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PIC's avatar

Shocking and a complete betrayal of his supporters who believed him when he said he would end the Ukraine War.

David Wooten's avatar

"...I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form. With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original Borders from where this War started, is very much an option.” - Trump

No serious military analyst, not even the most pro-Ukraine, anti-Russia hawk, believes what Trump is saying. Not Kellogg. Not Hegseth. Not Ratcliffe. Not even Zelensky (although Zelensky may say it in hopes of getting more grift and graft).

And I doubt very much that Trump believes it either. So why did he say it? Possibly it is his way of putting the ball completely back in the EU/NATO's court. If Russia is a 'paper tiger', which Trump also said in a Truth Social post, then there is no need for US to get involved. That may sound optimistic, but there is no way Trump seriously believes that Ukraine can win back Crimea or that Russia is a 'paper tiger'.

Francis Ingledew's avatar

The entire post reads to me to say, "You in Ukraine and NATO have everything going your way. Together, the two of you, finish the job. We'll sell you the weapons." This amounts to his saying, OK, I take you guys at your word: Russia is dead in the water, you can start rolling east. But, to me, such a message is identical with calling Ukraine's and NATO's bluff. Unsaid is: you know perfectly well that you cannot do this. I will expose you as the fools you are, by taking you at your word.

Or he sort of means what he says, and is doing another somersault.

Not that he does any of this because he does his own analysis. It's mean-spirited and devious, diplomacy by trolling. But, as Scott says, it isn't the reversal Europe is desperate for.

Paul Edwards's avatar

Trump is, and always has been, a stupid, uneducated, uninformed, vulgar, lying bullshit artist. Why this should surprise anyone is astonishing. He is a racist, misogynist, jingoist moron who, by conning the great mass of ignorant, angry, propagandized Americans, who have never had any understanding of the world and its complexity, that he gives a flying fuck for them, has ascended to a position of enormous power for which he is risibly unfit. The terrible danger he represents for us is appalling and will manifest itself brutally in the time ahead..

Overton_Crier's avatar

I bet you wished for KamalToe??

Memento Maxolga's avatar

Give me a break . If someone objectively criticising incompetent & narcissistic blabbermouth Trump that means someone " wishes for KamalToe "? There is neocons+ neoliberals uniparty in the US. The world laughed at the US during senile idiot Biden and the world continues to laugh at America & her administration now. We haven't had any competent strategically thinking statesman or administration for at least 33 years already. Badly educated , uncultured , toxic , corrupt and malevolent people owned by the zionist mega-donors has been running this so called government for decades . The nation is also deliberately uneducated and deliberately pushed off the moral anchor to be easily manipulated and to think of themselves as exeptional and better then the rest of the world, while the public isn't even capable of knowing and understanding the world outside the US borders. This rogue criminal empire is obviously declining , the hegemon's time is over, period. Not to mention that Europe is done and completely irrelevant in any meaningfull sense to the rest of the world.

Tatsiana's avatar

Unfortunately it what it is. And the American government still continue all these bloody wars it provoked or was a part of as a NATO country. They do not want to give up since they make on blood of people.

Linda Juergensen's avatar

WOW You are so right. I love your words, deliberately uneducated and deliberately pushed off the moral anchor. GOD SAVE US IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.

CStone's avatar

Awwwwwww……bless you hawt. Show us on this doll where he huwt you widda feewings.

And get your TDS Checked. I hear veterinarians that treat 3-toed sloths might treat idiots like you.

Linda Juergensen's avatar

YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!! All those people's deaths from Ukraine to Gaza is on his soul. And all the people, women and children who have been injured are on his soul, that is if he has one. We are so APPAULLED that everyone (all the middle east countries, NATO, our military and our Congress have all put money over lives!!! I think the bible has some words for this. GOD HELP US.

Peter Taylor's avatar

Well, Trump has done it… aided abetted Russia to decisively reach its goal of demilitarisation of Ukraine, and by default NATO, Halle bloody lujah, the biggest tragedy the needless death and injury inflicted upon so many in this Slav v Slav civil conflagration that the truly vile and evil have orchestrated to achieve their own selfish ends… talk about psychotic, those who championed this conflict need hang their heads in shame, to be shamed, reminded for the rest of their stinking, loathsome existence of the role they have played perpetrating this conflict, a conflict that in no way shape or form ought ever have gotten to where we find it positioned presently.

