Slow Joe says Ukrainians take inspiration from "us"
“The Ukrainian people, Ukrainian people have a lot of backbone, they have a lot of guts. And I’m sure you’re observing it. And I don’t mean just the military which is, we’ve been training since back when they uh, Russia moved into the southeast, southeast um, Ukraine. But also the average citizen. Look at how they’re stepping up. Look at how they’re stepping up. And you’re gonna see when you’re there, and some of you have been there, you’re gonna see, you’re gonna see women, young people standing, standing in the middle, in front of damn tank just, just saying, “I’m not leaving, I’m holding my ground.” They’re incredible. But they take a lot of inspiration from us. And you know, woman who just died, the secretary of State used to have an expression, she said, “we are the essential nation.” It sounds like a bit of uh, hyperbole but the truth of the matter is you are the organizational principle around which the rest of the world, the free world is moving.”I mean seriously? While Joe is smirking like a child in a candy store on his way to talk to world leaders like it's a party, nearly 30% of the Ukrainian people have been displaced from their homes. These leaders meet, more Ukrainians die, they meet some more, more Ukrainians flee, they meet again, more Ukrainians die, and then they meet again, and Ukrainians flee. They meet, meet, discuss, discuss while billions of dollars in destruction is happening, thousands are dead, and millions are being forced from their homes.
But Joe has a plan. He will meet with world leaders again! Then Idiot liberals will cheer like it's the end of a Rocky movie. Hooray! Look! Joe is meeting with other people again! They are talking!
"flying high now"
So it would be one thing to simply believe that this is a plan that will work. Maybe the moron in chief truly believes that one of these times Putin will stop and go "oh no" some leaders are "meeting" - I better stop killing Ukrainians? But it's entirely another to believe that these actions are what is "inspiring" Ukrainians to hold their ground. Actually believing that the Ukrainians are thinking about the brave American soldiers watching this on television a few hundred miles away... saying to themselves, if they can be brave and watch this on television, I can face the bullets and bombs! My those Americans are an inspiration to me!
This man is both delusional and stupid.
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Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been in talks with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make a video appearance during Sunday’s broadcast of the Academy Awards, The Post has learned.
Academy officials still are debating on whether Zelensky will indeed appear briefly on the show, sources said. It’s also not clear if he would appear live or in a taped message. Sources said the debate centers on whether the Oscars should remain apolitical as the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages on.
https://nypost.com/2022/03/25/ukrainian-president-zelensky-in-talks-with-academy-to-make-oscars-appearance/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow
Gosh, I can only imagine how rough it must be over there if he has time for this shit.
There's a video of Chuck Schumer, on May 23, 2018, standing in front of an Exxon gas station selling gas for $3.89 per gallon and demanding Trump lower the prices.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, stayed and fights.
IF, he would have listened to Biden, he would have left .
This one My balls.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aSo1SjHGBDY
Expect Sloppy Joe to do something stupendously stupid, like send every American a $400 gas card.
Right before the mid terms.
Biden "winter of death" has a friend "food shortages"
This what voting Biden has done to America.
"Gas Card"
Well, that would be $400 , Alky would not recieve.
Joe continues to reduce the US .
"The US dollar's global standing as the top reserve currency has lost ground to China's yuan and others, says IMF"
He's not demented. You are..
He very carefully crafted a message to the Russian oligarchs and the people of Russia, that if they remove him from power, that Russia could return to normal economic policies! He said this We will have a different future, a brighter future, rooted in democracy and principals if they remove him from power.
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President Biden on Saturday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin can’t remain in power and hit the autocrat over the destruction the American leader says Putin is wreaking on the Ukrainian people.
“Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness. We will have a different future, a brighter future, rooted in democracy and principals, hope and light, of decency and dignity, of freedom, and possibilities,” Biden said during a speech in front of the Polish presidential palace Saturday night, local time. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power."
Biden spoke directly to the Russian people, looking at the camera in front of 750 to 1000 people. The crowd was made up of a mix of Polish citizens, Ukrainian refugees and government officials from both countries.
“You the Russian people are not our enemy. I refuse to believe that you welcome the killing of innocent children and grandparents. Or that you accept hospitals, schools, maternity wards, and for God’s sake, being pummeled with Russian missiles and bombs,” he said.
He noted that Russian troops are stopping Ukrainians from fleeing and causing people to starve while they are trapped.
“This war is not worthy of you, the Russian people. Putin can and must end this war. The American people will stand with you and the brave citizens of Ukraine who want peace,” he said.
Scott, if we find a way to get that information to the Russian people, they might act out finally...
Twitchy
Biden spends part of Poland speech pitching 'clean energy,' pledges to help Europe get through fuel crisis
Said Biden:
As a matter of economic security and national security for the survivability of the planet, we all need to move as quickly as possible to clean and renewable energy, and we’ll work together to help get that done.
Gas prices remain very high (as does inflation) and Biden’s pledging to help get Europe through their energy crisis via “clean energy” solutions (that don’t even exist nearly at a level needed to power a society because Dems won’t embrace nuclear)?
The Left is so tied to those pet issues that they’d rather go down in flames than set them aside for even a short amount of time.
Make it happen, voters!
You have lost your mind
President Biden on Saturday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin can’t remain in power and hit the autocrat over the destruction the American leader says Putin is wreaking on the Ukrainian people.
Since when can Joey Sprinkles determine who can and who cannot remain in power around the world?
FJB
This ain't the mythical 'Corn Pop' you're dealing with, asshole.
