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Wicked Blue

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Tue Feb 18, 2025, 08:29 PM Feb 2025

Trump says Zelensky 'should have never started' war with Russia [View all]

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Tuesday appeared to blame Ukraine’s leaders for the three-year war with Russia, arguing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “should have never started it.”

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, after massing troops on the border and demanding a ban on Ukraine ever joining the NATO alliance. The invasion took place nearly a decade after Russia took over Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.

Trump vowed to end the war during his presidential campaign and on Tuesday repeated his claim that the war would never have started if he had been president. He spoke after U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia without Ukraine officials.

“I think I have the power to end this war. And I think it’s going very well,” Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago on the heels of the meeting between U.S. and Russian officials.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5151545-trump-ukraine-zelensky-war-russia/

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I am seriously running out of bad words to call this jackwad. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #1
I can help with adjectives vapor2 Feb 2025 #17
The lies. C_U_L8R Feb 2025 #2
Trump has said some crazy things, but this has to be the craziest. everyonematters Feb 2025 #3
There is nothing but lies from these sh*theels. NotHardly Feb 2025 #4
After a 4 hour meeting with Russian officials, what did we expect him to say? Native Feb 2025 #47
Typical gop tactic. Now they'll keep repeating it. C Moon Feb 2025 #5
What the fuck is he doing at Mar a Lardo in the middle of the week? hedda_foil Feb 2025 #6
Cheating at golf. MLWR Feb 2025 #11
While his flunky cheats at online games RazorbackExpat Feb 2025 #39
I should have thought of that! hedda_foil Feb 2025 #49
COUNTERING THE PROPAGANDA: SupportSanity Feb 2025 #7
Agreed. Having the source important. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2025 #16
Pootie's dummy says what? FakeNoose Feb 2025 #8
1984 meets Falconcrest Kid Berwyn Feb 2025 #9
Proving once again that his former SoS Rex Tillerson was 100% correct MLWR Feb 2025 #10
Hey dumbass, Russia invaded Ukraine, twice tornado34jh Feb 2025 #12
Excuse my language, but Putin's Bitch said what? Dan Feb 2025 #13
Alt headline: "Trump spews his 800,000th lie" chowder66 Feb 2025 #14
The logic of an adjudicated rapist Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2025 #15
He lost touch with reality and he is riding on fantasy and doesn't know the difference. twodogsbarking Feb 2025 #18
Trump is an abominable Hefty bag of liquid rhino shit. LudwigPastorius Feb 2025 #19
don't disparage rhinos. pig sgit worse. pansypoo53219 Feb 2025 #22
Propaganda 101. littlemissmartypants Feb 2025 #20
... of the gaslighting variety, i.e. intended to make us think we might be going crazy William Seger Feb 2025 #52
Gaslighting is one technique used in IPV (Intimate Partner Violence)... littlemissmartypants Feb 2025 #53
I made a mistake but corrected it. Here's the comparison chart. littlemissmartypants Feb 2025 #60
Yep, it's the typical DARVO gaslighting radius777 Feb 2025 #57
Exactly! Thanks, radius777. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Feb 2025 #59
It is time Mrsfiddlegirl Feb 2025 #21
He doesn't have the power to end it, DENVERPOPS Feb 2025 #23
Boy, that Zelensky is such a card. Did he go up to Buddyzbuddy Feb 2025 #24
Trump Blames Ukraine for a War Russia Started--Because He's a Clueless Moron Who Needs to Shut the Hell Up Oberon Vale Feb 2025 #25
Welcome to DU! radical noodle Feb 2025 #27
Thanks Oberon Vale Feb 2025 #43
Woah! That's some first post! Emrys Feb 2025 #29
Thank you. Looking forward to it. Oberon Vale Feb 2025 #44
Welcome to DU fellow vet, write a DU poem maybe? KS Toronado Feb 2025 #38
Thanks. Oberon Vale Feb 2025 #45
Welcome! Evolve Dammit Feb 2025 #41
Thank you. Oberon Vale Feb 2025 #46
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #54
Agree. Ukraine should've been in NATO a long time ago. radius777 Feb 2025 #56
There it is - The Big Lie How will History record it? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2025 #26
And the Jews of Germany and Poland should have never marched to the Concentration Camps.. question everything Feb 2025 #28
History is up for a full re-write with these assholes assuming their fascist roles. Evolve Dammit Feb 2025 #42
I read something where they said Dan Feb 2025 #30
There are three countries who are blue-wave Feb 2025 #31
I thought this was Borowitz. SergeStorms Feb 2025 #32
"Just look what Zelenskyy made Putin do!" William Seger Feb 2025 #48
Lying about who attacked whom is nothing new. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2025 #33
Yeah, they did! They said that.... Jack Valentino Feb 2025 #35
Gleiwitz JoseBalow Feb 2025 #37
UHHHHHH---- oh christ on the mountain, here we go with the Jack Valentino Feb 2025 #34
SHAME mahina Feb 2025 #36
Will NATO come to the defense of a NATO country that is Mike 03 Feb 2025 #40
What a stupid fuck nt sarisataka Feb 2025 #50
When did Ukraine invade Russia and start bombing its cities? Ocelot II Feb 2025 #51
Another Sewage-Filled LIE from drumphf. SLAVA UKRAINI! 💛💚 electric_blue68 Feb 2025 #55
And Poland should NEVER have started a war with Nazi Germany... (SARCASM) /nt artemisia1 Feb 2025 #58
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