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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated he is willing to resign if it ensures peace or NATO membership for Ukraine.

"If it is peace for Ukraine, and if you really want me to leave my post, I’m ready," he said. "Alternatively, I can trade this for NATO membership... I’m focusing on Ukraine’s security today, not in 20 years."

His comments come amid tensions with Donald Trump, who falsely suggested the Ukrainian president was responsible for starting the war.

Meanwhile, U.S.-Russia negotiations continue without Ukraine, which Zelenskyy firmly rejects. Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of Ukrainian involvement in any peace negotiations.

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[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 135 points 11 months ago
[-] commander@lemmings.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"It's easier to fool a man than to convince him he'd been fooled." - Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer is a work of satire. It was written to shed light on how gullible and stupid Southern whites ~~were~~ are.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

And how every adult in the story is a huge hypocrite.

[-] commander@lemmings.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Really makes me think of all the proud, racist christian women I know who gave birth out of wedlock and are now single-mothers.

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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

And so is every single person in this country that voted for Trump. Traitors.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

The sad part is the majority of his voters lose power and their country. The wage gap will only grow. Unless you were already rich, or had an income of a few million dollars a year, you only made life harder for yourself. But hey, at least those other people have it harder as well!

[-] InputZero@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The thing is that it doesn't matter how bad Trump makes it for maga voters so long as he makes it worse for those labeled as undesirable have it worse. As long as maga voters can look to someone else and power trip over them they'll give Trump carte blanche. As long as those 'perverted trans pedophiles' can be assaulted without the fear of being arrested they're happy.

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[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 88 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is what being a leader looks like.

It would be a shame if a shit end to this war buries Zelensky in history. He’s not perfect, but he deserves some monuments.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 59 points 11 months ago

Trump suggested that the Ukrainian president was responsible for starting the war. In reality, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, initiating the current land war.

I’d like it if more summaries of what conservatives say/believe were followed by sentences which began with “In reality…”

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago

They should go even harder, and explain that Trump is apparently openly lying.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

Trump lied, suggesting that the Ukrainian president was responsible for starting the war. In reality, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, initiating the current land war.

[-] logi@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Trump lied that the Ukrainian president was responsible for starting the war. In reality, etc.

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

The only issue is that conservatives don't read so they'll never see it anyway.

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[-] Subtracty@lemmy.world 56 points 11 months ago

The actions of a man who loves his country and not power? Politicians in the US (on both sides) could never comprehend this.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

Would his resignation prevent future attempts at running for president?

surely they'd preclude him getting voted back in...

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

He literally cannot resign right now. What he is talking about. There's isn't even legal framework for it. I'm sure they'd find a way of they had to. But as it stands right now.

No one can remove him from office under Martial Law.

He is bound by oath and constitution to serve his country as head of state and may not delegate those responsibilities.

Elections are prohibited under Martial Law.

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[-] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 11 months ago

Honestly he’s gotta be pretty fucking tired by now. I’d want to retire after leading a country through war for 3 years.

[-] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago

Going from comedian to wartime leader is quite a jump.

[-] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago

Well, he also went from lawyer to comedian. Kind of makes the jump seem much lower.

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Boss.

An infinitely better leader than the shitstain America has "leading" them.

[-] Devanismyname@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

Trump saying he started the war is ludicrous but somehow the right will do the mental backflips required to believe this shit. Somehow it's zelenskys fault even though putin invaded.

[-] Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

They do it to rape victims so why not entire countries?

[-] Furbag@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

If Russia gets Ukraine, it'll be 2-3 years of peace while Russia rebuilds and regroups it's forces before it's onto invading the next country. Probably Poland, Belarus, or Georgia. And he'll keep doing it again and again - waging war with the west until they win or the public decides that saving a few pennies on their taxes is more important than preventing totalitarianism from subsuming Europe again.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 11 months ago

Belarus is mostly Russia anyway.

The usual approach is to fuck with the democratic system of a country, install a sympathetic puppet and then keep them there.

This is probably why Putin has such a beef with Ukraine. They spent a lot of money getting their puppet in there, before he was ousted.

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[-] Litebit@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

lol now, US president Krasnov Trump can't say President Zelensky is a dictator.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

What a tyrannical dictator; shameful!

/S

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Who the fuck would actually want his job? Besides some Russian cunt?

[-] Laser@feddit.org 8 points 11 months ago

It's a hypothetical scenario anyways because Ukraine being a NATO member would mean NATO boots on ground in Ukraine, which the US (and in fairness a lot of other NATO countries, but for different reasons) want to avoid. But it calls the bluff on the unfounded dictator accusations that Russia and some puppets peddle.

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[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Literally the opposite of what Trump does - gives up everything in order to retain power.

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