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LetMyPeopleVote

(173,536 posts)
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 10:38 AM 19 hrs ago

trump is trying to block Europe from giving Ukraine blocked Russian funds

Russia is trying to cut a peace deal based on giving trump a share of these funds and other business deals

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trump is trying to block Europe from giving Ukraine blocked Russian funds (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago OP
Pootin must be so proud of his puppet SheltieLover 18 hrs ago #1
What a miserable greedy asshole. 😡 Dave Bowman 18 hrs ago #2
I prefer sadistic greedy bastard vapor2 5 hrs ago #26
Trump has been such a good friend to Europe Johonny 18 hrs ago #3
Europe should tell him to FOAD. MLWR 16 hrs ago #14
Europe likely to tell trump to pound sand vapor2 5 hrs ago #25
Trump is on the wrong side history... What about the 20 to 90 K of Ukrainian kids that Putin has kidnapped? Botany 18 hrs ago #4
Pedonold doesn't care about US kids going hungry, so... Justice matters. 16 hrs ago #18
He really is a hideous person. Cruelty is the point. Botany 16 hrs ago #19
Corrupted pedonold thinks he won the mega-billions lottery Justice matters. 15 hrs ago #21
"What about the 20 to 90 K of Ukrainian kids that Putin has kidnapped?" OldBaldy1701E 11 hrs ago #22
Ukraine's European allies know very well what Trump and Putin are up to Emrys 17 hrs ago #5
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission thought crime 16 hrs ago #12
And she's not alone PatSeg 16 hrs ago #13
Good. She shouldn't. MLWR 16 hrs ago #15
I don't believe Trump has a mechanism for blocking the use of funds that are deposited in European banks. Martin68 17 hrs ago #6
Trump can't dictate demands to sovereign nations and expect them to just obey him. He's posturing. Texin 17 hrs ago #7
After "conquering" the U.S. SergeStorms 17 hrs ago #10
His one gift is finding and exploiting leverage and vulnerabilities. If he doesn't get his cut, he can threaten wiggs 16 hrs ago #16
Often true, but just as often Trump's threats prove to be empty and he just moves on to a new target. Martin68 15 hrs ago #20
Luckily...... SergeStorms 17 hrs ago #8
Putin has something on him, come on folks let's be real ashredux 17 hrs ago #9
Putin may well have something on Schlump. ShazzieB 16 hrs ago #17
He has a lot of 'something' on him. sheshe2 5 hrs ago #27
And stupid MAGA who already lost business, medical services, their SS and Medicare won't see a dime but will back this ChicagoTeamster 17 hrs ago #11
MAGA Moscow Agent Governing America MissouriDem47 10 hrs ago #23
We expect nothing less Old Crank 7 hrs ago #24
Trump has an ally in Bart De Wever, the prime minister of Belgium, where the Russian assets are being held Emrys 5 hrs ago #28
Putin has strategically placed his puppets everywhere. Irish_Dem 16 min ago #29

Johonny

(25,146 posts)
3. Trump has been such a good friend to Europe
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:15 AM
18 hrs ago

That I'm sure these countries will give a fuck what he says . . .

vapor2

(3,539 posts)
25. Europe likely to tell trump to pound sand
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:49 PM
5 hrs ago

they do not want Russian aggression at any cost

Botany

(76,066 posts)
4. Trump is on the wrong side history... What about the 20 to 90 K of Ukrainian kids that Putin has kidnapped?
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:36 AM
18 hrs ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220846290

Btw Anybody want to see what a good job that Biden did as POTUS? Look @ the coalition of European
Nations he helped to put together on his 2023 trip to Ukraine after which he met the needed parties and
put together a solid foundation to help Ukraine in defeating the evil that is Putin. After Trump used a
dirty ass “election” to become a national and international nightmare that coalition has stepped up big
time and also have cut Trump and America out of it.

Justice matters.

(9,191 posts)
18. Pedonold doesn't care about US kids going hungry, so...
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 01:24 PM
16 hrs ago

like he would care about another nation's kids?

They don't give him tens of millions.