Thus the Soros’s, their foundations, the NGO’s, Think Tanks, Councils… Foreign Relations, Atlantic, Chatham House etc together the truly odious comprised of the Johnson’s, Trusses, Sunkaks, Starmers, Scholz, Merz, Macron, Van Der Leyer, Kallas, Pavel, the rest of the barking and squaking chihuahuas from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, together the Pole Dancers, and every other leader involved hailing the E.U coalition of the unwilling together the club of 50 that includes who’d have guessed even my own New Zealand a nation with no Combat airforce, a navy consisting of survey and aide vessels plus 2 Frigates and a host of Fisheries Patrol vessels all armed with their toy gun, whilst our Army, consisting of numbers including drivers, administration, chefs, Cooks, Medics wouldn’t even fill a 20,000 seat stadium, yet around that Ramstein table we sit making a huuuuuuuuge contribution 😂😂😂😂 laughable, yet sit we do, dutifully turning up deciding the fate of the so called free world … Slavelandia a more apt descriptive … just as paragon of peace Gerald Celente so eloquently puts it..

I couldn’t have been happier reading this essay from the indomitable and truly great analyst Scott Ritter, it warmed my heart reading and having confirmed Russia will as we know for a variety of true metrics all confirmed squarely in Russia’s favour, achieve their objective as stated at the outset and throughout this SMO, an operation of true restraint for which they, Russia are maligned, denigrated, derided, makes you seriously wonder what rain shower these clowns arrived from… they who live in a true alternate reality, ridiculing restraint, good lord as we know, they ought be so happy Russia, the supremo’s of waging War, are not in a full War mode, if they were so, the West, NATO, the aforementioned including the much vaunted U.S military, a military truly found out on the Ukrainian steppe as well as in Kursk to be badly led, General flag officers who are in let to the point of being negligent, their field malfeasance on display for all to see, yet advanced they’ll be, despite their collective and individual failings, chests festooned with campaign medals, reputations enhanced, go figure and the U.S can’t understand why every conflict they’ve been in since WW2 they have lost, somehow you don’t need a PhD to do the calculus required to determine that outcome.. nevertheless these failures will be returned to the Pentagon, to Headquarters throughout the globe as if conquering heroes… it’s truly laughable all whilst the F35 is lucky to fly more than a 4-6 hour mission without requiring to be stripped down virtually rebuilt over the ensuing 4-5 days before returning to the fray .. in short over priced junk, whilst the F16 and 22 need pristine runways, workshops to be managed for duty.. contrast that with Russian hardware, indeed Russian kit across the spectrum puts the overpriced Western hardware to shame, underscoring just how unfit for purpose Western military tech has become.. yet Russia will lose to NATO, ok, so be it, pray it never happens, it’s the grunts who’ll pay the price for this rubbish… in short I’m sad at the prospect of the death and injury still to come but elated we are going to have a front row seat to witness another good old fashioned towling, a thrashing… time to grab the popcorn the next year or so is going to be telling..thank you again Maj (Ret USMC) and Chief U.N Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter for all you have done speaking truth to fact… just saying

Kia Kaha (stay strong) from New ZealandP.s Truly enjoyed your great piece on the WMD Hunt received y/day.. you are on the correct path in all your doing Scott, humanity will thank you, it will come… I rate you a true man amongst men…. Be well, safe and may everything truly deserved find you..

Overton_Crier's avatar

Windy, but great🙏🏻

Tatsiana's avatar

Thank you, sir! Let all pray for Russia and humanity! 🙏✌️🇷🇺💕

Ranger1221regnaR's avatar

I feel that you are holding back - let it all out bro! :-D - seriously though, you put things better than I, and that was quite the pleasure to read. I've got my popcorn kernels ready, just need to 'nuke' em ... oh, hmmmmmmm

Xavier Narutowicz's avatar

Trump just relinquished Americas role in Ukraine. He parroted the stupidity of the Zelensky government and the stupidity of the Europeans.

The war will end and Ukraine will lose.

It is all a stupidity and Trump outed it.

