Joe Ferguson forever

except that you rarely disagree with his statements and policies. even the highly controversial ones.

It later came out that Rice and Tony Blinken, Victoria Nuland, and Alexander Vindman may have been personally advising Zelensky to do this meeting in the way he did -- that they recommended him to be hostile yes, and trump may have become a rainbow farting, unicorn of a humanitarian. this is meaningless gossip. it's what pretend journalists and propagandists do...

No US troops have been involved in Ukraine so pretending that we have done more than Europe will militarily is ridiculous.

FIFY

Agreed. He shouldn't have let himself get baited. Easier said than done when 2 conmen who have never been near a war ,let alone involved in one, tell him how he must proceed. But as it happened, the true colors of the current American executive branch were revealed. They're red. this part is true

no, at this point I want America out of it. trump slithers away. Europe gains power and prestige by brokering and enforcing a truce. And we get a new congress in less than 2 years and a new president in 4.

ah, the good ole days when we were proud to be Americans, beat the Russians and recognized our enemies. We were great then. ...

Vance set of a rehearsed bomb. https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/vance-lit-the-fuse-and-trump-exploded-inside-the-historic-oval-office-meltdown-that-could-change-the-world/ar-AA1A13tb Vance saw an opportunity to begin his obviously rehearsed speech — an ambush. “For four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy,” he said. The repeated suggestion that diplomacy hadn’t been tried finally broke Zelensky, forcing him to make a crucial intervention. If Trump and Vance did not understand that diplomacy had already been tried repeatedly with Putin, and the Russian president had broken all previous agreements, then their own peace plan was doomed to fail. He gave the vice president a history lesson. “We signed a ceasefire,” Zelensky said. “But after that he broke the ceasefire, he killed our people ... What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? What do you mean?” What was Zelenskyy supposed to say to Vance's statement?: "Yes, after all we've seen, we'll just trust you and putin to decide the conditions for our surrender".

the ukrainians decide whether they fight or not. Not you, not trump, not putin. The "bankrolling" argument is stupid. almost half of Americans pay no federal income tax so these people aren't even "bankrolling" America highways much less global wars. And which side of the electorate do you suppose forms the majority of the non tax payers? Here's a hint - most of Vance's blood relatives are in that camp. The statement about Europe's ability or will is just your opinion.

so wait, your posts are facts. like the disclose article?

I'll answer. Both sides, negotiating with each other face to face, come to an agreement on land holdings. there will need to be compromise on both sides. A "backstop" of military force to ensure compliance with the treaty must be established. The mineral rights deal happens afterward if all are in agreement. All this was not far away until trump showed everyone that he's putin's B word, in part by not involving Ukraine in initial negotiations.

from your last link "The EU hasn't banned imports of Russian LNG or pipeline gas, unlike oil and coal, but it has set a goal to ditch all Russian gas by 2027, to deprive Putin of revenues, and not be dependent on Russia for the fossil fuel ever again." The EU has cut reliance on Russian energy overall, significantly. Yes, people get rich finding loopholes. But they can be closed by ethical governments. Lots of investors see Europe as a better bet than the US right now. I think the odds of "struggling" are about equal especially with impending tariffs and potentially $3 trillion added to the deficit by the recently advanced budget. And again, none of this has anything to do with some former east german companies wanting more Russian energy as disclose sensationalized. I plainly disagree with Europe's economic ability to support Ukraine. It will be a matter of will. I think they have that given the threat of murderous, imperialistic putin...

these links are no germaine to the disclose TV announcement that you posted.

hilarious...but, but it was on Disclose TV! They would never take things out of context or oversimplify. This is a complex, multi faceted issue. Not really in MAGAs wheelhouse.

it could with the appropriate security guarantees. We know now that trump won't be aiding at all in that regard. without them a "deal" isn't worth the paper it's written on. So Europe will need to provide them. Time for the US to leave the negotiations all together. Just let Europe , Ukraine and russia work it out. Leave orange putin out of it. Take some more of his diminishing world power away.

this is a fair criticism. my answer is "they're working on it". they should have moved away from Russian fossil fuels earlier. Renewable energy sources are the long term answer but the money is in fossil fuels. This week BP announced largely dropping renewables because the profit was too low. Lots of hands are in the fossil fuel cookie jar and it gets geopolitically complicated very quickly. Interesting that until Jan 2025, Ukraine and Russia had an agreement to send NG via a Ukrainian pipeline to Europe as detailed here. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/03/europe-russia-ukraine-war-energy-imports-oil-gas-pipeline/

They will. I suppose they thought the US was an actual ally. Now they know better and are looking for a new "leader of the free world". And trump, magazine and Putin are integral to any conversation on Ukraine you idiot. Even more central than zelensky given that Putin invaded Ukraine and every decent, honorable country has condemned Putin for this. Perhaps most disturbing is that the Europeans have nuclear weapons too. WW3 will most likely be started by Putin and not Zelensky as trump dishonestly stated https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-jd-vance-oval-office-white-house-us-ukraine-war-russia/ “There is an aggressor, which is Russia and a people who have suffered aggression, which is Ukraine,” said French President Emmanuel Macron, hitting back at Trump’s attempts to treat the two sides evenly. “You have to respect those who have been fighting since the beginning because they are fighting for their dignity, their independence, for their children, and for the security of Europe.” Macron also noted that the U.S. had not been the only country to support Kyiv, stressing that it was also backed by European countries, Canada and Japan. In the Oval Office, Trump told Zelenskyy his refusal to concede to Russia at the negotiating table was “gambling with World War III.” Later, Macron told Portuguese television: “If someone is playing World War III, his name is Vladimir Putin.” my point there is that I don't think they know what they believe. In fact, like trump, ideology is not really important. Issues are most importantly transactional. what is best for me, right now and their answers are often incorrect, especially long term. right and wrong are unimportant.

leave teachers alone. Some of my best friends are educators. He's an outlier.

i couldn't care less whether you respect me. It will never be reciprocal. Polls show his country still supports him. Changing leadership in the midst of a brutal war would cause confusion and inefficiency. Finally, he offered to resign in exchange for NATO membership. A lesser man would have resigned long ago. His chances of being killed by the russians are not good. My question to you is why hasn't Putin allowed a real election in over 20 years. He's a dictator, pure and simple. trump and seemingly, MAGAs support him. Why?

no leverage as a result of the obese orange putin puppet. now there's no question of that. All our historic allies and enemies are aware.

the contrast between the body language of rubio and vance is telling. Rubio is embarrassed. rightfully ashamed. Hillbilly vance is ready for a WWF match. this was a planned ambush. little marco wasn't told.

did germany or japan say "we will bury you" after WW2? Did they put missiles on an island 100 miles off Florida. Did they threaten nuclear war against us multiple times? Was Reagan crazy to name them part of the axis of evil? Putin is evil and should still be considered enemy number 1. Zelennsky is correct. The ocean won't protect us. The putinization of America is well underway.

Europe now knows that trump favors putin over Europe. They now know that they need to back Ukraine and zelensky and they will. They also know for certain that trump cannot be trusted.

I thought his comment sounded just like his project 2025 quote. I wouldn’t buy a screwdriver from him.

russia wants to continue its land grab and will. trump actually admires this and is proposing the same for America (greenland, panama, canada). a Nuclear war has been a threat since ww2. What's kept it at bay is NATO and the western alliance of multiple democratic countries especially the US. trump has turned that upside down and made it appear that the only hope of stopping it is appeasing russia. and you're buying it.