Public sentiment is predominantly negative, reflecting frustration and skepticism towards Zelenskyy's appeals for US support amidst concerns over domestic priorities. The comments reveal a strong annoyance with the allocation of taxpayer dollars to Ukraine, alongside criticisms of Trump's influence in the discourse, skewing perspectives towards cynicism about US foreign aid effectiveness.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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&gt; Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby has approved as many as two $500 million shipments under the new mechanism called the Priority Ukraine Requirements List, known under the acronym PURL, the sources said.

Ok but has the Obersecretary of War signed off on it??

FollowingFeisty5321

Here too Trump is taking his time shipping the paid arms to Ukraine.  Jerk.

macross1984

&gt; The Trump administration's first U.S. weapons aid packages for Ukraine have been approved and **could soon ship as Washington resumes sending arms to Kyiv** - this time under a new financial agreement with allies - two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.

So no concrete date despite agreement, potentially not any time soon. Trump dangling the carrot on a string and deciding if Ukraine is in his favour. He wants to make Zelenskyy dance for it. 


&gt; This is the first use of a new mechanism developed by the U.S. and allies to supply Ukraine with weapons from U.S. stocks **using funds from NATO countries**

So Trump admin only agreed because they made a deal to extract profit from US allies for Trump and his Lockheed cronies. 

… Also remind me again the rate at which Trump stiffs people on financial deals he makes?  Expect him to cash the checks of his so-called ‘allied countries’ and then change his mind on the shipment, instead siding with Putin as he was always going to do.

jezzanine

Trump is an idiot, he won’t do anything unless it benefits him or his lobbies who elected him to power. Hopefully, the mineral deal goes through.

NoMedicine3572

Trump's approach on aid to Ukraine is so gangster that he puts the American mob to shame.  And it is working because Ukraine still needs all the aid it can get in selective military assets. 

But the day is coming when that will change.  And when that day arrives America is going to be permanently on the outs.

lifeisahighway2023

Hey it’s old “TOO LATE TRUMP” but let’s blame Powell.

ViolettaQueso

If I to to a restaurant and my friend pays for my food, does this mean the restaurant gave me aid?

SsurebreC

Why is the US selling aid to Ukraine 
?  how about the US starts to actually help Ukraine

butcher99

Unbelievably that America could have utterly destroyed Russia, gotten revenge for the constant political and Internet interference and instead voted in a Russian asset whoa t best seeks toe xtort allies.

LuxFaeWilds

Far_Out_6and_2

Adept-Mulberry-8720

So are they getting fresh arms or are they getting surplus/older stuff like before? Because if they are getting fresh stuff, the US still needs to spend a lot to decommission old stock right?

AlgaeDonut

What percentage of americans have even a ballpark accurate knowledge of how much we have spent and its proportion of the federal budget?  Im guessing &lt;5% do

PicklePanther9000

Sorry, that math doesn’t seem to work out based on the literal graph you posted.  70% believe it should be kept the same or increased, unless you’re under the impression the current amount is 0? 

It… is not.

obsessed_doomer

So what is he going to do about this aggressor?  Another two week warning?

GrumpyOik

&gt;&gt; That is shockingly sensible. But you know what they say about a broken clock? It was close friends with Jeffrey Epstein

\- Stephen Colbert

ill0gitech

Well thats not going to look well on his yearly review with Putin.

greywar777

This Week in "Trump says the exact opposite of what he said earlier"

RLewis8888

Don't believe a single word this fickle orange megalomaniac says.

OneNormalBloke

And tomorrow he will brand Zelensky as an aggressor. It's like these reporters have a memory of a gold fish

ILikeYourMommaJokes

briareus08

&gt;I stopped seven wars, and I thought this one was going to be easy for me, but this has turned out to be tough.

Hm, I count only six he stopped. Anyone knows what the 7th was?

1. Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) between Athens and Sparta (and their allies).
2. Second Punic War (218–201 BCE) between Rome vs. Carthage (famous for Hannibal’s campaign)
3. Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) in Central Europe, kind of everyone against everyone for whatever reason
4. Zulu War (1879) in Southern Africa (between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom)
5. Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)
6. Chaco War (1932–1935) between Bolivia and Paraguay (Chaco region)

fabkosta

&gt; "I stopped seven wars, and I thought this one was going to be easy for me, but this has turned out to be tough,” Trump said Sunday . . .

what the fuck is this guy smoking

slippedapex

Trump *accidentally*, without thinking about, calls Russia "the aggressor" while in the process of trying to assure people of Russia's strength (i.e. that their higher losses are merely because they're the aggressor.)

Not that he's even wrong about that, but his motives are transparent.

PrinceRufusFastcar

Zeppo_Ennui

I think he’s being told that Russia is going to lose. He wants to take credit for Ukraine’s eventual victory 

Even-Leave4099

Baselines_shift

Should've said this on his first day of presidency

Targaryen-0-0

Well over 10 years behind everyone there but he got there...I think.

snakesnake9

Yesterday,  it was Ukraine. Let's see what he says tomorrow.

ca_sun

Maybe we should replace 'finally' with 'accidentally'.

fluxxis

He thought this one was going to be an 'easy' one to finish. Not that everyone but 70m americans didn't know he's as thick as shit before this but god almighty, it's frightening he's level of stupidity.

auto-spin-casino

Until he realizes what he said and starts claiming that he never said it. Regardless, what Trump says doesn't matter. He'll quite literally say anything. All that matters is what he does. And if his behavior doesn't change, any verbal condemnation he might utter is rendered perfectly meaningless.

Exo_Sax

New_Combination_7012

MaleficentPiccolo715

I think it is time people stop using breaking news, finally admitted, stated firmly...etc. with both Trump and all his cronies. 

They say one thing on one day and the next day walk it back or pretend they don't remember anything. 

They have a recollection of amoeba and integrity of a flimsy sponge, so they can never be trusted. 

The only thing you can take for granted is greed and hunger for power.

Morden013

SquirrelParticular17

Fast forward to Wed:

“No I never said that … I never said… no what I said is… we have fault on both sides … both sides started it.   Oh and Biden…. “.

theticklist

Ok that just means he's not getting anything from Russia this time around then. Too little too late since Trump only cares about things that affect him or those around him personally.

Gronkattack

Oh yeah? Then what did he say after 20 minutes?

Cant trust a taco

shayKyarbouti

until he changes his mind next week, or forgets or gets told to say something different, who really knows

therwsb

I’m willing to bet Trump will start a war with Russia just to keep Epstein issues at bay.

g00dsman

I wonder when he will finally do something ,,about this matter”.

CaesarAllMighty

vroart

Look at his actions and not his words. He’ll still probably do nothing.

bacon-squared

But don’t worry everyone - Trump will have forgotten he said that by tomorrow and be back to criticizing Zelenskyy for not already handing the Ukraine over to Putin.  FFS …

coreychch

If he doesn't actually do anything, it means shit.

Bauzi

ElderberrySeveral382

All it took was for Russia, China, North Korea and India to leave him out of a meeting.

alwaysondave

MobiusF117

Unglaublich-65

Tomorrow, he will say that he doesn't remember saying this about russia.

Eileen__96

jedre

Wake me up when he actually does something about it.

aaaaaaaarrrrrgh

It's Trump. It doesn't mean anything. He just wants Putin's attention. A phone call later and it's Zelenskyy's fault again for nothing wearing a suit.

Zlimness

That’s just today. Tomorrow Russia will be TACO’s best friend. One call from Putin will set the old man straight.

lostinthemiddle444

acabincludescolumbo

He'll flip like a steak tomorrow. Let's remember who is he really serving.

Niceguy955

Maybe if he has done that from the start, many lives would've been saved.

d_smogh

Well, it is only Monday. 

Wednesday he could say Venezuela is the actual culprit. Or Greenland. Or Nato. Or Canada. Or the Democrats.

