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Ian Johnson's avatar

A group of European leaders just played Trump...

They found a way to try and drive a wedge between him and Putin.

A few days ago, the leaders of France, Germany, Poland, and the UK gathered in a room with Zelensky. They then made an unscheduled phone call to Trump.

In that call, they disclosed a plan to give Putin an ultimatum: agree to a 30-day ceasefire and begin negotiations for peace, or they would supply Ukraine with overwhelming military support and coordinate additional sanctions that could suffocate a Russian economy finally beginning to show the mortal wounds of economic isolation.

In this call, they convinced Trump that this threat alone would force Putin to the negotiating table.

And they convinced Trump that if this worked... he would get the plaudits.

The truth is, they know Putin doesn't want peace. As I've explained countless times, anyone who actually understands Putin and his geopolitical priorities knows he doesn't want a democratic Ukraine to survive.

Trump, evidently, has failed to grasp this. He still sees everything as a real estate deal and fails to appreciate the deeper ideological aspirations at play.

He is also notoriously easy to persuade, especially by someone like Macron. Starmer, meanwhile, is Trump's new best friend after he went along with his charade of a bilateral trade agreement. They've been buttering him up for this whole time.

Macron, Starmer, Merz, Tusk, and Zelensky appealed to Trump's vanity and his ignorance... and it looks like it worked.

They managed to get his verbal approval for the ultimatum during the call. And before anyone had the chance to explain the implications to Trump... they announced it. One by one, they gave speeches to the media where they made it absolutely clear that Trump was in on the deal. The USA was party to the ultimatum.

Putin then had to either accept an immediate ceasefire by Monday... or defy Trump.

As expected, before the deadline even came close, Putin rejected the offer outright. Because he does not want peace.

Trump has now effectively sanctioned the European plan for complete and unrestricted support of the Ukrainian military and agreed to cooperate on additional economic sanctions on Russia.

Just like that, the USA appears to be back on Ukraine's side, and it's all thanks to an unscheduled phone call.

I don't know whose plan it was, but it was brilliant.

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KATHRYN LEMON's avatar

David Pakman --- You would Not Remember Ronald Reagan's Last Year --- Too Young --- He was in Full Blown Dementia...We "Old" People Remember...the GOP Hid it from Americans. Like Nixon, He was Delusional, at Best --- as His Term Ended...so, Tubby is Not the First Looney Toon as POTUS ---

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KATHRYN LEMON's avatar

Tubby --- in Photos & Videos --- He is Looking More & More Like a DEER Caught in the Headlights

"Stunned" & "Vacant" --- Umm Ronald Reagan Had the Same Look the Last Year of His Presidency.

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Gloria Mendez's avatar

FUCKUP TRUMP is being manipulated by someone who is using Trump's ego driven stupidity to manipulate the Stock Market. While FUCKUP is attaching ridiculously high tariffs the Stock Market drops, and when he pauses the tariffs the Market rebounds!

We all know that FUCKUP does not read or research anything, he just signs any paper put on front of him.

FUCKUP has been manipulated for years by his puppet master Putin, we just need to find out who is pulling his strings now. Steven Miller perhaps.

Remember the Hunt Brothers manipulated the Silver Market in the same way.

FUCKUP is deporting people who have worked and contributed to the greatness of the United States and is importing mercenaries from South Africa who are most likely his own personal Gestapo. Watch out for men wearing Black Shirts. Taking a page right out of the NAZI handbook!

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