The Ukraine had been getting American aid since Putin annexed the Crimea. Putin thought that nobody would come to Ukraine's aid thanks to Trump. With Trump in the White House and trying to extort Ukraine for dirt on Joe Biden, Putin had little reason to fear retaliation for an invasion.
For whatever reason, he waited until Biden had been …
The Ukraine had been getting American aid since Putin annexed the Crimea. Putin thought that nobody would come to Ukraine's aid thanks to Trump. With Trump in the White House and trying to extort Ukraine for dirt on Joe Biden, Putin had little reason to fear retaliation for an invasion.
For whatever reason, he waited until Biden had been elected to invade. It was then that the world mobilized to help. The Russian Army turned out to be a bunch of amateurs lead by cutthroats. The war could have been over as you say, some time ago. Would Putin have accepted defeat? I kind of doubt it. He seems hellbent on rebuilding the unwilling Soviet Union.
I don't think that Putin necessarily wants WWIII either. I am sure that the Russian people don't want it. Too much of the world is against them.
Could it be that Putin believed Trumps BS rhetoric about Biden and figured that invading Ukraine under a Biden administration would be a slam dunk because the US would stay on the sidelines? I think it's a real possibility. Which means that another gullible fool was misled by the BS that comes out of Trump's mouth. Trump masterfully abuses the right to Free Speech.
I’m pretty confident that every single document in Mara Lago resort has copies in Moscow and Beijing. The top-secret documents, indicating a resistance to be involved under the Trump administration, well, that would explain things a little bit. You’d have to be a complete freakin idiot to think that they don’t have copies of every single one of those documents. Cheers 🥂
The Ukraine had been getting American aid since Putin annexed the Crimea. Putin thought that nobody would come to Ukraine's aid thanks to Trump. With Trump in the White House and trying to extort Ukraine for dirt on Joe Biden, Putin had little reason to fear retaliation for an invasion.
For whatever reason, he waited until Biden had been elected to invade. It was then that the world mobilized to help. The Russian Army turned out to be a bunch of amateurs lead by cutthroats. The war could have been over as you say, some time ago. Would Putin have accepted defeat? I kind of doubt it. He seems hellbent on rebuilding the unwilling Soviet Union.
I don't think that Putin necessarily wants WWIII either. I am sure that the Russian people don't want it. Too much of the world is against them.
Could it be that Putin believed Trumps BS rhetoric about Biden and figured that invading Ukraine under a Biden administration would be a slam dunk because the US would stay on the sidelines? I think it's a real possibility. Which means that another gullible fool was misled by the BS that comes out of Trump's mouth. Trump masterfully abuses the right to Free Speech.
I’m pretty confident that every single document in Mara Lago resort has copies in Moscow and Beijing. The top-secret documents, indicating a resistance to be involved under the Trump administration, well, that would explain things a little bit. You’d have to be a complete freakin idiot to think that they don’t have copies of every single one of those documents. Cheers 🥂
I think that is exactly what Putin thought. Don't say too much about it or Trump will try to take credit for that too.