r/videos • u/IonHawk • 13h ago
Trump's lead negotiator Witkoff calls Putin a "humanitarian"
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u/melenitas 13h ago
It's worth noting that his primary motivation appears to be securing business opportunities in Russia for himself and his associates, conditioned on a Ukrainian surrender.
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u/JacobK101 13h ago
Wikitoff either 'makes it' with this deal and becomes to disgustingly rich to care about basically anything or is probably completely screwed
since if russia turns him down/isn't able to fufill the deal due to frozen assets he's out a lot of money he bet on this scheme and there's a good chance he's pinned by trump as the next fall guy for the regime, so no money, no prestige or power, and probably being harried by investigations and possible jail when the us government flipsSo it's force a Ukrainian surrender or die for him, basically
I have a feeling he's gonna drop an ultimatium like "surrender now or we start supporting the russian war effort" because he is genuinely personally Fucked if he can't pull this together
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u/BigBananaBerries 11h ago
It seems that ultimatum isn't on the table as old school GOP wouldn't buy it. Let's face it, Trump would've already did that if it was an option. They've been trying to slowly boil the frog to make out it's Ukraine that's unwilling to negotiate for peace to get the OG GOP onside but it's far too obvious it's Putin that's the problem, so nobody's buying it.
The irony is that if Putin could stop taking every opportunity to humiliate the US by bombing Ukraine right after Trump declares some progress, it might even have worked. Luckily, like Trump, they can't overlook an opportunity to portray themselves like a strongman bully. It's infantile stuff.
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u/DelcoPAMan 13h ago
Kind of like turning Gaza into another Dubai with luxury skyscrapers, hotels, spas, casinos, race courses, and of course, high-end shopping. Lots of low-level vice, too, with prostitution, cheap labor, etc.
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u/doninside 13h ago
Usa reputation will never recover from this shit
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u/LatkaXtreme 13h ago
Trust is gained in droplets and lost in buckets.
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u/briancito 13h ago
Fuck me I love that saying, but i visualize this more of a uncontrolled firehose blasting water none stop at the rate this has been going.
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u/godofleet 11h ago
i see your firehose and raise you a fuel pumping hose (which, i suppose could also be a firehose)
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u/Donaldo1977 10h ago
Fire isn't a fuel wtf are you talking about?
Edit: /s just in case. Not sure how that looks tbh 😁 I'm not a lunatic
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u/DistinctSpeaker7252 10h ago
From a historical perspective I think Trump will be the point at which America really started it's decline. There were already macro-economic cliffs ahead as spending and debt climbed and having a globally deployable military with 11 legally required aircraft carriers AND an aging population were never going to be sustainable long term.
I think there is austerity in our future and I think the people on the lower and middle rungs of the economic ladder will be harmed the worst. There are going to be a lot of boomers who die earlier than they should have of completely preventable causes while we "figure out healthcare" in DC.
In 50 years kids will be taught that Trump's presidencies marked the real start of the decline of the United States as a global hegimon.
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u/OmiOorlog 12h ago
At this point it's good that it won't. They have been sitting on their asses for the past 60 years or so ACTUALLY thinking they are better than the rest, when anyone with a pair of eyes could see the disillusion. So it's about time they realize it as well. I just hope they'll answer the wake up call.
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u/RickyalldayTD 10h ago
"We're Back" - Joe Biden after winning the election. Sad trombone noises 4 years later
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u/lougeoang 13h ago
Fucking Republicans, they really have no shame
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u/Omophorus 8h ago
Shame and hypocrisy are things to weaponize against others, and that's always been the conservative way.
The only time shame works on conservatives is when their own authority figures weaponize it against them to enforce compliance.
That's why there's an infuriating baseline level of shamelessness that only gets worse as conservatives accumulate power.
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u/TheSpicyTomato22 13h ago
If Putin is a humanitarian then I'm the king of England.
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u/IonHawk 13h ago
More like lord of the underworld, god of the universe and a giant spaghetti monster cooked by Einsteins mom
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u/chaos_nebula 8h ago
Putin and Trump are humanitarians, some people are vegetarian, most people are omnivores.
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u/krashundburn 10h ago
If Putin is a humanitarian then I'm the king of England.
