Post AvCy7J4I5AzeC607Ie by unruly@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AvCupIZ6uipdYk8ciW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:25:48Z
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#Trump Renews Embrace of #Putin Amid Ongoing Break With #Allies[Despicably,] Trump opened his remarks at the #G7 gathering of industrialized nations by criticizing the decision to expel #Russia from the bloc after Moscow’s 2014 “annexation” of Crimea.#geopolitics #authoritarianism #dictatorship #autocracy #tyranny #USpol https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/world/canada/trump-g7-russia-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
(DIR) Post #AvCuxQGQAtLlkjGoYi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:27:15Z
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#Trump could have opened by talking about #trade. He could have discussed the #wars in the #MiddleEast or the long-running, brutal #war in #Ukraine.But there was something else that appeared to be top of mind for Trump during Monday’s meeting in Canada of the leaders of the G7 industrialized nations: President Vladimir #Putin of #Russia.#geopolitics #authoritarianism #dictatorship #autocracy #tyranny #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvCvBl3Nfy9CHj0S9o by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:29:51Z
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“The #G7 used to be the G8,” #Trump told reporters, referring to the group’s decision to eject #Russia in 2014, after it attacked #Ukraine & “annexed” #Crimea, a prelude to its full-scale invasion.He went on to blame fmr President Barack #Obama & fmr PM Justin #Trudeau of #Canada for kicking Russia out, & argued that its inclusion would have averted the #war in Ukraine. (Trump was wrong — it was not Trudeau, but rather #StephenHarper, who was the Canadian PM at the time of Russia’s expulsion.)
(DIR) Post #AvCvRns6xvLPeuO0ES by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:32:44Z
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“I would say that was a mistake, because I think you wouldn’t have a war right now,”#Trump saidAnd with that, Trump’s troubled history w/the #alliance repeated itself. When he attended the summit the last time it was in #Canada, in 2018, he called for #Russia to be readmitted….The suggestion angered & appalled #allies, setting of a rift before Trump left early, telling reporters on his way out: “They should let Russia come back in. Because we should have Russia at the negotiating table.”
(DIR) Post #AvCvjtD7r1ETQhq77Y by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:35:33Z
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Trump’s remarks came one day before he was supposed to meet in #Canada w/ #Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, whom #Trump has repeatedly criticized for the invasion of his country & has even accused of not wanting the #war to end.The White House announced on Monday that Trump would leave the summit early…to deal w/the war between #Israel & #Iran. In a recent interview, Trump said he was open to having #Putin serve as a *mediator* [another *diplomat*🤦🏼♀️] in the #MiddleEast conflict.
(DIR) Post #AvCvpsDITUoM4flzOa by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:37:05Z
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Trump’s argument on Monday was even more remarkable given that he returned to the summit 3 years after #Russia escalated the aggression that got it ejected in the first place—launching an unprovoked #invasion of #Ukraine in 2022, w/similar goals of seizing its territory.The scene on Monday illustrated how even more aligned #Trump has grown w/the Russian #autocrat since his first time in office, & how alienated Trump has become from #US #allies who have rallied around Ukraine.#geopolitics
(DIR) Post #AvCwCv7hp2QRl99CZk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:41:10Z
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…#Trump, in his remarks on Monday, repeated a [ridiculous] claim he made in 2018, that the #G7 needed #Putin to help solve some of the world’s problems — including ones the Russian leader himself caused. “You spend so much time talking about #Russia, & he’s no longer at the table,” Trump said.John Bolton, Trump’s fmr #NationalSecurity adviser, said Trump’s multiple calls for #Russia to rejoin the #alliance indicated his lack of knowledge about the #history of the bloc.#geopolitics #idiocracy
(DIR) Post #AvCwT8ogg8xarTzDbE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:44:09Z
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Bolton accompanied #Trump to the 2018 summit, where a memorable photo emerged of Trump seated across from other world leaders w/ his arms folded in defiance [petulant brat].“[He] Never seemed to understand that #Russia had been kicked out of the G8 for invading #Ukraine,” Bolton said. He said Trump also could not comprehend that the partnership “was a group of like-minded industrial #democracies. Apparently, still doesn’t understand.”#G7 #geopolitics #idiocracy #autocracy #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvCwgcFUYrXluPwuo4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:46:38Z
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On Monday, #Trump eventually issued statements & answered questions on #Iran & #trade. But he began by boasting about his close relationship w/ #Putin.“Putin speaks to me; he doesn’t speak to anybody else, because he was very insulted when he got thrown out at the G8, as I would be, as you would be, as anybody would be,”Trump said.#G7 #geopolitics #idiocracy #autocracy #authoritarianism #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvCwwnsV5liCbqujMO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:49:33Z
