Trump calls out Zelenskyy, says he's a dictator

[Hey Yo]

President Donald Trump blasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a "dictator without elections" on Wednesday, after the U.S. left Ukraine out of initial peace talks with Russia this week.

"A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left," Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. "In the meantime, we are successfully negotiating an end to the War with Russia, something all admit only ‘TRUMP,’ and the Trump Administration, can do. Biden never tried, Europe has failed to bring Peace, and Zelenskyy probably wants to keep the ‘gravy train’ going."

Trump added, "I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died – And so it continues….."

This is a developing news story. Check back for updates.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-ukraines-zelenskyy-dictator-without-elections-rift-widens

[Overdrive]

Confirmed russian shill.

[Patrick Chewing]

Confirmed russian shill.

Confirmed Ukrainian shill. Give all your money to Ukraine and see it go down the drain as the war just keeps going on and on. If Russia wanted to end this war, they would have done so already. Russia is having the last laugh here as they see the United States getting fleeced.

[BurningHammer]

Confirmed Ukrainian shill. Give all your money to Ukraine and see it go down the drain as the war just keeps going on and on. If Russia wanted to end this war, they would have done so already. Russia is having the last laugh here as they see the United States getting fleeced.

Confirmed Russian shill.

[StickyWice]

Ukraine dumb. They have no chance without support from usa

They have thwee year to stop war but no

Now have say no more money spending no result no tracking where money go


Put Chinese man control Ukraine money then all money track but no, probably dei hire put stoopid mexican in charge

How Ukraine demand anything when nothing left to give? No power no respect

Zelenski not leader he failure. If he no negotiate stop war then elect new president who can

[warriorfan]

Confirmed Ukrainian shill. Give all your money to Ukraine and see it go down the drain as the war just keeps going on and on. If Russia wanted to end this war, they would have done so already. Russia is having the last laugh here as they see the United States getting fleeced.

Overdrive is a scared euro whose country relies on USA to be their daddy and protect them.

They are absolutely terrified of Russia because they know they have no defense because they spend it all on social programs they like to brag about while not realizing America subsidizes all their bullshit because they don’t have to pay anything for defense.

So that is why they rally and pretend they care about Ukraine.

They don’t care about Ukraine or the human life being lost there. They literally are just scared and want to save their own skin and feel like Ukraine is a human shield for them against some Russian boogieman.

Yikes.

[Lakers Legend#32]

MAGAS are so stupid.

They would accuse Poland of invading Germany in 1939.

[Off the Court]

Zelenskyy is a dictator
Biden is a dictator
Obama is a dictator
Putin is a savior


I mean, how much more obvious could it be who the bad guy is here?

[jstern]

Zelenskyy is a dictator
Biden is a dictator
Obama is a dictator
Putin is a savior


I mean, how much more obvious could it be who the bad guy is here?

Trump is not the first one to call Zelenskyy a dictator, and I don't hear people calling Biden and Obama a dictator. Perhaps you can find instances of someone saying it one time many years ago, as a put down. But Zelenskyy is a different story. You've had many people before Trump calling him a dictator. (Not CNN of course, so I understand you and Blade not knowing and looking at Zelenskyy more like a god.)

He cancelled the elections under martial law, extending his term, indefinitely.

He outlawed his opposition, making 16 political parties illegal. Using the old, "Russian interference." Like in Romania where they cancelled election because one guy was winning (aka people were voting for him) and they claimed that the reason why people were voting for him was due to Russian interference. Like Hillary.

He banned a Catholic Church.

Took control of Ukrainian companies.

Took all the TV channels and merged them into one state channel. They have to broadcast the same news propaganda feed. To counter "Russian misinformation."

Given Trump's honesty, personality, if he calls someone a dictator, it's likely based on specific reasons rather than something just said out of the blue.

[diamenz]

technically trump is right. zelensky cancelled elections. it's pretty straightforward. :confusedshrug:

[86Celtics]

Here's how honest is Trump:

https://x.com/KyleJGlen/status/1892517480834240767

The man on top of everything else is a pathological liar.

For the record: Ukraine's under martial law because it is under a vicious, unprovoked attack. The constitution states that in such circumstances, no elections are held. Zelensky's approval rating according to the latest poll is 58%, not 4 that Trump pulled out of his ass.

Zelensky's adhering to his country's constitution, Trump has torn it to shreds. Quite ironic and shameless that he is accusing Zelensky of what he's doing; following Putin's example again.

