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BREAKING: TRUMP BETRAYAL! Zelensky reveals he offered the U.S. THREE OPTIONS to halt Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries — but Trump accepted NONE.
President Volodymyr Zelensky just provided stark evidence of Donald Trump’s betrayal of America’s commitment to defend Ukraine from the Russian invasion of its sovereign territory.
Trump has been pressuring Zelensky to unilaterally stop taking out Russia’s oil refining infrastructure, but the Ukrainian leader said in an interview with the Kyiv Post that the United States has met none of the three conditions he says his country requires before agreeing to a stop to its successful campaign to cripple Russia’s revenue-generating energy businesses. Therefore, the strikes continue.
Here are the conditions that Zelensky said that Trump can choose from to convince Ukraine to impose a ban on blowing up Putin’s petroleum refineries:
Option one: an “energy truce,” where Russia stops hitting Ukraine’s power infrastructure. “That is fair,” Zelensky said, and it’s hard to argue with that. Expecting Ukraine to stop hitting Russia, while its opponent continues to bomb away, makes no sense at all.
Option two: enable Starlink coverage over Russia so Ukraine can show the U.S. where Russian ballistic missile launchers are and destroy them. Zelensky noted that Trump’s team has said Elon Musk doesn’t want to. Who the f@#k cares what Elon Musk wants? If Musk continues to be an obstacle, the U.S. should nationalize Starlink on security grounds and turn Ukraine’s spigot back on.
Option three: if Starlink is off the table, give Ukraine missiles for its Patriot systems, something that “doesn’t depend on Musk or Putin.” Given the fact that the American military has blown through a significant portion of its arsenal in the misbegotten Iran war, this last option might be the toughest for Trump to fulfill.
“Ukraine had received none of the three proposed forms of support,” he said. “That is why the reaction is what it is. We are fighting for our lives.”
Zelensky also argued the refinery strikes can’t move global prices much, since Russia accounts for only 2% of global diesel exports and the other 98% comes from elsewhere.
Zelensky smartly warned against lifting sanctions on Russia before negotiations, saying they were imposed in response to aggression, “not as a price for the mere opportunity to talk.” He said lifting them early would leave Ukraine without leverage and that rebuilding support for new sanctions after more than 20 packages would be hard, a warning that lands after Trump waived sanctions and tariffs on Russia. “I do not want us to find ourselves without any leverage,” he said.
Meanwhile, the U.S. delegation went to St. Petersburg after talks in Oslo and then gave Kyiv a briefing. Now a broad meeting between Ukraine, the U.S., the EU and NATO is planned in Brussels this week. As long as Trump is in Vladimir Putin’s pocket, however, the prospect for successful negotiations is slim to none.
Of course, the Kyiv Post is only reporting Zelensky’s point of view. The White House has not responded yet to his comments. But one of his points is hard to dodge: Ukraine is being asked to hold back while the other side keeps firing. Only a fool like Donald Trump would expect any invaded country to agree to a deal like that.
Please like and share if you think Russia should end the war by withdrawing its forces from Ukrainian territories!
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Men holding men accountable and not blaming women. See guys, it’s not hard.
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With just 8 days until the midterm elections, THIS is what Donald Trump is focused on.
Trump just unleashed a lengthy late-night tirade against a federal judge over his plans to rebuild a public golf course in Washington, D.C., blasting the judge’s request for advance notice as “unconstitutional” and demanding an immediate appeal.
Americans are struggling with soaring costs and an unpopular war, and the president is raging about golf course renovations.
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Replying to @MeidasTouch @Acyn
Is anyone else beyond sick of this crap? I paid the highest electric bills this summer I’ve ever had, and the gas/heating bill is right around the corner.
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here's Vance: “We were tired of being called racists for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier and poorer, and less safe and less prosperous."
zero doubt about his meaning.
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nor will history be kind to those who supported/protected Trump because they placed their narrow financial interests above those of America and the free world. including some people at CNBC.
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and with all due respect, people who actually believe schools give transition hormones to 6-year-olds haven't learned to tie their shoes yet.
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the fact that JD Vance tells
this monstrous lie - like his eating-pets lie - shows the teachings of the Bible mean absolutely nothing to him.
there's a black hole where his soul ought to be.
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Replying to @CBSNews
Clarence Thomas and his wife are openly and unequivocally part of a political movement
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Hillary Clinton was right then and she's right now.
many people disliked Clinton and Kamala Harris for various reasons, good and bad.
but the American electorate
made grave mistakes in rejecting these two women for Trump.
our country will pay the price for a long time.
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Replying to @AndrewSteinwold
might be wantonly killing poor children with his USAID woodchipper
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Replying to @MikeJohnson
Healthcare for all is considered bad agenda by the GOP.
They are the elite they claim to despise. A party built on constant promises they break. Since J6 2021 they became a party of election deniers and traitors to the constitution. Put us out of their misery in 7 days.
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It's pretty telling that the entire right wing is clutching their outrage pearls over a Cheesecake Factory joke, but they're OK with a vile, disgusting attack ad that uses the person who allowed her own 12-year-old daughter to be raped for years.
Spare us, "family values" party.
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Strategic bombing is real, finally.


