Next comes their nomination for the Putin Pulitzer Peace Prize. I think even Dear Leader would approve (grudgingly).
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u/ZenBreaking 13h ago
These fucks need to be on the top of the list for treason charges if the midterms go the right way
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u/zombiejeesus 12h ago
Will the dems winning midterms do anything? I don't fully understand American politics but I just can't see anything down there stopping trump from doing what he wants.
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u/o_MrBombastic_o 12h ago
They can't do anything to remove him they won't win by the 2/3 majority needed to do that and Republicans in congress will never side with them to do that. They can put up roadblocks to stop further damage and undo some of it. But thats it just try and keep things from getting worse which they've had no power to do and Republicans want to do
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u/fables_of_faubus 12h ago
It means more strongly worded letters will be written.
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u/fabonaut 13h ago
When you think they can't get any lower... Well you're wrong, every time. Disgraceful.
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u/brazilliandanny 10h ago
Can you imagine if Obama had pulled this shit? The news would be non stop about how weak and pathetic it made America look.
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u/wallstbull 8h ago
WTF is happening to the United States. As an American, it makes me want to vomit. And the very sad fact that many in this country are
"ok" with this leaves me with such a feeling of shame as an American.
Most of us are with you Ukraine!!🇺🇦
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u/resUemiTtsriF 6h ago
Republicans realized that no one pays attention anymore (or if they do, don't care), keep gas low, keep groceries low, and you can do whatever you want. We are only at the tip of the iceberg in the decline of democracy.
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u/TickingTheMoments 6h ago
We are in the process of experiencing late stage capitalism. Those up in their high towers, see the writing on the wall and are trying to make sure that they seize power before it all comes crumbling down.
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u/wallstbull 6h ago
Don’t forget to mention that they’re all spending tens of millions to build bunkers on every corner of the globe.
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u/sk1nnyjeans 5h ago
But groceries and gas are not low.
They are high.
I want off this train.
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u/wwarnout 12h ago
So, instead of Kellyanne Conway's "alternative facts", we are now blessed cursed with an "alternative dictionary"?
I checked my dictionary. "Humanitarian" doesn't say anything about a dictator that invades other countries.
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u/JebryathHS 12h ago
Perhaps he thinks it's a synonym for cannibal.
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u/subpoenaThis 12h ago
Clearly, vegetarians eat vegetables so humanitarians eat...humans?!
Or maybe just humanity.
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u/LieutenantNitwit 9h ago
I don't think people give that whole "alternative facts" thing the gravitas it deserves. When I saw that happen live and the fact that she wasn't collared and thrown off whatever interview that was right then and there - that it was wholly acceptable to say something so egregious on TV...I knew then that all had been lost. That singular phrase that went unchecked was the harbinger of things to come.
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u/killerkadugen 13h ago
How humanitarian of Putin to still be engaged in a war of aggression on a neighboring country. Hundreds of thousands killed btw
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u/ceciliabee 13h ago
Inspirational for power hungry yanks who don't care about consent.
In case it hasn't been made clear, Canadians have no interest in being Americans. Even the Alberta separatists couldn't win and that's WITH US interference. We're not interested in lowering our quality of life and setting aside our values. We don't want to be like you, we don't want to be you.
No means no
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u/Vyntarus 13h ago
Weasely little bitch traitor and grifter.
He needs to be prosecuted and punished for all the crimes he is committing.
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u/MagicColourBRIGHT 12h ago
As a European; Where the fuck are the political fail safes?
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u/Creoda 10h ago
When the President is ignoring the Constitution, the party controls the senate and congress and toady billionaires provide the bribes and the military leaders who might undertake action are removed and replaced by more toadies, fail-safes have failed.
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u/Johnnygunnz 9h ago
Don't forget the stolen Supreme Court who has made him untouchable for anything done in an "official capacity as president."
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u/nigel_tufnel_11 9h ago
And Trump controls pretty much all the enforcement mechanisms. Now that he's stocked them (DOJ, SEC, various departmental watchdog groups, etc.) with loyalists, they aren't investigating, regulating, or enforcing anything.
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u/Snitsie 10h ago
They've always been imaginary. The republicans have been abusing the system for literally decades without any punishment.
