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leofab:
trump was even threatening UK with sanctions.

Titogbanski:
Under Trump America lost its influence and respect all over the world. They became a laughing stock of others. Putin had no reason to attack Ukraine with Donald Trump in power because Trump was already doing their bidding. In fact when Biden won it took Russia a long time to offer congratulations as they were hoping that all these fake allegation of election theft would sail through.

Presently Biden has been able to rally the world in a manner that Trump would never had done in a lifetime. Almost every western country and business enterprise putting up sanctions even without any prodding. 141 countries condemned attack and China is being warned to stay clear of face the same music. America is sending a message to totalitarian state including China.

No play with old man. He fit flog you without saying a word. Biden is flogging Putin seriously in all front. Even now it is Putin calling for direct discussions with the U.S whilst Biden is holding him aloof.

GuntersChain:
Republicans that are war mongers, if trump was still the president by now third world war might have started.

michlins:
To think that some people who haven't seen or had close encounter with Trump will argue with a former NSA is comical but it is internet where everyone is a political expert

thesicilian:
I don't agree though. Trump was a strong leader, and strong leaders may not fear themselves, but they tend to respect one another. There's no way Putin would have invaded Ukraine when no one could predict how trump would react. By now Trump might have sent warplanes and special forces not to assist Ukraine, but to attack Russia directly.
Everyone knows biden is a weakling who wouldn't be able to react even if someone killed his dog and stole his car.

Agbegbaorogboye:
This one's head has been configured by CNN

Mofun:
So it was a well-calculated and thoroughly-strategized invasion. I just hope it ends soon anyway.

John Bolton served as national security adviser under Donald trump

About a week ago, Donald Trump was apparently feeling a bit defensive after his praise for Vladimir Putin created some political troubles for him. It led him to release a ridiculous written statement in which he suggested he was responsible for rescuing NATO.

The only thing threatening NATO’s existence was Trump himself, who not only repeatedly disparaged the alliance, but who, on several occasions, expressed an interest in abandoning NATO altogether. By all accounts, it was a plan he intended to follow through on in a second term.

It was against this backdrop that John Bolton, who served as the White House national security adviser during the former president’s term, told The Washington Post late last week that he believes Trump would’ve withdrawn the United States from the NATO alliance in a second term. That wasn’t a surprising observation, but take note of its possible relevance:

“In a second Trump term, I think he may well have withdrawn from NATO,” Bolton said. “And I think [Russian President Vladimir] Putin was waiting for that.”

For Trump and his allies, it’s a point of great pride that Putin didn’t invade any of his neighbors during the Republican’s term in the White House. The Russian leader launched offenses against bordering countries in 2008, 2014, and 2022, but between January 2017 and January 2021, Putin showed restraint.

This, we’ve been told to believe, is clear proof of ... something.

The standard line from the right is built on two pillars. The first is the idea that Trump was so strong and unpredictable, the Russian authoritarian was simply too afraid to provoke the Republican. The second is the belief that when the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, it signaled to Moscow that we’re weak and indifferent to international military offenses.

The former argument is so plainly ridiculous, it’s surprising Republicans would even peddle it. Trump spent four years going to almost comical lengths to make Putin happy, to the point that the then-American president’s own director of national intelligence later admitted he feared Trump had been compromised by the Kremlin.

As for the Afghanistan claim — a favorite of a great many leading Republicans — it isn’t much better. Putin’s preoccupation with Ukraine goes back a lot further than last summer. Indeed, there’s evidence that Russia began building up military forces around the Ukrainian border months before U.S. forces left Kabul.

The idea that Putin would’ve altered his yearslong ambitions in Ukraine if only President Biden had agreed to keep thousands of American troops in Afghanistan is plainly at odds with everything we know about recent events. (What’s more, if the right were serious about this line of rhetorical attack, it might lead to some awkward questions about the geopolitical effects of Trump’s February 2020 agreement with the Taliban to end the decades’ long war. Did this signal weakness to Moscow?)

So, if the standard Republican explanation is unserious, what’s the actual reason?

In a piece that generated an unusual amount of hate mail, I recently made the case that Putin showed restraint during the Trump era because the Russian authoritarian saw no need to mess with a good thing. The basic idea — which I was glad to see others endorse — is that Trump’s actions were in line with Moscow’s goals, and an invasion of Ukraine risked upsetting the balance.

