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Stan Mrak's avatar

Let's not fool ourselves... Putin has all the cards and knows how to play them. Trump has an empty hand and no leverage whatsoever, but he remains ignorant of these facts because his people are telling him that the war is a stalemate! LOL.

The war is over, and Russia has won. Putin could just give us the middle finger and take whatever he wants, but he's very shrewd and will play the circumstances to his advantage. He might find a way to give Trump an apparent "win" of some kind in the negotiations, and thus make it easier for Trump to give more concessions to Russia than the other players would like.

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But don't forget that without US weapons and ISR (satellite targeting data for missiles, etc.), Ukraine would no longer be able to fight and the war would be effectively over.

So, while he might say the right things, the US is responsible for this war. It WAS responsible and CONTINUES to be responsible. All his rhetoric doesn't change this.

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