Sources say work on so-called ‘options paper’ comes as Trump seeks to restore Moscow ties and end Ukraine war

Summary

The White House has directed the State and Treasury Departments to draft a proposal for lifting some U.S. sanctions on Russia as part of Trump’s effort to restore ties and end the Ukraine war.

The proposal could ease restrictions on select Russian entities and oligarchs, though it’s unclear what the U.S. would receive in return.

Trump has signaled openness to sanctions relief despite previously threatening harsher measures.

Talks between U.S. and Russian officials have intensified, with economic cooperation, including rare earth minerals, emerging as a key topic.

  • Furbag@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Codename Krasnov sure giving a lot away to Russia for nothing in exchange. Is this the Art of the Deal?

        • Fair Fairy@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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          2 years ago

          This is a total lie. there is no sense to keep funding stupid usaid propaganda - it keeps population dumb

          • Devanismyname@lemmy.caEnglish
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            2 years ago

            Well Russia was doing all this same stuff back the too so I’m not really wrong. They certainly aren’t more peaceful these days.

          • Brumefey@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            2 years ago

            it keeps population dumb

            You mean dumb like all those Trump Musk supporters ? Or dumb because educational programs have been defunded, and fed by social media and classic media controlled by the rich men having power ?

        • Crikeste@lemm.eeEnglish
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          2 years ago

          He came into power almost a decade after the Cold War ended, so I don’t get what you mean

          • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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            2 years ago

            You’re an idiot then. He was literally a KGB agent. This isn’t even hard to find information, if you Google him it’s on Wikipedia you’ve done literally zero research.

            • Crikeste@lemm.eeEnglish
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              2 years ago

              Oh so being a KGB agent is being the president, got it. Who’s the idiot again?

      • uienia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Which has nothing to do with anything, but I bet it sounded cool in the goo in your numbskull.

      • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Both Putin and Trump are 80s relics and so it matters little how much the wor[l]d has changed, the cold war facet applies to the blindly pro-russian stance of Trump.

        Of all the stances to take, this one is insane. Almost every violent conflict has shades of gray, nuance rather than unambiguous good and bad. The Ukraine-Russia conflict is one of those supremely rare straightforward ones where Russia is just straight up the bad guys.

        • Fair Fairy@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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          2 years ago

          If china is about to kill you economy, who gives a damn about Russia?b

          And u clearly have no historical knowledge of that conflict.

      • Zron@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, note instead of Russia being a communist authoritarian hellscape, it’s a capitalist authoritarian hellscape.

        Very different

  • scripthook@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Yeah I figured this would happen. And when the cost of gas goes up because of his Tarrifs we’ll be buying oil from Russia again…

  • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Lol, bending over for Russia when they’ve done absolutely nothing toward peace. Trump is such a big strong man.

    • matlag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 years ago

      It’s more subtle. Technically they won, but while they were winning, Russia was buying the power in US. Weird situation now where the winner becomes a vassal state of the loser…

    • adm@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Yeah it’s kinda crazy that it basically just lived on in the hearts of Putin and his underlings. We moved on. He made it his mission. There’s a lesson in there somewhere.

      Also, he basically became the thing he hated to win. Killed us with capitalism. There’s a story there.

      • WagyuSneakers@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        The real lesson is to run down your enemies as they retreat. America failed to do that with the south after the Civil War. America failed to do that with the Sov Union. Looks like the allies failed to do that with the Axis as well. Every evil entity will roll over and beg for mercy with crocodile tears. Leave the people, annihilate the state.

        Either recruit people to your side or marginalize and destroy them completely. There’s no in between.

  • dogslayeggs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    You know what would help end the war in Ukraine? Letting Russia keep all their money and having no repercussions for their actions. That should do the trick.

  • ATDA@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Art of the deal: give Putin everything, let him finish in your mouth and ass. Get nothing in return!

  • sasquatch7704@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Is he actually trying to crash the US economy on purpose? Or is he that detached from reality?

    • Lit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Krasnov Trump scammed his investors, loans and bankrupted his casinos. He is doing the same to US to enrich himself.