Trump: Putin is playing with fire!

Doesn't the president of the United States have a way to communicate with Russia other than social media?

50% tariff on Russia!!!! No, really really.

And yet the cognitive dissonance isn’t coming from the left.

MAGA cannot process that Trump has no idea how to successfully persuade Putin to do anything.

Despite Trump telling them he would end the war on day 1.

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Doesn't the president of the United States have a way to communicate with Russia other than social media?

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Trump being somewhat unpredictable is probably why despite his theatrics and world leaders' disdain for him, they will readily come to the table.

I genuinely think the reaction of world leaders to this stuff is along the lines of

PM: That's not what we talked about at all, he's bluffing, it's so frustrating dealing with his schtick.

Staffer: Probably sir, who knows what he's talking about, no way he thinks we're going to cave on that.

PM: Sigh, he might actually do it though. We've got to go through the motions at minimum on it.

This approach works better against terrorists like Houthi who believe Trump will actually send drones to their homes if they dont come to the table.

Trump cant do anything to Putin except more sanctions, on top of the ones we already have... but China, India and Africa are ready to buy more Russia exports so..


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In 2021, almost 50% of Russia's exports went to European countries, including Belarus and Ukraine, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC)

. The bulk of those exports were energy products, primarily crude oil and gas.

Yet, by the end of 2023, less than two years after the invasion began on February 24, 2022, the picture was completely transformed.

The OEC's recently published figures for 2023 show China and India out in front as Russia's two main export markets, accounting for 32.7% and 16.8% respectively — half the total. In 2021, China accounted for 14.6% of Russian exports whereas India accounted for just 1.56%.

The two countries have swept up the export market share previously taken by European countries. The 2023 figures show European nations accounting for barely 15% of Russian exports, a huge drop from the almost 50% of two years earlier.

The President of the United States of America has threatened, and is currently antagonizing the largest nuclear power in the world on MAGA twatter. Diplomacy through electronic tantrum throwing.

Holy shite.

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the shart of the deal

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Ain't that the frickin" truth.

Here's the thing Putin does not care at all what Trump wants or has to say. He will throw as many bodies and crash Russia's economy to win in Ukraine. Maybe not cause he wants to but now he has to. After 3 years of war the perceived fear and prestige of the conventional Russian military has been shattered. In my non-expert opinion this war is no longer about land and protecting ethnic Russians its about saving face.

Trump, have you tried giving in to some of putins demands? If not, then you're playing with fire trying to score the apprarance of a "win" so you can feed a truth social post to the dumbest of your supporters.

If nobody caves to a single one of Putins demands, why should he stop? Putin holds all the cards. He's winning the war easily.

Why should he stop if his demands are being completely ignored? Anyone have an answer? Anyone?