The Real timschochet

The difference between Trump and Putin is that Trump keeps raising the stakes and then HE’S the one that folds. Every time.

Yeah except we haven’t stopped sending money to Ukraine, and I suspect we won’t.

Trump says he wants to see peace get done; let’s see if he means it. Russia has to pull its forces back behind the Crimea. Ukraine agrees to cede the Crimea to Russia. There can be a vote for the folks in the Donbas whether they want to be part of Ukraine or Russia. The USA commits, along with Europe and Russia to rebuilding Ukraine. Ukraine holds elections. We sign the rare earth minerals deal (our presence there will be a form of security; Trump is right about that.) Finally , in exchange for no more countries joining NATO, Russia signs a treaty agreeing to respect the sovereignty of all existing nations in Europe, and a new trade deal with Europe and the USA with no tariffs. Thats my peace idea. I think it’s doable. Certainly it should be a lot easier to do this deal than any Palestinian-Israeli agreement.

When the minerals deal was announced (4 days ago) we were told it was a big win for Trump. Now that the minerals deals has been canceled we are told it’s a big win for Trump. Both times we are told that Trump is a master negotiator. Seems inconsistent. But then, I’m not a member of the fan club.

I read em all the time. It’s actually the golden age of graphic novels currently. It’s not the superhero stuff of our youths. It’s really good stuff to be honest.

I know nothing about Sally. But Tokyo Rose was American: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iva_Toguri_D'Aquino

Link?

I give you kudos for the Tokyo Rose reference. Did you know she was American? It’s an interesting story I recently read a graphic novel about her life.

I did, and I stand by it. He is abandoning our friends and betraying 80 years of American policy that protected the free world,

It absolutely is based on reality: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2025/02/28/donald-trump-approval-ratings-what-the-latest-polls-say/80669210007/ Even the most favorable polls have Trump’s approval rating dropping like a stone. The public voted for him to lower prices, not to screw up the federal government and abandon Ukraine. It may be what YOU wanted but most Americans aren’t MAGA. And I’m neither whiny nor hysterical. Just telling you how it is. Things aren’t going well. Trump is an incompetent fool just as he was before and people are starting to realize it.

And Vance IS a traitor. So is Trump.

OK tough guy

We’ll see, I think major buyers remorse is settling in.

Vance is stalked by protestors on his skiing trip: “Go ski in Russia, traitor!” https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-zelensky-ukraine-news-03-01-25/index.html I don’t think the American people like what happened very much. I have a feeling that Zelensky’s popularity here will go up, and Trump’s will go down. Which is only right.

Tucker Carlson is the national version of @Horseman. Virtually 100% of what he says is the opposite of the truth. He’s a good weathervane for the mentally unbalanced.

Im kinda skeptical of this. Tony is one of the worst guys here but he doesn’t report people.

Better than consulting Trump. I prefer Maddow because her d!ck is bigger than the President’s.

You remind me of the Iran defenders who, whenever the Mullahs do something awful, remind us that this is all the USA’s fault because we overthrew Mossedegh in 1953 and supported the Shah. Well Fock that. The USA makes mistakes sure and sometimes we really screw up. But you know what we don’t do? We don’t go around deliberately bombing schools and hospitals. The Russians have behaved like criminals here and we’re not responsible for that and neither is Zelensky.

In this case I watched the full 50’minutes last night- it was actually after you posted that I should so thanks for that. I don’t normally watch such videos because they’re heavily edited. This was an exception. After watching it I confirmed my opinion that Trump and Vance behaved liked embarrassing jerks and that Zelensky, though not blameless, was basically the good guy. If anything I believed that even stronger than before. That is my honest opinion and I know that your honest opinion is different. I already discussed this last night in an earlier post. It appears our perspectives are shaded by our political views. But I’m firmly convinced I’m right.

Sure, it was a what if under certain conditions. Pure speculation. Not a reality situation like it may have been in your case…

Compared to you? Probably so. But I’m not one to judge. You seem overly obsessed with gays and trannies so maybe you’re a stud in that direction? NTTAWWT.

“My side” is the trustworthy mainstream media. (Not 100% trustworthy but at least the most reliable) I don’t watch crap on TikTok or YouTube. If that’s cowardly and uninformed I don’t know what to tell you. The blowhard part is probably right though.

Actually I did watch the whole thing. But as I wrote in another thread, if I wanted to I could simply form all of my views by reading you and taking the opposite position; I know I would be right 100% of the time.

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I actually did enjoy it. And I’m not an Eagles fan. But Trump was rooting big time for Kansas City so that helped me root for Philly. Besides I picked them halfway through the season to win it all.