Summary
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, in a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, failed to specify any Russian concessions in a potential Ukraine peace deal despite detailing demands on Ukraine.
After claiming a “friendship” with Putin, Witkoff spoke vaguely about “territorial” and “economic” concessions from both sides. He also claimed a U.S.-Ukraine deal on raw earth minerals would be signed soon.
When confronted with Russian state TV footage suggesting Trump’s stance aligns with Putin’s, Witkoff insisted diplomacy requires communication.
His remarks fueled concerns over Trump’s approach to Russia and Ukraine.
They are none.
Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, who met with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, said a deal over Ukraine’s raw earth minerals could be signed this week.
The deal will be signed with Russia. Trump will want carve up Ukraine between the US and Russia.
Remember how the Nazis and the Soviet Union made a treat before WWII dividing Poland between them?
its the sudentlands made with germany by the allies without the country in attendance.
Trump just looks so weak here. So much for being a strongman. I guess he just likes being manhandled?
He might let us have Alaska. Trump’d probably take that deal.
Who is “us” to you in that sentence?
The United States of Woosh
Their concession is sending someone to listen to the Trump guy.
Meanwhile Zelensky is saying he’ll give up the presidency in exchange for NATO membership.
Even the EU vasals have nothing to say.
Blindly follow the leader, jump when they say. Even let them blow up their cheap gasline and ruin their economy.
Not one peep. And now they are surprised they get no respect? LOL.
What does this guy think he has of weight?
His new US master will decide for him, that’s what happen when you allow your country to be used as a proxy.
As if there weren’t enough examples of US ‘friends’ thrown under the bus.Whoah, you get paid to spout all that or are you volunteering your time?
Frankly, it doesn’t matter how they put it. Any comment that is not praising Zelensky as the most noble leader of the free world or something, will be mercilessly criticized. They might as well just have their fun.
That comment was not criticism of any of Zelensky’s positions or choices. It was word salad of Russian talking points.
I didn’t say it was a critical comment about Zelensky. What I said was that anything anyone says here that is not praising Zelensky, will be criticized with a NATO talking point passion.
What NATO talking points were used in my response or any of the responses to that comment?
Having a different point of view does not mean they are being paid. Are you being paid by Ukraine or NATO? That is a rhetorical question, I don’t assume, not even suggest, you are.
That is demonstrably false with a mere glance at the news headlines.
If it’s demonstrably false then I await your demonstration of falsehood instead of you just saying stuff
see, you’ve got nothing, as always
Is that a concession? I don’t think he actually wants to be president anymore.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s the correct “deal” to make - it’s the most overt declaration he can make to those who claim he wants to be dictator for life - I just think it’s probably a win/win for him.
It might be the correct deal, but it worries me. I can only imagine the people saying he wants to be a dictator are those that want a Putin style election to install another puppet. I know they have to have elections at some point - it’s just a worry!
I highly doubt any Russian aligned party or candidate would win any office. Doubtful they’d survive the election in a place like Mariupol or Sebastopol.
Wonder how we can protect exit polling - that’s how we know Maduro stole so big.
I mean the Ukrainian people are currently fighting against a Russian invasion. This could be a problem in a decade or so. But not anytime soon.
Win win win to be honest. It’s just further proof he doesn’t want to be the dictator he’s accused of being.
And further proof he’s the much better diplomat/politician than those who exclude him.
Is that a concession?
It’s absolutely a concession, and a very big one too. It’s a concession to the Trump allegations that Zelenskyy is a dictator. And this bullshit argument was given as one of the reasons he wasn’t invited to the talks in Saudi Arabia.
I don’t think he actually wants to be president anymore.
Doesn’t change the fact that it’s a very big concession.
Trump will agree as long as he quits first then pull the rug from under Ukraine.
We all knew the so-called “peace deal” was going to be rough but “US takes this half, Russia takes that half” is a new low even for him.
The EU needs to step up it’s war machine. More manufacturing, more army, more WMDs. If we can’t rely on the US then we need our own.
Sure, all that is expensive, but not half as expensive as not having it. There’s a lot to be said for having a big stick you never have to use.
We all knew the so-called “peace deal” was going to be rough but “US takes this half, Russia takes that half” is a new low even for him.
Its pretty on par, being honest.
I mean, last time, it was Poland.
Yewah poor bohy
Weird way to spell capitulation.
Its “Molotov-Ribbentrop”. That’s the term you’re looking for.
It certainly reeks of this.
What are they talking about?!? Russia is obviously conceding half of Ukraine for the next 3 to 5 years. It is absolutely gracious of them to allow the people in Ukraine to borrow that territory until Russia feels like actually ruling it again!