In Romania, the presidential elections were annuled because the guy who ended up leading, did so without running a campaign or having an actual party. But he did have millions of fake Tik- Tok accounts spreading misinformation on his behalf. Accounts who were traced directly to Moscow. So yes, there was widespread Russian interference in the Romanian elections, as there has been in every election both in European states and in the US.

I know I'm wasting my breath directing the above to MAGA morons, who live in an alternate reality and for whom facts and reality don't matter, but there it is.

[diamenz]

*russia invades ukraine*

liberals: ukraine is under attack! *hoists ukrainian flag high*

*trump attempts to bring peace to ukraine*

liberals: reeeeeeeeeee!

[Bill Gates]

*russia invades ukraine*

liberals: ukraine is under attack! *hoists ukrainian flag high*

*trump attempts to bring peace to ukraine*

liberals: reeeeeeeeeee!
You have no reason to root for Putin here. If someone broke into your house and claimed it as their own would you just lay down and let them have it? I mean, that would be the most peaceful solution right?

[highwhey]

*russia invades ukraine*

liberals: ukraine is under attack! *hoists ukrainian flag high*

*trump attempts to bring peace to ukraine*

liberals: reeeeeeeeeee!

"bring peace"=bully into giving up half the country's natural mineral resources? dafuq

[Bill Gates]

Would all of you be cool with Russia coming in here and taking half the US?

Easy to shrug it off for political points when it's someone else's home being taken.

[Norcaliblunt]

Zelenskyy is a dictator
Biden is a dictator
Obama is a dictator
Putin is a savior


I mean, how much more obvious could it be who the bad guy is here?

Can’t they call be bad?

Like why does any of them have to be good?

Y’all act you aren’t the same be you’re exactly the same.

Lmao.

[Norcaliblunt]

Would all of you be cool with Russia coming in here and taking half the US?

Easy to shrug it off for political points when it's someone else's home being taken.

Half of America has the attitude “I wish a mofo would try”!!!!!

That’s why peeps are so gung ho about gun rights.

A foreign nation straight invading the US in a classical sense is every corn fed American dudes dream.

[diamenz]

You have no reason to root for Putin here. If someone broke into your house and claimed it as their own would you just lay down and let them have it? I mean, that would be the most peaceful solution right?




"bring peace"=bully into giving up half the country's natural mineral resources? dafuq

who's winning this war? or rather, who's inevitably going to win this war if it continues? who holds all of the cards and has all of the leverage?

...this is the cost if you want to pursue peace.

i'm not "rooting" for putin, gates. the situation is what it is. what do you suggest exactly?

[diamenz]

Would all of you be cool with Russia coming in here and taking half the US?

Easy to shrug it off for political points when it's someone else's home being taken.

would you be cool with russia using mexico as a bulwark for russian aggression against us? because that is afterall, what this war is all about - nato using ukraine as a bulwark for western aggression against russia.

a chronology of events proving msm's "unprovoked" narrative false:


To help the public move beyond the simplistic narrative of Biden and the mainstream media, I offer a brief chronology of some key events leading to the ongoing war.

January 31, 1990. German Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich-Genscher pledges to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev that in the context of German reunification and disbanding of the Soviet Warsaw Pact military alliance, NATO will rule out an “expansion of its territory to the East, i.e., moving it closer to the Soviet borders.”

February 9, 1990. U.S. Secretary of State James Baker III agrees with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev that “NATO expansion is unacceptable.”

June 29 – July 2, 1990. NATO Secretary-General Manfred Woerner tells a high-level Russian delegation that “the NATO Council and he [Woerner] are against the expansion of NATO.”

July 1, 1990. Ukrainian Rada (parliament) adopts the Declaration of State Sovereignty, in which “The Ukrainian SSR solemnly declares its intention of becoming a permanently neutral state that does not participate in military blocs and adheres to three nuclear free principles: to accept, to produce and to purchase no nuclear weapons.”

August 24, 1991. Ukraine declares independence on the basis of the 1990 Declaration of State Sovereignty, which includes the pledge of neutrality.

Mid-1992. Bush Administration policymakers reach a secret internal consensus to expand NATO, contrary to commitments recently made to the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation.

July 8, 1997. At the Madrid NATO Summit, Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic are invited to begin NATO accession talks.

September-October, 1997. In Foreign Affairs (Sept/Oct, 1997) former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski details the timeline for NATO enlargement, with Ukraine’s negotiations provisionally to begin during 2005-2010.

