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Sunday, August 17, 2025

Despite Trump's claim to have made "a lot of progress" and that the summit was a "10 out of 10," all signs point to a huge win for the Russian autocrat. And by the end of their meeting, Trump had offered a massive concession to his visitor by adopting the Russian position that peace moves should concentrate on a final peace deal " which will likely take months or years to negotiate " rather than a ceasefire to halt the Russian offensive now. As CNN's Nick Paton Walsh pointed out, that just gives Putin more time to grind down Ukraine.

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... Despite Trump's claim to have made "a lot of progress" and that the summit was a "10 out of 10," all signs point to a huge win for the Russian autocrat. ...

Yup.

What has Pres Putin given to Pres Trump in return for Pres Trump all but surrendering Ukraine to Pres Putin's goals?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-17 03:18 AM | Reply

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#2 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-08-17 03:19 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

What has Pres Putin given to Pres Trump in return for Pres Trump all but surrendering Ukraine to Pres Putin's goals?

Posted by LampLighter

A reprieve from Putin releasing damaging info Epstein gathered on Trump and underage girls that he shared with Mossad and Russia.

#3 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-08-17 03:24 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Russian attacks on Ukraine have doubled since Putin's bitch's inauguration.

x.com

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-17 03:34 AM | Reply

@#3

While I may not necessarily agree with your comment, I still have a question about the contents of the classified files that Pres Trump took back to Mar-A-Lago when he won back the Oval Office.

Trump returns seized classified documents to Mar-a-Lago aboard Air Force One (March 2025)
www.upi.com

... President Donald Trump on Friday took back to Florida boxes of documents that the FBI had seized from Mar-a-Lago after executing a court-ordered search warrant in August 2022.

About 15 boxes were put onto Air Force One and sent to Palm Beach where the president is spending the weekend at his estate. ...


Why might he have done that?


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-17 03:36 AM | Reply

Why might he have done that?
#5 | Posted by LampLighter

You tell us. Why do you think he did that?

#6 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-08-17 03:38 AM | Reply

Even Fox flacks acknowledge that dotard got steamrolled.

crooksandliars.com

#7 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-17 03:39 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Putin left after 3 hours.

"Putin Didn't Bother to Stay for Lunch - Because He'd Just Eaten Trump's Lunch"

#8 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-08-17 03:53 AM | Reply

Besides Dummkopf Trumpf finally being able to get his instructions directly and in person from his KGB handler, here's what the Dotard accomplished for the suffering Ukrainians and the hardworking American taxpayer: pbs.twimg.com

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-17 03:56 AM | Reply

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