President-elect Donald Trump suggested at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Monday that he could reverse President Biden’s decision to support long-range missile strikes on Russian territory.
Trump said it was a “big mistake” for the Biden administration to greenlight the escalation without asking him what he thought. When asked if he might reverse the decision, the president-elect said, “I might, yeah. I thought it was a very stupid thing to do.”
The comments mark the second time in recent days that Trump expressed his concern over the long-range strikes that Ukraine has launched using US ATACMS missiles and British Storm Shadow missiles.
In an interview with Time Magazine that was published last week, Trump said that he “vehemently” disagreed with Biden’s decision. The Kremlin noted Trump’s comments and said Russia agreed with the president-elect.
“The statement in itself is fully in harmony with our position. That is, our visions of reasons behind the escalation coincide. And, of course, we like that,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Biden signed off on long-range strikes in Russia despite Moscow making it clear the escalation would risk nuclear war. In response to the step, Russian President Vladimir Putin formally changed Russia’s nuclear doctrine, which lowered the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons.
At his press conference, Trump also said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should be ready to make a deal with Russia to end the war. “He should be prepared to make a deal. That’s all. Too many people being killed,” he said.
Trump campaigned on ending the proxy war but hasn’t articulated how he will do that. When asked if he would pressure Ukraine to cede territory, Trump wouldn’t give a direct answer.
Articulating some details might give us a clearer sense of things…!
The negotiations are in the early stages, they are not done in public.
”Don’t bogart that joint, my friend!”
Take one hit and pass it around, again and again!”
LOL
Oh roll another one just like the other one…..
From this it does seem that Trump has a better chance than this current policy of bringing the Ukraine war to an end. The problem he is going to face is from his stupid neocon picks who think like the Israelis that if you hit the Arabs and Muslims hard enough they will cower in defeat. There is no way to assume that Trump has any sense of what's fair and just in the ME, thus as much as he wants to quiet things down, it will blow up on his watch. And Russia and China will take advantage of that weakness.
Trump is on the Adelson payroll. Since he operates transactionally, my educated guess is that peace in the ME means nothing more than Israeli dominance.
You say transactional. I say 52-card pickup.
That is just a cheap smear. All candidates have big funders.
Yes, all candidates have big funders.
And it’s not surprising that those candidates work for those funders.
But only Trump has an Adelson funder.
No. It’s reality.
He said outloud what he did for them/Israel because of the money.
Grow up. I don’t have TDS, but I don’t have Trump Deity syndrome like you.
"if you hit the Arabs and Muslims hard enough they will cower in defeat" It worked for the last 76 years. You also forgot the the Arabs and Muslims will blame the international community for their defeats.
False.
"its everyones fault but mine"
Which is exactly where the blame ought to be.
Hey Tim, back for more? I have family members older than that so called state of "Israel." And what has worked for those 76 years? These persecuted people of Europe for centuries came to persecute others. They are walking traumas. You know this very well you probably know many yourself. They live in constant fear as the thieves they are living on stolen land. There's a social contract between Israelis and their leaders. Their leaders are to steal as much land as they can and subsidize Israeli settlers living on it in security. October 7th shook them to their core, and they clamored for war and destruction. Corrupt Netanyahu and friends think they will makeup for their catastrophic blunder by stealing more land as an offering. "I know I screwed up in the Gaza envelope and in the North, but here we'll clear northern Gaza and take more land from Syria." These people bombing Arabs and Muslims aren't good people. I don't really like them.
The fault dear Tim lies not in the Arabs and Muslims, but in you
@existentialdread:disqus@warsrus:disqus@renatelittlejohn:disqus
Timbit's lies come from the remarkably deep well of his dishonesty.
Lol… Yes I see that… but I don't get it, is "Timbit" a human being or is he a "Timbot"? Definitely he serves the purpose of Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB).
He’s no robot. Nobody makes AI that stupid any more.
LOL!!!!
