Gee, #Trump seems really receptive to expert counsel 🙄 (/s)

His delusionally inflated ego is working overtime with the bullshit statement, “I’ve settled 6 Wars in 6 months”

Also, the time for placing blame on Biden for anything, passed long ago — ~7 months ago. Didn’t he say he could end the war on day 1?

GMAFB
#geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #US #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine

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Trump post: I've settled 6 Wars in 6 months, one of them a possible Nuclear disaster, and yet I have to read & listen to the Wall Street Journal, and many other who truly don't have a clue, tell me everything that I am doing wrong on the Russia/Ukraine MESS, that is Sleepy Joe Biden's war, not mine. I'm only here to stop it, not to prosecute it any further. It would have NEVER happened if I was President. I know exactly what I'm doing, and I don't need the advice of people who have been working on all of these conflicts for years, and were never able to do a thing to stop them. They are "STUPID" people, with no common sense, intelligence, or understanding, and they only make the current R/U disaster more difficult to FIX. Despite all of my lightweight and very jealous critics, I'll get it done — I always do!!! President DJT

#Putin spoke with the leaders of #India, #Brazil & #SouthAfrica on Monday to discuss the results of talks between #Russia & the #US in Alaska, the Kremlin said, just hours before #Ukraine President Volodymyr #Zelensky was scheduled to arrived to speak with #Trump at the White House.

He also spoke with key allies, including leaders in #CentralAsia & #Belarus’ Alexander #Lukashenko, in a series of calls Monday & Sunday.

#geopolitics #PutinsPuppet #StandWithUkraine
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-18-2025#00000198-bde2-db00-a198-ffe3d5990000

#MarkRutte, #NATO secretary general, was the first to arrive. Next up was #UrsulaVonDerLeyen, president of the #EuropeanCommission, followed by #KeirStarmer, the prime minister of the #UK.
#Italy Pm #GiorgiaMeloni & #Finland President #AlexanderStubb have arrived.

#Macron (#France) & #Merz (#Germany) have arrived.
#Zelensky is expected to be last to arrive at 1PM ET.

#geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #US #Trump #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine

#Zelensky is scheduled to meet w/ #Trump at 1:15PM ET.

Here are the Ukrainian reps coming with him:

Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s chief of staff
Sergiy Kyslytsya, first deputy minister of foreign affairs, fmr ambassador to the #UN

Rustem Umerov, head of #Ukraine's National #Defense & #Security Council, head of Ukraine's delegation at Istanbul talks

Pavlo Palisa, a fmr #military commander & deputy head of the presidential office

Ihor Brusylo, deputy head of the presidential office

#geopolitics

#Zelensky has arrived

[I’m not thrilled that Zelensky wore a jacket. At least he’s not wearing a tie.]

#geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #US #Trump #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine

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Trump meets Zelensky at the White House

Back in the Oval Office with press, #Zelensky sat next to #Trump & clasped his hands in front of him. “Thanks so much Mr. President,” he said, adding that he thanked Trump for his personal efforts to stop the war.

[Zelensky, who was berated last visit for not thanking Trump, has learned that Trump responds to flattery]

“It’s an honor to have the president of #Ukraine with us,” Trump said. “We had a good meeting just a while ago with the president of #Russia. Today’s meeting is very important.”

#Trump is asked if he’s willing to send #US peacekeepers to #Ukraine. He won’t say one way or another.

“There’s going to be a lot of help,” Trump says of potential security guarantees for Ukraine. He says he will discuss those details later with the European leaders who have traveled to Washington with President #Zelensky.

Trump says the #US will be *involved* in #security assistance for Ukraine as part of a deal to end the war, but he didn’t provide any additional details.

Prompted by a sycophantic reporter, #Trump complains about the #news coverage he’s gotten around his handling of the #Russia #Ukraine #war & his meeting with #Putin, claiming, “I used to get great publicity.”

Trump goes on to complain about the #media in general, #lies about winning by a landslide, goes on a rant about how #WashingtonDC was a horrible place before his takeover & now it’s sudden immaculate & safe. Whatever.

Now he’s going on & on about #Biden.

He’s a petulant child.

#idiot

#Trump says, “I don’t think you need a cease-fire,” doubling down on a position he adopted only AFTER his meeting with #Putin in Alaska. #Ukraine & #Europe have demanded that a #ceasefire come before
any negotiations over permanent #peace begin.

#geopolitics #Russia #US #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine

#Zelensky, when asked what #security guarantees #Ukraine needs from any peace deal, says, “Everything.”

