Russia already promised this. Budapest Memorandum (1994): broke it. Friendship Treaty (1997): broke it. UN Charter & Geneva Conventions: broke them—invading, torturing, executing POWs. INF, CFE, Open Skies: walked away. A new Duma law? Just another lie in ink. I don’t trust a word.
Americans have collective memory loss. They always have had this problem. Speaking from neighbourly experience
Legislative enshrinement? Holy fuck, Witkoff, next he'll be promising constitutional enshrinement, like he's going to do with Alaska, you dipshit real estate lawyer. Go find some grandmothers to evict (just make sure they're Republicans.)
This administration has an utter lack of knowledge necessary to handle International issues. Subservience to King Trump is not a qualification to represent the USA on the world stage.
They do realise, don't they, that putin changed the constitution of ruzzia so he could be continuous president? Surely, they're not that naïve! Oh, yes, sadly, this is the reality under the American Kakistocracy. They do realise putin controls the Duma? Again, could they be so naïve? Oh, you betcha
Is it naïveté? Or something they believe their uneducated base will swallow?
No, you don't have to make convincing arguments to MAGA. They lap up whatever their orange messiah says. Epstein? All fake. OK cries the MAGA lunatics. Witkoff is a golf playing billionaire mate of trump who knows fuck all about Ukraine or ruzzia. He can't even name the oblasts putin annexed. 🙄
Agreed and that's why their reasoning doesn't hold up to any scrutiny.
I have no doubt Putin would hold his promise not to start/restart any more wars for the rest of Trump's term. That's all Trump would care about anyway.
2 things. 1. This war will not end under trump. putin cannot end this war without all 4 illegally annexed territories. He told the Orange idiot that. 2. trump will cut arms to Ukraine to try to force Ukraine to capitulate. Guaranteed. (Maybe starlink will stay because Elmo hates trump. 😜)
These guys are so incredibly out of their water
That's bullshit because Putin's generals have said the opposite on numerous occasions. Putin WILL NOT STOP WITH UKRAINE! They will not stop until they reoccupy all former USSR territory and bring the USSR back. That's always been his goal.
Wittkow is a ruzzian mouthpiece!
Just like Munich in 1938. We saw what did go wrong.
Thats also why it is absurd the Witkoff mentions it as a concession. It clearly demonstrates how little he understands about what he is doing.
Oh, like the constitution that limited his terms
It's borderline stupid, but it's the same with all this security guarantees right now. Russia, USA and UK already guaranteed the independence of Ukraine. Only force matters against Russia.