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Ukrainian friends, as an American I'm sorry this has happened, sorry both for my country and for yours. It may be a small consolation as our new regime withdraws aid, but remember that most Americans are still on your side as we have been throughout the war.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 !
Fuck Trump, fuck Putin. We stand with Ukraine.
Does a country need extra unity at war time. And if they did do they get from external sources???
American citizens are with you even if our traitorous politicians aren't
I'm worried that this will soon lead to a US invasion into Ukraine, using Russian talking points. The military is already beheaded to avoid any opposition
How many countries can this guy invade at a time? Greenland, Canada, Panama, South Africa, Ukraine... the list is so long I'm sure I'm missing somebody.
If Trump’s incompetence in executing Vlad’s grand vision saves Ukraine, and his chaotic bumbling at home collapses our government in such spectacular fashion that we look more like modern Europe in a decade, I will obviously be happy about it but I will also be so annoyed.
He would not be the Trump we deserve, he would be the Forrest Magoo that we need.
Looking more like modern Europe means you're going to have to fight, maybe even physically fight, the rather distressingly large population of very rascal right wingers your country has.
If your government collapses and it's not you who'll stick your neck out for it to be remade in a different way, then there'll be someone who comes along and remakes it in an even worse way.
Isn’t it pretty standard to postpone elections in wartime?
Not really in the course of history. A lot of countries had no elections that could have been postponed.
Also, yes.
I don't know any country that runs an election in wartime, on top of the thought that Russia could easily manipulate those elections from outside to further destabilize the country.
Murica is always at war somewhere.
Good! Keep the truth alive Ukraine!
fuck russia. fuck the american people as they had a vote.
American here. Fuck the people who voted for Trump, didn't vote at all, and anyone involved in the huge spike of voter suppression. We were sold out through misinformation and inference.