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u/phatelectribe 10h ago
Sadly they were “a gentleman’s agreement” in essence, and Congress was supposed to push back on anything egregious. The founders never expected a president to be a foreign asset, not have Congress roll over to that.
Both those things didn’t matter to this admin and we learned the fail safes from the 1800’s aren’t up to it.
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u/meesterdg 10h ago
The founders of the nation absolutely did consider that anyone, including the president, could be a foreign asset. That's why treason is written in. That's why checks and balances were written in. Those are fundamental things written in to the Constitution.
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
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u/Brick_Lab 9h ago
Yeah but turns out a persistent threat in the form of an organized and infiltrated political party has the power to seize all relevant branches at once if given enough time and opportunity. Trump stacked the supreme Court thanks to some shitty political manuevers from untimely deaths, refusals to retire, and straight up cheating the system with Mitch McConnell preventing Obama's appointment. Congress has proven weak to bribery and party over country, and Trump used a cult of personality to unify the Republicans more than ever to act as one and consolidate power. Project 2025 was the playbook they could all reference and get behind, and it apparently worked better than anything else to put them in lock step to topple the power structure.
Why they all CONTINUE to let this happen is pretty much just greed and cowardice at this point
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u/phatelectribe 9h ago
They didn’t consider that both the Senate and Congress would be complicit, that was the theoretical check and balance that failed.
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u/nigel_tufnel_11 9h ago
Yeah, they DID consider it. But they put too much trust in Congress to do what's right instead of do absolutely anything to hold onto power for one more term. That's where we're at. Impeachment is virtually impossible now, as are Constitutional amendments (the last one was ratified 34 years ago and took ~203 years since it was introduced).
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u/MASSiVELYHungPeacock 9h ago
The fail safe is only activated by a Democratic sweep of the midterms.
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u/The_Goondocks 13h ago
Absolutely disgusting. This bastard bombs civilians, poisons and defenestrates any opposition, and conscripts young men to die by the scores in a senseless war of choice. And we're fluffing a regime that supports another country we're in a war of choice with. Absolutely mental. Fire this regime into the sun.
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u/Genkiotoko 13h ago
It cannot be a coincidence that Trump is capitulating to Putin more as the US mid term election comes closer. Same thing with Elon throttling Ukraine and getting closer to Trump again. They don't want sovereign elections, and they have shown as such time and time again.
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u/JCDU 13h ago
HEY AMERICA - REMEMBER WHEN RUSSIA WAS THE FUCKING ENEMY? REMEMBER "BETTER DEAD THAN RED"? REMEMBER RONNIE FUCKING REGAN???
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u/vegetable_completed 11h ago
Russia isn’t communist anymore. It’s what Trump and the GOP want America to become: an authoritarian neoliberal oligarchy/kleptocracy that advances might-makes-right foreign policy as an extension of its neoliberal worldview.
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u/JCDU 10h ago
OK but they are still an enemy who want to disrupt and even destroy the democratic west.
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u/vegetable_completed 10h ago
Yes, but that’s not why right-wing politicians in America hated Russia. They viewed the Soviet Union as a political enemy that emboldened and assisted those who would challenge them both domestically and abroad. The Soviet Union no longer exists, and Russia is now a model of what the GOP want for America, so their disposition towards Russia is appropriately one of deference and admiration.
In the Trumpist geopolitical configuration, America controls North and South America as its sphere of influence, and Russia controls Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Countries like Ukraine that are willing to topple their own government in the pursuit of freedom and sovereignty are a problem for Putin AND Trump, so it makes sense that they would align on ensuring that Ukraine fails and cannot serve as inspiration for any other states or political movements within their perceived spheres of influence.
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u/kajana141 12h ago
American here and it’s just disgusting what’s going on in my country but Trump is the symptom, not the real problem. The real problem are the uber wealthy that control everything including the media. They backed him, hid all his dirt just to get tax cuts and the ability to acquire more wealth than they can spend. They don’t want democracy and are dismantling it bit by bit. Trump’s a low cost way to keep the eyes off of them.
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u/LtChicken 12h ago
If Trump is a symptom then the disease is not voting. Vote blue.
