Trump's competitor promises to give part of Ukraine to Russia and block Kyiv's accession to NATO

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Trump's competitor promises to give part of Ukraine to Russia and block Kyiv's accession to NATO
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Sorry for the headline. I don't know why they don't just say it's Vivek Ramaswamy.

To that end, I will accept Russian control of the occupied territories and pledge to block Ukraine’s candidacy for NATO in exchange for Russia exiting its military alliance with China. I will end sanctions and bring Russia back into the world market. In this way, I will elevate Russia as a strategic check on China’s designs in East Asia.

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Who the fuck does he think is. The US has zero rights to do anything like this.

Right or not, there's a good chance Ukraine would not be standing today without US support. Of course other countries are also giving aid but US tops the chart by a large margin. see here $76 billion in aid as of June this year for a country whose GDP in 2020 was about $150 billion. They're running at a massive deficit and barely holding on as it is.

Should the US decide to go to Ukraine and say "hey, we're cutting you off. should probably surrender with these xyz conditions" they would be forced to seriously consider their position.

Imagine being dumb enough to vote for someone like that.