Trump administration's biggest achievements so far:
- Lost all of the country's soft power
- Threatened its closest allies with annexation
- Tanked the economy, pushing the country into recession
- Restricted free speech
- Turned the White House into a Tesla showroom
- Appeased Russia - one of the world's most brutal autocracies
- Started a measles epidemic
- Imposed tariffs on US allies while planning cooperation with Russia
They are truly Making America Great Again!
@P_Kallioniemi Boycott yes absolutely. That means not buying the products. Torching, spray painting and shooting at the locations is not ok though. Ei käy mun järkeen ainakaan🤷🏻♂️
Trump has vastly overstated the amount of US aid to Ukraine. He has also falsely claimed that European contributions to Ukraine were loans that Kyiv would repay. European nations have contributed $138 billion, compared with $119 billion from the US.
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Russia and the Trump administration are lying about the war in Ukraine. Their latest recycled claim is that 'NATO provoked the war in Ukraine.'
This silly narrative is usually spread by Russians, but recently they were joined in by the richest man in the world, @elonmusk.
This claim stems from a statement made by American Secretary of State James A. Baker to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990, suggesting that NATO would move "not one inch eastward" if Russia accepted Germany's unification.
However, this assurance was only about Germany and was not formalized in any binding agreement. Even Gorbachev himself said that this promise was never made.
Unlike the Budapest Memorandum from 1994, where Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees from the US, the UK, and Russia - guarantees that Russia blatantly violated by invading Ukraine in 2014.
NATO isn’t some evil empire forcing countries to join. Nations like Poland, Estonia, and Lithuania chose to join NATO - because history showed them what happens when they don’t have protection.
Russia wasn’t ‘provoked’ - these countries were just protecting themselves from Russian imperialism.
And if anything, Russia’s the one driving countries toward NATO. Their invasion in Ukraine made Finland and Sweden ditch neutrality and run straight to NATO.
Again, who invaded who? And which NATO countries have been invaded by Russia?
Today, top US officials are spreading this exact lie about NATO provoking Russia. Elon Musk is now completely fixated on the US leaving NATO, pushing old falsehoods that were debunked long ago. He'll probably post around 300 times about this topic in the next week or so. And these same lies may soon be echoed by President Trump.
And speaking of verbal statements, here’s Putin himself, in a 2008 interview, saying that Crimea is Ukraine.
@Teslarati Support him on what? He has varied views of different subjects, so do I. On SpaceX, Tesla, those things, our views align. On Ukraine being the cause of the war, on x actually promoting free speech, those things... Not so much.
GeoConfirmed UKR - Misinformation by President Trump.
While we typically refrain from political commentary, President Donald Trump's recent statement regarding the war in Ukraine is so egregious that we feel compelled to respond.
Several claims made by President Trump have already been debunked. We've included responses from Grok AI for each claim, demonstrating that even Grok refutes the misinformation spread by the president.
In this thread, we will provide geolocated footage as a reminder to everyone that Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, marking the beginning of this war.
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The United States has not spent $350 billion on this war, nor has it outspent Europe by $200 billion. In fact, European contributions have surpassed those of the US. Moreover, a significant portion of the American military aid (around 90% !) is spend in the US, reinvesting in the US economy.
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President Zelensky did not claim that half the American money sent to Ukraine is "missing". He stated that half of the promised funds had not been received, which is a crucial distinction.
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Ukrainian constitution prohibits elections during wartime, a measure designed to protect the democratic process from foreign interference, particularly given Russia's known capabilities in this area...
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President Zelensky is not a dictator, as evidenced by Ukraine's constitutional framework and his commitment to holding elections once hostilities cease. In contrast, it's worth noting that President Putin consistently wins elections in Russia with implausibly high percentages of votes, with opposition that 'falls out of windows", is poisened or jailed, raising questions about the true nature of Russia's electoral process.
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President Zelensky has a approval rate above 50% and not 4%. 4% is Russian disinformation.
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There was no NATO expansion to the East, as NATO itself cannot expand. Instead, democratic countries independently decide whether they want to become members of the alliance. The process of joining NATO is voluntary and involves multiple steps, including meeting specific requirements and completing a formal application process.
The fact that many of Russia's former neighbors have chosen to seek NATO membership speaks volumes about their perception of Russia and their desire for collective security.
The decision of these nations to pursue NATO membership reflects their sovereign right to determine their own foreign policy and security arrangements. It also indicates a preference for the stability and security guarantees that NATO membership offers, rather than remaining under Russian influence.
Regarding the famous 'promise':
Article 103 of the UN Charter establishes a clear hierarchy in international law. It states that obligations under the UN Charter prevail over obligations under any other international agreement in case of conflict. This supremacy extends beyond just treaties, as it is generally understood to also apply to customary international law.
The hierarchy can be summarized as follows:
1) UN Charter obligations
2) Other treaties and customary international law
3) Non-treaty international texts
4) Political promises or commitments
5) Historical claims
Russia's invasion of Ukraine clearly violates fundamental principles of the UN Charter, including the prohibition on the use of force against the territorial integrity of another state. Any attempts to justify this action based on lower-ranking considerations like political promises or historical claims are legally irrelevant.
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Who initiated this nearly three-year-long war? RUSSIA.
As a platform that has analyzed over 50,000 frames/videos related to the conflict, we will remind the president ,with geolocated footage, who started this war: RUSSIA.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, despite repeatedly denying any plans for invasion in the preceding days.
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24 FEB 2022 - Russian tanks crossing the border from Belarus into Ukraine in Senkivka.
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