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Trump, who won reelection in November 2024 partly by claiming he could end the Ukraine war in one day, spent his first month in office posting cryptic messages on Truth Social about how the “deep state” was preventing him from implementing his genius plan. Now, with pressure mounting, he has finally delivered on his promise – by offering to surrender on Ukraine’s behalf.

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[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 126 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Trump will fight tooth and nail against the ruzzians.....

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 65 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I thought The Onion was supposed to be satire...

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago

It's Satyr.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 52 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I believe his tactic is:

  1. ”Negotiate” a deal with Russia without Ukraine
  2. Present the deal to Ukraine
  3. Ukraine declines the deal because it mostly favors Russia while Ukraine gets nothing
  4. Accuse Ukraine for being warmongers who refuse to end the war
  5. Stop the aid to Ukraine because ”he doesn’t want to support warmongers”
[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

I fear you will be proved right.

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

I think he is looking for an excuse to lift sanctions on Russia.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 39 points 4 months ago
[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's getting harder and harder to tell Onion stories from reality.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago

You know what would be really spooky?
If Vance came back from Munich with an agreement to settle the Ukrainian question with Putin and declared peace for our time...

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

I'm sorry. You posted this in the wrong community. THIS one is supposed to be satire.

[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is why Russia bought the presidency, right? I really don't get why people are still pretending this is news.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 9 points 4 months ago

...he's been a known russian asset for decades, openly broadcasting it to the world for at least nine years, and a plurality of the electorate are totally fine with that...

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As part of the deal, Kyiv has been renamed “Trump City, Russia” in what Trump called a “tremendous concession on the part of Vladimir Putin and the people of Russia.”

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In addition, it has been reported that Trump ordered the construction of a tower in his name: "It's going to be the biggest tower in ~~Ukraine~~ Trump City, maybe ever. Nobody builds towers bigger than me!"

[–] TheGoddessAnoia@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I wonder if he thinks he can also ignore basic contract law on the international scale? Or is he maybe planning to send US troops to assist the Russians when the Ukrainians refuse to recognise his genius.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure he's prepared to promise anything to make his deal come through, but abandon those promises immediately afterwards.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

That's how promises work, in his mind

[–] HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

This is how the orange man will stave off WW3, by uniting American and Russian troops against a common enemy!

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

"When religion and politics travel in the same cart the riders believe themselves to be unstoppable"

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

No surprise there.