a murderous KBG Soviet at heart, craving to imperialistically reassert the USSR’s former glory of the 1970s, when it nearly had dominion over the USA.
As Michael Schuman wrote for the Atlantic, “. . .the big winner from such a settlement will be China. Because China is Russia’s most important partner, any gains that Putin can salvage from his disastrous war forwards the two dictators’ global agenda. That’s why Xi is egging Trump on. Beijing has reportedly proposed holding a summit between Trump and Putin to resolve the Ukraine war. Then Chinese construction companies would try to swoop in and earn a fortune rebuilding a shattered Ukraine, which Xi helped Putin destroy by supporting Russia’s sanctions-plagued economy.
More than that, Xi certainly realizes that Trump’s pandering to Putin offers Xi a chance to break up the Atlantic alliance and entrench Chinese influence in Europe.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/foreign-policy-mistake-china/681732/
Go over there and fight and die a horrific death yourself if you are so damn concerned!! But why would you when you can quite comfortably sacrifice faceless others by the millions for your hysterical fantasies?
Your response is not worth dignifying. до свидания, Putin apologist.
Not all of us voted for or are in favor of trump's isolationist rhetoric. In fact he has a historically low majority so don't assume that things are going his way. And we don't appreciate being lumped together as if we were a monolithic zombie who only exists to do trump's bidding.
And to those who are saying that we should abandon our allies and let Russia invade and kill all they want bcause ‘Russia already won’: If Russia already won, why are they having to import soldiers from North Korea? Or is Russia so gleeful about its ‘victory’ that they celebrated by bringing in North Koreans as part of a Russian DEI Initiative?
FWIW, I just called Senator Wicker's DC office ((202) 224-6253), shared my name and state, and had a genteel conversation with the lovely person who answered. I explained that I called to 1) "thank the Senator for his leadership on the Committee on Armed Services" and 2) "implore him and his colleagues to check the bizarre and disturbing turn of events that has the President blaming the war on Ukraine and treating Putin like a dear friend." It was a conversation so I said a bit more than that but you get the idea. My input was collected, I was kindly received and thanked for calling. Calls matter! Please call your reps and Senator Wicker (or others on the Committee https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SSAS.htm).
Someone please explain to me how Trump and Putin are going to end the war without Ukraine agreeing to terms - Putin-Russia are already involved in the war and they’re losing it. They’ve lost over 800,000 young men and an extraordinary amount of military vehicles planes, etc. The sanctions against Russia are doing much more damage than the world will ever know because of their control of state run media.
And Ukraine keeps coming up with New inventive ways of fighting using air and ground drones which don’t cost Ukrainian lives -
so I believe the war will end when Ukrainians decide to stop fighting not because Donald Trump sides with Putin - of course we knew Trump was going to cut off new supplies to Ukraine, but with Europeans understanding the danger to themselves if Ukraine loses, I am sure that they will find a way to fill the void that the USA is not going to provide to Ukraine - so as long as Ukraine is being assisted with the weapons they need they are not going to give up their country or parts of their country to the Russians. Let us hope the Europeans come through.
The war’s over and Russia is winning.
Well that is BULLSHIT comrade
I know more about this war than anyone you know. They’ve been inverting statistics since Day One. Absolute fact that Ukraine has lost 800,000 men. I think Russia has lost 60,000, but I’m not sure. Ukraine is running out of soldiers!
Russia lost 60,000 men. 800,000 men is what Ukraine won.
Cannot nato still vote Ukraine in?
Doesn’t the USA only have one vote?
Admission of a new member requires a unanimous vote of all current members. One NATO member can block a new admission.
Zelensky Once Viewed Russia Quite Differently, Called Them Brothers: https://tritorch.com/degradation/ZelenskyOnceViewedRussiaQuiteDifferentlyCalledThemBrothers.mp4 [46seconds]
Truth is the first casualty of war. We've been lied to to put it mildly. With support pulled Ukraine will likely go back to being brothers with Russia.
David Smith Explains Russia Ukraine War - What We're Not Being Told: https://old.bitchute.com/video/eipUk34COZwv [14:09mins]
Nailed it Tristan, great outlook. Thanks.
Thank you so much for giving us perspectives other the mainstream
Media. As a Canadian I do not know the ins and outs of congressional power or holding leaders accountable but it seems that nobody is willing to stand up to Trump and are happy to just surrender Ukraine (and America) to Russia.
His tariff plan seems like a way to weaken allies economically which also plays into Putin (and American oligarch’s hands).
Please make your voices heard, America! Keep calling your reps, writing letters, protesting!
I have written a letter to our Canadian election officials asking them to investigate Elon Musk for election interference (which he already did in our last election with his freaking algorithms).
In the meantime, products from Red States are all heavily discounted on our shelves because people aren’t buying them.
Great column Tristan and I believe you are right. Of course we hope Europe will step up and do what needs to be done. This isn't a surprise. Everyone worldwide knows that trump is Putin's bitch and that support for Ukraine would evaporate if he were elected. It is in Europe's by far best interest to take over and give them the support they need. Whether Congress here will do the right thing is a far shakier proposition. Hard to believe that even though they all seem to be taking the knee before trump that they are in favor of Putin's expansion. It would just make everyone's lives harder - even theirs. So we'll see.
Thank you so much for this- completely agree!
I don't think that there is enough in the US GOP to counter the European and Canadian will to go it alone with Ukraine. If the aid is with no strings attached (haha, just made a funny), then maybe. The US is untrusted. We will make our own way. But thanks fir the kick in the ass.
There is a greater chance that Europe will step up than that Republicans will and the odds of either are not high. So Ukraine should disregard whatever conditions the United States has imposed on the use of weapons at its disposal and go for the jugular now, because time may be running out. Prioritize taking out Putin wherever he is and don’t worry about the collateral damage.
NATO membership would solve the whole problem …then Putin would stop his war! Why is Europe so afraid not offer that to Ukraine?
"When the chips are down, will the potential Reagan Caucus stand up for Ukraine?" No, of course not. These are all abject cowards. C'mon. Self-delusion on your part is not helping.