Putin wanted to undermine the NATO alliance, and Trump undermined the NATO alliance. Putin wanted to weaken the E.U., and Trump made little effort to express his disdain for the E.U. Putin wanted to help authoritarians, and Trump cozied up to authoritarians. Putin wanted to hurt Ukraine, and Trump launched an extortion scheme that threatened to hurt Ukraine. Putin wanted to weaken the U.S. political system, and Trump was unnervingly aggressive in trying to weaken the U.S. political system.

All of which is to say, why would Putin rock the boat when Trump was already steering it in the Kremlin’s preferred direction?

But Bolton has presented a related explanation that’s quite credible: Putin saw an American president moving in a direction Moscow liked, and the Russian leader was waiting for Trump to finish the job.

In case this isn't obvious, this should not be seen as any kind of endorsement of Bolton's hyper-hawkish worldview, which I've been harshly critical of on many occasions over many years.

Rather, Bolton's perspective on stories like these matters precisely because of his influential role on Team Trump.

osazsky:
when Americans thought they got a trump...not knowing they were voting for a white buhari..if he dears it..he will be killed

festacman:
What kind of temptation is that? Wetin concern Biden for Kyiv?

tsinzu:
Then they must be foolish if that's their intention, America will never get involved militarily

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Hope you are doing great tho?

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Do that now or I delete this thread if yours..

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Thanks..why not attach it to your post..?

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Haha why should he?
It's his choice to make not theirs and do you have a proof for this pls?

An Ukrainian official has invited President Joe Biden to visit Kyiv next week amid Russia's ongoing invasion of the country, saying 'one should not be afraid to – if you are brave.'

Ihor Zhovka, President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief diplomatic adviser, has asked America's commander-in-chief to visit Ukraine in person when he travels to Brussels for a NATO summit next week

Zhovka has requested that Biden facilitate Ukraine’s upcoming acquisition of U.S. weapons, which include fighter jets and missiles.

The adviser also slammed Ukraine’s allies, alleging Zelensky is 'disappointed' in the U.S. and NATO's apparent rejection to fulfill the nation's request to impose a no-fly zone over its airspace.

'If NATO is not able to provide us with a humanitarian no-fly zone, please provide us with fighter jets, please provide us with anti-missile air defense systems,' Zhovka said during a CNN interview, Mediaite reported. 'So, my president will keep doing this. He spoke about this in the U.S. Congress. He's talking about this on a daily basis.'

Biden, who has not publicly issued a decision on Zelensky's request, was warned earlier this week that imposing the no-fly zone would be an 'act of war'. It remains unclear how Biden will proceed.


Zhovka also noted how leaders of three other nations have visited Kyiv and met with Zelensky.

'Well, you know, just this week, three prime ministers of three friendly nations – Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovenia – visited, personally, Kyiv, and they met personally with President Zelensky,' he responded.

'So why [doesn't] President Biden come to Ukraine to meet with the president?'

When questioned about the danger of Biden traveling to Kyiv, Zhovka said: 'Well, definitely it is dangerous when you have a war against my country, a war in Europe.'

It is unclear if Biden will accept Zhovka and Zelensky's invitation, which comes as Ukraine is set to receive a new shipment of U.S. weapons within days, including javelin and stinger missiles.

sosanova:
Correct, oil dey ur head.
Even when It comes down to Nuclear warhead, the numbers are close , when the war finally resort to nuclear ,

BKayy:
This Ukraine?

sosanova:
Even Stalin in his grave will be ashamed of Putin with all these terrible and colossal losses to the Russian military

sosanova:
Russia military need to be overhauled, if and open war betweem NATO and Russia break out, Russia military will inevitably be wiped out and overwhelmed against a United States led NATO alliance of over 30 Nations militaries comprising of over 20,000 warplanes, over 3 million active military personnel and over 6000 battle ship

kmaster007:
Nigeria no get missiles but we have prayer warriors

Maxymilliano:
Anything Buhari touches is bound to collapse

Rollsnjaguar:
Just wait, they will come for you and tag you IPOB Igbo for complaining