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[โ€“] [email protected] 81 points 1 month ago

That's what true leadership is. He just wants secure borders and a normal fucking life for Ukrainians.

[โ€“] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because that's what a Leader would do.

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

This is a man who truly loves his country and countrymen.

[โ€“] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think he already stated that he does not want to stay in power after the war. It's a win-win if they take his offer. Ukraine gets peace and he gets his well deserved vacation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The man needs to have every beer he ever drinks free for life.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I sure would like to buy the man a beer if I ever have the opportunity

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Future historians will celebrate this man forever.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Of course. He's not a power-hungry parasite. It's apparent on first and ten thousandth glance that he is a decent human being and you can tell, carrying on with dignity, compassion and a sense of humor. Which baffles and infuriates any and all stunted shitheads lacking in those three traits, wallowing in the sewage swamp of their own inferiority complexes. Such as the midget pig and the orange pig, to shoot pigs in a barrel, so to speak.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn't that mean the US has to agree?

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes, every NATO member has to agree.

[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So they're forcing Trump to spell out whether he'll let them in or not. Alright.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Unfortunately Trump can probably use Orban or Fico to shoot that proposition down without revealing his reasons.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Erdogan is seemingly positioning themselves more closely to Ukraine, not necessarily because of being pro Ukraine but for being anti Russian. Effectively ceding control of the Black Sea coast to Russia is a big no-no.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Good point.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Not only the US might have objections, remember how long it took for Sweden to join NATO due to Erdogan's veto.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Who does have to agree ? The man who represents the US in the NATO, the foreign minister, the president, a committee? Who exactly

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

The best people always get the worst hands delt. He should be held up as a hero instead we get this bullshit.