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Possible Trump Ukraine plan: half a trillion
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Posted By: Moritz55, 7/26/2024 11:00:42 AM

Could this be Trump's plan for establishing peace in Ukraine and Europe? Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and David J. Urban, a former advisor to Trump's campaigns in 2016 and 2020, published an article last night in the Wall Street Journal, outlining what might be the Republican administration's plan if Trump is elected president. Israel is also mentioned in the plan. According to the authors, "While Mr. Biden stumbled into war through weakness, Mr. Trump could re-establish peace through strength." So what is required to achieve said peace? The authors list seven steps:

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Reply 1 - Posted by: schach 7/26/2024 11:13:31 AM (No. 1766623)
Heck no. Let Russia & Ukraine sort it out. Btw NATO membership for Ukraine a non-starter. This article can’t possibly reflect Trump’s thinking.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Mofongo 7/26/2024 11:25:28 AM (No. 1766635)
This is not Trump’s plan. Trump has little use for Pompeo, the ultimate war monger. Puh-lease!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: stablemoney 7/26/2024 11:25:58 AM (No. 1766636)
This looks like a Pompeo Plan. I hope Trump does not put Pompeo in his administration. Pompeo did nothing at the CIA or the State Dept, and is an inept loser.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: marbles 7/26/2024 11:26:20 AM (No. 1766638)
# 1 It doesn't. Trump does not do pay offs.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: simpleman 7/26/2024 11:34:28 AM (No. 1766643)
... my thought has been, and this reinforces the thought, that Trump is going to leak strong posturing positions during the campaign and Putin will repsond with an all out territory grab ... September and October could be sheer hell for Ukrainian miltary; hope to be wrong on this one.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Kate318 7/26/2024 12:16:17 PM (No. 1766656)
More guesswork from the chattering classes.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 7/26/2024 1:26:06 PM (No. 1766688)
Mike Pompeo is not on my List of Trustworthies.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: NorthernDog 7/26/2024 2:38:24 PM (No. 1766724)
Some of the proposals are sensible but Ukraine joining NATO is not. Countries with border disputes do not qualify. And Russia has warned time and time again about pushing NATO that far east. It'd be like poking a grizzly bear.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: hershey 7/26/2024 3:05:25 PM (No. 1766735)
Yada this, yada dat...they have no idea what Trump is going to do when he gets elected...all hot air so they can keep their names in the news...just bag it...
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Reply 10 - Posted by: nelsonted1 7/26/2024 4:21:27 PM (No. 1766767)
I'm so glad Ukraine got in the way of Russia's dive toward Poland and the Baltic countries. No way is joining NATO the answer to any of it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: robertthomason 7/27/2024 2:33:53 PM (No. 1767326)
Several good ideas here. Unfortunately, they are canceled by one catastrophic bad idea - NATO membership. Does anybody believe that Russia would agree? As I recall, the US has pledged to keep Ukraine out of NATO. Trump is capable of getting an agreement that ends the war and ends the blank check for Ukraine.
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