@ChristiJunior Telling Trump he can’t talk down to him (I’m not here to play cards) was absolutely childish.
>cuck to the US because we gave you money
would you have preferred he grovelled on his knees? at least he has some self-respect, unlike trump himself who wont even say a negative word towards Putin and kisses elon's feet.
enjoy oligarchy, trial ran in Russia and coming to America.
No country holds elections during war time.
>inb4 1944 America
the war wasn't on US soil.
>I'd rather Zelensky fund his own damn war
with what money? Ukraine is not rich. America funds tons and tons of wars. yet you draw the line at Ukraine?
Do you believe we should leave our allies to the wolves?
@yomiel @griffith @ChristiJunior russia held elections in 2024 but oh i guess that isn't "on their soil" either huh damn.
Literally yes? Ukrainian forces haven't leveled Western Russia. Also, are you to imply Russian elections are legitimate? Next you're gonna tell me Assad's election are legitimate.
Why does it matter to you anyway? If Zelensky DID hold an election, you would call it rigged unless he lost anyway. He holds no benefit to hold such an election at such a time.
@yomiel @griffith @ChristiJunior i believe election fraud and election propaganda happens but i tend to think that elections are almost always, if not always, legitimate. i do think biden legitimately won in 2020 even with all the weird shit that happened. i believe russia does overwhelmingly support putin. if zelensky ran an election and won i wouldn't question it. i do question him not holding the election at all and banning political parties.
So, you of course believe this election too?
Perhaps there is a lot of support for Putin. I don't know, I'm not Russian. It may even be upwards of 50%, regardless it's clear there is no way for Putin to lose, and that the country is at his whims. Well, except for the oligarchs that control him. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the Oligarchs who pushed him into the Ukraine for rare earth minerals.)
@yomiel @griffith @ChristiJunior syria is a place i would assume would be extremely homogenous. it's about the size of a state in the US. wyoming was 70% donald trump. washington DC voted 90% for kamala (it is smaller though, of course, so much higher chance for homogenization there).
even if there was interference in an election like this one, i would assume that it wouldn't alter the result.
I think you're being extremely naive to make a point here. It's clear Russia is under Putin's political will. There is no serious threat to his power via voting.