Whoever is advising Trump on Russia needs to be fired ASAP.
First of all, they didn't lose 60 million lives during WW2, but 27(still a lot).
Second of all, there is nothing he can threaten them with except direct military invasion or escalating the aid dramatically, which would be counter to the reason people voted for him to begin with.
The US currently sanctions all of their goods, hence why the price of raw materials being so high worldwide. Saying "we're going to sanction you even more" will just make them roll their eyes. It's part of their culture to be threatened and fight against superpoweres(the Ottomans, Napoleon, Germany during WWI, Germany during WW2, the US during the cold war), so this is just another Tuesday for them.
A better tactic would be to invite them to the negotiating table and ask what they want and see if a deal can be worked out that way. Maybe that Trump is trying to do, however Russians don't take lightly to intimidation. You get way more by just being polite to them believe it or not.
I think the President is talking about the combined losses by the US and Russia in World War II. The truth is that Putin wants this war to be over, and so does President Trump. This is just the opening volley, if you will.
The losses for the entire WW2, including the Pacific theater are estimated to be at 50 million people. That's why I mentioned, that his Russia advisor needs to be fired. If you don't know how many people they, then chances are you don't know how they think.
We'll see how it's going to be. Putin wants the war to be over on his terms, aka no NATO in Ukraine and referendums for all the eastern Ukraine oblast including Odessa, Dnipro, Zaporozhie, Kharkov, etc.
IMO I think Ukraine needs to be disbanded as a nation state all together since it was created like a Frankenstein country by the bolsheviks and Lenin from the territories of Russia, Bielorussia, Poland, Romania, Moldova and God know who else.
All of these countries need to get their historic lands back and what's rest needs to be rebranded by it's historical accurate name: Galicia. They even had a SS devision with that name composed of ethnic Ukranians.
Whoever is advising Trump on Russia needs to be fired ASAP.
First of all, they didn't lose 60 million lives during WW2, but 27(still a lot).
Second of all, there is nothing he can threaten them with except direct military invasion or escalating the aid dramatically, which would be counter to the reason people voted for him to begin with.
The US currently sanctions all of their goods, hence why the price of raw materials being so high worldwide. Saying "we're going to sanction you even more" will just make them roll their eyes. It's part of their culture to be threatened and fight against superpoweres(the Ottomans, Napoleon, Germany during WWI, Germany during WW2, the US during the cold war), so this is just another Tuesday for them.
A better tactic would be to invite them to the negotiating table and ask what they want and see if a deal can be worked out that way. Maybe that Trump is trying to do, however Russians don't take lightly to intimidation. You get way more by just being polite to them believe it or not.
I think the President is talking about the combined losses by the US and Russia in World War II. The truth is that Putin wants this war to be over, and so does President Trump. This is just the opening volley, if you will.
The losses for the entire WW2, including the Pacific theater are estimated to be at 50 million people. That's why I mentioned, that his Russia advisor needs to be fired. If you don't know how many people they, then chances are you don't know how they think.
We'll see how it's going to be. Putin wants the war to be over on his terms, aka no NATO in Ukraine and referendums for all the eastern Ukraine oblast including Odessa, Dnipro, Zaporozhie, Kharkov, etc.
IMO I think Ukraine needs to be disbanded as a nation state all together since it was created like a Frankenstein country by the bolsheviks and Lenin from the territories of Russia, Bielorussia, Poland, Romania, Moldova and God know who else.
All of these countries need to get their historic lands back and what's rest needs to be rebranded by it's historical accurate name: Galicia. They even had a SS devision with that name composed of ethnic Ukranians.