• President-elect Donald Trump floated the possibility of a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the devastating conflict in Ukraine.
  • “President Putin wants to meet. He’s said that even publicly. And we have to get that war over with, that’s a bloody mess,” Trump said Thursday.
  • On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced a $500 million aid tranche for Ukraine, a mere 10 days before President Joe Biden’s scheduled exit from the White House.
  • theUwUhugger@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    But… like, I know the supreme court ruled that he can fucking do anything, but as a presidential candidate isn’t that quid pro quo? He is still not fucking president! He cannot negotiate with foreign states….

    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      He’s not negotiating, he’s getting instructions.

      The legality of all that is moot, since he’s above the law.