Botany

(76,066 posts)
19. He really is a hideous person. Cruelty is the point.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 01:41 PM
16 hrs ago

His and Musk’s cutting USAID to some of the poorest people in the world has already cost
@ least 1 million lives in Africa. More than half are children. They also stopped the delivery
of anti diarrhea medicines which is a huge killer of hungry people.

The only thing with the kidnapped Ukrainian Children is that it
is more public and there might be some public pressure on those shits.

If the God of our Christo Fascist Evangelicals is real then they would both be struck down dead in the
name of Jay BEE susss.

Justice matters.

(9,191 posts)
21. Corrupted pedonold thinks he won the mega-billions lottery
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 02:05 PM
15 hrs ago

by "winning" the election. I'm sure he believed the FAUX lies about Joe Biden and Hunter cashing in, and now it's his turn.

The US needs him out. Talk about an emergency!

OldBaldy1701E

(9,760 posts)
22. "What about the 20 to 90 K of Ukrainian kids that Putin has kidnapped?"
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:27 PM
11 hrs ago

Oh, you mean the new Mar-a-Largo staff?

Emrys

(8,842 posts)
5. Ukraine's European allies know very well what Trump and Putin are up to
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:44 AM
17 hrs ago

See here: Der Spiegel article: "We Must Not Leave Ukraine and Volodymyr Alone with These Guys" - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220846629

thought crime

(1,073 posts)
12. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 12:55 PM
16 hrs ago

is no longer able to hide her complete contempt for Trump.

Martin68

(26,773 posts)
6. I don't believe Trump has a mechanism for blocking the use of funds that are deposited in European banks.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:58 AM
17 hrs ago

Texin

(2,819 posts)
7. Trump can't dictate demands to sovereign nations and expect them to just obey him. He's posturing.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 12:19 PM
17 hrs ago

SergeStorms

(19,849 posts)
10. After "conquering" the U.S.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 12:28 PM
17 hrs ago

the Big Orange Pig believes he's "king of the world," now. If he only realized how despised he is around the globe. Nah..... everyone loves him, at least in his minds-eye.

wiggs

(8,601 posts)
16. His one gift is finding and exploiting leverage and vulnerabilities. If he doesn't get his cut, he can threaten
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 01:22 PM
16 hrs ago

tariffs, NATO and UN funding, port access, yank visas, investigate leaders, etc.. Doesn't matter if it's legal, moral, ethical, or in the interests of the US.

Martin68

(26,773 posts)
20. Often true, but just as often Trump's threats prove to be empty and he just moves on to a new target.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 01:49 PM
15 hrs ago

He employs a scattershot technique, threatening everyone with everything, and only pursues the ones that hit.

SergeStorms

(19,849 posts)
8. Luckily......
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 12:22 PM
17 hrs ago

Trump has alienated our former European allies to the point where they no longer listen to a thing he says.
"The crazy orange guy wants us to do what?"

ashredux

(2,827 posts)
9. Putin has something on him, come on folks let's be real
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 12:27 PM
17 hrs ago

He’s doing more for Putin than he’s doing for the USA

ShazzieB

(22,046 posts)
17. Putin may well have something on Schlump.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 01:23 PM
16 hrs ago

But I could easily see the Orange Hellbeast doing Vlad's bidding regardless. He worships dictators and probably sees Pootie as a role model.

sheshe2

(95,172 posts)
27. He has a lot of 'something' on him.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:03 AM
5 hrs ago

Putin has a lot of dirt on him, the girls and more. Putin owns his b***h.

ChicagoTeamster

(297 posts)
11. And stupid MAGA who already lost business, medical services, their SS and Medicare won't see a dime but will back this
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 12:37 PM
17 hrs ago

Emrys

(8,842 posts)
28. Trump has an ally in Bart De Wever, the prime minister of Belgium, where the Russian assets are being held
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:15 AM
5 hrs ago

De Wever has long been known to harbour sympathies toward Russia, but is currently hiding behind legal and geopoilitical fears to justify not working on a way to release the billions.

How Belgium became Russia's most valuable asset

Prime Minister Bart De Wever is blocking a raid on Moscow's frozen funds to help Ukraine. Can anyone change his mind?

https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-russia-bart-de-wever-moscow-funds-brussels-bank-ukraine-war/


Following consultations between the major European partners, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz is due to pay De Wever a visit this week to try to talk some sense into him.
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