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RonSupportsYou<p>Thom Hartmann: "Why are Trump and the GOP working so hard to ruin America? Every day, it seems, we see or hear about another way in which Trump and his lickspittles in Congress are tearing down our country, weakening our defenses, pitting Americans against each other, looting our government, and making life harder for everybody except the morbidly rich. Why would billionaires want tax cuts at the expense of damaging the economy that made them rich?": <br><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/19/2334171/-Why-are-Trump-and-the-GOP-Working-So-Hard-to-Ruin-America?pm_campaign=trending&amp;pm_source=sidebar&amp;pm_medium=web" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/19</span><span class="invisible">/2334171/-Why-are-Trump-and-the-GOP-Working-So-Hard-to-Ruin-America?pm_campaign=trending&amp;pm_source=sidebar&amp;pm_medium=web</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a></p>
bk<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@stux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stux</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a> I fear : <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> will likely leave with a settlement plus more coverage…</p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"European envoy warns Trump administration actions are hurting efforts to help abducted Ukrainian children": <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/17/russia-abducted-ukrainian-children-00461560" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/07/17/r</span><span class="invisible">ussia-abducted-ukrainian-children-00461560</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@wdlindsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wdlindsy</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/CriminalBehaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalBehaviour</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/InsiderTrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsiderTrading</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/StockMarketManipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarketManipulation</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/SerialRapist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SerialRapist</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/DementedDictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DementedDictator</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/RussianStooge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianStooge</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> the hashtags could go on forever!</p><p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/NoDealsWithTrumpsUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDealsWithTrumpsUSA</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/FascismWon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FascismWon</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Looking ahead, one of the sources said there was likely to be an escalation of the crisis in coming months, &amp; underscored the dangers of tensions between the world's 2 largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> powers. And, he predicted, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> would continue.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsWeak</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The second person said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> had little <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/leverage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leverage</span></a> over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> &amp; suggested that even if Washington imposed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on the purchasers of Russian crude then Moscow would still find a way to sell it to world markets.</p><p>"Putin understands that Trump is an unpredictable person who may do unpleasant things but he is maneuvering to avoid irritating him too much," the source said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsWeak</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A WH ofcl said on Monday <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was considering 100% <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on Russian goods as well as secondary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> on countries that buy its exports as a means to drive Moscow to the negotiating table. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> are the biggest buyers of crude.</p><p>Despite existing sanctions &amp; the cost of fighting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>'s biggest conflict since WWII, Russia's $2 trillion economy has performed far better than many expected.…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsWeak</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>However, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> told the BBC in an<br>interview published on Tuesday that he was not done with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> &amp; that an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> deal remained in the cards.</p><p>The first source rejected Trump's assertion last week that Putin had thrown "bullshit" around, saying there had been a failure to transform positive talks with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SteveWitkoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveWitkoff</span></a> into a substantive discussion on the basis for peace.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsWeak</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e02q12z32o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c1e02q12</span><span class="invisible">z32o</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> portrays the war as a watershed moment in relations with the West, which he says humiliated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> after the 1991<br>fall of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SovietUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovietUnion</span></a> by enlarging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> &amp; encroaching on what he considers Moscow's sphere of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>influence</span></a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a>.</p><p>Putin has yet to accept a proposal from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> for an unconditional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ceasefire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ceasefire</span></a>, which was quickly endorsed by Kyiv. Recent days have seen Russia use hundreds of drones to attack Ukrainian cities.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsWeak</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In an abrupt break from his Democratic predecessor President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; his admin have cast the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> as a deadly proxy conflict between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> [which echoes Russian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>], withdrawn support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> joining <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> &amp; floated the idea of recognising Russia's annexation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Crimea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crimea</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsWeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsWeak</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
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President Volodymyr #Zelensky has said #Ukraine will never recognise #Russia's #sovereignty over its conquered regions & that Kyiv retains the sovereign right to decide whether it wants to join #NATO.…

A 2nd source familiar w/Kremlin thinking said that #Putin considered Moscow's goals far more important than any potential economic losses from Western pressure, & he was not concerned by #Trump’s threats to impose #tariffs on #China & #India for buying Russian #oil.

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#Putin's conditions for *#peace* include a legally binding pledge that #NATO will not expand eastwards, Ukrainian neutrality & limits on its armed forces, protection for Russian speakers who live there, & acceptance of #Russia's territorial gains, the sources said.

He is also willing to *discuss* a #security guarantee for #Ukraine involving major powers, though it is far from clear how this would work, the sources said.