Why Trump is struggling to secure fast ceasefire in Ukraine (www.bbc.co.uk)
from mrsjmccrimmon@feddit.uk to world@lemmy.world on 22 Mar 11:38
https://feddit.uk/post/26120598

“When Donald Trump met President Zelensky in New York last September, the then US presidential candidate exuded confidence he could bring the war in Ukraine to an early end. “If we win, I think we’re going to get it resolved very quickly,” he said.

How quickly he meant varied over time. In a TV debate a few days earlier, Trump had promised he would “get it settled before I even become president”. This was an escalation on his previous commitment in May 2023 to stop the fighting in the first 24 hours of his presidency.

Trump has now been in office for more than two months and the penny may be beginning to drop in the White House that trying to end a conflict as bitter and complex as this may take time.”

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Aliktren@lemmy.world on 22 Mar 11:49 next collapse

Because hes a russian stooge ?

A_A@lemmy.world on 22 Mar 11:55 collapse

That’s MAGA’s traitor in chief Krasnov, yes.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 22 Mar 13:45 next collapse

Ok I’m sorry that is just the most absolutely idiotic headline.

But I suppose it’s targeted on an absolutely idiotic populace… so what even am I complaining about 🫠

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world on 22 Mar 14:01 next collapse

Is it incompetence? Or only thinking about himself? Or not really even caring? So many options to choose from

SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world on 22 Mar 14:11 next collapse

It has a heavy dose of “what do you mean, reality doesn’t conform to my wishes?” It’s something every autocrat runs into.

yuknowhokat@lemmy.world on 22 Mar 15:50 collapse

As far as I can see, he says words and then more words and you know the best words but none of them that actually mean anything to him. So all his boasting about ending that war were as full of meaning as he expected them to be which was nothing

Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works on 22 Mar 14:19 next collapse

Because he had neither a plan nor a clue apart from saying “I might have been a little bit sarcastic when I said that” after those facts became too obvious to ignore.

adespoton@lemmy.ca on 23 Mar 02:09 collapse

He doesn’t understand what sarcasm is either.

leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl on 22 Mar 14:57 next collapse

If we win, I think we’re going to get it resolved very quickly

i think i know where the problem lies, ladies and gentlemen

charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works on 22 Mar 19:36 next collapse

Is it because he’s a fucking moron? I think it’s because he’s a fucking moron

zonnewin@feddit.nl on 22 Mar 21:51 next collapse

“a conflict as bitter and complex as this”

Huh? How is it complex? It is very simple. Putin wants Russia to expand to regain its “former glory”. Zelensky is not rolling over but defends his country. The West supports Ukraine to honour the Budapest Memorandum but also to have access to its resources. They are hesitant to send boots on the ground to prevent escalation.

fox2263@lemmy.world on 22 Mar 22:08 next collapse

Is it because he’s a shit businessman, negotiator, president, leader, human etc

Litebit@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 06:31 collapse

Well he did bankrupted his casinos. His only talent is acting/showmanship on a reality TV show and bankrupting his own companies.

fox2263@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 08:08 collapse

His only talent id say is somehow brainwashing a crowd of people in to thinking his has the same beliefs and values as they do.

Litebit@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 09:40 collapse

Yea, He is a good conman, conned banks and investors to trust him with investment and loans.

RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 01:45 next collapse

probably because his idea of a ceasefire would end in complete Ukrainian genocide.

adespoton@lemmy.ca on 23 Mar 02:11 next collapse

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

A_A@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:04 collapse

This from Shakespeare is fitting here : one crazy man dying, seeing nothing but decay around him, so, spreading his decay.

Treczoks@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 10:10 next collapse

First of all, he completely underestimated the problem. He thought he could just tell Zelenskyy to stop and the war would be over.

Second, as he is obeying the commands of Putin, he simply wants Ukraine to surrender, completely disregarding that Russia is the aggressor here, and their role in crimes of war and crimes against humanity.

If he had any clue about striking deals, he would be aware that telling one party to just roll over and die is not a successful strategy.

Navarian@lemm.ee on 23 Mar 10:35 collapse

It should come as a surprise to nobody that a complete unwillingness to have something come to an end is quite a barrier to said thing coming to an end.

That mixed with incompetence, even if he wanted the cash cow that is the illegal invasion of Ukraine to end, he’s not intelligent enough to navigate that.