Palestine rejected the 1st peace offers
Soundbites, even on these quicky platforms, don't make for a serious argument. Such Zionist talking points are harm your reputation more than they help.
However, I will still humor you in the event you are able to locate your soul some day…..
If you are referring to the UN Partition Plan if 1947, Palestinians did not have the political agency or representation to formally accept or reject the UN Partition Plan—they were under British colonial rule and excluded from global power dynamics.
The plan was inherently unjust from a Palestinian perspective, as it proposed to give the majority of the land to a minority population and risked displacing Arabs from their homes.
The Palestinians’ rejection must be understood in the context of colonialism, Zionist political advantages, and post-World War II global politics that marginalized Palestinian voices and rights.
Their refusal of the plan was not a rejection of peace but rather a defense of their right to self-determination and their ancestral land. Framing this as “the Arabs refused peace” ignores the deeply inequitable conditions under which the partition was proposed.
Finally, the Arab countries that voted against UN Resolution 181 did so because they thought it was unfair to the Palestinians living on the land.
I can one up you on that.
Of course there was no palestine to negotiate a treaty in 1947 because Palestine didn't exist then. In 1948, when israel and palestine existed, palestine twice rejected a VERY generous peace offer seeing Gaza Strip and West Bank together and Israel split in 2.
Palestine rejected that twice and then thanked Israel by invading them.
As @unclesapien:disqus would say "false."
However, now I will humor you not in the hope that you will ever find your humanity but it may be that some other truth seeking soul who reads this will.
The claim that Israel made "generous offers" to the Palestinians, which they rejected, is a misleading Zionist narrative that has been critically examined by numerous scholars and insiders.
1. Camp David Summit (2000):
Israel proposed a fragmented Palestinian state, retaining large settlement blocs, control over Jerusalem, and a limited refugee return. Palestinians would receive non-contiguous land with Israeli control over borders and airspace.
Shlomo Ben-Ami, Israel’s Foreign Minister at the time, admitted, *"If I were a Palestinian, I would have rejected Camp David as well."
Scholars like Rashid Khalidi and others argue the proposal offered a Bantustan-like state, lacking true sovereignty.
2. Taba Talks (2001)
A more detailed map with territorial concessions, but settlements, border control, and key areas in East Jerusalem were still to remain under Israeli control.
Talks ended prematurely due to Israeli elections, and no formal offer was finalized. Both sides later indicated progress could have been made with more time.
3. The Roadmap 2008
Olmert proposed a Palestinian state but with land swaps heavily favoring Israel, retaining major settlement blocs and East Jerusalem under Israeli control.
Mahmoud Abbas did not formally accept the offer, citing ambiguities over Jerusalem, refugees, and territorial contiguity. Scholars note that Olmert’s offer was never officially documented and appeared more as a trial balloon.
The reality behind these "Generous Offers"
A. Settlement Retention
All offers involved Israel retaining major settlement blocs, violating international law and making a viable Palestinian state nearly impossible.
B. Fragmentation
Offers proposed a non-contiguous Palestinian state, with Israeli-controlled checkpoints and roads.
C. Control Over Jerusalem
Proposals consistently denied Palestinians full sovereignty over East Jerusalem, a key demand for their capital.
D. Refugee Issue
Palestinian refugees were offered symbolic return or resettlement elsewhere, disregarding their right of return under international law (UN Resolution 194).
Scholars like Rashid Khalidi, Avi Shlaim, Edward Said, and others argue that Israeli offers were far from "generous" and instead aimed to entrench Israeli control while maintaining the appearance of negotiation.
Claims of "Palestinian rejectionism" are often used to obscure Israel's refusal to dismantle settlements or offer a genuinely sovereign Palestinian state.
In sum, the narrative of "generous Israeli offers" is misleading, as the proposed deals failed to address core Palestinian demands for sovereignty, territorial contiguity, East Jerusalem as a capital, and refugee rights. Many historians and diplomats regard these offers as insufficient to achieve a just and lasting peace.