Nemodin

Cool now someone trick him into calling himself the aggressor in the war on Americans. Piece of shit.

Wolfbible

Does anyone care what nonsense he pukes up from day to day?

ZebulonHam

*yawn*. In other news, I emailed my senator about the Epstein files and asking why they are voting against releasing them if there is nothing to hide.  I encourage everyone else to do the same.  It’s takes five minutes, if that.  Don’t expect a response.

Main-Algae-1064

Where are the Epstein files? I want to know which people that are running our country were a part of this. I mean, I'm pretty sure I know who one of them could be.

thndrlight

He will forget it again by today. That's why you need to release the Epstrin files.

Feuertotem

Normal-Corgi2033

SerialWallflower

Finally, but i still don't believe that he actually thinks that's true sadly. The guy flip flops on things he says every other day and sometimes even in the same day

Kiwibom

Was that really so difficult? Now, release the Epstein files.

Whywouldanyonedothat

Dementia talking, again!! 

Release the Epstein Files.

CommunicationMuch439

Why is the world still listening to this cunt? Release the files Donny

jeffereeee

LarrySunshine

Just 3 and a half year late to the party huh?

tommysk87

He is going to chamge his mindre here in about 2 minutes, then go back again, and then back again. Depends on who he talked to most recently.

a7m0sf3ar

He'll change his tune once Putin gives him his next paycheck!

TACO

joefred111

Well he calls Russia the aggressor….today. Who knows what will come out of strokey’s half mouth tomorrow.

Senior-Minute2512

As often as this Tabasco Toddler swings in and out of one delusion after the other, I'm all out of fucks to give until i see action.

UpperCardiologist523

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over_pw

Don better be careful, them Epstein files might get leaked

Cybertron4001

So tough. He's such a leader.

Definitely deserves the Nobel Peace prize for Services to Russian Advancement.

scarab1001

Yeah, it's great that he finally noticed. And now? Then do something to make them stop it. It's always just bragging. If I were president, luckily I'm a präsident me, me, me. But heroic self-absorption won't get you anywhere. What an looser.

Huppelkord

cool…Now release the Epstein files. Do it for Charlie

BigMFingT

TonyG_from_NYC

Three questions, 
  - is that a recent photo? 
  - what about the release of the Epstein files?
  - when/what is the military response - anything like the response to Iran's enrichment?

rorriMAgnisUyrT

This has been the longest 24 hours I've ever seen.

dcy123

Must not be getting his monthly payments from the Russians…

TitoGrande1980

Slip of the tongue. Putin call incoming. He needs his leash tightened.

Iamoggierock

Give him a few minutes he will be back to blaming Biden and Zelensky.

Sidwill

I don’t see the relevance of whatever trump calls Russia.

He’s a puppet of putin and HASN’T DONE and won’t do anything to stop the war crimes against Ukraine.

Слава Україні!

NotOK1955

Well it only took nine months but then we are dealing with a guy that said he would have a ceasefire in 24 hours won't even take that long.

Darstasius

FrankLucker

Trump thinks nobody knows Russia fully financed his campaigns from the start.

Leather-Map-8138

So, as it's day ONE of his 'enlightenment', will he end the war? or need we allow him the customary 2-weeks? ROFL

TV-Tommy

combonickel55

This all feels very staged.


It's in Russia and Chinas best interest for the US to coax the world into disputes with China if destabilization of the world is important.


Trump wants to bait swap the US debt by converting everyone to crypto, rug pulling, and then using a new crypto. Funny enough,  Russia is already talking about this.



Everyone can sit here and say this is not chess but its really starting to feel like it is.

glormosh

nouniquenamesleft2

espomar

Such a slow change of tune. Crazy how he has been slow playing this change for 9 months when other topics he will just gaslight his followers into an opposite opinion in one day.

DGIce

Everytime I hear trump and Russia in the same sentence, like a comedy sketch, I hear in my head, "its a hoax like the russia Russia, Russia Russia hoax!" Pft.

henryguy

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