Trump said he could stop war in 24 hours, but team appears daunted by negotiation with ‘a lot of detail attached to it’

Diplomacy, it turns out, is hard. The 24 hours that Donald Trump promised he would need to halt the fighting in Ukraine have long since passed. And the administration has done little of the hard diplomatic work that was required to secure landmark deals like the Dayton agreement or the Camp David accords in the past.

Rubio clearly wished to vent frustration on Friday, a day after Trump had said in the White House that he was waiting for Russia’s response to the proposed framework for a peace deal and expected to have it this week. The White House appears to be increasingly frustrated with Moscow, something that both European and Ukrainian officials had hoped would take place.

There was always an expertise gap in the difficult negotiations over a ceasefire to the Russian war in Ukraine. Now the administration appears to have a patience gap and has signaled it is ready to walk away. Ukraine does not have that option.

  • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    The silver lining is that HitlerPig has has given the Gift of Competence to his enemies.

    We haven’t heard much at all from past presidents, past Generals, past Cabinet members, etc., but I have a very hard time believing that these guys are just sitting on their verandas, sipping drinks, and ignoring the gleeful destruction of the nation that they had dedicated their entire lives to.

    More likely, they are in touch with each other, and are crafting some sort of plan/ response for when the quickly growing protests inevitably turn violent.

    Fascist governments never end quietly, its always violent. None of those arrogant MAGA Nazi fucks are going to die in their sleep in their old age. Most are going to die from a bullet or a rope - if they’re lucky.