No shit? I, for one, am shocked.

>>>U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hoped Russia's Vladimir Putin would move forward on ending the war in Ukraine but conceded that the Kremlin leader may not want to make a deal at all, adding this would create a "rough situation" for Putin.<<<<

https://www.reuters.com/world/...-ukraine-2025-08-19/

So sanction the fuck out of him and arm Ukraine to the teeth. Talk to him in the only language that he understands.

The trouble is, trump admires putin. Did you see him waiting for vlad to walk over? He looked like your Labrador Retriever when she sees you drive up after a long day at work. He wants people to be afraid of him. He wants to eliminate checks and balances. He wants to be like vlad.

what a surprise and so what is the next move from the supreme leader ...?

I have been somewhat more hopeful by Trump’s public statements as of late in whole.

Trump obviously reflects the last person he spoke to.

Putin only needs for him to not arm Ukraine with heavy weapons, and to put pressure on Zelensky.
He owes Trump nothing. Do I correctly remember reading that Russia has very little federal debt?

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Originally posted by TomP:
Putin only needs for him to not arm Ukraine with heavy weapons, and to put pressure on Zelensky.
He owes Trump nothing. Do I correctly remember reading that Russia has very little federal debt?

yes on all accounts and yes russia has really not that much debt generated abroad as they borrow mostly to the russian central bank and luckily they were selling a lot of oil and gas ... among other things ...

Well, no shit What was Cheeto man’s first clue. Putin obviously doesn’t want peace except on his own specific terms.

Why should it matter? trump has this under control from day 1, remember?