Who’s daddy now?
Another insane promise bites the dust:
More than three years since he launched a full offensive on Ukraine in a land grab, Russian counterpart has repeatedly dragged his heels over any proposed peace talks with his beleaguered neighbour.
Since Trump was sworn into office in January, he has tried to negotiate any kind of deal – even offering terms very favourable to Putin.
But Russia has repeatedly come up with a long list of conditions to delay any truce.
So it was a notable moment when US president admitted to reporters overnight: “I didn’t make any progress with him [Putin] today at all.”
He said he is still “not happy” about the war in Ukraine after they discussed it on their “pretty long call”, reportedly lasting more than an hour.
Trump said: “I’m very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don’t think he’s there. I don’t think he’s there, and I’m very disappointed.”
He added: “I’m just saying, I don’t think he’s looking to stop, and that’s too bad.”
Trump, who once promised to end the war in 24 hours, described the conflict as “Biden’s war” which he claims to be “stuck in the middle” of.
If only Trump were president this wouldn’t be happening.
By the way:
According to the Kremlin, Trump and Putin did not discuss the US’s decision to halt weapon shipments to Ukraine.
The US president told the press: “We’re giving weapons, but we’ve given so many weapons. But we are giving weapons, and we’re working with them and trying to help them.
“Biden emptied out our whole country giving them weapons and we have to make sure that we have enough for ourselves.”
You’ll be shocked SHOCKED! to learn that this is a lie:
The Defense Department held up a shipment of U.S. weapons for Ukraine this week over what officials said were concerns about its low stockpiles. But an analysis by senior military officers found that the aid package would not jeopardize the American military’s own ammunition supplies, according to three U.S. officials.
The move to halt the weapons shipment blindsided the State Department, members of Congress, officials in Kyiv and European allies, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.
Critics of the decision included Republicans and Democrats who support aiding Ukraine’s fight against Russia. A leading House Democrat, Adam Smith of Washington, said it was disingenuous of the Pentagon to use military readiness to justify halting aid when the real reason appears to be simply to pursue an agenda of cutting off American aid to Ukraine.
“We are not at any lower point, stockpile-wise, than we’ve been in the 3½ years of the Ukraine conflict,” Smith, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, told NBC News.
Smith said that his staff has “seen the numbers” and, without going into detail, that there was no indication of a shortage that would justify suspending aid to Ukraine.
Suspending the shipment of military aid to Ukraine was a unilateral step by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to three congressional aides and a former U.S. official familiar with the matter. It was the third time Hegseth on his own has stopped shipments of aid to Ukraine, the sources said. In the two previous cases, in February and in May, his actions were reversed days later.
WTF is going on at the pentagon? Is he drinking again? Yikes.