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How Can The World Stand By While Trump Sucks Up To Putin?

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Nolieinforme · 19/02/2025 20:28

OK, so this probably isn't an AIBU, but I'm speechless that Trump is behaving like a bully and seems to be getting away with it.

He just lies. "Zelensky is a dictator" "Ukraine started the war" "Putin has done nothing wrong" etc, etc. I can hardly believe what's been said on the news today.

Why are the rest of the world letting this happen? If America want's to align themselves with Russia, then we should be returning the Chagos Islands without the huge sum of money promised, closing all the US airbases in the UK, closing the US embassy, and expelling their diplomats, etc, etc.

Trump is a madman and what is going to happen if no-one stands up to him? If this was anyone else they just wouldn't get away with it.

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CustardySergeant · 20/02/2025 13:06

I posted this on another thread

How Can The World Stand By While Trump Sucks Up To Putin?
butterpuffed · 20/02/2025 13:04

I think Putin is manipulating Trump and Trump is too blind to see it .

Ablondiebutagoody · 20/02/2025 13:01

The rest of the World can step in if they like as the US withdraws support....... .but they won't because they haven't got the stomach to face down Putin. Europeans for example have spent decades sponging off the US taxpayer for their defence. Should have seen this coming eventually (and definitely after Trumps first term) and prepared for it rather than spaffing all their taxpayers money on welfare. To increase UK defence spending to 5% GDP will cost another £80 billion per year. Every year. For ever. Who's in?

Pokadotspink · 19/02/2025 20:31

at a guess the worlds intertwined with each other and isolation policies are not suitable for todays political environment

Whu · 19/02/2025 20:30

It’s scary. The lunatics are in charge and we are all in the firing lines.

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