Tim Miller takes on how the Trump-Putin Alaska summit went from what seemed to be an empty nothing-burger to a grotesque betrayal as it’s now being reported Trump pushed Putin’s demands onto Zelenskyy that Ukraine give up Donetsk and Luhansk.
By bankrupting George III with the aid of France during the American Revolution, USA now exists. Keep adding sanctions to Russia and use a winning model. Ratchet it up now. I can’t imagine Ben Franklin and George Washington would have conceded as much as Trump wants Zelenskyy to.
If Trump had a brain he would realize that in order to get the Nobel Peace Prize he so desperately wants all he has to do support the Ukraine, tell Putin to agree to a cease fire and stop his invasion of the Ukraine.
Trump commented that there are possible "business" agreements that can be made with Russia. ?? US gets a stake in mineral rights in Donbas? Trump gets his tower in Moscow? In Donbas there are large deposits of coal, iron ore, titanium, lithium, and other critical minerals.
Wow, we have Bulwark commenters who have swallowed Russkie propaganda and think Ukraine is at fault for the war? WTH. No. Putin invaded Ukraine because he wants to rebuild the USSR (& he'll be Stalin) or maybe Czarist Russia (& he;s obv the czar). that's it. Anyone here saying otherwise has to be a Russian troll, sorry but true.
To paraphrase Shakespeare, "something is rotten in America." Putin extorted from Trump a meeting on US soil, when he can visit no Western nations since he is recognized as a war criminal. He met on a US military base, with a red carpet rolled out by the US military, was escorted by US military planes, me one-on-one in the President's car, and was given every photo op he could ever want to use as propaganda in Russia and around the globe. The President of the United States sided with him--once again--over the US Intelligence experts. The meeting in Alaska was scheduled in the middle of the Epstein scandal. Trump threw the Ukraine and our allies and the United States under the bus to please Putin, a declared enemy of the United States. The Nobel Peace prize did not factor in to a similar shameful display in Helsinki in 2015, so it cannot be the major motivating factor for Trump's ongoing capitulation to Putin.
I am surprised that your usually open-minded podcast became a dogmatic tirade against Trump. While outspokenly critical of what have become his campaign lies ‘to work toward peace and prosperity’, of the absurdly stupid and poverty-inducing tariff war he initiated against the rest of the world, of supporting the Gaza siege/massacre/slaughterhouse and of adding new countries to our despicable world-history record of 50-some countries attacked/overthrown/decimated since WWII, I you are incorrect to ignore US provocations against Russia: our role in overthrowing the elected government of Ukraine in 2014, the expansion of NATO to the Russian border, Clinton’s decision to dishonor the US-Russian agreement to work toward peace following the collapse of the latter, etc. Not only has the US war machine already wiped out 22 million foreign lives in its constant provoking of war, but it is primarily responsible for the $37 trillion debt ($120,000 for each of us) threatening to bankrupt the country. Unfortunately, lip service aside, Trump is continuing this lose-lose “deal”. He is, however, correct in justifying Russia’s worries about the US motives. We should all be worried, btw!
Russia guaranteed Ukrainian sovereignty twice. They have no business sending troops into Ukraine.
The only real question is how soon they can pull those troops out, send Vladimir Putin off to an international tribunal for trial on the crime of aggression, and start paying Ukraine for the damage they did.
Tim, you are reneging on your promise to not make us watch or listen to this fucking moron.
Way to go Tim. Yes, fuck the felon. What a gutless coward. Hope you felon voters are happy.
You are so right, love you man
By bankrupting George III with the aid of France during the American Revolution, USA now exists. Keep adding sanctions to Russia and use a winning model. Ratchet it up now. I can’t imagine Ben Franklin and George Washington would have conceded as much as Trump wants Zelenskyy to.
If Trump had a brain he would realize that in order to get the Nobel Peace Prize he so desperately wants all he has to do support the Ukraine, tell Putin to agree to a cease fire and stop his invasion of the Ukraine.
Good one, gotta keep our eye on the ball. Putin is land-grabbing maniac. That's all. Simple.
Trump gets the Neville Chamberlain award.
Thanks Tim, for setting folks straight on Putin’s “root cause” BS. Much needed, and necessary! Also, fuck Putin and his puppet, Trump
Seriously!! It's astonishing how stupid people can be.
Trump commented that there are possible "business" agreements that can be made with Russia. ?? US gets a stake in mineral rights in Donbas? Trump gets his tower in Moscow? In Donbas there are large deposits of coal, iron ore, titanium, lithium, and other critical minerals.
Wow, we have Bulwark commenters who have swallowed Russkie propaganda and think Ukraine is at fault for the war? WTH. No. Putin invaded Ukraine because he wants to rebuild the USSR (& he'll be Stalin) or maybe Czarist Russia (& he;s obv the czar). that's it. Anyone here saying otherwise has to be a Russian troll, sorry but true.
Hey fellow Bulwark commenters - stop calling it an administration! It's normalizing. Call it what it is - a regime!
To paraphrase Shakespeare, "something is rotten in America." Putin extorted from Trump a meeting on US soil, when he can visit no Western nations since he is recognized as a war criminal. He met on a US military base, with a red carpet rolled out by the US military, was escorted by US military planes, me one-on-one in the President's car, and was given every photo op he could ever want to use as propaganda in Russia and around the globe. The President of the United States sided with him--once again--over the US Intelligence experts. The meeting in Alaska was scheduled in the middle of the Epstein scandal. Trump threw the Ukraine and our allies and the United States under the bus to please Putin, a declared enemy of the United States. The Nobel Peace prize did not factor in to a similar shameful display in Helsinki in 2015, so it cannot be the major motivating factor for Trump's ongoing capitulation to Putin.
I think something was said during the ride in the Beast, the only time they were alone, that made Trump TACO's
It's not "the" Ukraine. It's just Ukraine
Thank you for the reminder!
Bless you Tim.
I am surprised that your usually open-minded podcast became a dogmatic tirade against Trump. While outspokenly critical of what have become his campaign lies ‘to work toward peace and prosperity’, of the absurdly stupid and poverty-inducing tariff war he initiated against the rest of the world, of supporting the Gaza siege/massacre/slaughterhouse and of adding new countries to our despicable world-history record of 50-some countries attacked/overthrown/decimated since WWII, I you are incorrect to ignore US provocations against Russia: our role in overthrowing the elected government of Ukraine in 2014, the expansion of NATO to the Russian border, Clinton’s decision to dishonor the US-Russian agreement to work toward peace following the collapse of the latter, etc. Not only has the US war machine already wiped out 22 million foreign lives in its constant provoking of war, but it is primarily responsible for the $37 trillion debt ($120,000 for each of us) threatening to bankrupt the country. Unfortunately, lip service aside, Trump is continuing this lose-lose “deal”. He is, however, correct in justifying Russia’s worries about the US motives. We should all be worried, btw!
All of that is Russian propaganda.
Russia guaranteed Ukrainian sovereignty twice. They have no business sending troops into Ukraine.
The only real question is how soon they can pull those troops out, send Vladimir Putin off to an international tribunal for trial on the crime of aggression, and start paying Ukraine for the damage they did.
DONNY TWO DOLLS would sell any part of the US to anyone who will pay his price.
Not to mention, Russia is like the only country that didn’t get tariffed. So shameful