Zelensky has repeatedly pushed for security guarantees for Ukraine to make sure that #Russia won’t just agree to a deal & then invade Ukraine again after regrouping.

#Trump said he woud speak to #Putin after the meetings today. “He is expecting my call when we’re finished,” he said.

#geopolitics ##PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine

#Russia has launched a wave of attacks on #Ukraine cities as President #Zelensky arrived in Washington for talks with #Trump. While Ukrainians & Russians continue to die on the battlefield & in major cities, Zelensky is listening to Trump air #grievances & #ConspiracyTheories about the 2020 election & crime in Washington.

#geopolitics #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #InternationalLaw #LawsOfWar #StandWithUkraine

The Oval Office pre-meeting media blitz is over.

#Zelensky has officially survived the first public appearance with #Trump today.

Zelensky & Trump are now in closed-door talks, after which a group photo of Trump, Zelenskyy & the dignitaries from #Europe will follow before everyone meets in the East Room at 3PM to discuss how to end #Russia’s war against #Ukraine — that’s the plan anyway.

#geopolitics #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #StandWithUkraine

#Zelensky then said:
* All of us want to finish this war & stop #Russia

* "We will speak more about #security guarantees. This is very important that the #UnitedStates gives such a strong signal & is ready for security guarantees."

* This has been the best conversation with #Trump so far
[that’s not a high bar]

* #Ukraine would be happy for a trilateral meeting

The leaders from Europe all sat around a large table, & took turns addressing #Trump directly.

The format is similar to Trump's recent Cabinet meetings, where agency heads offer Trump praise 🙄 & then bring up specific issues they want to address.

#NATO'S #MarkRutte:

"We have to stop the killing. We have to stop the destruction of #Ukraine's infrastructure. This is a terrible war," Rutte said. He thanked Trump & said he "broke the deadlock."

#intervention

#EuropeanCommission’s Ursula
#VonDerLeyen:

"We are here to work together with you on a just and lasting peace for #Ukraine, to
stop the killing."

"Every single child has to go back to its family."

#Germany’s Friedrich #Merz:

"I can't imagine that the next meeting would took place without a #ceasefire. So let's work on that and let's try to put pressure on #Russia."

#Trump #intervention

#Italy’s #GiorgiaMeloni:

"We will talk about many important topics. The first one is #security guarantees, how to be sure that it won't happen again, which is the precondition of every kind of peace."

#France’s Emmanuel #Macron:

"We've worked very hard during the past few years to have a peace, which is a robust & long-standing peace. This is why the idea of a trilateral meeting is very important because this is the only way to fix it."

#Ukraine #Trump #intervention

#UK'S Keir #Starmer:

"We're talking about security, not just of #Ukraine, we're talking about the security of #Europe & the #UnitedKingdom as well, which is why this is such an important issue."

#Finland’s Alexander #Stubb:

"The fact that we're around this table today is very much symbolic, in the sense that it's Team Europe & Team United States helping Ukraine."

#Trump #intervention

#Stubb said #Finland shares a long border with #Russia & had its own experience with the country during WWII.

"We found a solution in 1944, & I'm sure that we'll be able to find a solution in 2025 to end Russia's war of aggression, find & get a lasting, just peace."

#Ukraine #Trump #intervention

#Trump, #Zelensky & #Europe leaders next met privately

Trump suggested the next few weeks could see some sort of resolution.

"I think that President #Putin wants to find an answer too, & we'll see," he said.

"In a certain period of time, not very far from now, a week or 2 weeks, we're going to know whether or not we're going to solve this or is this horrible fighting going to continue."

#Ukraine #Russia #intervention

#Trump also said he expected #Putin to
release Ukrainian prisoners soon.

"I think you'll see that President Putin really would like to do something also," Trump said before the start of the meeting.

"I know there's over 1,000 prisoners, & I know they're going to release them. Maybe they're going to release them very soon, like immediately, which I think is great.”

He also said while everyone would prefer an immediate #ceasefire, at this moment "it's not happening."

#Ukraine #Russia

Meanwhile, #Russia rejects #NATO troop deployment in #Ukraine

British minister #StephenKinnock reiterated Britain's support for #Ukraine #sovereignty & its right to pursue NATO & #EU membership without external constraints.

Russia does not consider the deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine a viable solution to the conflict, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

It views recent statements from the #UK on the matter as provocative.

#geopolitics

#Trump has interrupted the meeting with #Zelensky & #Europe leaders to call #Putin - Bild reports

The meeting is to be resumed after the call, Germany's top-selling Bild tabloid reported.

