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.
55 Comments
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 90 pts · 262d
Can someone please tell me what his official government position that warrants his comment or the validity of it?
ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al · 48 pts · 262d
I think he is the official drug sniffer.
harmbugler@piefed.social · 1 pts · 262d
He multi-classed drug sniffer and nepo baby.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 262d
he needs do a line in each nostril to function everyday.
Zephorah@discuss.online · 22 pts · 262d
Vance’s future running mate, probably. The ick ticket.
frunch@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 262d
Oooooof those are gonna be some stinky conventions
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 262d
vance;s first lady is going to be erika.
kmartburrito@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 262d
His dad's boss told him
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 262d
hes does more cocaine than trump.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 261d
random_character_a@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 262d
So, no mineral deal?
comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 54 pts · 262d
They are probably planning on deals with their new ally Russia instead.
AshMan85@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 262d
New ally? 😂
comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 19 pts · 262d
New ally of the formerly western oriented democratic United States.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 262d
You mean formerly western-oriented, formerly democratic, formerly united, states.
comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 1 pts · 262d
Yup, perfect characterization.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 4 pts · 262d
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.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 262d
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.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 262d
only a putin deal.
ProfThadBach@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 262d
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.
Kirp123@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 262d
He should stick to sniffing cocaine.
snooggums@piefed.world · 30 pts · 262d
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.
widowdoll@ttrpg.network · 7 pts · 262d
It actually is true.
Rich people never fight in wars.
snooggums@piefed.world · 2 pts · 261d
It is false because the stated cause, "corrupt rich people leaving", is not true so it would not lead to the "peasant class" being left behind to do the fighting.
Yes, the "peasant class" always fights the wars, but not because of something that didn't happen.
widowdoll@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 261d
Rich people are leaving, though. They could literally bribe recruiters to avoid serving in the war.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/15/bribes-and-hiding-at-home-the-ukrainian-men-trying-to-avoid-conscription
The only people who are stuck are the ones who can't afford to leave.
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 261d
Thank you. It's so dumb when you think about it for even a second or two. "The corrupt people left, so we shouldn't support the honest ones there?"
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 262d
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.
puppinstuff@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 262d
EU: Okay so we’ll stop buying US munitions to send to Ukraine.
US: “No wait no like that…”
flandish@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 262d
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.
northernlights@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 262d
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 :/
flandish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 262d
the US pretending to give citizenship or safety for “help” is a tale as old as time.
random_character_a@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 262d
Fuck you Donald. Just stay there. Someone might rare game hunt your ass someday.
Tryenjer@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 262d
This will be known in history as the Great Betrayal. What a disgrace Trump is to the USA.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 0 pts · 262d
America was such a beacon of light before trump
lowleekun@lemmy.funami.tech · 2 pts · 261d
Looks like you forgot a "/s" and the commentors are confused
Tryenjer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 261d
I wouldn't say that, I know very well how brutal they could be and were in Asia and South America, but it's also true that they have proven to be reliable allies for Europe on several occasions. In my country, Portugal, we probably wouldn't have had a democracy without their support. Not everyone in the various governments was good, of course; Kissinger, for example, wanted to invade the Azores, cut aid to Portuguese socialist (PS) and social democratic (PSD) parties and leave behind a failed communist dictatorship in Portugal as an example to discourage the Western European left. But overall, I would say that, for a relatively long period, American influence and partnership were positive in Europe.
MBech@feddit.dk · 1 pts · 261d
lol
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 262d
Punchable face.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 261d
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 261d
That's disrespectful to Butthead
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 261d
boaratio@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 262d
💯
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 262d
And the extortion continues...
ameancow@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 261d
watson387@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 262d
Why would anyone care what this dipshit has to say?
palordrolap@fedia.io · 10 pts · 262d
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.
Skiluros@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 262d
Funny, to see a member of the corrupt US oligarchy talk about corruption in other countries.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 262d
How bout ending funding to Israel
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 261d
his brother in law is a zionist
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 261d
Nah, have to keep pumping munitions into the holy motherland.
Rhoeri@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 262d
“May” end?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 262d
the son that trump doesnt ACKNOWLEDGE TOO.
nexguy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 262d
... this week
SereneSadie@quokk.au · 4 pts · 262d
IronBird@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 262d
taco
probable_possum@leminal.space · 2 pts · 262d
Of course he is named Donald, too.
northernlights@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 262d
Yup, forever just an extension of his father.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 261d
Uh-huh, I sure will trust the word of Captain Bonespurs and his spawn about the "corrupt" rich of a country in a war with Russia. 🙄
BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 262d