Shomy's avatar

I don't know why given the warmongering history of United States around the world and even what it does at home to US President, it's citizens etc along with history of who Donald Trump was, that anyone expected anything different or positive. 😏

John Rachel's avatar

Maybe Trump is playing a game. Russian roulette with bullets in all the chambers.

Overton_Crier's avatar

👍🏼👍🏼😂🤣😂

Kathleen McCroskey's avatar

Great post, Thank you, Scott!

Allan Alach's avatar

He's clearly listened to Kellogg, as his post very closely matches that speech Kellogg made last week. Sadly he will learn his error.

John W.'s avatar

If Donald Trump has a moral compass, I appears to need some repairs. Or does he not look at it?

Julie Pettiford's avatar

He’s a narcissist, they have no moral compass.

Peter's avatar

Even a broken moral compass is right once in a full round spin. Nowadays I see "Trump said' and I tune out.

Overton_Crier's avatar

Not that easy, my friend

Feral Finster's avatar

Trump believes only in helping Trump.

Trump is weak, stupid and easily manipulated. Russia was foolish beyond belief to have relied on western reasonableness or humanitarianism. Force is the only language that they understand, and WWIII is coming as a result of Russian dithering and indecision.

Rob Roy's avatar

Russia never relied on anything American. Putin understands the US to its core. He has said it doesn't matter who is president, American foreign policy never changes. Russia won the SMO the day it started. He will end up with the three goals that the Russian Federation set; they never wanted anything more. The US should face the fact that it's going down, as an empire, as a world leader, as an important voice in world progress and as anyone with genuine friends. BTW, Israel is going down with it. The world doesn't need these two immoral countries and the shunning will be complete. As for Europe, same thing unless they get some honest leadership, which doesn't look to be in the near future.

Overton_Crier's avatar

I am glad you are out here🙏🏻

Feral Finster's avatar

Seems to be a lot of wishful thinking. Check Treasury yields. They signal no such thing.

For that matter, tell us of all the countries "shunning" the United States (or europe). What specifically are they doing and why do you think it matters?

For that matter, Russia has been desperate for a Minsk-3 since the start of this war. NATO has refused to give them even that.

Ian Partridge's avatar

No, Russia has not been desperate for the Minsk 3 that the west has been offering them. It won’t be hoodwinked again with a false peace, whilst Ukraine and their western backers, rearm and regroup, ready to attack them against. Russia will only accept a true peace which satisfies all their SMO objectives and recognises their legitimate security interests, which in turn will finally bring peace to the whole Europe after the Second World War. Ultimately this means the dissolution of both NATO and the EU for the good of all.

Feral Finster's avatar

Russia was happy to sign a Minsk-3 before Boris Johnson denied them even that.

Kathleen McCroskey's avatar

Russian "dithering and indecision"? I am seeing patience, resolve and trying to complete the SMO with the least damage to infrastructure. The U.S. in this situation would have, of course, blew up all the Dnieper bridges, etc.

Overton_Crier's avatar

Excellent opinion

Thank you🙏🏻

Feral Finster's avatar

That there is a bridge left standing in Ukraine is a testament to Russian dithering and indecision.

Kathleen McCroskey's avatar

No, you are thinking in U.S. war methods. What's most troubling is that even after 8 years of the UN, there has not been any meaningful diminishing of the scheming of the Waring Tribes of Europe. Hundreds of years of tit-for-tat wars, still going on, but hello- there's nukes now!

Feral Finster's avatar

Those methods work. The europeans continue to scheme and plot, because Russia has not made them do otherwise.

In fact, Russian dithering and indecision have caused the europeans to lose all fear of Russia.

Overton_Crier's avatar

How did your vote for KamalToe work out?

Feral Finster's avatar

I didn't. Quit assuming facts not in evidence and try arguing from substance.

PlutoAdvocate's avatar

They’re going to widen the conflict and force conscript Moldovans, Romanians, Poles and Balts.

Luke Skywalker's avatar

This isn't destroying Ukraine. This is destroying Europe, and he knows it.

Ranger1221regnaR's avatar

It's both, not one or the other.

Deplorable Dave's avatar

I think you're ignoring the UK/EU's intransigence. Trump can't stop UK/EU from fighting Russia if that's what they want to do. They rejected Trump's efforts at compromise. So he's walking away from them, but disguising that with anti-Russia rhetoric. (He already slammed the EU's perfidy at the UN today. Some anti-Russia rhetoric makes it even for the day.)

