Ukrainian American Sophika Lashchyk-Tytla says she can’t understand why her brother plans to vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump, given his public hostility to continuing U.S. support for Ukraine. Hours after unconvincing arguments with her brother, the Philadelphia native carried a kit of campaign information as she canvassed
  • elbucho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    8 hours ago

    Ukrainians for Trump is even more mystifying than women for Trump, or gays for Trump, or basically any group that isn’t white, cis, male, heteronormative, and some combination of stupid and evil for Trump.

    Takes all kinds, I guess.

    • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
      17·
      8 hours ago

      He’s more or less promised to cut off Ukraine if he gets in. I genuinely don’t understand how any Ukrainian who’s not just a crazy Russophile (which I imagine would not be a large proportion of the population) would even begin to consider Trump.

      • elbucho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        8 hours ago

        And even if he hadn’t made that abundantly clear, he’s obviously in bed with Russia. Like… it’s completely mystifying why any Ukrainian (who doesn’t hate Ukraine) would want to vote for Trump.

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        7 hours ago

        it is possible i’d guess to believe that if ukraine gives up the occupied territory then russia will simply stop, and i’d guess their possition then is simply to stop further loss of life - and that trump will “stop the war” by forcing ukraine to do that

        shit take imo, but not totally out of the blue