gehringer_2 Posted March 27 Posted March 27 (edited) The thing Putin needs to be careful of is that no-one should ever trust or rely on Trump holding to any position. On some whim he is just as likely to reverse course throw *Puitn* under the bus and support Ukraine as keep on his current course. He is utterly untrustworthy, from any direction. It is the natural consequence of being a totally transactional person. Since he believes in nothing, since nothing outside himself is of any importance to him, he simply doesn't have any actually loyalties, commitments, or any of the normal character properties you expect a normal person to have. Putin may think he has a long term ally, for Trump such a term doesn't even have meaning. Edited March 27 by gehringer_2 Quote
chasfh Posted March 27 Author Posted March 27 10 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: The thing Putin needs to be careful of is that no-one should ever trust or rely on Trump holding to any position. On some whim he is just as likely to reverse course throw *Puitn* under the bus and support Ukraine as keep on his current course. He is utterly untrustworthy, from any direction. It is the natural consequence of being a totally transactional person. Since he believes in nothing, since nothing outside himself is of any importance to him, he simply doesn't have any actually loyalties, commitments, or any of the normal character properties you expect a normal person to have. Putin may think he has a long term ally, for Trump such a term doesn't even have meaning. I don't Putin regards Trump as an ally so much as he regards him as a supplicant. Quote
Tigerbomb13 Posted Wednesday at 07:04 PM Posted Wednesday at 07:04 PM Medvedev threatening to murder Dominik Hasek https://apnews.com/article/czech-hasek-russia-medvedev-threats-1acc8ff9ca0f473b13932219475d72b4 Quote
romad1 Posted Friday at 10:30 AM Posted Friday at 10:30 AM This plus the number of Russian motorcycle gang members in south Florida is sus https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/neo-nazi-group-the-base-leader-russian-spy-allegations Quote
romad1 Posted Friday at 10:34 AM Posted Friday at 10:34 AM Ukraine is feeling unbound by the United States because of the US support for Putin's positions and is taking the war to the heartland of Russia. Quote
chasfh Posted Friday at 02:04 PM Author Posted Friday at 02:04 PM I wonder how much taxpayer money is being funneled under the table to the Kremlin right now? Presumably for the purpose of annexing Ukraine and eventually the other ex-Respubliks, but maybe for other things, too, who knows. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted Friday at 07:05 PM Posted Friday at 07:05 PM 8 hours ago, romad1 said: Ukraine is feeling unbound by the United States because of the US support for Putin's positions and is taking the war to the heartland of Russia. law of unintended consequences. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted Saturday at 02:49 PM Posted Saturday at 02:49 PM Trump starting to "sour" on Putin, or just part of the "script" I'm leaning toward option two at the moment Quote
gehringer_2 Posted Saturday at 02:56 PM Posted Saturday at 02:56 PM (edited) 7 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: Trump starting to "sour" on Putin, or just part of the "script" I'm leaning toward option two at the moment trump has someone new writing for him. You can tell because: a) this is too long to be a normal Trump post b) the vocabulary is several steps above the normal Trump post c) it's too logical to be a normal Trump post. d) and the slam dunk: there is actual concern expressed for people other than Trump. Edited Saturday at 02:57 PM by gehringer_2 3 Quote
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