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#FactCheck: Trump’s #Ukraine Comments Echo #Kremlin Talking Points
#Trump has made several statements on Ukraine & #Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country in recent days that closely resemble Kremlin rhetoric.
The assertions have amplified fears that Trump…may try to pressure Kyiv to make major concessions….
The Moscow Times examines Trump’s statements & how they compare to Kremlin talking points:
#geopolitics #USpol #disinformation #RussianPropaganda #TrumpLies
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/19/fact-check-trumps-ukraine-comments-echo-kremlin-talking-points-a88083
#Trump’s claim that #Ukraine or the West, not #Russia, was responsible for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is one that #Putin has repeated many times since Feb. 24, 2022. In his address to the Russian people declaring the invasion, Putin repeatedly blamed Ukraine for instigating what he called Russia’s “special military operation.”
#Trump questions President Volodymyr #Zelensky’s legitimacy
“When they want a seat at the table, you could say the people have to, wouldn’t the people of Ukraine have to say, like, ‘You know, it’s been a long time since we’ve had an election.’” - Trump on Tues.
The next day, Trump went a step further, calling Zelensky a “dictator without elections.”
#Ukraine holding elections is one of #Russia’s key demands, as #Putin believes that a new Ukrainian govt would be much more pliable or amenable to Moscow’s wishes. [+ parts of Ukraine are currently under Russian #occupation]
In May 2024, Putin said that #Zelensky’s term had expired & that Ukraine needed to hold an election, a claim that has been repeated numerous times to question Zelensky’s legitimacy as a leader.
#Zelensky was elected to a 5-year term in April 2019, with 73% of the vote in the second round. #Ukraine was scheduled to hold a presidential election in 2024, but Zelensky has stayed on as the country’s CONSTITUTION FORBIDS holding elections under martial law.
A Ukrainian govt source told Reuters that "[#Putin] is setting a trap, claiming that if Ukraine doesn't hold elections, he can later ignore any agreements.”
More #FactCheck of #TrumpLies & the idiocy & malignancy of #Trump’s #comments about #Ukraine, #Zelenskyy, #Russia & #Putin.
Holding a fair election that meets international standards would be nearly impossible w/ at least a ⅕ of the country occupied by Russia, millions of Ukrainians living outside the country & tens of thousands of others deployed to fight.
#StandWithUkraine #geopolitics #authoritarianism #RussianDisinformation #propaganda #Trumpaganda #RevengePolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/19/ukraine-russia-trump-elections-zelensky/
…#Trump’s comments unleashed a firestorm of support for #Zelensky in #Ukraine, where the call for elections…was seen as a means to sow chaos & divide the country.
…Prominent blogger Anton Hodza wrote that this is the time to unite behind the elected president, whom Trump & #Putin are trying to undermine because he won’t surrender the country.
“For Putin, the election outcome itself is less important than the chaos it will create in a country at war. And he will undoubtedly exploit that chaos.”
Maria Berlinska, activist & military volunteer, wrote… #Ukraine should not hold elections until #Russia forces withdraw, return prisoners, pay reparations, & partners send peacekeepers to the country.
“They couldn’t break us from the outside, so now they’ll try to destabilize us from within…& now they want to tell us when to vote? #Putin, who has never won a real election in his life, & #Trump, who spent 4yrs in court over his own elections—these 2 are going to lecture us on fair elections?”
@Nonilex
Personally ,I'd like to see both of them hang at The Hague after being found giilty of crimes against humanity.Trump for Covid , Putin for Ukraine.