Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU

Donald Trump may walk away from the Ukrainian war, the US president’s oldest son has said in comments to a Middle East conference.

In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr also said Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled their country leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight the war.

Trump Jr has no formal role inside his father’s administration, but is a key figure in the MAGA movement. His intervention reflects the antipathy among some inside the Trump team towards the Ukrainian government, and comes as Trump’s negotiating team is putting pressure on Kyiv to give up territory.

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[–] 90 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Can someone please tell me what his official government position that warrants his comment or the validity of it?

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    [–] 58 points 8 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 54 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    They are probably planning on deals with their new ally Russia instead.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    New ally of the formerly western oriented democratic United States.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    And meanwhile China is doing its best to have Russia submit to them. So in the end Xi is using Putin as a hand puppet to get Trump to do what Xi wants. That's a weird influence game.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago*

    china is halfway there, buying up siberias natural resouces, and russia utterly dependant on china for trade. russia is nothing more than a vassal state, much like NK is. china likes to have its buffer states against its perceived enemies. pakistan against india(friends with benefits since they helped pakistan developed thier nukes), russia against the west, Nk AGAINST its asian neighbors.

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  • [–] 36 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    What the fuck would Don Jr know about the peasant class or anything about war fighting? He would not have shit if he were not a nepo hire.

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  • [–] 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr also said Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled their country leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight the war.

    If this was true (it isn't) he is saying that the US should stop supporting the less we'll off because the corrupt people left. He is saying we should only support a country while the corrupt wealthy people are still there.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    It actually is true.

    Rich people never fight in wars.

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago

    It's sad that the President of the United States of America's cocaine addicted son is given the opportunity to make opinion statements to the public.

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago

    EU: Okay so we’ll stop buying US munitions to send to Ukraine.

    US: “No wait no like that…”

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    my neighbors are refugees from ukraine. while personally they are douchebags whose love of small engines and car repair means the alley between our house (my bedroom) and their apartment contains a tire machine, air compressor, and eight snow blowers… two motorcycles on the porch and four cars in a 2 car driveway… I worry they’ll get booted back to ukraine and war if trumps nonsense pulls the rug from under them.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I had a Ukrainian colleague who enrolled in the national guard specifically because they give you citizenship after your training and he couldn't get kicked back like that. Now he might have to participate in the ridiculous operations this oppressive regime is now using them for :/

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Fuck you Donald. Just stay there. Someone might rare game hunt your ass someday.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Why would anyone care what this dipshit has to say?

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    Because he's been on Russia's payroll for a while (and likely his dad too), so like a stopped clock being right twice a day, when Don Jr. suggests that the US is thinking about not supporting an enemy of Russia, it might be worth thinking there's some truth to it.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    And the extortion continues...

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    How bout ending funding to Israel

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    [–] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Funny, to see a member of the corrupt US oligarchy talk about corruption in other countries.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    “May” end?

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    ... this week

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    the son that trump doesnt ACKNOWLEDGE TOO.

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    [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Of course he is named Donald, too.

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