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Russian official Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, suggested Donald Trump’s election victory may benefit Russia’s interests in Ukraine, citing Trump’s reluctance to fund “idiotic allies” and “voracious international organizations.”

Although Medvedev stopped short of celebrating, he hinted Trump’s aversion to foreign spending could weaken U.S. support for Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cautiously congratulated Trump, recalling their recent discussion on U.S.-Ukraine cooperation.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov maintained a guarded tone, noting the U.S. remains an “unfriendly country” involved in the Ukraine conflict.

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[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

A lot of good sense here. Democrats have been so focused on race and sex that they lost the whole working class. I don’t think they realize that people don’t think of themselves as demographics. Representation is a thing, but they assume far too much about it: “Let’s run a black woman - we’ll get all the black AND woman votes! And she’s Asian, too!” Meanwhile they are doing little for the working class issues that affect these voters most. Kamala’s program of tax break handouts was a dead giveaway: Democrats think the system is fine - but they’d like to buy your vote this year. People want structural change to the system, not a new line item on their tax return. Trump’s tariffs, ill-advised as they are, show a willingness to make deep structural change to the macroeconomics that have brought us here. While democrats clutch their pearls over a 5% drop to GDP, working class voters are like “we’re already losing big time - let’s roll the dice.”

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Tax break handouts are a slap in the face of the working poor: What good is a tax break when you don't earn enough to pay taxes, or live a dignified life, in the first place?

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It’s surprisingly few people who pay no taxes. The standard exemption is only $13,850.

But your point still stands. Poor people aren’t going to hold on til the end of the year for a lousy $300 credit.

[-] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Representation is a thing, but they assume far too much about it: “Let’s run a black woman - we’ll get all the black AND woman votes! And she’s Asian, too!” Meanwhile they are doing little for the working class issues that affect these voters most.

Right on the nose. Here's a perfect example of this, which I find incredibly demeaning toward the supposed demographic they're trying to court. It just shows how out of touch the party is.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/13/nx-s1-5151968/harris-weed-crypto

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

working class voters are like “we’re already losing big time - let’s roll the dice.”

AGAIN. Yup. Riding high on Obama's economy (who himself was blamed for Bush's) and now Biden receiving the blame for Trump's, the working class folk yearn for what they used to have - not realizing where it came from or how to get it back.

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