"The US dollar's global standing as the top reserve currency has lost ground to China's yuan and others, says IMF"
The Yuan probably replaces the Dollar as the world reserve currency in my lifetime.
This is what the left has wrought.
Until I saw this post, I thought that you had become more rational.
He spoke about when the Pope came to Poland in the seventies and helped them out. And eventually became one of the biggest problems for the Soviet Union.
I remember that vividly..
He reminded them that they became a free nation. And reminded that freedom is not easy, but unfortunately you really can't separate your political beliefs.
Both, Reagan and the first Bush gave great speeches. But fortunately I can separate. You can't anymore. I suspect you really have a problem. IED.
Enjoying yourself
Biden can't defend the US Dollar it is not part of his "New World Order".
Biden also painted a hopeful picture — one where freedom prevails over autocracies and where unity among the Western allies has never been stronger.
"A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to erase the people’s love for liberty. Brutality will never grind down the will to be free. Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia, for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness, of darkness," Biden said.
Biden made multiple references to popular historic Polish figures, like Pope John Paul II and former president Lech Wałęsa, and referenced the battles Poland has faced over the years for freedom.
It was a message directed at the Polish people — who filled the streets outside the venue to hear Biden's remarks — as they find themselves on the frontlines of the refugee crisis and increasingly fearful that they may be Russia's next target.
"In this hour, let the words of Pope John Paul burn as brightly today, never ever give up hope, never doubt, never tire, never become discouraged. Be not afraid," Biden said. Just like I said
Biden also had a message for the Russian people, warning them that Putin's actions would cut them off from the world and is "taking Russia back to the 19th century."
rrb go fuck yourself
Roger IED disorder on display again.
Lydia , Thank God survived.
Brooks and Capehart on Biden’s handling of the war in Ukraine, AND THE Supreme Court hearings
Mar 25, 2022 6:35 PM EDT
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics,
*including President Biden’s trip to Europe,
*his handling of war in Ukraine,
*the contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearings,
*and the involvement of Ginni Thomas in the plot to overturn the 2020 election.
Judy Woodruff:
The White House was again juggling major foreign and domestic priorities this week, as President Biden met with allies in Europe, while, in Washington, his Supreme Court nominee was in the hot seat.
To discuss another busy week, we turn to Brooks and Capehart. That is New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart, columnist for The Washington Post.
Hello to both of you.
So good to see you here on this Friday night.
A lot to talk about, Jonathan, but let's start with Ukraine.
The Ukrainians more than holding their own on a number of fronts, but the Russians just keep pounding away. In general, how do you think the West is doing in standing up to what's going on?
Jonathan Capehart:
Well, I think the West is doing a good job.
I mean, they have been making it very clear that, if Putin hits a NATO nation, that NATO will hit back. The alliance has been continuing to funnel weapons and things to the Ukrainians to aid in their fight.
And with the president in Brussels and also in Poland, but especially in Brussels, with those back-to-back-to-back meetings, NATO, E.U. and other meetings, the signal being sent by the president and by the West to Vladimir Putin is, we are united, we are strong, and you will have to contend not just with the Ukrainians, but with us collectively, if you go even farther than that.
And I think it's symbolic, but symbols matter in a conflict like this.
Judy Woodruff:
Is it an effective response to what's going on, David?
David Brooks:
Yes, I think so.
I mean, if you think for where we were last week sitting here, humanity's worse off than last week. More people have been killed. More buildings have been destroyed. So that's one reality.
The second reality is, Russia is a lot worse off, economically, but particularly on the battlefield. There was a good piece by Elliot Ackerman in "The Atlantic" from Kyiv talking people who were actually doing the fighting.
And they made three key points. First, we may be leaving the tank era. The anti-tank weapons now are very powerful at destroying tanks, in the way they didn't used to be. And Russia is a tank-based military.
Second, apparently, the Russian tactics, they're not a learning organization, the way we thought they were. They're so top-down. The commanders on the ground and even local — the soldiers on the ground don't have the choice to make choices, to adapt to circumstances.
So they go from A to B, and it's very easy for the Ukrainians to raid them.
And then, finally, morale. There's that famous Napoleon saying that morale is to the physical as 3-1. And it's pretty clear by now the Ukrainians have pretty high morale.
So, like I said last week, it's time to trust the policy. And we have been ramping it up. But you look at what the Russians said today, which you talked about earlier in the program, who knows where that will lead? But it certainly seems like a plausible out to me, if they want to take that out, do what they used to say we should have done in Vietnam, which is declare victory and go home.
Judy Woodruff:
Well, it's hard to be patient when we're watching these kinds of pictures…
David Brooks:
Absolutely.
Judy Woodruff:
… these stories that we're hearing.
I do want to ask you both about the — how President Biden himself is doing.
And, Jonathan, there was a poll out today, the respected Ann Selzer, a Grinnell College poll. It shows disapproval, 48 percent — by 11 points people disapprove of his handling, compared to 37 percent approve.
But when you ask people what about the specifics of the administration's policy, namely, should we be sending armed forces, 70 percent say no.
That's the president's policy.
Should we provide weapons? Seventy-two percent say yes.
That's the president's policy.
Enforce the no-fly zone; 52 percent, small majority, say no. That's the president's policy.
So there is a contradiction.
Jonathan Capehart:
Right.
Judy Woodruff:
What do we make of all this?
Jonathan Capehart:
So this is what drives me crazy about public opinion polls which go beyond just tell me what you think about the president's overall job approval rating.