/s
I don’t want to give Twitter any of my traffic, so I found it here: https://youtu.be/Tbr_4tbvImc
Thanks
Detrackered Google’s little spyware - https://youtu.be/Tbr_4tbvImc
Oh what is the bit at the end? Never noticed it
Almost like a referral link minus any $ benefit
but still helps Google understand who is referring who - creating a web of connections between you and everyone who clicks it
(Not an expert here :) )
Edit: also was gonna mirror the video to Catbox.moe but it was 90 megabytes heh
I think that’s actually a different interview and that this is the one referred in the OP: https://youtu.be/Iyasgj3e-wE
Should keep negotiation going, don’t make any deal with Krasnov Trump too early. Always say it is due to US betrayal in Budapest Memorandum.
Didn’t see Biden make an effort for a peace deal.
Because Russia did not want peace. “Why are Russia interested in a peace deal now then?”, you might ask. Because Trump is not going to negotiate them a peace “deal”. He is going to give them victory.
Trump’s “peace deal” is the violent rapist’s buddy “just lay down and take it to stop being beaten up” kind of ‘end to violence’.
One literally needs to have no Moral or Empathy whatsoever to think that the victim stopping resisting and letting the rapist finish himself off in the victim with no resistance and then walk away with no consequences is a “good” outcome.
Supporting this “deal” is a pretty fulproof way to out yourself as an unrepentant baddie.
The peace deal proposed by Trump is “Ukraine just take the fattest L known to any country in the last 100 years and be ok with it, and thanks for the rare earth minerals”. While the US didn’t deliver much support compared to EU.
Wtf is the point of your military if it’s not for peace keeping?
The US donated the most money by a wide margin lol we should fuel the war indefinitely and not opt for peace between both parties?
Granted, Trump could have said it in a more neutral manner, I don’t agree with what he said about Zelenskyy, he still has the right idea to try to offer peace rather than let it stew into a nuclear war.
You can root for Ukraine to decimate Russia all you want, but war produces dead bodies of all ages and I’m sure you’ve never seen that carnage before.
This is false, the EU donated more than the US. Trump says otherwise, yes, but he is lying.
Nuclear war is exactly what Trump is risking right now. Russia will go to war again if Trump gives them “peace”. Only next time, they will attack a NATO country.
I wasn’t going off Trump , I checked sites like statists and others before posting. However , his claim of 350 billion was quite an exaggeration.
We’ll just have to wait and see what happens. Trump did say one thing that made sense. There is an ocean between us and Ukraine, the EU should be more involved than the USA.
The EU is starting to ramp up their donations recently. Perhaps that was Trump’s intent. Dare we give him credit? Lol
If the US wants to be involved or not is up to you guys, that’s fair. It’s our cause, first and foremost. But what Trump is doing now is not “not getting involved”. He is actively sabotaging and siding with Russia. I’d be fine if he just shut up and minded his own business, but he is very much involved right now and even says Europe should not take part in negotiations. So on the one hand, he says it’s Europe’s cause, but on the other, he acts like it’s his his own cause. It’s once again Trump being Trump.
That’s what I’m saying, essentially. We should want peace between the two countries, but Trump is just opening his mouth. He always had poor execution.
He has the right idea, just trying to benefit himself. Seems like he’s trying to extort Ukraine while patting Putin on the head
You should familiarize yourself with eastern Europe history which is basically “life is pain because my neighbor is Russia” they live horrid poor lives because the aggressor had their way.
Ukraine’s future safety is only guaranteed by signing under NATO. Otherwise Russia is simply allowed to fuck around without finding out
The path toward peace is not “let the blatant aggressor get everything they want without concessions.” Usually, if you want peace, you tell the instigator to knock it off or MAKE them knock it off. Otherwise, all that’s learned is they can do it again, consequence-free.
Y’all never cease to amaze me with how ignant you can be
Ignant? Have you ever been in war? I’d rather see peace in that region. I know you hate Putin mostly because you associate him with Trump, that’s “ignant” lol
No, I hate Putin because he’s a fascist piece of shit and a murderer. Lmao been hating him since before Trump was ever a household name… don’t give him that kind of credit I didn’t pay attention to him until he started campaigning for the 2016 election.
That actually made me laugh out loud. Putin is 1000x worse and more dangerous than Donald Drumpf’s clown-ass
That’s good, I’m glad you hate Putin for the right reasons
I couldn’t care less about what a lying fascist enabler like you think about it.
I think for myself, you clearly don’t. I bet you don’t even know what the word “fascist” means.
I’ve only said that I want peace in that area and stated that I don’t agree with how Trump is trying to obtain it.
Go back to playing in the sandbox with the rest of your nose picking friends.
Because there aren’t any
Well at least he did not lie then!
