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SNYDER: Trump administration doesn’t know anything about how wars are fought, or anything about wars at all. They also don’t understand anything about modern war. They’ve chosen not to pay attention to Ukraine. They’re intimidated by Ukraine. They’re intimidated by the fact that people actually can fight a real...

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APPLEBAUM: I think Trump genuinely believed that he was friends with Putin, and that that’s how he would bring the war to an end. Trump was very surprised to learn that Russians have different set of interests, bigger than him, that he wasn’t able to influence Putin. So I think it’s fair to say it’s pretty clear that Trump doesn’t understand or know Russia, or Putin, very well. And unfortunately, negotiations that Trump conducted with Russians in first part of his term were very counterproductive. They gave Russians idea that Americans would let them keep fighting, would get Ukrainians to give up their territory. Putin was never seriously interested in ending the war. We’ve never seen any sign that he’s willing to accept ceasefire. If Trump had come to power and said, “I’m going to continue to support Ukraine, I want Ukraine to win the war.” Then this war might be over by now, because this war will be over when Russians understand that they can’t win. When Russians finally understand that Ukraine will not become a Russian colony, and that it’s not worth fighting. Most colonial wars last about 10 years. Whether you think this started in 2014 or 2022, you could be optimistic or pessimistic. It’s also true that most colonial wars are eventually ended not by the person who started them. Algeria is a good example. Most colonial wars also end with turmoil in capital. Once you understand it’s colonial war, then you know what’s at stake.

Kate from Kharkiv

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SNYDER: The balance between the oligarchy and fascism is different in Russia and the US. I think Putin, unlike Trump, actually believes in some world beyond the visible world. In which what’s true is will and there’s a mystical past which contains the essence of the nation. And by taking violent action in the present, we can return to that mystical past. I think Putin actually believes stuff like that, and in that sense, he’s more of a fascist than Trump. For Trump, he says fascist things, he does fascist things, and he certainly has people around him who are fascists. But for him, the balance is different. It’s more about, "I need to make more money." In fairness to Trump, Putin already has $200, $300 billion. Whereas Trump is gonna die a kind of petty billionaire by that scale. Maybe if Trump had $200, $300 billion, he would also have wild fantasies. But anyway, in the world we’re in, that’s difference. For Trump, it’s more about using white supremacy. Trump is happy to have people hurt. And happy to have us be happy that people are hurt, but he’s not willing to do some of the things that Putin is willing to do. Putin has been willing to watch easily a million of his people, probably well over, get killed and maimed in war that Russia is going to lose. Whereas Trump is willing to watch 5 people, or 10, or 15, or 20, maybe 100 people get killed. But no way Trump has wherewithal to say, "We’re going to have a full-scale invasion of another country and hundreds of thousands of you are going to die, but that’s going to be worth it." He just doesn’t believe in anything enough to demand that other people believe in some cause like that. His ability to control his own political future by starting foreign wars is limited because his ability to fight foreign wars is very limited. Because he’s willing to cause pain, but he can’t stomach that much pain, and he can’t really imagine that other people would. Whereas Putin really does think that other people are going to care about Russian glory. Trump doesn’t care about American glory. I don’t think he can really imagine that other people can care about American glory. And so, I think in his case, the oligarchy or his desire to be a rich oligarch is the dominant factor, and it actually constrains his ability to use the more militaristic stuff.

Kate from Kharkiv

14,539 views • 21 days ago

🚨President Trump announced that there might be a high-level meeting with Zelenskyy as early as this weekend, but didn’t specify if he would participate, and once again reiterated that UA should hold elections right now (note: it’s against the constitution to hold elections during the martial law, also it’s simply not safe, and UA society is widely opposed to the idea). TRUMP: “They would like us to go to a meeting over the weekend, in Europe, and we’ll make a determination depending on what they come back with. We don’t wanna be wasting time. Sometimes you have to let people fight it out, and sometimes you don’t. But the problem with letting people fight it out is you’re losing thousands of people a week. It’s ridiculous. The whole thing is ridiculous.” Q: “And when you say that the European leaders want to have a meeting over the weekend, are you talking about with Zelenskyy or with them?” TRUMP: “With Zelenskyy and us.” Q: “And you said in an interview yesterday that you think it’s time for Zelenskyy to start accepting things. What things are you talking about?” TRUMP: “Well, I think he has to be realistic. And I do wonder about how long is it gonna be till they have an election. You know, for a democracy, it’s a long time. They haven’t had an election in a long time. There was a poll that came out, 82% of the people are demanding a settlement be made, Ukrainian people. They wanna see a settlement be made. I understand that. They’re losing thousands and thousands of people a week. They wanna see it ended. And I do say at what point, when do they have an election in Ukraine? That’s not casting aspersions on anybody, but they do have a massive corruption situation going on there… People are asking this question, ‘When do they have an election?’ Are they gonna have an election, or are they gonna just keep it going like this? So, I think it’s time to get that war settled, and I think it’s a war that can be settled. But it takes two to tango.”

Kateryna Lisunova

10,801 views • 8 months ago

.Joe Rogan: "On the left. This want for war in Ukraine. This trust in the military-industrial complex. What happened to you guys? The best take on it was Trump... When Kaitlin Collins asked him... do you want Ukraine to win this war? He said I just want people to stop dying. And that is somehow controversial." Tim Dillon: "I just want people to stop dying is a very logical statement. That's the appropriate response to every war out there... At the end of the day, unending conflicts only hurt the people in those countries fighting the wars and becoming victims of the wars. They don't hurt the people over here making a lot of money." Tim Dillon: "Every argument made rightly against the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War. What's the plan? We're going to be in a quagmire. The money would be better used back home. All of those arguments were used ad nauseam by the left, and they were right. Now, if you bring up any of those arguments about Ukraine, you are called heartless or a Putin apologist." Joe Rogan: "The crazy thing is that it's been adopted wholesale by the left. The people that are always the most skeptical about war... Trump was the first sitting president that I ever saw that openly admitted the military-industrial complex wants you to go to war... When Eisenhower was resigning, he said it, but Trump actually said it during an interview... Which is just a wild thing to hear that they might be influenced to start wars not when they are necessary but for financial reasons..."

KanekoaTheGreat

3,660,896 views • 3 years ago