“This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians”: Putin defies Trump, escalates attacks

https://www.salon.com/2025/03/08/this-is-what-happens-when-someone-appeases-barbarians-putin-defies-trump-escalates/

by BothZookeepergame612

18 comments

  1. Putin can never be trusted, plain and simple. The Russians are not interested in peace, they want Ukraine for themselves.

  2. One of Putin’s many threats was against the West getting involved in the Russo/Ukraine war.

    The world now sees the consequences of this kind of appeasement.

  3. Defies Trump?

    This was always the plan. And the media are falling for it. Like they always do.

  6. Thus endeth the foreign policy lesson, and American hegemony along with it.

  7. Elon Musk seems like one of those guys who has gone down a YouTube rabbit hole and is now convincing Trump of all the bollocks he has heard. Get rid of Musk and maybe saner views prevail.

    That or a trump is an FSB asset.

  8. Doubt he defied good pal Trump. More likely Trump told him to bombard Ukraine so they give up!

  9. I can understand Trump falling for Putin’s nonsense as he both admires and is scared of him, but it’s all the MAGAs swallowing this sh*t that I can’t get my head around.

  10. It doesn’t matter to Trump, he never cared, he just couldn’t admit it outright, so he promises some kind of a deal with Russia, just so it looks good

  11. At this point its not appeasement, its Molotov Ribbentrop.

  14. For Russia any impunity is a drug, and any manifestation of weakness – new temptation for escalation. Russia understand only language of the strength.

    And right now, USA literally shower Russia by impunity and USA/NATO weakness. Saying to Russia that it have all necessary “cards” to restore USSR. Now in fascist form.

  15. Too bad our idiot president is too lazy to read a history book.

  16. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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    – PBS (A-): [WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks from White House as Russia launches attack on Ukraine's energy supply](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-speaks-from-white-house-as-russia-launches-attack-on-ukraines-energy-supply)
    – Euronews (B+): [Russian strikes on city in eastern Ukraine kills at least 11 people](https://www.euronews.com/2025/03/08/russian-strike-on-city-in-eastern-ukraine-kills-at-least-11-people)
    – 9news.com.au (B+): [US cuts Ukraine’s access to satellite images](https://www.9news.com.au/world/russia-attacks-ukraines-energy-supplies-as-us-cuts-its-access-to-satellite-images/c422b22c-2dcb-4d92-a576-dd06e0f3c5a6?ocid=Social-9News)
    – CNN.com (C+): [Russia launches major aerial assault on Ukraine days after US shut off military aid](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/world/russia-aerial-assault-ukraine-us-pause-military-aid-intl/)

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  18. Not sure why Putin is apparently more honest about it than Hitler was.

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