When you get into specific things about, how's he doing with the war, folks aren't following the war and specific policy things like we are. So I discount, how are you handling the war?
What is more important are the specifics that you just pointed out, asking specific questions, troops, weapons, and other things. And it shows that the American people are with the president, and the president has his finger on the pulse of where the American people want to be with — on the war with Ukraine.
And all of this will change if Putin does the unthinkable, chemical weapons or use a nuclear device.
Judy Woodruff:
Yes. All bets are off if that happens.
David Brooks:
Yes.
My view is, if you ask American people, what do you think of President Biden's policy toward beautiful sunsets…
(LAUGHTER)
… 85 percent of American people will say, no, I really disapprove of President Biden's policy toward beautiful sunsets.
We live in a partisan era.
Judy Woodruff:
Yes.
David Brooks:
When you attach the name Biden or Trump or Republican or Democrat to anything, and you get instant opposition. So it's nothing more than a measure of partisanship.
The question is, if we were really in trouble, as Jonathan mentioned something, we get to a next step in this war, could we unify? After 9/11, if I'm remembering this correctly, George W. Bush's approval rating was like 92 percent. It was something insanely high.
Could we ever imagine that again? It's very hard to imagine that. And that means we're just not as resilient a country as we were when you could get beyond party labels.
Judy Woodruff:
But it is — it is notable that there is agreement with the policy, just, as you say, not when you attach President Biden's name to it.
Judy Woodruff:
The Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week, it was almost, Jonathan, a tale of two — it was as if two nominees were sitting there, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. To listen to the Democratic senators, you would think this was a supremely qualified woman who'd served for almost a decade on — in the federal courts. To listen to Republican, she's soft on crime, she tends to give lenient sentences to people who've engaged in child abuse.
What did you make of the senators, of the process, of the nominee?
Jonathan Capehart:
How much time do we have, Judy?
(LAUGHTER)
I know we don't have — don't have a lot of time.
It was as if we were watching, yes, the Supreme Court nomination hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson, but also a relitigation of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Justice Kavanaugh on one level.
Democrats doing their level best to remind people of just how qualified Judge Jackson, Judge Brown Jackson, is, how qualified, beyond qualified, she is to serve on the High Court. And the Republicans did everything they could to tear her down, belittle her experience, call her everything but a child of God.
Telling a mother that she is not just soft on crime, but is fine with people peddling in child pornography, it was just appalling.
And I think that what Senator Booker, who is even more loquacious than I am, his oration that made her cry -- I would have cried if my in-laws and my mother weren't also sitting in the living room as we watched this. When I saw her wiping away the tears, I felt that in my bones, because I understood where that emotion was coming from.
In the Black community, we call everyone brother and sister, that brother over there, that sister over there. And it really wasn't until watching that that I really understood what that meant. I'm about three years older than Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. I'm an only child. I don't know her. I have never met her.
But watching her sit there — dabbing at her eyes -- I felt as if I was looking — I was watching a relative go through hell. And to have Senator Booker remind her, but remind the country of why she's there, how hard she worked, how qualified she is, and to not let anyone robbed her of her joy, how important that was.
She loves her country. She's interviewing for a job she's always wanted. And yet we had people there just trashing her in ways. We work so hard, as African Americans, to get to these spots and to stay in these spots. And to have to jump through these hoops and be questioned by people who aren't even at our level, but yet that's what we have to do to get in the tent, get a seat at the table, and then to keep that seat.
Judy Woodruff to Brooks:
What did you make of it?
David Brooks:
Yes, well, I'm so moved by that.
We have a group of Republican senators who are not really senators. They're cable TV hosts.
And they use these hearings as an occasion to drag up whatever issue is popular with Tucker. And so whether it's what is a woman or whatever it's going to be, they're going to ask her about that. They're not going to ask her about judicial philosophy. They're not going to ask about temperament. They're just going to ask about whatever the issue of the moment is.
And it reached its apogee with Ted Cruz, who I spoke about nicely last week --
(LAUGHTER)
going back to being a schmuck this week.
(LAUGHTER)
He makes a big kerfuffle, and then leans back and checks out how he's doing on Twitter. It's like the perfect cycle of Narcissus. And so these are not hearings.
On the child pornography issue, Andy McCarthy, who's a conservative writer for "National Review" who happened to be a prosecutor for 20 years, says her position that there should not be mandatory minimums for people who simply possess some child pornography is absolutely the right position. And this is the standard position because, some people are — they're stupid, and they do something terrible, but they shouldn't get a five-year minimum, because they're not fundamentally criminals.
And so this is McCarthy's case. And that's her case.
But Hawley, Josh Hawley, treats her like she's soft on child abuse. And so that's just a distortion of the record.
Judy Woodruff:
Well, we let that sink in, as we turn finally to the interview that Lisa Desjardins just had with Jane Mayer.
And that is connected to the Supreme Court, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, Ginni Thomas, new information, texts that she shared with the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, urging the White House to overturn — work to overturn the election.
Jonathan Capehart:
Overturn a free and fair election.
And this revelation comes after she granted that interview where she said that she was at the January 6 rally. She was at the rally. I think that the January 6 Committee needs to call her in, have her come in and testify about these things.
And I say that because, yes, she's married to Justice Thomas, but it's not Justice Thomas who's sending these text messages. It's not Justice Thomas who was at the January 6 rally. So we need to remember that the spouse is not the — is not the principal.
But the spouse should be called in. Ginni Thomas should be called in to explain, what are these text messages? What's this about?
