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6. Trump's alliances make no common sense

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:22 PM

Jun 21

He loves Russia and Russia is a close ally with Iran. Iran wants nukes. He hates Ukraine, who gave up their nukes by signing the Budapest Memorandum. The United States is also a signatory to the memorandum, promising to protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine. But Trump is pulling even air defense from Ukraine, enabling Russia to genocide more Ukrainian civilians. What does Putin have on Trump?

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Rachel Maddow: 'We are now in war with Iran' - MSNBC [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jun 21 OP

Thank you for posting; I didn't know she was on. Ilsa Jun 21 #1

Oh good! She was brought in especially for this breaking news Rhiannon12866 Jun 21 #3

Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Jun 21 #2

Same here, they just brought her in, interrupting scheduled programming Rhiannon12866 Jun 21 #4

'Quirky': Rachel Maddow flags Trump's 'inexplicable' delivery of 'sober message' LetMyPeopleVote Jun 21 #5

Trump's alliances make no common sense blue-wave Jun 21 #6