March 24 – June 10, 1999. NATO bombs Serbia. Russia terms the NATO bombing “a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter."

March 2000. Ukrainian President Kuchma declares that "there is no question of Ukraine joining NATO today since this issue is extremely complex and has many angles to it.”

June 13, 2002. The US unilaterally withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Weapons Treaty, an action which the Vice-Chair of the Russian Duma Defense Committee characterizes as an “extremely negative event of historical scale.”

November-December 2004. The “Orange Revolution” occurs in Ukraine, events that the West characterizes as a democratic revolution and the Russian government characterizes as a Western-manufactured grab for power with overt and covert US support.

February 10, 2007. Putin strongly criticizes the U.S. attempt to create a unipolar world, backed by NATO enlargement, in a speech to the Munich Security Conference, declaring: “I think it is obvious that NATO expansion … represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. And we have the right to ask: against whom is this expansion intended? And what happened to the assurances our western partners made after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact?”

February 1, 2008. US Ambassador to Russia William Burns sends a confidential cable to U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, entitled “Nyet means Nyet: Russia’s NATO Enlargement Redlines,” emphasizing that “Ukraine and Georgia's NATO aspirations not only touch a raw nerve in Russia, they engender serious concerns about the consequences for stability in the region.”

February 18, 2008. The US recognizes Kosovo independence over heated Russian objections. The Russian Government declares that Kosovo independence violates “the sovereignty of the Republic of Serbia, the Charter of the United Nations, UNSCR 1244, the principles of the Helsinki Final Act, Kosovo’s Constitutional Framework and the high-level Contact Group accords."

April 3, 2008. NATO declares that Ukraine and Georgia “will become members of NATO.” Russia declares that “Georgia’s and Ukraine’s membership in the alliance is a huge strategic mistake which would have most serious consequences for pan-European security.”

August 20, 2008. The US announces that it will deploy ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems in Poland, to be followed later by Romania. Russia expresses strenuous opposition to the BMD systems.

January 28, 2014. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt plot regime change in Ukraine in a call that is intercepted and posted on YouTube on February 7, in which Nuland notes that “[Vice President] Biden’s willing” to help close the deal.

February 21, 2014. Governments of Ukraine, Poland, France, and Germany reach an Agreement on settlement of political crisis in Ukraine, calling for new elections later in the year. The far-right Right Sector and other armed groups instead demand Yanukovych’s immediate resignation, and take over government buildings. Yanukovych flees. The Parliament immediately strips the President of his powers without an impeachment process.

February 22, 2014. The US immediately endorses the regime change.

March 16, 2014. Russia holds a referendum in Crimea that according to the Russian Government results in a large majority vote for Russian rule. On March 21, the Russian Duma votes to admit Crimea to the Russian Federation. The Russian Government draws the analogy to the Kosovo referendum. The US rejects the Crimea referendum as illegitimate.

[diamenz]

continued;


March 18, 2014. President Putin characterizes the regime change as a coup, stating: “those who stood behind the latest events in Ukraine had a different agenda: they were preparing yet another government takeover; they wanted to seize power and would stop short of nothing. They resorted to terror, murder and riots.”

March 25, 2014. President Barack Obama mocks Russia “as a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors — not out of strength but out of weakness,”

February 12, 2015. Signing of Minsk II agreement. The agreement is unanimously backed by the UN Security Council Resolution 2202 on February 17, 2015. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel later acknowledges that the Minsk II agreement was designed to give time for Ukraine to strengthen its military. It was not implemented by Ukraine, and President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged that he had no intention to implement the agreement.

February 1, 2019. The U.S. unilaterally withdraws from the Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty. Russia harshly criticizes the INF withdrawal as a “destructive” act that stoked security risks.

June 14, 2021. At the 2021 NATO Summit in Brussels, NATO reconfirms NATO’s intention to enlarge and include Ukraine: “We reiterate the decision made at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance.”

September 1, 2021. The US reiterates support for Ukraine’s NATO aspirations in the “Joint Statement on the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership.”

December 17, 2021. Putin puts forward a draft “Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Security Guarantees,” based on non-enlargement of NATO and limitations on the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles.