Jane Mayer is the preeminent expert on this. And when she said that she talked to folks who said that Ginni Thomas and Justice Thomas crossed a line, I want to know how far that line — how far over that line they have gone.
Judy Woodruff to Brooks:
How do you see it?
David Brooks:
Yes, there are codes of decorum that hold up the legitimacy of our system.
And in the Trump area, we have seen those codes be trashed. And I would say Ginni Thomas trashed those codes, just how a justice's wife should behave, or a husband, whatever it is, because it implicates.
Did it go over the line? I want to — Jane is the expert on all this, but I would want to ask Jane, you can't — when your spouse has an interest, you have got to recuse. But does that word interest, does that mean financial interest or psychological interest?
Because, in this case, it seems to me Thomas has a psychological interest. But we all have psychological interests on right to life cases, on civil rights cases. So there's a lot of interests.
So, I would want to ask Jane that question about whether it really went over the line.
Judy Woodruff:
And that's a question we don't have the chance to ask.
We're going to have to wait a few days to look at that.
But we will try to figure it out in the next few days.
David Brooks, Jonathan Capehart, so much to think about this week. Thank you both.
Vitally important.
KU in the Elite 8.
It is obvious that~~~
David Brooks represents the kind of decent Republican we used to have in this country before Trump, and the kind of decent Republican that we need to have again.
Two years we have been preached to
"Trust the Science"
But , don't "Trust the Science" on defining a woman.
Socialism is in fact, a mental Disorder.
This man is both delusional and stupid.
Those words fit you to a T Lil Schitty......still believing that trump won and was a great leader, all you have is hope your new narrative brings Biden to your level!!!!! He has reunified the NATO damage from the previous administration, is supplying much need aid and weapons to Ukraine who have the will to defend a larger invasion force that seems to have lost its way!!!!! Why is that?? The unified response of the world let by the US or could it be Biden with his tempered response keeping the Russians off balance and showing how incompetent they really are?????? Me thinks it is Biden, you cheerlead against him......because that is all you do now....!!!!!!!
But , don't "Trust the Science" on defining a woman.
BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Only assholes and idiots like you and ballz have trouble understanding what a troll question she was asked and I don't blame her one bit for ducking !!!!!! Nothing good would have come from ANY answer she gave!!!!!! The party of NO and dumb fucks sure put on a show of ineptitude which continues today!!!!!!!!
So instead of bidrn having a reaganesque moment, he fuck up three times in Europe speeches that the Whitehouse has had to clean up.
First, saying us troops would see freedom fighters in Ukraine. Oops.
Second, we would respond in kind if Putin used more deadly weapons. Oops.
Third, the world heard him endorse regime change. The Whitehouse haf to clean thay up too. Oops.
Our feeble old president is an embarrassment and a buffoon.
Fox news website said that plus they said that he doesn't care about the border with brown skin people.
Biden rallied support for Ukraine by reminding the Polish people
let the words of Pope John Paul burn as brightly today, never ever give up hope, never doubt, never tire, never
You didn't watch it you just read fox news website
"We stand with you," he said of Ukraine.
Biden attacked Putin for repeatedly claiming ahead of the invasion that he had no intention of entering Ukraine, and blasted him for his brutality since the military assault began. Moments before Biden spoke, the Ukrainian city of Lviv, which had been a relative safe haven within the country, was hit by at least three missile strikes.
"For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power," Biden said of Putin.
A White House official said later that the president had not been calling for Putin's deposal. "The president’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region," the official said. "He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change."
But Biden also painted a hopeful picture — one where freedom prevails over autocracies and where unity among the Western allies has never been stronger.
"A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to erase the people’s love for liberty. Brutality will never grind down the will to be free. Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia, for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness, of darkness," Biden said.
Biden made multiple references to popular historic Polish figures, like Pope John Paul II and former president Lech Wałęsa, and referenced the battles Poland has faced over the years for freedom.
It was a message directed at the Polish people — who filled the streets outside the venue to hear Biden's remarks — as they find themselves on the frontlines of the refugee crisis and increasingly fearful that they may be Russia's next target.
"In this hour, let the words of Pope John Paul burn as brightly today, never ever give up hope, never doubt, never tire, never become discouraged. Be not afraid," Biden said.
Biden also had a message for the Russian people, warning them that Putin's actions
would cut them off from the world and is "taking Russia back to the 19th century."
You seem to have forgotten that he has always stuttered...
I knew a guy like that and asshole like you beat him until I pushed them back.
Being the biggest guy is why I don't fight...
Balls you should know better than rrb and Kputz
He ain't perfect but he cares about other people...
Trump doesn't.
If you read something else like this, you really might change your mind balls
Adversaries Take Note of Russian Stumbles
March 26, 2022 at 6:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 11 Comments
New York Times: “The Russian soldiers have been plagued by poor morale as well as fuel and food shortages. Some troops have crossed the border with MREs (meals ready to eat) that expired in 2002, U.S. and other Western officials said, and others have surrendered and sabotaged their own vehicles to avoid fighting.”
U.S. Sees 60% Failure Rate for Russian Missiles
March 26, 2022 at 6:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 14 Comments
“The United States assesses that Russia is suffering failure rates as high as 60% for some of the precision-guided missiles it is using to attack Ukraine,” Reuters reports.
“The disclosure could help explain why Russia has failed to achieve what most could consider basic objectives since its invasion a month ago, such as neutralizing Ukraine’s air force, despite the apparent strength of its military against Ukraine’s much smaller armed forces.”