Ranger1221regnaR's avatar

As long as Russia knows that's what Trump is doing, then there is hope. If for a second they believe Trump is full of it, then the only hope is for Russia to succeed in its objectives, and now, they will have to take the entirety of Ukraine as they cannot afford to have this keep sniping away at them ad nauseam, giving the West opportunity after opportunity to keep on trying to dismantle Russia. If Trump is pulling a double-agent like stunt, it is also important to take on board that a double-agent can also be a triple-agent, and more.

Another thing to remember is that if he is trying to deceive The EU/NATO/Deep State, they are not in a vacuum and just as capable as we in asking the same questions, and positing the same conclusions as us, which makes that strategy highly dangerous and likely to go the wrong way. It is not genius, but reckless abandon, fuelled by narcissist projection, and a large, unhealthy dose of cognitive dissonance. As a strategy, it is the strategy of fools and the desperate.

Overton_Crier's avatar

I think you may be correct 👍🏼

In his private convos with President Putin he was told how to FINALLY pinch the nasty Londoners head off, while wiping HIS hands of it. This is really getting interesting now🤨

And they portray the Alaskan trip as useless!! 😂🤣✌🏼

Webej's avatar

EU's perfidy?

What on earth are you on about?

Surely you are not following the path of Trump's narcissist injury projected on the world as a whole, who have supposedly been lording it over victim poor innocent l'ttle America?

Ernest Chorabik's avatar

everybody must know it's not possible... thus given the character of President Trump it is most likely another 5D chess move... similar to how he achieved peace with North Korea, or even dealt with Obama's "red line" in Syria... etc... Only time will tell, but judging him by his ACTIONS and NOT words... he's most likely working toward collapsing the Cold War relic costing the American tax payers trillions of dollars...

Overton_Crier's avatar

We hope. Seems that he is a little schizophrenic these dayz

Ernest Chorabik's avatar

seriously? that is exactly what MSM has been showing us since 2016, isn't it? The narrative has softened recently (possibly due to the multi-million dollar lawsuits WON by president Trump... with 15 BILLION$ lawsuit in the works, which he WILL win!) with rare glimpses, where NYT, or Newsweek or a handful of others actually say something positive about him and his administration policies re: mass migration, tariffs (which China had used over the past 40 years + to achieve the level of success they have! - urban infrastructure, transportation, high tech, etc), taxation, etc...

He should have gotten Nobel Peace Prize for what he did with North Korea (which had been set up by globalists as a future spark to start WW III allowing them to usher in NWO) and, if I recall correctly, there was not even a mention about it... there are other examples... but this is the clearest example of the heavily biased "news reporting" we've experienced all our lives. cheers!

Overton_Crier's avatar

I definitely agree with you👍🏼 he is using strategies that I am dumbfounded by as of now. Time will tell if his comments on TSocial are prescient or not. I do know he was schooled by they same guys who advised Nixon. Notice a pattern of unfair criticisms for both men? Because they both upset the London apple cart, and they get butt-hurt when their $$$$$ show is challenged.

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Ranger1221regnaR's avatar

The Rand Report continues to be fulfilled regardless of which murderous buffoon is in power. All we are witnessing is DT pretending to want peace, when in fact all are in thrall to that effluent document, and all the theatrics to the contrary are the diarrhoea which too many are eagerly spoon-feeding themselves with.

It's not like this dung is hidden away in some stinky room, hidden by clever works - it is in full view, glistening and stinking in the the sun of obvious truth, yet so many really desire war (so long as they can continue to ignore the consequences even to themselves with cognitive dissonance) and any faecal excuse, even the sloppiest will do to assuage their rotten and corrupt consciences.

The West has never deserved retribution so much as it does now, and the same goes for the henchmen of Satan in Israel.

It beggars belief just how many wilfully-gullible idiots there are on this planet, they outnumber the accidentally ignorant by magnitudes, and most of them live in the West.

There is nothing difficult to understand in the West's drive to self-annihilation (almost, if not the same as suicide-by-cop), it is all borne out of historically worsening Narcissist projection, cognitive dissonance (which itself is worshipped like a god by these festering genocidal murderers and thieves).

