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President Donald Trump said he is “strongly considering” issuing large-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia to get a ceasefire and settlement deal on the table to end the war in Ukraine.

  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I also watched an analysis the other day from someone taking the position that Trump really views this in terms of scoring domestic political points — like, he’s the peacemaker president, and Biden is the incompetent war president, which is a theme that he’s been campaigning on. If one agrees with that, he also wants the war ended quickly, which places even more impractical constraints on Rubio and similar.

    It is the same logic he used his first term when he made the deal with the Taliban to pull US troops out of Afghanistan. It was never going to work but he thought it looked good. The fact he lost and Biden got stuck with the aftermath was a bonus.

    • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I never understood the criticism of Bidens handling of Afghanistan. He was given an impossible deadline (due to Trump) and followed through with what I imagine is minimal casualties. And at the end of the day, he did what three other president’s coudlnt do, which was get us out of there.

      • SinningStromgald@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        It doesn’t make sense because it isn’t supposed to. That is the point.

        If Trump had one in 2020 he would have been left with the same situation but his base would have praised him regardless of what he did.