Our support for Ukraine has effectively damaged the Russians..
Real Americans care. And wants to punch Tucker Carlson!!!
A US Army veteran volunteering in the fight against Russia has been tweeting from the frontlines.
James Vasquez said that he thinks about "punchable" Tucker Carlson when preparing for battle.
Vasquez has described serving in Ukraine as feeling like an "awesome very dangerous vacation."
A US Army veteran who has volunteered to fight against Russia in Ukraine said that he prepares for battle by thinking about Tucker Carlson, The Guardian reported.
"When I need to amp myself up for battle, I just think about the most punchable face on the planet … Tucker Carlson," James Vasquez tweeted last week.
Critics have accused Carlson, a Fox News host, of echoing Russian President Vladimir Putin's talking points. Mother Jones reported that a leaked Kremlin war memo instructed Russian state media to feature him "as much as possible."
Vasquez, a building contractor and former US Army staff sergeant from Connecticut, has gone viral due to his lively tweets on the Ukraine-Russia war.
He's spent weeks sharing details with his more than 200,000 followers while serving voluntarily with Ukrainian forces. On his Twitter page, he's described how he has helped to "take out" tanks and has bragged about capturing Russians.
"I kind of feel like I'm on an awesome very dangerous vacation," said one tweet, summing up his time in Ukraine.
Vasquez arrived in Poland on March 15 and crossed into Ukraine the next day, The Guardian said.
His wife Tina Vasquez told The New York Post that joining the fight is "in his DNA."
"He did the same thing after 9/11, rushed in to help," she told The Post. "That's just who he is — he's my hero."
Get your head out of your ass
Even conservatives who worked for Trump said the same thing I have been saying about this since it Started A month ago
John Bolton slaps down Trump over boast he could have stopped Putin
Tom Boggioni
March 26, 2022
John Bolton slaps down Trump over boast he could have stopped Putin
President Donald Trump's manner with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was in contrast to the anger he flashed at NATO allies. (AFP / Brendan Smialowski)
In an interview with the Palm Beast Post, former Donald Trump national security adviser John Bolton poured cold water on his ex-boss's claim that Vladimir Putin never would have invaded Ukraine if he were still president.
Bolton, who has become a major critic of Trump after his ouster from the White House, claimed the former president's balking at sending weapons to Ukraine is a contributing factor to that state of play that is still ongoing due to the Russian president's unprovoked attack on a neighboring country.
With Trump now criticizing President Joe Biden over the invasion, and insisting the Putin would never have made a move if he had been re-elected, the Post's Antonio Fins wrote, "In interviews, officials and experts who closely watched what transpired in 2019 question whether Trump aggravated what was already a volatile international affairs challenge on the European continent by withholding military aid, roping Ukraine into domestic U.S. politics, guilt-by-association smearing of the country's new president and denigration of the NATO alliance."
According to Bolton, "I think all contributed to a precarious status for Ukraine, which would have continued in a second term [for Trump]."
The Post reports, that Bolton stated a peace-negotiating trip to Moscow by Trump would not pan out.
"He's not capable of it," Bolton explained. "This would require thinking through a policy and considering the pluses and minuses, the risks and costs involved. That's just not what he does."
Bolton added that Trump's withholding of $250 million in aid only exacerbated the Ukraine conflict.
"The urgency of the particular $250 million was that it was appropriated money that under the federal government's bizarre budget procedures would have expired on Sept. 30, 2019," he stated before taking up whether Trump truly believed that Biden was involved in wrongdoing in Ukraine that led to the blackmail attempt.
"You never can tell with Trump. His relationship with the truth is very tenuous and whether he believes it as a matter of fact, or whether he was using it for his own political purposes, I don't really know it was," he remarked.
As for the former president's antipathy towards NATO, Bolton suggested, "He [Trump] was very negative on the institution. I don't think Trump was pressing [the defense spending increase] to strengthen NATO, which is what the rest of us who supported him wanted. I think it was because he didn't feel they would, and that would give him further excuse to withdraw."
Lol, New excuses for Biden babbling .
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President Biden on Saturday said the United States understands Poland's decision to take in more than 2 million Ukrainian refugees amid Russia's invasion because "thousands of people a day, literally," are crossing the U.S. southern border.
Biden made the remarks during a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw to discuss Russian President Vladimir Putin's ongoing war in Ukraine.
"We do acknowledge that Poland is taking on a significant responsibility that I don't think should just be Poland and should be the whole world — all of NATO's responsibility," Biden said. "The fact that you have so many Ukrainians seeking refuge in and in … Poland — we understand that because we have on our southern border thousands of people a day literally, not figuratively, trying to get to the United States."
Biden saying stupid shit was not a stutter. So piss off.
This is the same thing here!!!! He's not perfect but he's not crazy like you have been brainwashed by the right wing media...
The terrifying moment someone switched Biden's brain off in Poland
Like many people in failing health (physical or mental), Biden has his good days and his bad days. Somehow, a lot of those bad days are on foreign soil, perhaps because — and this is often a problem for people with dementia — he's away from a familiar environment. Maybe that's why, in Poland, Biden told members of the 82nd Airborne that they'd soon be on the ground in Ukraine and see the war there for themselves. Did Biden just leak that he's about to start WWIII, or did we hear the ramblings of a damaged, fading brain? Either way, wise people are worried.