The worst part of all of this, is that if the West gets its way, that is the end of all freedoms for everyone except a tiny number on this planet, and due to technological evolution, we stand at the very gates of Hell, because excepting some external force, humanity will be enslaved for ever, without hope. Few it seems realise just how close we are to becoming the forever-chattel of the worst beings in existence - which is what the current crop of demon-impersonating Western 'leaders' are - and right now DT is emulating the leader of Demons, literally presenting himself like an angel of light, and successfully misleading the masses - just like it is written about Satan - to the letter.

Putin and Russia, right now, are the only secular hope for Humanity. Putin was and is literally the only one with the balls to say NO to this satanic plan of The West (Led by the USA), and he did so because he was literally the only person on Earth with the strength and decency of character to offer an alternative, based on multilateral respect, and multi-polar objectives, even whilst being fully aware of the price that would cost, yet to do otherwise would be even worse.

Only God has the right to instigate a one-world government on Earth - his Kingdom, according to The Lord's Prayer in the Bible (and on many lips), and everyone attempting to instigate their own version of Uni-Polar rulership on Earth is doing Satan's, not God's will. Being that most of the countries involved are of self-claimed Christian values or worship, it stuns me just how cognitively dissonant it is to on the one hand pray for God's Kingdom to come, whilst actively doing the very opposite in trying to create a Uni-polar order ruled by man.

Uni-polarity is satanic hegemony, Multi-polarity is respect for each other, and the only secular formula which can work, (except for God's version of Uni-polarity, with God ruling us, not us ruling us).

I talk about God even though my faith in such things is dying/dead, but I know there are those whose faith is genuine, who love God not for what He can do for them, but because they love him and wish to do His will, not Him bending his will to theirs.

I reject all satanic things because satanic and demonic things and reasoning exist, even if Satan and demons don't in reality exist, we all know that evil still does, and these characters serve as a reminder of what we are all capable of if we don't pay, or do pay proper attention to ourselves. Likewise with God. We know Goodness, even Genuine Love exists - we spend most of our lives trying to avoid the one in favour of the other, which is why I use these terms - to reach the reasoning hearts and minds of those who believe in such things, as well as those who don't, but who also recognise goodness and evil for what they are, and where they come from, for it doesn't matter if you are a believer or an unbeliever, if neither knows the difference between good and evil, evil is what will rule us.

dacoelec's avatar

1000 up votes! Perfectly said. The ignorance of the general public in the USSA is almost beyond belief. The lies of "American Exceptionalism" has warped most citizens minds and I'm not sure that anything short of a complete collapse of the country can fix it.

Zionism has destroyed the USSA.

Ranger1221regnaR's avatar

Regarding the way you feel about America, I agree and add my own country to the same pot - it seems that only the collapse of both can fix it - the USA is likely to benefit from that, but sadly here in the UK, the populace is so used to blind subservience and apathy, that even that wouldn't fix it, and there would be a rush to instigate the very same again rather than admit they got anything wrong. The UK is the most revolution-proof country on Earth due to the ignorance of the majority, and the state's brain-washing efforts over the course of hundreds of years.

Ian Partridge's avatar

Unfortunately I think you’re right about Britain bring revolution proof, considering how the majority were so fearful and subservient during the Covid charade. That apathetic/gullible majority will accept the Digital ID Starmer has announced, that Blair has for many years being trying to foist on us, and usher in the first stage of their slavery.

Ranger1221regnaR's avatar

Wouldn't it be wonderful if what I wrote was wrong? - I really wish I was wrong, it would be so much better if we were all here applauding positive actions that we all knew were making our World a better place for all, rather than frustratedly emoting the horrors we are being forced to watch and hear. It is a constant sore-point that I awake each morning knowing that right now, Earth beats 'Hell' hands down for horror.

Webej's avatar

» how many wilfully-gullible idiots there are on this planet «

NO! Most people's imagination staggers at how beset by evil they are.

They are like the holocaust victims who to the end told themselves they were stepping into a shower, ignoring every indication along the way what their true destination was.

They cannot process the realities of daily life in the full consciousness that the system they are part of and its leaders could be involved in so much deceit, perfidy, and ill intention. In despair at being able to carry on, they grasp for any straw to keep from going under.

Peter's avatar

Schindler's List had a water shower... there were no gas chambers. period.