Europe Reckons with a World Where Trump is Now Helping Putin

Saturday, October 17, 2026

In the span of a week, Trump has trashed years of energy sanctions on the Kremlin, pressured Kyiv to quit bombing Russian oil refineries and suggested Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy was an illegitimate leader -- echoing Moscow's propaganda.

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How would DR react to No Elections for years? So why the goatse for z-ski?

#1 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-10-17 03:12 PM | Reply

Zelenskyy is acting within the confines of the Ukrainian Constitution. Trump is a traitor.

#2 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-10-17 04:50 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Now? He's been a ------- traitor since DAY ONE

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-17 05:25 PM | Reply

#1 | Posted by john_savage2

You'd like us all to find out, wouldn't you, you ------- ----------- MAGAT FAGAT

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-17 05:25 PM | Reply

@#1 ... How would DR react to No Elections for years? ...

From Pres Trump's recent statements and actions, I'd say there is a better than 10% chance we may find out.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-17 06:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

LHT is being laughably lame yet again.. DJT prefers elections that Vlad has, and is, helping him to Rig.

Vlad tried really hard in 2020, and DJT couldn't intimidate his DOJ then like he can now.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-17 06:26 PM | Reply

@#6

LHT?

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-17 06:39 PM | Reply

I meant JS2... ya can't tell the MAGA '----- apart without a Program.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-17 07:06 PM | Reply

@#8

JS2?

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-17 07:33 PM | Reply

Let's be honest, without a strong reliable USA to back them, Europe is collapsing into riots, fascism, anti-semitism and social break-down. It will only get worse. France is just the tip of the iceberg. All of this truly is Trump and MAGAs New World Order. The only winners are China and Putin.

#10 | Posted by moder8 at 2026-10-18 03:02 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#10

Yep. And Brazil is about to put a Bolsonaro back into power as well. I had a couple of gay friends move to Brazil a few years ago. They were running from the hatred of their kind that Trump has enabled in the US. I told them that they should stay and resist, -as goes the US, so goes the World-. It's happening before all of our eyes. And Dems flipping Congress probably isn't going to stop it.

#11 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-10-18 04:33 PM | Reply