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Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU

Donald Trump may walk away from the Ukrainian war, the US president’s oldest son has said in comments to a Middle East conference.

In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr also said Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled their country leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight the war.

Trump Jr has no formal role inside his father’s administration, but is a key figure in the MAGA movement. His intervention reflects the antipathy among some inside the Trump team towards the Ukrainian government, and comes as Trump’s negotiating team is putting pressure on Kyiv to give up territory.

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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago

Uh-huh, I sure will trust the word of Captain Bonespurs and his spawn about the "corrupt" rich of a country in a war with Russia. 🙄

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 90 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Can someone please tell me what his official government position that warrants his comment or the validity of it?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

they want to focus on china.

[–] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 48 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think he is the official drug sniffer.

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Vance’s future running mate, probably. The ick ticket.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Oooooof those are gonna be some stinky conventions

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[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

His dad's boss told him

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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 54 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They are probably planning on deals with their new ally Russia instead.

[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

New ally of the formerly western oriented democratic United States.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You mean formerly western-oriented, formerly democratic, formerly united, states.

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And meanwhile China is doing its best to have Russia submit to them. So in the end Xi is using Putin as a hand puppet to get Trump to do what Xi wants. That's a weird influence game.

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[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What the fuck would Don Jr know about the peasant class or anything about war fighting? He would not have shit if he were not a nepo hire.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

He should stick to sniffing cocaine.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr also said Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled their country leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight the war.

If this was true (it isn't) he is saying that the US should stop supporting the less we'll off because the corrupt people left. He is saying we should only support a country while the corrupt wealthy people are still there.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago

Thank you. It's so dumb when you think about it for even a second or two. "The corrupt people left, so we shouldn't support the honest ones there?"

[–] widowdoll@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It actually is true.

Rich people never fight in wars.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It is false because the stated cause, "corrupt rich people leaving", is not true so it would not lead to the "peasant class" being left behind to do the fighting.

Yes, the "peasant class" always fights the wars, but not because of something that didn't happen.

[–] widowdoll@ttrpg.network 1 points 6 days ago

Rich people are leaving, though. They could literally bribe recruiters to avoid serving in the war.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/15/bribes-and-hiding-at-home-the-ukrainian-men-trying-to-avoid-conscription

The only people who are stuck are the ones who can't afford to leave.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago

It's sad that the President of the United States of America's cocaine addicted son is given the opportunity to make opinion statements to the public.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago

EU: Okay so we’ll stop buying US munitions to send to Ukraine.

US: “No wait no like that…”

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

my neighbors are refugees from ukraine. while personally they are douchebags whose love of small engines and car repair means the alley between our house (my bedroom) and their apartment contains a tire machine, air compressor, and eight snow blowers… two motorcycles on the porch and four cars in a 2 car driveway… I worry they’ll get booted back to ukraine and war if trumps nonsense pulls the rug from under them.

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had a Ukrainian colleague who enrolled in the national guard specifically because they give you citizenship after your training and he couldn't get kicked back like that. Now he might have to participate in the ridiculous operations this oppressive regime is now using them for :/

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

the US pretending to give citizenship or safety for “help” is a tale as old as time.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fuck you Donald. Just stay there. Someone might rare game hunt your ass someday.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This will be known in history as the Great Betrayal. What a disgrace Trump is to the USA.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 0 points 6 days ago (3 children)

America was such a beacon of light before trump

[–] lowleekun@lemmy.funami.tech 2 points 6 days ago

Looks like you forgot a "/s" and the commentors are confused

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I wouldn't say that, I know very well how brutal they could be and were in Asia and South America, but it's also true that they have proven to be reliable allies for Europe on several occasions. In my country, Portugal, we probably wouldn't have had a democracy without their support. Not everyone in the various governments was good, of course; Kissinger, for example, wanted to invade the Azores, cut aid to Portuguese socialist (PS) and social democratic (PSD) parties and leave behind a failed communist dictatorship in Portugal as an example to discourage the Western European left. But overall, I would say that, for a relatively long period, American influence and partnership were positive in Europe.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 1 points 6 days ago
[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And the extortion continues...

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Literally. They are collecting Russian kickbacks on one side, and collecting ransom payout on the other.

Meanwhile Ukrainian citizens are being murdered by an expansionist aggressor and our own nation is trying to twist the narrative so that it's a "war between two leaders" so that it seems petty and pointless to US citizens.

And the worst part is our collective attention spans are so low, that this actually works. We have a collective attention span of only a couple years, anything past that is now forgotten in the endless haze of scrolling and sensationalism.

Exit polling after Trump was elected to his second term revealed this basically. People said they didn't know if there was a meaningful difference between the candidates and many people just voted for whoever seemed "more genuine" and while they weren't necessarily wrong that Trump is a more "genuine" person than Harris, it still meant that most people had forgotten what Trump's first administration was like, just four years prior.

In fact, in conversations with people, I'm more and more baffled and horrified how many people don't have strong memory anymore. Things we did a year ago together have become fuzzy and lost, anything before that seems to be almost non-existent unless it made a huge impact. The epidemic of scrolling for dopamine hits is impacting our shared memory of reality.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would anyone care what this dipshit has to say?

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago

Because he's been on Russia's payroll for a while (and likely his dad too), so like a stopped clock being right twice a day, when Don Jr. suggests that the US is thinking about not supporting an enemy of Russia, it might be worth thinking there's some truth to it.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How bout ending funding to Israel

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago

his brother in law is a zionist

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Nah, have to keep pumping munitions into the holy motherland.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Funny, to see a member of the corrupt US oligarchy talk about corruption in other countries.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

“May” end?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago

the son that trump doesnt ACKNOWLEDGE TOO.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

... this week

[–] SereneSadie@quokk.au 4 points 1 week ago

Junior, go back to washing dishes like the sad little boy you are.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
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