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Wicked Blue

(7,717 posts) Thu Feb 13, 2025, 11:28 AM Feb 13

John Bolton Says He Knows 'Exactly' What Trump Will Do Next, And It's Frightening [View all]

HuffPost

John Bolton, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump during his first term in office, said it’s already clear where negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine are headed.

“I think we know exactly what’s gonna happen: President Trump has effectively surrendered to Putin before the negotiations have even begun,” Bolton told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

Trump on Wednesday said he spoke with his Russian counterpart, and the two agreed to start negotiations on ending the war, which began three years ago when Russia invaded its neighbor. Later in the day, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Russia should be able to keep some of the Ukrainian territory it has seized and that Ukraine should not become part of NATO.

Bolton called those concessions a “complete reversal of the U.S. position” and a major victory for Putin.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-bolton-trump-putin-ukraine_n_67ad6c52e4b0498c1a8f4b68

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John Bolton Says He Knows 'Exactly' What Trump Will Do Next, And It's Frightening [View all] Wicked Blue Feb 13 OP

Fuck that comb licker. Autumn Feb 13 #1

Comb Licker was Paul Wolfowitz But they all act alike MagickMuffin Feb 13 #5

Well fuck him too. Autumn Feb 13 #6

republicon Draft-Dodger-in-Chief surrenders BoRaGard Feb 13 #2

But he's right Wicked Blue Feb 13 #3

So what was Trump's blathering about offering Ukraine a deal for $500 million of their rare earth elements? Lonestarblue Feb 13 #18

Trump will always AdamGG Feb 13 #25

Hate to admit it, but yes he's right.... Butterflylady Feb 13 #19

Ukraine has had the backing of most European nations all along Wicked Blue Feb 13 #21

Yep, Trump is a surrender puppet. Putin pulls his strings. Emile Feb 13 #4

A major victory for Putin -- and -- AverageOldGuy Feb 13 #7

The end of freedom for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Wicked Blue Feb 13 #8

So do I. My 30-something niece from Seattle has lived there for five years and loves it. OMGWTF Feb 13 #9

Estonian citizens have been training for years for guerrilla warfare and more Wicked Blue Feb 13 #12

So do I. OMGWTF Feb 13 #10

The Baltics are in NATO already. maxsolomon Feb 13 #16

Followed by Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe. DBoon Feb 13 #27

Amen!!!! Butterflylady Feb 13 #20

Agree. cilla4progress Feb 13 #26

Putin will ask for more than that Johonny Feb 13 #11

He will demand that the US pulls out of NATO Wicked Blue Feb 13 #13

Fucker who helped get us into a quagmire says what? sakabatou Feb 13 #14

The moment pedo Trump claimed to have won Farmer-Rick Feb 13 #15

This proposal is actually a divvying up of Ukraine between two fascist Oligarchy's, Russia and the US Cheezoholic Feb 13 #17

Can we... 2naSalit Feb 13 #22

Ukraine and our erstwhile NATO allies are unlikely to concede Ukrainian territory Martin Eden Feb 13 #23

Exactly. N/T progressoid Feb 13 #24