First term a lot of people considered leaving but frankly it didn’t feel like this.

Mods: I am unsure if this question goes against rule 2 or not. I mean to ask this as the general situation but of course it is political. The wording of the rule makes it unclear if politics are allowed or not…

Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.

  • mannycalavera@feddit.uk
    296·
    4 days ago

    The US is under the impression that it won the Cold War against Russia.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62zm4eqvp7o

    In an interview with pro-Trump journalist Tucker Carlson, Witkoff (Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine) praised Vladimir Putin, saying he “liked” the Russian president.

    “I don’t regard Putin as a bad guy,” he said. “He’s super smart.”

    During the interview, Witkoff repeated various Russian arguments, including that Ukraine was “a false country” and asked when the world would recognise occupied Ukrainian territory as Russian.

    Witkoff is leading the US ceasefire negotiations with both Russia and Ukraine but he was unable to name the five regions of Ukraine either annexed or partially occupied by Russian forces.