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u/youtocin 10h ago
Yep, for the 2024 election only 73% of voting age citizens were registered to vote. Of those who were registered, 20 million did not vote. Including the non-registered citizens that number is about 89 million people who did not vote.
That kind of turnout is shameful.
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u/crapshooter_on_swct 12h ago
Hey let’s just all watch the classic movie Red Dawn and see what could happen next.
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u/sephjnr 13h ago
He's probably a humanitarian in the dietary sense.
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u/TrumpsBoneSpur 13h ago
Maybe he thinks humanitarian means somebody that eats humans, just like vegetarians eat vegetables.
FDT
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u/petey108 12h ago
What alternate reality bullshit it this. Get your shit together USA this is embarrassing
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u/TheoremaEgregium 13h ago
Putin may be delusional as fuck, but I give him enough self-awareness to chuckle internally when he heard that.
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u/classic_gamer82 13h ago
Oh, looks like we’re playing the ‘humanitarian who bombs women and children’ card today
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u/Davoswannab 13h ago
Just spitting in the face of our allies. Ask the British how they feel about him unleashing insanely dangerous poisons on London streets against an agreement on Prisoner exchanges. He’s a disgusting entitled shit stirrer and the world will be a better place when he’s gone.
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u/jamodude 12h ago
Just because the barking pumpkin is compromised, look at our unelected official, sucking Putin off amazing…. Treason, treason, treason, treason, and more treason
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u/OHCHEEKY 13h ago
I don't really think there's any coming back for the US at this point, all the trust is gone, nothing will rebuild it at this point
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u/Fritzo2162 12h ago
When this administration is out of office, there are going to be SO many investigations. They're not even trying to hide the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em...being a dictator isn't so bad!" club.
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u/KookofaTook 12h ago
No there won't. There will be "healing" and "moving forward", as well as a few ignored subpoenas and even a couple ignored rulings. But don't imagine some swell of major movement towards 'justice', that's not how the system works.
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u/TomTomXD1234 11h ago
Crazy to think the US and Russia have been enemies since WW2 basically and all it took was 1 president to have a government full of Russian sympathisers
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u/quats555 13h ago
Makes perfect sense when you know that their definition is “human” is “rich and powerful people”. The rest of us are cattle to them.
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u/oldwestprospector 13h ago
Getting real sick of this shit, voted last week straight blue. Fuck these fascist cunts.
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u/Saneless 12h ago
The only way I'd believe he was a "humanitarian" is that someone was trying to say, in a nice way, that he eats people
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u/AlienDickProbe 12h ago
Maybe he meant it like vegetarian. Like Putin is a humanitarian he eats people.
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u/Tharos92 12h ago
War is peace
Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength
Mass murderer is humanitarian
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u/spaceman757 12h ago
I recall all of the other humanitarians, like the Dali Lama, who were famously known to have people poisoned and thrown out windows.
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u/circuffaglunked 11h ago
If this statement holds any truth value, it could only be accurately assessed during brief periods between the leader's sanctioned murders.
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u/RudegarWithFunnyHat 11h ago
well he did make his special operation toward Ukraine to save all those poor abused russian speaking people in eatern ukrain /s
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u/KasiresLV 11h ago
Fucking joke. The world politics is a fucking joke. One that results in blood and suffering ...
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u/jaymp00nz 9h ago
The fact that he can get these words out his mouth without vomitting makes me think he would love to deepthroat Trump the stump and Putin. Sadly all of them suffer from inverted penis syndrome. Fuck all these fucking fuckers! Slava Ukraine!
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u/AgainstSpace 9h ago
I'm not confident that a lot of Russians would call him a humanitarian. That is an absurd thing to be saying out loud in a serious place.
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u/CanWeLearn 5h ago
Wow! Conservative choking down Putin's cock. No one could have possibly ever seen this coming.
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u/Sunscratch 13h ago
He would open up his ass for putin, but unfortunately for him putin prefers boys
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u/moyismoy 13h ago
It's like they are right now in the worst war sense WW2 with about 2000 dead every single day. Like there was a 9/11 yesterday and almost every day for the past 2 years. Putin is responsible for all of it, the last thing he cares about is humanity
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u/MeanwhileInGermany 13h ago
Fuck everyone who voted for these clowns.