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February 19, 2025
Trump�s �Ghastly� Ukraine Spin Blasted As �Echoing� Russian Propaganda
Donald Trump drew fierce blowback on Tuesday for � once again � falsely
blaming Ukraine for its invasion by Russia.
�I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it�s going very
well,� the president told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, after tentative peace talks were held between U.S. and Russia officials in Saudi Arabia.
Trump then mocked, though, Ukrainian complaints that its officials weren�t invited to the negotiating table.
�Today I heard, �Oh, oh, we weren�t invited,�� said Trump.
�Well, you�ve been there for three years. You should�ve ended it in three years,� he added. �You should have never started it. You could have made a deal.�
Trump�s claim that Ukraine �should have never started� the conflict was
quickly fact-checked on social media, where critics remembered how it was Russia � under orders of its President Vladimir Putin - that invaded
Ukraine in 2022.
Yale history professor Timothy Snyder, who is an expert on
authoritarianism, told MSNBC�s Lawrence O�Donnell that Trump�s comments
were �ghastly� and �morally disgusting.�
Social media users agreed and accused Trump of �echoing a Russian talking point.�
Listening to Trump you�d think Ukraine was bombing its own cities and invading its own country.
� Susan Glasser (@sbg1) February 18, 2025
Update: now he just blamed Ukraine outright. �You shoulda never started it,� Trump said. What a lie, a Russian lie�from the American president.
� Susan Glasser (@sbg1) February 18, 2025
TRUMP IS DISGUSTING!He literally just claimed that Ukraine shouldn't
have started this war. He's literally blaming Ukraine for starting the war
& is taking Putin's side.
How can MAGA still support this man? He's siding with a murderous
dictator and spouting Russian lies. pic.twitter.com/QJS5hlLl7G
� Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) February 18, 2025
Trump claims Ukraine started the war�a total disgrace against
everything America represents.
Don�t be shocked�be motivated. And for damn sure do not bend the knee. Stiffen your spine and get ready to win back an America with a moral
compass. pic.twitter.com/lHDt6xdnZ4
� Heath Mayo (@HeathMayo) February 18, 2025
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Donald Trump is the President of the United States and the Spokesperson
for Vladimir Putin. Only we in the UK and Europe will protect Ukraine.
https://t.co/aHzlfmfTy1
� Ed Davey (@EdwardJDavey) February 18, 2025
Trump once again blames Ukraine for starting the war. Trump blames
Ukraine for invading Ukraine.
Sure, tell me Trump isn�t working for Putin. Tell me he�s not a Russian asset. Go ahead.
https://t.co/lAY8uDPpLf
� Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) February 18, 2025
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