Jan 17, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a warning to former U.S. President Donald Trump about what could lie ahead if Russia is allowed to succeed in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian leader was prompted by a journalist during the International Media Council at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday about his response to Trump’s claim that he could bring an end to the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. The former president has yet to reveal any specifics on how he would fulfill his promise, but he has guaranteed that the war “will end immediately” if he is reelected to the White House in November 2024.
Trump’s bid for reelection has also sparked questions about what the future of American aid for Ukraine will look like. The former president has shown opposition to continuing to provide support for Kyiv’s military, and some of his closest Republican allies in Congress have blocked President Joe Biden‘s requests for additional aid.
Speaking to members of the media in Davos, Switzerland, Zelensky posed questions about what Trump plans to do in the event that Russian President Vladimir Putin expands his aggression outside of Ukraine, such as if Moscow decided to invade a NATO alliance member.
“Then the question is, what will Trump do after that, if after Ukraine, Russia occupies a NATO country?” Zelensky asked, according to the news agency Interfax-Ukraine.
“I mean, he decided that if you don’t freeze the conflict, if you let Putin go all the way into Ukraine, then he will stop,” he continued. “But Putin will not stop. So what will Donald Trump do in the United States after that? Because in that case, it means that Europe lost and lost the largest and most powerful army in Europe, because it lost Ukraine.”
Newsweek reached out to Trump’s press team via email on Wednesday for comment.
Several countries that are members of NATO have taken precautionary steps to prepare for a possible direct conflict with Russia in the coming years. German intelligence on the country’s Council on Foreign Relations predicted in November 2023 that the alliance has roughly five to nine years to prepare for a war against Moscow. Meanwhile, Estonia’s Foreign Intelligence Service said in a report last month that such a conflict is possible in the next three to five years.
Trump’s reelection chances have sparked anxiety among some European officials about the West’s ability to hold off Russia’s aggression. The former president was accused last week of telling a high-level European Union official while he was in office that he would never enable the U.S. to help Europe if it came under attack.
While Trump hasn’t addressed the claim publically, he failed to commit to staying in NATO during his second term when asked by Fox News host Bret Baier during a town hall last week.
“Depends if they treat us properly,” Trump said. “Look, NATO has taken advantage of our country. The European countries took advantage.”
https://www.newsweek.com/zelensky-has-warning-donald-trump-1861665
“Depends if they treat us properly,” Trump said. “Look, NATO has taken advantage of our country. The European countries took advantage.”
This is true. But, things have changed since then. Either way, it wouldn’t be fair to every NATO member to treat them all the same just because a few aren’t pulling their weight.
Anyhow, the Biden administration and the press have done a piss poor job informing the nation properly about all the pros and cons of helping Ukraine win the war. It boils down to the voters and not to a self-centered Trump.
i agree with all of this
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Zel also said yesterday:
“Radical voices from the Republican Party” have created tension and pain for the Ukrainian people, he said.”
That has been picked up by the magaputler sites, where he has been singled out for open hatred.
It seems quite obvious that the MSM has left the door wide open for the maga morons and other extreme right nut cases to spread their lies, half-truths and propaganda unopposed. It beats me why the democracies are so damned weak and can’t defend themselves properly.
I think it is funny how Trump and his followers are always biting the hand that feeds them.
The largest channel in the U.S. is basically a 24/7 propaganda outlet of the far right wing of the Republican party, but also the one that has the largest number of watchers.
They are the most mainstream channel I can think of.
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Someone should tell Trump that not all problems in the world can be solved by inserting Russian dicks inside your mouth, ass and/or other holes.
He will be shocked to hear this, but eventually he will understand and get over it.
There are much better things in this world than Russian dicks.
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