White House denies it is being ‘played’ by Putin over Russia-Ukraine negotiations

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2025/apr/19/trump-says-he-is-not-being-played-over-russia-ukraine-negotiations-video

by jonfla

24 comments
  1. So they know it and they know we know they know it?

  2. More on this subject from other reputable sources:


    – France 24 (A-): [Russia’s Putin announces an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine until end of Sunday](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250419-%F0%9F94%B4-putin-announces-two-day-ceasefire-from-tonight-until-monday)
    – Berliner Zeitung (B): [Putin announces Easter ceasefire in Ukraine](https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/putin-verkuendet-oster-waffenruhe-in-der-ukraine-li.2318001)
    – DW-TV (B+): [Putin declares ‘Easter truce’ in Ukraine](https://www.dw.com/en/putin-declares-easter-truce-in-ukraine/a-72288906)
    – Euronews (B+): [Putin announces Ukraine ceasefire over Easter ](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/19/putin-announces-36-hour-ukraine-ceasefire-over-easter)


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  3. Yeah, everyone there is about as smart as a bag of rocks, they wouldn’t even know they’re being played!

  4. Nobody being played ever thinks they’re being played and then one day you wake up and realise you’ve just surrendered every bargaining chip to your country’s historic enemy for free before negotiations have started.

    It’s a little thing called the art of the deal.

  5. They are not being played, they are plain evil and want to bail trumps bestie pootin out.

  6. American here willing to give Mr Prez the benefit of the doubt.

    He may not be “being played” because that would be mean he’s being duped into pro-russia policies.

    He may just be a traitorous pro-russian bastard who needs to be tried for his betrayal.

  7. ‘Played’ insinuates that there’s some kind of trickery… ‘Controlled’. Yeah I think White House is being ‘controlled’ by putin is more accurate.

  8. Being played? We are complying entirely on our own accord!

  9. The WH is being run like a monkey shit-fight and the monkeys lack object permanence.

  10. When was the last time that someone not being played actually had to say that aloud?

  11. It’s so obvious trump is on putin’s leash that he can’t just brush it off like other criticism.

    That he’s been forced to actively deny it is telling

  12. Hardly going to admit it are they. Even if they know it’s true they’ll deny it because they can’t show weakness to the cult membership.

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