Opening his joint press conference w/President Emmanuel #Macron of #France, #Trump repeats his line that had he been president 3 yrs ago, the war between #Ukraine & #Russia would never have broken out. It’s an unprovable assertion. He then makes the case that #Europe, not the #US, must ensure the #security of Ukraine.
“We had no wars, we had no problems,” Trump says about his 1st term. In fact, Russia was already inside Ukrainian territory, fighting a low-level war in the #Donbas.
#geopolitics
“We had no wars, we had no problems,” Trump says about his 1st term. In fact, Russia was already inside Ukrainian territory, fighting a low-level war in the #Donbas.
#geopolitics
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Trump’s false claims on the sum the US has spent are the predicate for his demand that Ukraine pay upwards of $500B to the US under a still-being-negotiated #minerals agreement.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #geopolitics
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Macron adds a line about “our support for President #Zelensky,” whom #Trump called a dictator a few days ago.
#geopolitics #Ukraine #Russia #StandWithUkraine
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“No one in this world wants to live in a world where it’s the #law of the strongest & international borders can be violated from one day to the next,‘” Macron said. This is a line Trump would never say — he talks of making a deal, but does not accuse #Russia of taking Ukrainian land.
#geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
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“This peace must not mean a surrender of #Ukraine” & must come with guarantees of Ukraine’s #security, Macron emphasizes. Trump did not speak of #security guarantees as a goal.
#geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
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#geopolitics #France #Ukraine #Russia #StandWithUkraine
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#InternationalLaw #journalism #HumanRights
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#Trump has obviously discarded that approach & made clear he is willing to make a deal even without Ukraine.
#geopolitics #Russia #war #autocracy
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#geopolitics #Russia #war #autocracy
Denis Buckley hat dies geteilt
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The last president who made a trade deal w/Canada was actually Trump in his first term, when he negotiated the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Likewise, Trump talks about the “tremendous fraud, tremendous waste” in government without saying why he did nothing about it during his first term.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #USpol #geopolitics
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#geopolitics #France #US #Europe #allies #war #autocracy
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This meeting is taking place on the same day that the #UnitedStates broke from #France & other European #allies to oppose a #UnitedNations resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In voting against it, the United States joined Russia, #Belarus & #NorthKorea. 🤯
#geopolitics #Europe #autocracy
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“Americans will be there in solidarity,” Macron said. It’s not clear what that means — would they provide #intelligence, would they be a back-up force?
#geopolitics #France #US #Europe #allies #war #Trump
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Trump refused to answer saying, “I don’t use those words lightly.”
Last week he called #Zelensky a dictator multiple times and in writing.
#geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #US #Europe #allies #war
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