Trump claims Zelensky started the war

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/18/politics/video/trump-ukraine-russia-war-zelensky-putin-zeleny-lead-digvid

Posted by chefkoch_

34 comments

  1. If anyone was still under the impression that there would be real negotiations, this statement should make clear what is going to happen.
    The reaction in the US Military about Trump taking over the russian narrative will be interesting. The ukrainians will be shocked.

  2. The exact quote from the video:

    “But today I heard ‘oh well, we weren’t invited’. Well, you’ve been there for three years. You should’ve ended it – three years. You should’ve never started it, you could’ve made a deal.” – Trump

  3. It seems plausible at this point that there is more going on behind the scenes.

    Putin takes Ukraine.

    He takes Greenland.

    Quid pro quo.

  4. Trump also claims he won the election in 2020, his net worth fluctuates depending on his mood, and there are ‘very fine people’ in a group of Nazis, so maybe don’t reprint his words without making it clear they’re false. Which, by the way, CNN did, the title is ‘Trump falsely claims’ not sure why the Reddit post doesn’t say it.

  5. I do feel sorry for mango mussolini’s brain having to live it’s entire life in solitary confinement。

    But it does not surprise me that Captain bone Spurs hates zelensky, a brave man and a popular president who did not run away and is not bought and paid by Russia.

    Some humans hate what they can never be. Zelensky has morals, a wife who loves him not for his money, he has the Love of the free world and is so brave.

    Him and trump are like oil and water

  6. Yeah, now Ukraine invaded Russia. Love this GOP gaslighting.

  7. I thought nothing could surprise me anymore but this clown manages to do that every day over the last month.

    He can’t be *that* stupid.

  8. I am 100% convinced that Trump told Putin to invade Ukraine to punish Biden for “stealing” his election and to punish Zelensky for not going along with his blackmailing attempt and ultimately causing him to get impeached.

    If you look at Trump’s statement about this war through this lens, they all suddenly make sooo much more sense.

    “This would have never happened if I was president”

    (I would have never told Putin to invade)

    “Zelensky started this war”

    (by not doing the insane shit that I wanted him to do)

    “Putin was smart to invade”

    (Because I told him he should)

    “This wouldn’t have dragged on for so many years”

    (Because I never intended it to, we thought Zelensky would fold and we could all make Biden look bad)

    The timing of the buildup also aligns perfectly: Russian forces started building up on the border around March 2021. Exactly enough time for Trump to recover from his Jan 6 theatrics and formulate a new revenge plan, and then the few months Putin would need to come to a decision and start his buildup

    This also casts a very suspicious light around all the otherwise seemingly random conflicts that all popped up around that time, like Hammas suddenly attacking Israel, Houthis shooting at American ships (but not Chinese) and a bunch of others that all seemed to come out of nowhere that spring and summer.

  9. This is so terribly sad. Victim blaming at its finest. It’ll be interesting to see Europe’s response; surely America won’t attack its allies, will it?

  11. Well, it couldn’t be more obvious at this point that Trump is siding with Putin…

  13. Sure, like Iraq started a war with the US in 2003, or how China started the war with Japan in WWII.

  15. It was a dark day for the world when these Maggats crawled out of Hell.

  16. What’s next? Trump ordering the US military to bomb Ukrainians if they don’t agree to US demands?

  18. Stepping back from the obvious here; what a complete 180 the Republican Party has done regarding Russia. It’s astounding. Reagan Era Cold Warriors to Chamberlain level appeasement. I wish I could point out what/where the change occurred. McCain for all his faults still has the concept that Russia was a destabilizing force in Europe. Could it be just as simple as Russian might have something on Trump?

  19. We’re one step away from Republicans blaming Republicans of the 80s for “winning” the Cold War

  20. The clock is ticking for Ukraine. Europe is not prepared to contain Russia’s imperialist ambitions, as so many of those nations got too confident in the superpower’s umbrella. This is a disgrace.

    We will see yet another genocide in less than two years (the other one happening in the Middle East), because the Ukrainian people have demonstrated that they are completely sick of the Russians pillaging their land.

    A petty and ignorant conman, along with whom is probably the sickest megalomaniac ever, are in positions of power which are extremely dangerous even in more restrained temperaments. The consequences of their reckless actions are going to last for generations to come. How the world realigns and how many more conflicts spawn over the next four years is a complete mystery, the only clear thing right now -at least to me- is that at the end of those four years the United States will find their influence severely damaged.

  22. I have to admit, I held some hope that Trump would want to get a good deal for the US, but it’s looking increasingly like he just likes Putin’s style. Bad news for everyone, I’m afraid.

  24. The bar was laying on the ground but Americans tunneled underneath it

  25. Who would have thought, axis powers gaining tractions

  26. Just because you don’t want to believe the truth doesn’t make him wrong. He’s been pushing for Nato membership for a decade. Not to mention oppressing ethnic Russians religiously and banning the Russian language in their areas.

    You might want to learn what’s actually going on from a source not sponsored by the CIA.

  27. This is the kind of mind twisting lies that stimulate his zombie minions. You wait till you see Fox validating the lie!

  28. There are two reasons we are at this horrific juncture in American history:

    1. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The liberal North humiliated the conservative South in the Civil War.
    2. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Obama humiliated Rapey Don with a joke at a WH Correspondents Dinner.

    That is all.

  29. China should begin to invade Taiwan as soon as possible.
    **Now** it’s the right time!

  30. Trump also claimed that windmills cause cancer. Just because he uttered something doesn’t make it profound or true.

  31. Does no one remember the 2022 deal that Boris Johnson torpedoed when he we as trying to be Winston Churchill?

  33. This is victim blaming on a whole new level that would have made Hitler blush.

  34. *“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”* 

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