Summary

Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, in a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, failed to specify any Russian concessions in a potential Ukraine peace deal despite detailing demands on Ukraine.

After claiming a “friendship” with Putin, Witkoff spoke vaguely about “territorial” and “economic” concessions from both sides. He also claimed a U.S.-Ukraine deal on raw earth minerals would be signed soon.

When confronted with Russian state TV footage suggesting Trump’s stance aligns with Putin’s, Witkoff insisted diplomacy requires communication.

His remarks fueled concerns over Trump’s approach to Russia and Ukraine.

  • Ciderpunk@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Incredible that Trump remains so mad that Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize that he’s willing to literally just order an ally to give up so he can claim he made the peace and demand his prize. He really was just entirely broken by a black man being president.

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      9 hours ago

      The entire right wing of the country absolutely went off the deep end when a black man was elected president. Make no doubt about it, the Republican party was always awful and on the way to getting worse, but Obama’s election was the the catalyst that drove mainstream conservatives into conspiracy theories and ultranationalistic race identity politics.

      Or it really was the Mayan calendar ending. Or not enough dicks out for Harambe.

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        something like the number if hate groups in the US went up by 6000% under Obama

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      This has nothing to do with obama or peace prizes.

      Trump is an agent of putin’s will and he’s carrying out russia’s foreign policy by demanding the full surrender of ukraine.

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        13 hours ago

        This has nothing to do with obama or peace prizes.

        Oh, you bet it does. Don’t be silly.

        Both things can be true simultaneously. 🤷‍♂️

        Along with some other as yet unnamed reasons/causes.

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          There are things trump does that are erratic, but if you look at his first term and now he always was very consistent when it came to Russia and putin.

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          Furthering putin’s major policy goals is the main responsibility this regime has. Trump’s personal grudges and feelings are irrelevant in any area as important to putin as demanding ukraine’s surrender.

          Most events have multiple influencing causes. But in a hierarchy when the boss wants something, that’s why it happens.

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      Oh no, that is too logical. What’s he’s really still mad at Obama about is the 2011 White House Corespondents dinner that Obama roasted him at