President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s invasion of the country three years ago, arguing Kyiv could have made a deal to avoid the conflict.

“You should have never started it,” Trump said of Ukraine while criticizing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had expressed concern that his country was not included in talks between the U.S. and Russia in Saudi Arabia.

“I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it’s going very well. But today I heard, ‘Oh, well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “You should have never started it. You could have made a deal.”

Trump went on to say: “I could have made a deal for Ukraine that would have given them almost all of the land, everything, almost all of the land, and no people would have been killed, and no city would have been demolished, and not one dome would have been knocked down. But they chose not to do it that way.”

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    You know something’s up when he makes reality-denying statements.

    Because he can, it works and noone will take him accountable.

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    If Ukraine didn’t want to be invaded, it shouldn’t have dressed that way! Stupid sexy Ukraine.

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          Sad times are these, when well-meaning jests have to be accompanied by /s, because reality is more insane than any joke you could ever imagine.

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            Agreed :(

            Wish people would get over the whole “Oh that’s just politics/a smear campaign” or “I don’t talk politics” when anyone tries to discuss the US public officials’ actions or provide a different view (politicians, institutions, policy, etc) since it effects our everyday lives. Met too many deniers the past few years about first lady cheeto’s actions.

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          I’m pretty sure you’re joking but, just in case, here’s a list last updated in 2019 from PBS. As they say, where there’s smoke, there’s fire; if there’s this many sexual assaults that have been publicly reported, then there will always be more who won’t come forward.

          At a minimum he’s a Quagmire level sex pest (sex/dopamine addict), but let’s be honest, dude is a serial rapist. I’d argue this is where he falls since it’s obvious he cares only for himself to the point that he raped his own wife (Ivana Trump) and treats women like toys to be used.

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    Thought exercise: Which assassination would have more efficacy in the long term, trump, Vance or Musk?

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      If we’re limited to just one, Musk. Trump’s unlikely to live another ten years, and Vance doesn’t have the money or popular support to be a threat without riding Trump’s coattails. Both also have pretty minimal impact outside of the US. Musk has global influence, at least another thirty years ahead of him, and enough money that very little short of death or being placed in a high security prison would hurt his efforts.

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      From what I have heard, JD The Couchfucker Vance doesn’t really have the charisma, so he probably wouldn’t do too well without his buddies.

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        He’d have a pretty long runway to make his lack of charisma not matter.

        He’s likely the key figure in drafting a lot of the executive orders that Trump is rubber stamping. Trump and Musk get a lot of the attention, but Vance is more quietly behind a lot of the stuff, happy to let Trump get the credit for Vance’s and Trump’s contributions.

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      He knows what he is saying. Putin’s hand is so far up Trump’s ass at this point that Trump is basically just a Russian puppet.

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    It was literally a surprise invasion that half the EU didn’t even believe was gonna happen and Russia denied was happening. How the fuck are you supposed to negotiate a peace to avoid a surprise invasion that Russia vehemently denied was gonna happen?

    What the actual fuck is this bullshit?

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    He is perfectly and unquestioningly following his owners commands, like any good dog. He just amplifies Putins position on this rape of another country 100%.