Israel wants all of the land. Uses endless "peace talks" to create realities on the ground that would prevent the possibility of a viable Palestinian state. And now Israel is engaging in a war of extinction to make sure they never have to entertain the idea even for show.
Oh nonono i’m not talking about the Camp David Accords. I’m talking about the beginning of the issue, which you know, and hwich you knowingly ignore as well
I saw one of those sick Israeli propagandists on one of the shows saying something similar like "The Palestinians have to change. There is no people who get defeated every time and still come back for more."
He sounds like a slave owner who just raped one of his slaves but is fearful to death of that next slave revolt.
Israelis will live in perpetual fear and hopelessness until the Palestinians are free.
To answer your question, what started in 1948 is not over but soon coming to an end. And it doesn't look good for Israel.
It doesn’t look good for palestine actually
what has hamas gotten for their cowardly genocidal attack on israel?
The collapse of the organisation
The collapse of all of Hizbullah
The collapse of Assad
Renwed bombings against the Houthis
A weakened Iran
Hamas’s cowardice has been aptly rewarded with the loss of everything they wanted
Wrong again.
Actually, this pattern has been repeated over and over. Everytime Israel uses more and more force to oppress Hamas it gets stronger and stronger. This is true this time around. Not only have they gotten more popular amongst Palestinians for their resistance, the ranks of those wanting to join and be trained is swelling. More than that, they have actually picked up more and more supporters from non Arab, non Muslim westerners who were asked to read and understand why Israel had to slaughter tens of thousands of innocent civilians and they didn't like what they saw. Now they see Hamas as a legitimate resistance movement.
As for the collapse of the resistance that's only in your dreams. The Shia minority could only do so much. It will be changed out for a bigger, broader more potent resistance. Bad news for Israel.
Look at what cost Israel had to pay to put down a brilliant cross border military raid into Israel.
I doubt very much Israel can withstand another attack.
And stop lying that Hamas or any Muslims want to genocide Israel. If these people are holocaust-shy-ptsd'd because of what Europe has done to them they shouldn't take it out against their cousins who have never harmed them because of who they are.
“Hamas is stronger”
Let’s examine your claim.
Hamas’ Command and Control is all but eradicated, their leadership has been wiped off the face of the earth, and their Hezbollah cronies are not fairing much better.
It doesn’t matter how good morale is, if there is any, it matters that Hamas’s leadership is all currently rotting in hell.
Go read the Times of Israel. They're losing soldiers on a nearly daily basis. Hamas is still alive and well in Gaza, killing Israeli soldiers.
The assassination of leaders policy hasn't worked for Israel. Whenever they kill a leader, others rise up to take his place. The leadership outside is growing and building new alliances and relationships against Israel.
"If you are referring to the UN Partition Plan if 1947, Palestinians did not have the political agency or representation to formally accept or reject the UN Partition Plan—they were under British colonial rule and excluded from global power dynamics."
So were Jews in Palestine. You just made a case that Israel isn't bound by UNR 181 either.
It did include a minority of Palestinian Jews, who lived in peace with Palestinian Muslims in Palestine. Apparently there were no religious conflicts, both were Semites.
This is the problem with the USUK Empire in general; complete cultural insensitivity and/or relating everything to the USUK Empire.
They think 'their way' is the 'best and only way' and force it upon other nations that in some cases have millennia-old (if not more) cultures. A key factor on why these western initiatives fail.
That is interesting.
It appears to me that the reason there is a rush to overthrow Syria and bomb Syria afterwards is because they need to do that before Trump comes back.
I think most of the parties took advantage of the timing, except those who lost out. The Syrian people are looking for and deserve their freedom. HTS took big advantage of the situation.
