In Zelenskyy meeting, Trump jokes about starting a war to halt 2028 elections

https://www.salon.com/2025/08/18/in-zelenskyy-meeting-trump-jokes-about-starting-a-war-to-halt-2028-elections/

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andrewta@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 1y (1 reply)

He "joked".... Yeah bs he's telling us his plans.

hemmes@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

🌎🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

floofloof@lemmy.ca · 41 pts · 1y

Fascists don't joke. They threaten and bully and see how people react, then decide whether to claim it was a joke.

TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Imagine how badly zelensky wants to fucking choke out the child raping fascist.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Frankly, if there’s a trilateral summit between Zelenskyy, orangeboi, and Putin… well, let’s just say I can think of far worse ways to spend the balance of my life.

anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

If he could get Vance at the same time could you imagine? The world would be a different place in the morning that’s for sure.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

I mean… I get where you’re going, but the next guy in the line after those two is a complete fucking psycho and a staunch Nationalist Christian (by all means, read into how that ordering can be shortened) and Christian Dominionist, which would not be better.

madjo@feddit.nl · 16 pts · 1y

"jokes"... those aren't jokes, Salon. Those should be taken as serious as a heart attack. Wake up journalists of the States, your country is under attack from within. (and has been for about a decade now)

Triasha@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)

The law on this is clear, we still have elections during wartime, but that's never stopped him before.

mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I mean so does ukraine iirc...

Triasha@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

My understanding was the Ukrainian constitution prohibits elections during war time. The exact opposite of ours.

Faildini@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

That's correct, and basically the reason the whole "Zelensky is a dictator" argument doesn't hold water. He's following the laws of his country by not holding elections. Our country doesn't work that way.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y

Trump has no sense of humor.

vga@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y

I hope it's against Russia and not against Ukraine. Or Greenland.

Mythnubb@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y

https://youtu.be/sPTPL6kXJBU?t=630

@10:30 since no one has mentioned it.