International "A dictator backed by a traitor" - French Politician speech on Trump

[revoltub]

It's why words like minority partnership, equal partnership, and majority partnership exist.

To avoid people who use sophistry thinking they have made a point

Minority partnership for sure

 

[revoltub]

Take a close look at the dates. This was clearly before Trump.

Trump is backing Putin and has essentially cut all aid to Ukraine. They’re even withholding intelligence from Ukraine now. Most nations consider this acts of opposition. Trumps “peace terms” are extortion. He’s demanding Zelenskyy sign over half the country’s resources indefinitely.

We cut all aid to Ukraine and we still give more aid to Ukraine than all of Europe combined.

 

[AmonTobin]

We cut all aid to Ukraine and we still give more aid to Ukraine than all of Europe combined.

Not anymore you don’t. You’re also the only western country opting out of UN and NATO, openly supporting Putin, and instigating a trade war with your greatest ally.

 

[revoltub]

This is like giving your woman 4 inches when she needs 8 and then justifying it by saying "but that's 100% of my total size"

"P4p!"


Please

 

[Seano]

Oh wow, a French politician? Has Trump stepped down yet?

 

[AmonTobin]

We cut all aid to Ukraine and we still give more aid to Ukraine than all of Europe combined.

Gave*
Again, this was before the Trump Administration. Trump has stopped all support to Ukraine and has amped up the pro-Putin rhetoric. At at time when Ukraine needs the world’s help more than ever.

 

[revoltub]

Gave*
Again, this was before the Trump Administration.

And it's still carrying over to be more.

 

[AmonTobin]

And it's still carrying over to be more.

Nothing is carrying over right now. Trump halted everything and has dishonoured obligations previously agreed upon between US and Ukraine.

Republicans press Trump to resume military, intelligence aid to Ukraine​

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate...-military-aid-intelligence-pause-republicans/

Trump’s halt on military aid will hurt Ukraine’s defenses​

https://apnews.com/article/us-military-aid-halt-ukraine-explainer-123551e5d86b49fdaa977eae685d32a8

US suspends all military aid to Ukraine in wake of Trump-Zelenskyy row​

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/04/us-military-aid-ukraine-pause-trump-zelenskyy-updates

Trump administration pauses flow of intelligence to Ukraine that helps on battlefield​

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-putin-trump-cia-zelenskyy-5eb2c8025f6bb4b616c86e1fe89bba0f

US stops sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine​

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/05/us-stops-sharing-intelligence-on-russia-with-ukraine

 

[AmonTobin]

We cut all aid to Ukraine and we still give more aid to Ukraine than all of Europe combined.

"This is not the first time that the US has withheld military aid. Republicans in Congress blocked then-President Joe Biden's largest tranche of military assistance for Ukraine in the summer of 2023".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8yz5dk82wo

 

[The Diplomat]

"Partnership" implies everyone is doing their part equally.

Tell me you don't know how international debts, trade agreements and alliances work as an American in less words.

 

[Cid]

Tell me you don't know how international debts, trade agreements and alliances work as an American in less words.

I doubt he knows the definition of partnership. That's what we're dealing with.

It's no longer dumb people with stupid arguments.

It's dumb people with nonsensical arguments because they don't know what words mean anymore.

 

[The Diplomat]

I doubt he knows the definition of partnership. That's what we're dealing with.

It's no longer dumb people with stupid arguments.

It's dumb people with nonsensical arguments because they don't know what words mean anymore.

Context has flown out the window. All of a sudden we expect Canada to be 50/50 with us, not acknowledging any differences or clear advantages we have in keeping them close. It applies to all of our allies.

We complain about China, ignoring that they own most of our debt, and without them we're paying 50+ a t-shirt.

Should we slowly and incrementally change the situation, pay off our debts and become more self reliant? Ofcourse. But an on/off switch it is not. International trade and the US dollar's power is based almost entirely on our debt and ability to pay it off.

 

[Cid]

Context has flown out the window. All of a sudden we expect Canada to be 50/50 with us, not acknowledging any differences or clear advantages we have in keeping them close. It applies to all of our allies.

We complain about China, ignoring that they own most of our debt, and without them we're paying 50+ a t-shirt.

Should we slowly and incrementally change the situation, pay off our debts and become more self reliant? Ofcourse. But an on/off switch it is not. International trade and the US dollar's power is based almost entirely on our debt and ability to pay it off.

Meme/three word slogan generation.

Anything complicated or nuanced is wrong.

Meme's and three word slogans are the future.

 

[The Diplomat]

Meme/three word slogan generation.

Anything complicated or nuanced is wrong.

Meme's and three word slogans are the future.

Well, MAGA is four, so Trump's got you there.

 

[ShadowRun]

Should g said a Nazi oligarch as well

 

[Cid]

Well, MAGA is four, so Trump's got you there.

Damn, you're right.

I had to tell a "pacifist" that he wasn't a pacifist this week.

He had a paragraph about being a pacifist and a paragraph about being a stand your ground proponent.

It's so tedious tbh.

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

Not anymore you don’t. You’re also the only western country opting out of UN and NATO, openly supporting Putin, and instigating a trade war with your greatest ally.

Trump started a trade war with Israel?

 

[KnightTemplar]

So has France surrendered yet?

 

[IanEdwards]

Europeans have far bigger issues to worry about, namely their traitorous politicians and their migrant crisis. They shouldn't worry as much about comparatively insignificant issues, like America's politics or the Russia/Ukraine war.

yeah, Europeans shouldn't worry about a war where one of the participants- a participant with a considerable recent history of expansionist aggression- shares borders with 14 European countries. And another of the participants contains the greatest amount of arable land in Europe.

But sure, Europeans shouldn't worry about a war like that., what with the stakes being so low, and with it being so distant, and irrelevant, and minor, and all. And you're not at all a complete fucking imbecile.

 

[Croo67]

We're not even 12 months on from French political parties colluding together to block out the French vote for Le Pen.

I don't think France should be talking about dictatorships.