Why? What has Trump said, or done, in the past that would indicate that he would object to anything Israel is doing or has done? And Trump's first term included increasing troops in Syria, an artillery barrage second to none, two missile attacks and imposing the draconian "Caesars sanctions". I see nothing that would make me think Trump would have been against anything that has happened in Syria in recent weeks.
We will see what Trump will do when he is in office. Seeing is believing. Trump can't be trusted.
We already saw no wars for 4 years under Trump, where were you?
No one should be completely trusted, were you imagining you were making a point?
Trump says the right things, and you folks come here to smear him.
If you saw no wars for four years under Trump, you weren't looking.
I think Trump just assumed the gullability of Americans.
Trump is a crook, a bully. He created problems and broke multilateral treaties, in his first term. He now continues his path to war, the conditions are in his favor now. He is in bed with Netanyahu, changing the place with Biden and is ready to go to war with Iran.
Trump will do as he is told by his handlers. Full Stop.
Oh sure, just like when he had that call to Ukraine, to fight corruption there instead of contributing to it.
Your hero Biden is the one run by handlers.
Update your A.I. The binary code is too obvious.
Guaranteed if Trump continues with this line of rhetoric, Kiev will launch every single long-range missile they have at the Russian Federation before Inauguration Day. Maybe constantly, maybe in one big salvo on Biden's last day.
They learned that from Israel…!
I see Canadians have a built in sense of humour
I don't think have all that many. I remember reading where that was one of the added reasons why it was such a bad idea to use the long-range missiles in the first place. For some reason it just never sunk in with Ukraine that the US wasn't going to ever give them "enough" of anything that they could possibly win the war with. And apparently it also hasn't sunk in that they can't win a war of attrition against Russia.
Indeed. I’m really not sure how many they have, either. It’s also about trying to differentiate between single-use items (individual “long” range missiles) and reloadable missile systems (launchers) capable of such range. I’m not sure which of those the Storm Shadows or the French version (Shake Eyes ? Destro ? Major Bludd ?) are.
I’d think that if American support really does have a Trump-stamped shelf life, Kiev may seek to inflict as much harm on the RF before an imposed end to the war, as they can. Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid ending style.
Russian retaliations against Ukraine for the missiles is huge and unreported, because our media does not want us to know how much damage is being done to Ukraine. Every time Ukraine launches, they fall further behind.
I’d be interested in hearing the real deal from reliable sources. Especially in matters related to Odesa.
Trump is dumb
Dumb means unable to speak. Trump is a great speaker, and an open speaker, that is why he has press conferences, unlike Biden and Harris.
Your post is very stupid, content free, and you unable to write a sentence.
He wasn't much better under his previous two (now banned) aliases.
What alisases?
Dude, I don’t want to get you in any more trouble. I strongly suspect who you are/were but don’t want this to get noticed.
Ok. I guess I will never know, but thanks for caring.
Blah. Blah. Blah…. Oh! and Blah. The man is chock full of hot air. Where is Teddy Roosevelt when we need one?
The subject of "peace talks", a term strictly unrelated to demonstrated US foreign policy, requires that there be attention paid to BOTH sides of any negotiation – not restricted to OUR side.
Uncle Sam needs a fucking hearing aid, and Trump should keep it shut until he's in the WH. We don't need a daily dose of campaign promises.
First we gotta make it to inauguration day.
Trump just saved Christmas! 🇺🇸🎄🇺🇸
"…saved Christmas" ?
For who, or from what ???
From a black Christmas.
Ah ! The classic 1974 slasher flick featuring young Margot Kidder !
Yeah like that but with a way bigger body count.
"Blah blah blah" describes your post.
Trump communicates openly, he is asked a question, he answered it, and you ridicule, which is your only purpose.
It is the demonstrated policy of Biden to not negotiate, that disappears next month. Oh what a revelation, that negotiators should consider both sides.
We see you do not like open communications, but you are a big fan of ridicule.
Ending the war in 24 hours now turned to ending the long range strikes…! Shrinking the campaign slogan…!
Nothing has turned into anything, you made that up.