Russia ‘sure as hell’ won’t win despite Trump’s threat to drop support for Ukraine | Ian Bremmer

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Published 2024-07-18
“The Ukrainians aren’t winners, but the Russians sure as hell aren’t winners in that environment.”

Trump and JD Vance “really don’t care” about coordinating the Ukraine plan with American allies but their inaction won't threaten the Poles and the Baltics, says political scientist Ian Bremmer.

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All Comments (21)
  • Yes. Seems to me there should be more explicit emphasis that US support for Ukraine is a national security issue, not a “foreign aid” issue.
  • @eddyvaneden8017
    No that Europe spends more on defence is not because of Trump, but because of the Ukraine war.
  • By the time this is over, Russia will have gone back in time about 50 years🙃
  • @QDog736
    they should not give one blade of grass to the Russians vote blue not one inch anything other is a win for putin
  • Moscow horde´s war record :- 1856 defeated by Britain and France 1905 defeated by Japan 1917 defeated by Germany 1920 defeated by Poland, Finland, Estonia and all Baltic states 1939 defeated by Finland 1969 defeated by China 1989 defeated by Afghanistan 1989 defeated in the Cold War. 1996 defeated by Chechnya 2022 defeated by Ukraine WW2 won USA/Britain , meanwhile Stalin's officers were shot or sent to the Gulags. Millions went to the Gulags, including Solzhenitsyn Moscow's only victories come from invading smaller countries :- a) Hungary 1956 b) Czechoslovakia 1968 c) Moldova 1992 d) Georgia 2008
  • Why do you think Russia is suddenly wanting to talk? It's because the tide has turned.
  • @331SVTCobra
    you can weave any kind of rationalization allowing Russia to keep parts of Ukraine, even calling it an "asymmetric loss for Russia", but the bottom line is that Russia wanted Ukraine's land and they got some. This gentleman clearly doesn't understand that Putin doesn't care about losing half a million Russian men, they cost him nothing.
  • @jstoner9029
    What a buffoon. ‘Give Putin what he wants and he will go away’. “I have in my hand a piece of paper…”.
  • @MarkyMark6816
    Ukraine is sovereign and must keep all its land. Stop saying they have to cede land please. It is not helpful. Instead give Ukraine the weapons it needs to defeat Russia.
  • @Sylvie_M
    Why does no one talk about how old Trump is? I'm not convinced Bremmer really understands Trump and/or Vance.
  • Would you let China or Russia keep Alaska? It's easy to give away other people's land but you wouldn't do it in USA.
  • @yamaneko-ex8fy
    NO WAY UKRAINE should give up territory AND people to Russia! Breaking this international law would trigger wars and crises all around the world following Russia´s path. You cannot allow Russia that but deny it any other country and China is just waiting for that to attack Taiwan. Supporting Ukraine by ALL means WITHOUT any restrictions to defeat Russia is the only way to save Ukraine and secure Europe and the whole world!!!
  • Question... If Trump/Vance believe Ukraine should give up land for peace because Russia has some claim to that land then by extension, Russia has claim on Alaska and said they want it back so I guess we should give them Alaska and trade land for peace ourselves right?
  • There is a reason why in Finnish verb "Ryssiä" (Muscovy ) , roughly meaning "to totally fail something".
  • @israelbarak2124
    J D Vance says that he is religious. He says that he doesn't care about the lives of Ukrainian women and children. He shows no mercy for Ukraine. He should understand that what goes around comes around. Vance should know that God will show no mercy on Vance and his family.
  • This guy ignores Trump's blatant parroting of Russian propaganda and strategy, so to present him as a rational actor and not a bought-and-paid Kremlin asset--which Trump obviously is.
  • @Freq412
    Ian, such a clearheaded man. Thank you!
  • @pcread
    Vance is Peter Thiel's Manchurian Candidate
  • Find out the Peter Thiel JD Vance connection. Possible mix in Elon Musk.