January 26, 2022. The U.S. formally replies to Russia that the US and NATO will not negotiate with Russia over issues of NATO enlargement, slamming the door on a negotiated path to avoid an expansion of the war in Ukraine. The U.S. invokes NATO policy that “Any decision to invite a country to join the Alliance is taken by the North Atlantic Council on the basis of consensus among all Allies. No third country has a say in such deliberations.” In short, the US asserts that NATO enlargement to Ukraine is none of Russia’s business.

February 21, 2022. At a meeting of the Russian Security Council, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov details the U.S. refusal to negotiate:

“We received their response in late January. The assessment of this response shows that our Western colleagues are not prepared to take up our major proposals, primarily those on NATO’s eastward non-expansion. This demand was rejected with reference to the bloc’s so-called open-door policy and the freedom of each state to choose its own way of ensuring security. Neither the United States, nor the North Atlantic Alliance proposed an alternative to this key provision.”

The United States is doing everything it can to avoid the principle of indivisibility of security that we consider of fundamental importance and to which we have made many references. Deriving from it the only element that suits them – the freedom to choose alliances – they completely ignore everything else, including the key condition that reads that nobody – either in choosing alliances or regardless of them – is allowed to enhance their security at the expense of the security of others.”

February 24, 2022. In an address to the nation, President Putin declares: “It is a fact that over the past 30 years we have been patiently trying to come to an agreement with the leading NATO countries regarding the principles of equal and indivisible security in Europe. In response to our proposals, we invariably faced either cynical deception and lies or attempts at pressure and blackmail, while the North Atlantic alliance continued to expand despite our protests and concerns. Its military machine is moving and, as I said, is approaching our very border.”

March 16, 2022. Russia and Ukraine announce significant progress towards a peace agreement mediated by Turkey and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. As reported in the press, the basis of the agreement includes: “a ceasefire and Russian withdrawal if Kyiv declares neutrality and accepts limits on its armed forces.”

March 28, 2022. President Zelensky publicly declares that Ukraine is ready for neutrality combined with security guarantees as part of a peace agreement with Russia. “Security guarantees and neutrality, the non-nuclear status of our state — we’re ready to do that. That’s the most important point ... they started the war because of it.”

April 7, 2022. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov accuses the West of trying to derail the peace talks, claiming that Ukraine had gone back on previously agreed proposals. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett later states (on February 5, 2023) that the U.S. had blocked the pending Russia-Ukraine peace agreement. When asked if the Western powers blocked the agreement, Bennett answered: “Basically, yes. They blocked it, and I thought they were wrong.” At some point, says Bennett, the West decided “to crush Putin rather than to negotiate.”

June 4, 2023. Ukraine launches a major counter-offensive, without achieving any major success as of mid-July 2023.

July 7, 2023. Biden acknowledges that Ukraine is “running out” of 155mm artillery shells, and that the US is “running low.”

July 11, 2023. At the NATO Summit in Vilnius, the final communique reaffirms Ukraine’s future in NATO: “We fully support Ukraine’s right to choose its own security arrangements. Ukraine’s future is in NATO … Ukraine has become increasingly interoperable and politically integrated with the Alliance, and has made substantial progress on its reform path.”

July 13, 2023. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reiterates that Ukraine will “no doubt” join NATO when the war ends.

July 13, 2023. Putin reiterates that “As for Ukraine’s NATO membership, as we have said many times, this obviously creates a threat to Russia’s security. In fact, the threat of Ukraine’s accession to NATO is the reason, or rather one of the reasons for the special military operation. I am certain that this would not enhance Ukraine’s security in any way either. In general, it will make the world much more vulnerable and lead to more tensions in the international arena. So, I don’t see anything good in this. Our position is well known and has long been formulated.”

https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/history-of-war-in-ukraine

[Bill Gates]

What do you suggest exactly?

If it were up to me I'd go full Neocon Bush-Cheney and invade Russia, overthrow Putin and their government. Occupy until the dust has settled and the people have chosen a new leader.

At minimum there would be very strong efforts to assassinate Putin, and perhaps the Biden admin was trying. But we know if that effort existed it is gone now.

"Peace" was thrown out the window the moment they invaded.

[diamenz]

If it were up to me I'd go full Neocon Bush-Cheney and invade Russia, overthrow Putin and their government. Occupy until the dust has settled and the people have chosen a new leader.

At minimum there would be very strong efforts to assassinate Putin, and perhaps the Biden admin was trying. But we know if that effort existed it is gone now.

"Peace" was thrown out the window the moment they invaded.

if mutual nuclear annihilation is your thing, then by all means.

