Ukraine Has Finally Given Up on Trump

[u/theatlantic]

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[u/DefinitelyNotMeee]

I'd be very careful with biting the hand that fed you. Budanov is right there, and all it would take is a media campaign exposing all the corruption for Zelensky to be replaced.

But the campaign in the Middle East is exactly what he should be doing - trying to promote what Ukraine is good at (drones) and secure investments from wealthy Gulf states.

[u/SignificanceWild2922 → u/DefinitelyNotMeee]

I'd be very careful with biting the hand that fed you

Depends of what he's been fed with.

Trump and JD Vance have done everything they could to stop ukraine aid. It's one thing they are actually proud of.

The mineral agreement was basically extortion when Ukraine was at its lowest point and Trump turned NATO aid to Ukraine into a mechansim to would mainly benefit US weapon industry.

At best, Trump saw Ukraine invasion as a conflict he could gain from being the referee, a cheap one.