Trump Equivocates on Putin, Blames Zelensky, Again

iluvatar5150 said:

Trump blames Zelensky for starting war day after massive Russian attack

The US president apportioned blame to Ukraine's leader hours after the deadliest strike on civilians this year.

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Donald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war with Russia – a day after a massive Russian attack killed 35 people and injured 117 others in Ukraine.​

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The US president said the Ukrainian leader shared the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for "millions of people dead" in the Ukraine war.​

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"You don't start a war against someone 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles," he told reporters at the White House, also blaming former US President Joe Biden for the conflict.​

Here's the video of the full meeting. The section on Russia starts at 11:48. The question where he says Zelensky started it starts at 14:04:


One could take a charitable interpretation of this and chalk it up to poor phrasing, considering that he earlier stated that Putin started it. But throughout his comments, he clearly puts at least an equal share of the blame on Zelensky, saying things like "everybody's to blame" and criticizing the competence of Biden and Zelensky.

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Fantine said:

Wonder whether he'd say the same thing about Netanyahu. True, he didn't initiate the 10/7 attack, but his response--50,000 Palestinians dead, Gaza reduced to rubble, millions starving and homeless---led the International Court at the Hague to indict him as a war criminal.
But I suppose 47 always favors the dictators over the valiant freedom fighters.

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Vambram said:

I sincerely hope that ain't equating the IDF, The Israeli government to the dictator Putin. And if you honestly believe that HAMAS are freedom fighters, then your beliefs stand in stark contrast to what real freedom fighters actually are.

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Fantine said:

There are 30,000 Hamas. Gaza is 50% under 18 (i.e. 1.8 Million children in a population of 3.6 million.
1.8 million children homeless, starving, wounded--some fatally.
How culpably incompetent is is a military that destroys the lives of 1.8 million children to capture 30,000 culpable terrorists? In case you don't know, that's 600 child victims to kill every One terrorist.

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iluvatar5150 said:

Trump blames Zelensky for starting war day after massive Russian attack

The US president apportioned blame to Ukraine's leader hours after the deadliest strike on civilians this year.

www.bbc.com

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Donald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war with Russia – a day after a massive Russian attack killed 35 people and injured 117 others in Ukraine.​

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The US president said the Ukrainian leader shared the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for "millions of people dead" in the Ukraine war.​

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"You don't start a war against someone 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles," he told reporters at the White House, also blaming former US President Joe Biden for the conflict.​

Here's the video of the full meeting. The section on Russia starts at 11:48. The question where he says Zelensky started it starts at 14:04:


One could take a charitable interpretation of this and chalk it up to poor phrasing, considering that he earlier stated that Putin started it. But throughout his comments, he clearly puts at least an equal share of the blame on Zelensky, saying things like "everybody's to blame" and criticizing the competence of Biden and Zelensky.

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FAITH-IN-HIM said:

Oh boy , here we go again.

Fox News will air that clip repeatedly and report that President Trump has experienced cognitive decline.





Wait .. I am sorry .. I thought I am in 2023 and Joe Biden was President.



Never Mind.

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Trump's deference to Putin stunned European leaders on call​

• "I think something's going to happen. And if it doesn't, I just back away and they're going to have to keep going. Again, this was a European situation, and should have remained a European situation," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office several hours after his calls.

essentialsaltes said:

Trump's deference to Putin stunned European leaders on call​

Trump said Putin had agreed to negotiate, stressed the U.S. wouldn't be involved in those negotiations, and pushed back against the idea of imposing sanctions on Putin at the current time, two sources who were on the call and a third source briefed on the call told Axios.

• "I think something's going to happen. And if it doesn't, I just back away and they're going to have to keep going. Again, this was a European situation, and should have remained a European situation," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office several hours after his calls.

"Not my problem" is the new "I'll fix it on Day One."

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essentialsaltes said:

Trump's deference to Putin stunned European leaders on call​

Trump said Putin had agreed to negotiate, stressed the U.S. wouldn't be involved in those negotiations, and pushed back against the idea of imposing sanctions on Putin at the current time, two sources who were on the call and a third source briefed on the call told Axios.

• "I think something's going to happen. And if it doesn't, I just back away and they're going to have to keep going. Again, this was a European situation, and should have remained a European situation," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office several hours after his calls.

"Not my problem" is the new "I'll fix it on Day One."

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NxNW said:

And the Trump supporters are very silent.

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NxNW said:

And the Trump supporters are very silent.

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essentialsaltes said:

America First!
Everybody Else Last!

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NxNW said:

And the Trump supporters are very silent.

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