Here's a video of Biden's statement. However, don't pay attention only to his words. Instead, note his affect: slurred speech, vague wandering in a little circle, zero energy. This is a man who seems either to be on way too many drugs or, alternatively, to have been cut off from the drugs that normally keep him functioning:
Your ears did not deceive you. The following is from the official White House transcript. I've included the language preceding his bizarre statement so that you can note how, even with context added, Biden just announced American boots on the ground in Ukraine:
And — so, you know, with the Ukrainian people — Ukrainian people have a lot of backbone. They have a lot of guts. And I'm sure you're observing it. And I don't mean just their military, which is — we've been training since back when they — Russia moved into the — in the southeast — southeast Ukraine — but also the average citizen. Look at how they're stepping up. Look at how they're stepping up.
And you're going to see when you're there. And you — some — some of you have been there. You're going to see — you're going to see women, young people standing — standing the middle of — in front of a damn tank, just saying, "I'm not leaving. I'm holding my ground." They're incredible. But they take a lot of inspiration from us.
The American president, a formerly robust and stupid man, is now an empty shell who is still stupid and has even more verbal incontinence than in his younger days.
I actually watched it live. He made one mistake.
He was very effective to most educated people.
Funny how the same media who are do interested in Ginny thomas' texts suppressed Hunter Biden's.
NBC. No propaganda just read it
Biden rallies support for Ukraine in speech from Warsaw: 'We stand with you'
March 25, 2022, 11:58 PM PDT / Updated March 26, 2022, 11:54 AM PDT
By Shannon Pettypiece
WARSAW, Poland — President Joe Biden framed the war in Ukraine as the battle of a generation in the fight for democracy as he sought to rally the world's support behind the embattled nation.
"Democracies of the world are revitalized," Biden said of worldwide reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Speaking from a former castle in Warsaw before a crowd that included Ukrainian refugees, Biden blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin and called on the Russian people to choose a different path for their own country. He also urged Europe to end its dependence on Russian gas and unite behind a pressure campaign against Putin.
"It will not be easy, there will be costs," the president said, as the crowd waved U.S., Ukrainian and Polish flags. "But it's a price we have to pay. Because the darkness that drives autocracy is ultimately no match for the flame of liberty that lights the souls of free people everywhere."
President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday.Evan Vucci / AP
"We stand with you," he said of Ukraine.
Biden attacked Putin for repeatedly claiming ahead of the invasion that he had no intention of entering Ukraine, and blasted him for his brutality since the military assault began. Moments before Biden spoke, the Ukrainian city of Lviv, which had been a relative safe haven within the country, was hit by at least three missile strikes.
I know what I am wasting my time here.
But, it is the battle of a generation in the fight for democracy...
Just like the greatest generation saved the world from Nazis and Communism...
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
NBC. No propaganda just read it
LMAO.
You dumb fuck. Joey is stumbling us straight into WWIII every fucking time he opens his mouth and an hour later his handlers need to clean up the shit pile of his last ad lib disaster.
The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
I know what I am wasting my time here.
But, it is the battle of a generation in the fight for democracy...
Just like the greatest generation saved the world from Nazis and Communism...
Hey roger stop wasting your time and watch some Tucker
Here's links to his last two shows:
https://gab.com/Gee/posts/108016019861105916
https://gab.com/Gee/posts/108021770766589492
of course if your watching comprehension is like your reading comprehension you are in trouble
ROFLMFAO!!!
enjoy your Saturday night
Associated Press
Biden on Russia's Putin: `This man cannot remain in power'
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” dramatically escalating the rhetoric against the Russian leader after his brutal invasion of Ukraine.
Even as Biden’s words rocketed around the world, the White House attempted to clarify soon after Biden finished speaking in Poland that he was not calling for a new government in Russia.
A White House official asserted that Biden was “not discussing Putin’s power in Russia or regime change.” The official, who was not authorized to comment by name and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Biden’s point was that “Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region.”
The White House declined to comment on whether Biden’s statement about Putin was part of his prepared remarks.
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power," Biden said at the very end of a speech in Poland's capital that served as the capstone on a four-day trip to Europe.
Biden has frequently talked about ensuring that the Kremlin's invasion becomes a “strategic failure” for Putin and has described the Russian leader as a “war criminal." But until his remarks in Warsaw, the American leader had not veered toward suggesting Putin should not run Russia. Earlier on Saturday, shortly after meeting with Ukrainian refugees, Biden called Putin a “butcher.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told The Associated Press that "it’s not up to the president of the U.S. and not up to the Americans to decide who will remain in power in Russia.
“Only Russians, who vote for their president, can decide that,” Peskov added. “And of course it is unbecoming for the president of the U.S. to make such statements.”
Asked about the impact of such statements from Biden on Russia-U.S. relations, Peskov described it as “extremely negative.” “With each such statement, and Biden now prefers to make them daily, he is narrowing the window of opportunity for our bilateral relations under the current administration,” Peskov said.
This past week, Russians warned John Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador in Moscow, that diplomatic relations were in jeopardy because Washington has imposed painful economic sanctions on Russia. On Thursday, the Russians declared almost a dozen diplomats at the U.S. Embassy as “persona non grata," paving the way for their expulsion. Staffing at the embassy is already thin, and U.S. officials have said further reductions will make it difficult if not impossible to keep it operating.
“The White House walk back of @POTUS regime change call is unlikely to wash,” Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote in a Twitter posting. “Putin will see it as confirmation of what he’s believed all along. Bad lapse in discipline that runs risk of extending the scope and duration of the war.”
Biden also used his speech to make a vociferous defense of liberal democracy and the NATO military alliance, while saying Europe must steel itself for a long fight against Russian aggression.