[warriorfan]

*russia invades ukraine*

liberals: ukraine is under attack! *hoists ukrainian flag high*

*trump attempts to bring peace to ukraine*

liberals: reeeeeeeeeee!

:oldlol: Libe have gone full neocon simping. Oh what a time! Lol.


If it were up to me I'd go full Neocon Bush-Cheney and invade Russia, overthrow Putin and their government. Occupy until the dust has settled and the people have chosen a new leader.

At minimum there would be very strong efforts to assassinate Putin, and perhaps the Biden admin was trying. But we know if that effort existed it is gone now.

"Peace" was thrown out the window the moment they invaded.

No one cares what you would do. You are a low iq psycho. So let’s keep that into consideration.

[Bill Gates]

No one cares what you would do.

He literally asked me what I would do.

[1987_Lakers]

He literally asked me what I would do.

Hey Mr. Gates. Your time is done. Epstein list about to get released.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrmmW6IF4os

[Overdrive]

would you be cool with russia using mexico as a bulwark for russian aggression against us? because that is afterall, what this war is all about - nato using ukraine as a bulwark for western aggression against russia.

a chronology of events proving msm's "unprovoked" narrative false:

A defensive pact that didn't attack russia is aggression, while a full fledged war is defense. Understood.

[diamenz]

A defensive pact that didn't attack russia is aggression, while a full fledged war is defense. Understood.

that's right.

a "defensive pact", that going back decades had promised not to expand itself eastward into russia's sphere of influence, that ultimately did; given countless warnings from moscow the entirety of that time and with ukraine along with other less consequential countries being the last straw, provoked this invasion in the first place.

[diamenz]

by the way, what do you (Overdrive), suggest that we do at this point in the war? do you support the current push for peace?

[Hey Yo]

"bring peace"=bully into giving up half the country's natural mineral resources? dafuq

Reported moments ago.. Zelenskyy agrees to sign minerals deal. Go scrub your feet, chico.

[Gudo]

Crazy times. We got a number of Americans seemingly siding with the Russians, including and spearheaded by the head of state.

[Bill Gates]

Crazy times. We got a number of Americans seemingly siding with the Russians, including and spearheaded by the head of state.

Tribal politics is a powerful thing. It isn't even about Russia or Ukraine from them. They root for Russia just to "own the libs".

[Jasper]

President Donald Trump blasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a "dictator without elections" on Wednesday, after the U.S. left Ukraine out of initial peace talks with Russia this week.

"A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left," Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. "In the meantime, we are successfully negotiating an end to the War with Russia, something all admit only ‘TRUMP,’ and the Trump Administration, can do. Biden never tried, Europe has failed to bring Peace, and Zelenskyy probably wants to keep the ‘gravy train’ going."

Trump added, "I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died – And so it continues….."

This is a developing news story. Check back for updates.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-ukraines-zelenskyy-dictator-without-elections-rift-widens

and he doesn't wear a suit

[Lakers Legend#32]

Now Trump is saying he never called Zelenskyy a dictator.

Either Dementia Donny brains are completely scrambled eggs or,

he's just an A-Hole.

[TheMan]

Trump does himself no favors parroting EVERYTHING Putin says. I thought Trump being a Russian asset was far fetched but that now seems to be more likely. Embarrassing.

[tpols]

Trump does himself no favors parroting EVERYTHING Putin says. I thought Trump being a Russian asset was far fetched but that now seems to be more likely. Embarrassing.

What's wrong with Russia, amigo? Why are you discriminating against them?

[TheMan]

What's wrong with Russia, amigo? Why are you discriminating against them?

Nothing wrong with them, but they have always been and always will be geopolitical rivals and they actively work against US interests worldwide...but it's pathetic the clown in the White House is in Putin's pocket and doing Russia's dirty work for them, like making the US irrelevant and destroying alliances with longtime allies that were created to curb Russia's influence...other than that, all fine and dandy.

[StickyWice]

What's wrong with Russia, amigo? Why are you discriminating against them?


He jealous his country is garbage. That why he care more about USA politic when not even live here. Even Ukraine stronger than Mexico currently

No one respect Mexico, tariff come Tuesday hopefully

[BigKobeFan]

He jealous his country is garbage. That why he care more about USA politic when not even live here. Even Ukraine stronger than Mexico currently

No one respect Mexico, tariff come Tuesday hopefully:lol:oldlol: