Russia has rejected Trump’s “ultimatum” for Moscow to sign a ceasefire deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days on Tuesday as “unacceptable,” calling for continued negotiations and insisting that the invasion ordered by Vladimir Putin would continue until its goals are achieved.
In response to President Trump’s threat to impose 100% secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if Putin’s government does not agree to a deal to end the war in that timeframe, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Tuesday that “any attempts to make demands, especially ultimatums, are unacceptable to us,” according to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency.
Is it day one yet?!
ya but don’t worry. Surely after 49 days and 23 hours Trump would pause the tarrifs to give chance for negotiating a deal.
Source: Past experiance
“49 and a half, 49 and 3 quarters, 49 and … hmmm, 49 point 1, 49 point 2, […]”
This would imply that Trump knows decimal places which he absolutely does not.
“I never said day one” - trump
We’re four months into the 24-hour peace talks to end the 3-day military operation that’s been going on for three years.
No, not yet. Eventually, though maybe not.
The master negotiator arting all the deals again
They didn’t even wait for their TACO to be fully cooked?!
But he (Putin) was nice on the phone! They had a relationship!
It’s fascinating how Trumps diplomacy combines “one trick pony”, “one pump chump” and back and forth motion of a locomotive piston.
It’s like an engine of stupid.
The war would be over if Putin just took his troops out of Ukraine immediately and indefinitely. Even Trump can grasp that concept. It’s not hard at all.
But Putin won’t because he’s too far into a delusion that was first one of grandeur but has become one of sunk cost.
Trump might be able to grasp that too, but I’m not sure that his mind wouldn’t then immediately reject it because its roots are in qualities he admires in himself and others.
But Putin won’t because he’s too far into a delusion that was first one of grandeur but has become one of sunk cost.
I’ve read because they’re on a war economy, stopping the war would be catastrophic for Russia’s economy, and probably to Putin himself. But also continuing the war is also doing serious damage. That’s why Putin will never agree to any ceasefire.
We’ve also read that Putin is days away from dying of cancer, sanctions will end war in days, fighting with WWII shovels, using WWII outdated weapons.
Putin can’t stop without crashing Russia’s wartime economy. If he does that, he next gets to experience defenestration.
Putin’s talk of peace translates as, “I need to slow the roll so I can rearm.”
This line about “It’s as easy as leaving Ukraine” was only somewhat true in the beginning when it was more of a “special military operation” and less of a war. As others have pointed out, a lot has changed economically and most likely politically. Putin isn’t an absolute master that can do anything on a whim with no repercussions whatsoever. Like any other place and time, the ruling class only gets to rule if enough of the working class isn’t destitute. If the ruling class gets enough people into poverty, heads are very likely to roll.
Well, that went swimmingly…
Why 50 days and not tomorrow?