Earlier in the day, as Biden met with Ukrainian refugees, Russia kept up its pounding of cities throughout Ukraine. Explosions rang out in Lviv, the closest major Ukrainian city to Poland and a destination for the internally replaced that has been largely spared from major attacks.
The images of Biden reassuring refugees and calling for Western unity contrasted with the dramatic scenes of flames and black smoke billowing so near the Polish border — another jarring split-screen moment in the war.
contributed to this report.
Reality...
Trump did stop Putin for four years from doing anything...
Biden allowed Putin to invade Ukraine before his first mid-term.
The rest is hypothetical opinions from people who have been wrong about almost everything over the past five years or so.
In what was billed by the White House as a major address, Biden spoke inside the Royal Castle, one of Warsaw's notable landmarks that was badly damaged during War II.
He borrowed the words of Polish-born Pope John Paul II and cited anti-communist Polish dissident and former president, Lech Walesa, as he warned that Putin's invasion of Ukraine threatens to bring “decades of war.”
"In this battle we need to be clear-eyed. This battle will not be won in days, or months, either,” Biden said.
The crowd of about 1,000 included some of the Ukrainian refugees who have fled for Poland and elsewhere in the midst of the brutal invasion.
“We must commit now, to be this fight for the long haul,” Biden said.
Biden also rebuked Putin for his claim the the invasion sought to “de-Nazify” Ukraine. The president of Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish and his father’s family died in the Holocaust.
“Putin has the gall to say he’s de-Nazifying Ukraine. It’s a lie,” Biden said. “It’s just cynical. He knows that and it’s also obscene.”
Biden also tried to tie the invasion to the former Soviet Union’s history of brutal oppression, including the post-World War II military operations to stamp out pro-democracy movements in Hungary, Poland and what was then Czechoslovakia.
The president defended the 27-member NATO alliance that Moscow says is increasingly a threat to Russian security. He noted that NATO had worked for months through diplomatic channels to try to head off Russia's invasion.
The war has led the U.S. to increase its military presence in Poland and Eastern Europe, and Nordic nations such as Finland and Sweden are now considering applying to join NATO.
“The Kremlin wants to portray NATO enlargement as an imperial project aimed to destabilize in Russia,” Biden said. “NATO is a defensive alliance that has never sought the demise of Russia.”
After meeting with refugees at the National Stadium, Biden marveled at their spirit and resolve in the aftermath of Russia’s deadly invasion as he embraced mothers and children and promised enduring support from Western powers.
Biden listened intently as children described the perilous flight from neighboring Ukraine with their parents. Smiling broadly, he lifted up a young girl in a pink coat and told her she reminded him of his granddaughters.
The president held hands with parents and gave them hugs during the stop at the soccer stadium where refugees go to obtain a Polish identification number that gives them access to social services such as health care and schools.
Some of the women and children told Biden that they fled without their husbands and fathers, men of fighting age who were required to remain behind to aid the resistance against Putin's forces.
“What I am always surprised by is the depth and strength of the human spirit,” Biden told reporters after his conversations with the refugees at the stadium, which more recently had served as a field hospital for COVID-19 patients. “Each one of those children said something to the effect of, 'Say a prayer for my dad or grandfather or my brother who is out there fighting."
The president spent time reassuring Poland that the U.S. would defend against any attacks by Russia as he acknowledged that the NATO ally bore the burden of the refugee crisis from the war.
“Your freedom is ours," Biden told Poland's president, Andrzej Duda earlier, echoing one of that country's unofficial mottos.
More than 3.7 million people have fled Ukraine since the war began, and more than 2.2 million Ukrainians have crossed into Poland, though it is unclear how many have remained there and how many have left for other countries. Earlier this week the U.S. announced it would take in as many as 100,000 refugees, and Biden told Duda that he understood Poland was “taking on a big responsibility, but it should be all of NATO's responsibility.”
Biden called the “collective defense” agreement of NATO a “sacred commitment," and said the unity of the Western military alliance was of the utmost importance.
“I’m confident that Vladimir Putin was counting on dividing NATO," Biden said. "But he hasn’t been able to do it. We’ve all stayed together.”
European security is facing its most serious test since World War II. Western leaders have spent the past week consulting over contingency plans in case the conflict spreads. The invasion has shaken NATO out of any complacency it might have felt and cast a dark shadow over Europe.
No clear path to ending the conflict has emerged. Although Russian officials have suggested they will focus their invasion on the Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine, Biden told reporters, when asked whether the Kremlin had changed its strategy, “I am not sure they have."
Boy Roger...
Seems like Biden has been busy "speaking" a lot.
Putin has been busy still bombing Ukrainian citizens and Ukrainian infrastructure.
Seems the former is not really preventing the latter?
Not exactly sure why you are so excited by talk?
Re 6:40
F Daddy wants us to "watch Tucker Carlson."
Watch Tucker Carlson?
Watch the man who one of our own American heroes fighting in Ukraine has called "the most punchable face on the planet":
REPORT: A US Army veteran who has volunteered to fight against Russia in Ukraine said that he prepares for battle by thinking about Tucker Carlson.
"When I need to amp myself up for battle, I just think about the most punchable face on the planet … Tucker Carlson," James Vasquez tweeted last week.
________
Listen to Tucker Carlson?
Why not just save time and listen straight to Putin's Kremlin propaganda?
When the history of all this has been written, Ch, which of these two do you honestly think will be credited with the best foreign policy decisions?
Trump?
Biden?
