FT: US objects to calling out 'Russian aggression' in G7 statement on Ukraine

[Dennis Donovan]

FT - (archived: https://archive.ph/AYw28 ) US objects to calling out ‘Russian aggression’ in G7 statement on Ukraine

Trump administration splits with allies on holding Moscow responsible for war

Christopher Miller in Kyiv and Henry Foy in Brussels
52 minutes ago

The US is opposing calling Russia the aggressor in a G7 statement on the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, threatening to derail a traditional show of unity, according to five western officials familiar with the matter.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s participation at a virtual G7 summit on Monday has also not yet been agreed, the officials said.

The disagreement comes after US President Donald Trump blamed Ukraine for the war, described Zelenskyy as a “dictator without elections”, and suggested that Russia should be invited back into the G7.

The US envoys have objected to the phrase “Russian aggression” and similar descriptions that have been used by G7 leaders since 2022 to describe the conflict, the western officials said.

The world’s leading economies have traditionally issued a statement of support on February 24, the day on which the full-scale invasion started three years ago.

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[Botany]

1. So much for the Russia, Russia, Russia thing being a hoax.

Nancy Pelosi to Trump's face, "with you all roads lead to Putin."

[2naSalit]

2. Too f'ing bad!

The truth is the truth and simply not liking it won't change that.

[PortTack]

3. Bingo!

[Solly Mack]

4. The Trump Regime wants to rewrite any and all history that it can.

Fuck that noise.

[Attilatheblond]

5. Yeah, and I reckon Poland attacked Germany back in the day

Evidently, Newspeak is now the language of the land

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. MaddowBlog-Ignoring backlash, Trump leans into false claim about Zelenskyy being a 'dictator'

Presidents only get so much political capital, and Trump has decided to invest his finite capital into supporting Putin's authoritarian regime in Moscow.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3limgqblntc2i

Presidents only get so much political capital, and Trump has decided to invest his finite capital into supporting Putin's authoritarian regime in Russia.

Maybe the White House could try explaining why.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ignoring-backlash-trump-leans-false-claim-zelenskyy-dictator-rcna192955

As Wednesday came to an end, and much of the world tried to come to terms with the fact that the White House had effectively switched sides, aligning the United States with our adversary and against our ally, Trump leaned into his offensive again. NBC News reported on comments the Republican made at the Future Investment Initiative Institute’s PRIORITY Summit in Miami Beach, Florida.

“President Zelenskyy talked the United States of America into spending $350 billion to go into a war that basically couldn’t be won,” Trump said. “The only thing he was really good at was playing Joe Biden like a fiddle. He played him like a fiddle.” Trump repeated his characterization of Zelenskyy as a “dictator” and asserted without clear evidence that Zelenskyy is refusing to hold an election because he is losing the support of his citizens.

The American president delivered the unscripted remarks with the confidence of a man who didn’t appear to care at all about the geopolitical or electoral consequences.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3likwvp5ywd2p

Link to tweet

It’s worth emphasizing, of course, that Trump’s rhetoric isn’t just dangerously bizarre, it’s also wildly at odds with reality. The American president’s anti-Ukraine lies have also drawn international rebukes from traditional U.S. allies, and even some congressional Republicans have carefully expressed disagreement with Trump’s radical nonsense.

There’s even reason to believe the White House is not on board with the broad American mainstream. The latest national poll from Quinnipiac University asked respondents, “Do you think the United States should trust Russian President Vladimir Putin, or not?” At a point in our history in which the public is deeply divided on many issues, 81% of Americans don’t agree on much, but in this survey, 81% of people said the United States should not trust Russia’s authoritarian leader. (Click the link for more information on the poll’s methodology and margin of error.)

And yet, there was Trump in the Oval Office last week, telling reporters on camera that he trusts Putin.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z/post/3li3jupn5i52d

Link to tweet

.....But he’s doing it anyway. Presidents only get so much political capital, and for reasons Trump has never made any meaningful effort to explain, he’s decided to invest his finite political capital into supporting the authoritarian regime in Moscow.

Maybe someday, the White House can explain why.

[wolfie001]

7. Facts and Integrity have zero value to the nat-zee repuke party and the Fat Orange Oaf (FOO)

[ScratchCat]

9. This entire administration has to be removed NOW

We are not going to sit here for the next four years pretending Russia didn't invade Ukraine because the dictator of Russia has blackmail material on our President.

Its time for Democrats and all others to stand up and say NO MORE TRUMP!

This IS THE LINE. Two unelected foreign national criminals are running this country in the place of an elected criminal who should have never been allowed to run for re-election. This HAS TO END NOW!

[moniss]

10. I would be really happy

if the other trade members around the world got together and formed their own trading bloc and excluded the US. Treat the US the way we treat Cuba and the way we used to treat China.

[dchill]

11. I'm going to stick with the actual historical truth...

...if it's all the same to you. Or, if it's not. AND I'll argue for the likely existence of some kind of videotaped urological evidence.*




*pee tape

[mwooldri]

12. Might be the G6 soon.

Russia was invited, thats why it became the G8 for a while. Reverted to G7 when Russia invaded Ukraine the first time around. if the present regime is acting like a Soviet satellite nation, why should it remain in the G7?