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#Trump has spoken w/ #Putin regularly, as recently as Sat, when he said that the Russian leader had called him to wish him a “Happy Birthday” & spent more time discussing the #Iran - #Israel conflict than the #war he started.“Our #G7 partners are likely to conclude that Trump may be more interested in rehabilitating Putin rather than joining the consensus supporting #Ukraine,” said Daniel M. Price, who worked on international trade & investment during the Bush admin.#geopolitics #idiocracy
(DIR) Post #AvCx6XJdWci68dFPsG by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:51:19Z
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Trump’s embrace — & sometimes outright defense — of #Putin in his second term has thus far done little to quell the #war, which he claimed on the campaign trail he could end in one day. He has also acknowledged that Putin may be taking advantage of him by dragging out the war.As #Russia has escalated its incursion into #Ukraine, #Trump has repeatedly threatened #tariffs against Russia, though he has yet to follow through.#geopolitics #idiocracy #TACO #autocracy #authoritarianism #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvCxIwv89Yd11bhia0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:53:33Z
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At the same time, PM #KeirStarmer of #Britain, along w/ other European leaders, was expected to use the summit to announce another #sanctions package against #Russia. #Starmer said in a stmnt that he wanted to “work with all of our #G7 partners to squeeze Russia’s energy revenues & reduce the funds they are able to pour into their illegal #war.”Asked after a meeting w/Starmer on Monday if the #US would join #Europe in applying further sanctions, Trump downplayed the measure.#geopolitics
(DIR) Post #AvCxSrFE6vX0JjpR9E by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:55:21Z
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“Well, #Europe is saying that, but they haven’t done it yet,” he said. “Let’s see them do it first.”#Trump said he was still waiting to see if a #ceasefire deal could be made, adding that #sanctions would also be costly for the #UnitedStates. “It’s not just, let’s sign a document,” he said. “You’re talking about billions & billions of dollars. Sanctions are not that easy. It’s not just a one-way street.”#geopolitics #TACO #Russia #Putin #idiocracy #autocracy #authoritarianism #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvCxeGvswYk1AmDzIO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:57:25Z
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#Trump, in recent months, has also indicated that he wants to all but wash his hands of the #war in #Ukraine, having grown frustrated by the lack of progress in negotiating a peace deal.Experts said that Trump’s comments on Monday about welcoming #Russia back into the fold of leading industrialized countries made clear his shifting goal post for the war.#G7 #geopolitics #TACO #Putin #idiocracy #autocracy #authoritarianism #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvCxiU6XudLnBQDgeG by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-17T02:58:10Z
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“To make that particular point I think cuts to the core of the recent most successful actions the #G7 has taken,” said Josh Lipsky, the senior director for the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center. “It puts the summit in a G6 plus one dynamic right off the bat.”#G7 #geopolitics #Trump #TACO #Russia #Putin #idiocracy #autocracy #authoritarianism #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvCy7J4I5AzeC607Ie by unruly@mastodon.social
2025-06-17T03:02:38Z
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@Nonilex In fairness, Trump has been pretty consistently for Putin and against Ukraine.:mastodon:
(DIR) Post #AvD8QgVY9pmpw0d7q4 by notthatkindofdoctor@mastodon.social
2025-06-17T04:58:11Z
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@Nonilex He finds it insulting to get kicked out of the group for being a warmongering dictator? G6, take notice
(DIR) Post #AvDq7so4bRREYl8gnA by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-06-17T13:07:47Z
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@Nonilex Traitor says what again??
(DIR) Post #AvDqLnbqirRKUl3c3M by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-06-17T13:10:19Z
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@Nonilex I believe Trump would blow Putin on the bricks of Red Square with the entire Kremlin Guards regiment as witnesses if they let him.
(DIR) Post #AvDyewERghJWNAkPJo by haui@mastodon.giftedmc.com
2025-06-17T14:43:21Z
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@Nonilex While there is no doubt about trump and putin being in the same boat, they are both just consequently thinking the immoral idea of capitalism to its conclusion.It is therefore not shocking in the slightest that this happens and one can even see what will happen next.If we take into consideration, that we all went off the rails in 1991 and embraced a backwards system, we can see the solution.There are many states and groups that show us the alternative. We just need to listen.