Some of those closest to Trump have described both his inability and even his unwillingness intelligently to discuss complex policy matters, much less take well reasoned advice. Instead, he claimed to know more than all his generals and publically said, with Putin standing right beside him, that he believed Putin's lies above the warnings of his own intelligence agencies.
Real news, not propaganda like you and Tucker Carlson etc.
Biden’s Barbed Remark About Putin: A Slip or a Veiled Threat?
March 26, 2022, 7:16 p.m. ET
2 hours ago
WARSAW — They were among the final few words of a carefully crafted speech. But they strayed far from the delicate balance that President Biden had tried to strike during three days of wartime diplomacy in Europe.
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Mr. Biden said Saturday, his cadence slowing for emphasis.
On its face, he appeared to be calling for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to be ousted for his brutal invasion of Ukraine. But Mr. Biden’s aides quickly insisted that the remark — delivered in front of a castle that served for centuries as a home for Polish monarchs — was not intended as an appeal for regime change.
Whatever his intent, the moment underscored the dual challenges Mr. Biden faced during three extraordinary summit meetings in Belgium and an up-close look at the war’s consequences from Poland: keeping America’s allies united against Mr. Putin, while at the same time avoiding an escalation with Russia, which the president has said could lead to World War III.
To achieve his first goal, Mr. Biden spent much of the trip drawing the world’s attention to Mr. Putin’s atrocities since he started the war on Feb. 24. He urged continued action to cripple the Russian economy. He reaffirmed America’s promise to defend its NATO allies against any threat. And he called Mr. Putin “a butcher,” responsible for devastating damage to Ukraine’s cities and its people.
Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said Mr. Putin’s fate was not in the hands of the American president. “It’s not for Biden to decide,” Mr. Peskov told reporters after Mr. Biden finished speaking. “The president of Russia is elected by the Russians.”
Even as he made it his mission to rally his counterparts, Mr. Biden and his aides were determined to avoid taking actions that Mr. Putin could use as pretexts to start a wider, and even more dangerous conflict.
“There is simply no justification or provocation for Russia’s choice of war,” Mr. Biden said earlier in his speech Saturday night. “It’s an example one of the oldest human impulses — using brute force and disinformation to satisfy a craving for absolute power and control.”
In closed-door discussions at NATO and with the leaders of more than 30 nations, Mr. Biden repeatedly vowed not to send American troops into combat against Russia. And despite desperate pleas for additional help from Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, Mr. Biden remained opposed to using NATO or U.S. fighter jets to secure the country’s airspace from Russian attacks.
Mr. Biden’s trip, which began Wednesday, came at a pivotal moment for his presidency and the world, amid the largest war in Europe since 1945 and a mushrooming humanitarian crisis. Both are testing the resolve and cooperation within the NATO alliance after four years in which former President Donald J. Trump cast doubt on its relevance and pushed a policy of America First isolationism.
For most of his foray abroad, Mr. Biden succeeded in staying on message, according to veteran foreign policy watchers — a reality that made his last-minute comment about Mr. Putin’s future even more striking.
“That message of unity is exactly what Putin needs to hear to convince him to scale back his war aims and end the brutality,” Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “It’s what Ukrainians need to hear to encourage them to keep up the fight. And it’s what Europeans need to hear to steady their nerves and reassure them that the United States is fully committed to their defense.”
And yet, the president ended his trip on Saturday and returned home with few concrete answers about how or when the war will end — and grim uncertainty about the brutal and grinding violence still to come.
A top Russian commander on Friday appeared to signal that Moscow was narrowing its war aims, saying that capturing Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, and other major cities was not a priority. Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi, the chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian military’s General Staff, said in a public statement that the military would instead concentrate “on the main thing: the complete liberation of the Donbas,” the southeastern region that is home to a Kremlin-backed separatist insurgency.
Administration officials say a Russian withdrawal to Donbas would amount to a remarkable failure for Mr. Putin, who has drawn international scorn for his invasion and has plunged the Russian economy into disarray under the weight of global sanctions.
Ch, Trump would have already withdrawn from NATO, that would have given Putin to the ability to pursue his campaign to compete his path to expand the Russian Empire.
Because article 5 was no longer in effect to defend NATO.
He would probably have already invaded Poland.
And eventually lead to World War Three.
You support this former President!!
Mr. Biden’s trip, which began Wednesday, came at a pivotal moment for his presidency and the world, amid the largest war in Europe since 1945 and a mushrooming humanitarian crisis. Both are testing the resolve and cooperation within the NATO alliance after four years in which former President Donald J. Trump cast doubt on its relevance and pushed a policy of America First isolationism.
Lmao at you guys
Behind Russia-Ukraine, A ‘Total War’ Is Being Waged Against The US And Allies | The Wide Angle - MAGAPAC
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A “snake in the grass” is a deadly encroaching danger that can’t always be seen. Recently, President Joe Biden visited Belgium and Poland to signal support to NATO members on Ukraine’s doorstep. In speaking to U.S. troops in Poland, Biden seemed to “let slip” the expectation that U.S. forces will, at some point, be fighting against Russia in Ukraine. However, amid these developments and sanctions led by the United States that are slamming Russia’s economy, the United States has been rolling back efforts, like the China Initiative, aimed at keeping the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “unrestricted warfare” against the United States in check. As an aside, the CCP is heavily suspected of preparing to give, if not already providing, military support to Russia in Ukraine. What do the United States and its Western allies need to understand about the CCP in order to not be totally overwhelmed by it as …
Isolationism is very dangerous.
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