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President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Ukraine was responsible for Russia's invasion of the country three years ago, arguing Kyiv could have made a deal to avoid the conflict.

“You should have never started it,” Trump said of Ukraine while criticizing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had expressed concern that his country was not included in talks between the U.S. and Russia in Saudi Arabia.

"I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well. But today I heard, 'Oh, well, we weren't invited.' Well, you've been there for three years," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort. "You should have never started it. You could have made a deal."

Trump went on to say: "I could have made a deal for Ukraine that would have given them almost all of the land, everything, almost all of the land, and no people would have been killed, and no city would have been demolished, and not one dome would have been knocked down. But they chose not to do it that way."

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[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 174 points 2 months ago

yOu CoUlD hAvE mAdE a DeAl

god damn this guy is a smoothbrain.

And america voted for him to run their country.

[-] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 89 points 2 months ago

You spelled ruin wrong.

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

I didn't vote for that garbage

[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 29 points 2 months ago

More likely Elon hacked the election. Before election day Trump said multiple tines, “Stay home. We don’t need votes, we have all the votes we need…”

Watch the clip of Muskrat and his evil munchkin spilling the beans.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Some_More_News/s/bUP7KVzD3q

[-] knightmare1147@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

He's not smart enough to hack anything with a computer, certainly hacked it with money though.

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[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

They had no choice! The Dems should have put up a better candidate! Genocide! Gaza! Liberals! Woke! DEI! Anything but make me address the consequences of my action and/or inaction!

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[-] CthuluVoIP@lemmy.world 157 points 2 months ago

If Ukraine didn’t want to be invaded, it shouldn’t have dressed that way! Stupid sexy Ukraine.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 62 points 2 months ago

Right? It’s such a ridiculous statement. You’d think the president were a serial rapist, or something.

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago
[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 12 points 2 months ago

Sad times are these, when well-meaning jests have to be accompanied by /s, because reality is more insane than any joke you could ever imagine.

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 102 points 2 months ago

"if you didn't want to get raped, then why did you dress so provocatively?"

This is only kind of hyperbole, since Trump was actually convicted of raping a woman...

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

the same script russia uses, trump gets his orders from putin. its also " you're making me rape you"

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 75 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"Grab'em by the resources. When you're a superpower, they let you do it."

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

He's a rapist... of women, children, and now countries (allegedly, since he hasn't been convicted of all three)

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Don't forget the Constitution

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago

Leave it to the convicted rapist to blame the victim.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago

It was all their fault.they existed. They were breathing and worst of all they didn't want their land stolen. How dare they?

[-] Bieren@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago

I can’t believe they told russia to invade them.

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[-] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 43 points 2 months ago

Trump having a .ml Lemmy account was not on my bingo card

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago
[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

The abuser mantra

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I'm sorry, baby. I still love your extractable minerals.

[-] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 35 points 2 months ago

His ancestor should have drowned while emigrating

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Gosh, wherever could Trump be getting his Ukraine strategy from?

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

He is perfectly and unquestioningly following his owners commands, like any good dog. He just amplifies Putins position on this rape of another country 100%.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago
[-] CCatMan@lemmy.one 31 points 2 months ago

I though Russia was claiming they were attacking Nazis in Ukraine and that's why they went to war or something... I forget

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[-] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago
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[-] mastod0n@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

You know something's up when he makes reality-denying statements.

Because he can, it works and noone will take him accountable.

[-] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Putin’s puppet since Helsinki Summit.

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[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago

He's sucking up to his benefactor and handler Putin.

[-] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

and not one dome would have been knocked down

... what?

[-] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Is he talking about the deliberate attack on Chernobyl recently?

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[-] tudor@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you didn’t want to get robbed, why did you wear that expensive watch?

[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

It's more like if you don't want to get robbed, why are you alive?

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[-] xenomor@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Thought exercise: Which assassination would have more efficacy in the long term, trump, Vance or Musk?

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

If we're limited to just one, Musk. Trump's unlikely to live another ten years, and Vance doesn't have the money or popular support to be a threat without riding Trump's coattails. Both also have pretty minimal impact outside of the US. Musk has global influence, at least another thirty years ahead of him, and enough money that very little short of death or being placed in a high security prison would hurt his efforts.

[-] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago
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[-] sircac@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

"Look what you made me do it to you..."

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Moronic mouthy bastard has no clue about 99% of what he says

[-] octoblade@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 2 months ago

He knows what he is saying. Putin's hand is so far up Trump's ass at this point that Trump is basically just a Russian puppet.

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