Do you think Zelensky will be alive a year from now?

[MsAmerica]

Or has Trump's re-election essentially been his death-knell?

So did Winston Churchill. Was he a dictator?

I was just thinking that I don't reckon on Zelenskyy's chances of survival. Putin and Trump can't have a symbol of resistance and integrity left alive.😓

How can you safely have wartime elections in a country that has been invaded? How will the people in the occupied areas cast their votes? How will you keep people safe when they assemble at known polling stations? What about when politicians go to vote so their whereabouts are known? What about disruptions to postal services? Etc, etc.

This is blatant Russian propaganda and you know full well that if there was an election and he won then they'd be screaming about how it was unfair because of those questions.

Putin is a thug and has no regard for international law, unfortunately the United States seems to be heading in that direction. If you look at the growing number of countries that are now blatantly flaunting our commitments and laws I think you'll agree we are heading towards a dark period of history. South Africa, America, China Israel, Russia....we should be worried.

When you have a president talking about invasions of Canada and Greenland, ethnic cleansing of Gaza and entering peace negotiations without both parties present.

We all accept that the Ukrainian borders may not return to what they were but the idea that they should become Russian and Russia gets to be business as normal beggars belief. Sanctions should stay until Putin is gone and we can have a grown up debate on how the damage can be put right and how we pay for the Ukraine....my opinion is that Russia should pay

I thought you were leaving this thread, not just trying to be the thought police.

You mean America not NATO, it was American arms in disputed regions that gave Russia the excuse. Had NATO committed troops Russia would never had invaded. Russia would lose against NATO end of ...we have superior everything....and lots of it.

I think Trump and Vance might meet with a nasty accident in the not too distant future tbh

Really? At whose hands? They seem to be doing plenty to keep in with potential plotters.

What Trump says may not be reflected by US military top brass, Trump has some hurdles to jump before he can convince military generals that Russia is some kind of ally.

My personal view is that we should settle the conflict with concessions from both sides, but the cost of rebuilding the Ukraine should by met by Russia. In exchange for this we could open up some of our markets for Russian businesses. The Ukraine should become a NATO member and only the traditional disputed territories should remain under Russian control.

I've said it before that wars by proxy go on for years and Europe must now weigh up what the next best move is....but we must be decisive and robust. We can not show weakness and if the decision is to defend the Ukraine then we must send our own troops as a show of unity.

My goodness! I never expected such a sizable response.

I hope Zelensky's cause - hoping for freedom and democracy - will never be lost. But I meant it literally. There have already been multiple attempts on his life, and Putin is known for doing away with adversaries. And that's on top of all the "accidental" possibilities of a Russian missile happening to hit his train.

About two years ago, I would have guessed that Navalny would have outlived Zelensky. sigh

I doubt Zelensky's age has anything to do with it. Navalny was in his 40s.
In America, Trump supporters are constantly calling Zelensky a dictator for forbidding elections, ignoring the fact that it's in the Ukrainian constitution.
Could you please explain what you mean about Trump being a "higher value" target? Do you mean that more people want him dead?

When I originally posted this, I thought, yes, Trump's election has shortened Zelensky's life. But I think so even more strongly now.

Exactly. If Zelensky ever meets with Putin, I hope he remembers to stay on the ground floor.

I'm not familiar with the expression you quote. Could you explain?

Trump is angling for more money/power for Trump.

Totally agree. If everyone had rushed in immediately, this would have stopped.
The phrase "nipped in the bud" comes to mind.

You may be right, but I don't think it's either/or.

I've been wondering for months if Trump realizes he's setting himself up for assassination.

It's more than his absolute best. I think he rose to the situation beyond what anyone might have imagined.

Why would you imagine such a thing? She didn't say that at all!