#intervention #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #US #PutinsPuppet #StrongmanFanboy #TACO #StandWithUkraine

#Europe leaders arrive for #WhiteHouse meeting on #Russia - #Ukraine war

Ukraine’s future could hinge on a hastily assembled White House meeting Monday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky brings an extraordinary cadre of European leaders with him to show #Trump a united front against Russia.

The European political heavy-hitters left out of Trump’s summit with #Putin in Alaska are looking to safeguard Ukraine & the continent from widening aggression from Moscow.

https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-18-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-18-Live+updates

Putin's Ally In DC...

Trump said Ukrainian leader Zelensky could chose to end the war with Russia “almost immediately,” (with a surrender), but retaking Russian-occupied Crimea or joining NATO are off the table
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Ukraine #Russia

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Trump

Macron s’en prend aux "somnambules" qui, selon lui, qui n’ont pas vu venir la guerre en Ukraine, avant son départ pour Washington à la rencontre de Trump: "Ceux qui pensent qu’on peut être libre en étant faible, ceux qui pensent qu’on peut être libre en continuant de vivre comme s’il n’y avait pas la guerre à nos portes sont ceux qui préparent la défaite de demain", affirme le président. Une variante du "Qui aurait pu prédire", en somme...

#Politique #Macron #Trump #Guerre #Ukraine #Poutine

#Ukraine Isn’t the Model for Winning the #Innovation War https://warontherocks.com/2025/08/ukraine-isnt-the-model-for-winning-the-innovation-war/

Thank goodness. #Trump prefers to do his bullying when he outnumbers his target. He also may be able to be re-influenced with multiple people telling him the same thing.

#Europe & #NATO leaders announced Sunday that they’ll be joining President #Zelensky in DC for crucial talks with #Trump, rallying around the #Ukraine leader after his exclusion from Trump’s disastrous *summit* with #Russia President Vladimir #Putin.

#geopolitics #PutinsPuppet #TACO #StandWithUkraine
https://apnews.com/article/european-leaders-white-house-meeting-zelenskyy-trump-d7b082bae4136ef8932e16ac2d166303?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-17-Breaking+News

President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy Awarded the Title of Hero of Ukraine to Senior Soldier Denys Lysenko, Who Defends #Ukraine on the Vovchansk Front

https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-prisvoyiv-zvannya-geroj-ukrayini-starshomu-soldatu-99593

Thank you for support, Alaska!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

@photography

Ukraine - an imaginary door to a better future

#photography
#Ukraine
#door

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An old apartment block at night with an open door showing bright blue sky and gold wheat, colours of Ukraine.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that "russia has won" the war in #Ukraine, ahead of a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump and kremlin leader putin in Alaska on Friday 15 August.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/08/12/7525878/

12 best Ukrainian composers of all time - Classical Music
https://www.classical-music.com/features/composers/best-ukrainian-composers-of-all-time
#ClassicalMusic
#Ukraine

#Trump 's Peace Dance With #Putin While #Ukraine Fights On https://open.substack.com/pub/mickryan/p/trumps-peace-dance-with-putin-while?r=av250&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#Alaska is the new #Ukraine

Ukraine: Rutte hält Gespräche über Gebietsabtretungen für unvermeidbar

Vor dem Ukraine-Treffen zwischen US-Präsident Trump und Russlands Präsident Putin gibt es erneut eine Debatte über Gebietsabtretungen. NATO-Chef Rutte hält Gespräche darüber für unvermeidbar. Die EU-Außenminister wollen sich heute abstimmen.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/ukraine-putin-trump-gipfel-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Ukraine #Russland #Trump #NATO

#armut #bürgergeld #grundsicherung #ukraine
„Und gleichzeitig werde "dieselbe Summe, die man jährlich für das Bürgergeld ausgibt, aufgewendet, um damit in den nächsten vier Jahren Unternehmen zu entlasten beim sogenannten Investitionsbooster, den der Bundestag vor Kurzem beschlossen hat - nämlich auch 46 Milliarden Euro. Und ich finde, es ist wirklich die Frage: Geht es tatsächlich den Armen zu gut und den Reichen zu schlecht? Oder ist es nicht genau umgekehrt
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Age verification is creating an information desert.

The Online Safety Act sets every UK user to child as default.

Teenagers? Blocked. Adults? Content denied unless we do age checks with unregulated companies.

It's not just porn! News on Gaza and Ukraine is being scrubbed from view, threatening #freedomofexpression as well as #privacy ⛔

https://www.404media.co/uk-users-need-to-post-selfie-or-photo-id-to-view-reddits-r-israelcrimes-r-ukrainewarfootage/

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #palestine #gaza #ukraine #reddit #ageverification #ageassurance #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol