Trump calls Zelensky a dictator, rants against war

[The Fame Monster 4,554]

That spineless, backstabbing traitor! A walking disaster with the intellect of a dull blade and the loyalty of a rat! Now he turns his back on Europe and Ukraine, proving once again that his only allegiance is to chaos and his own ego.

[Economy 53,131]

I cant believe the same guy thats starting conflicts with all the Western Allies continues to claim to be anti-war

 

It was silly enough to say it during campaigning but it takes real audacity to say it now

 

[Juniper 1,063]

I thought about how he single-handedly ruined everything between Canada and USA. He did it completely on his own. All it took was this one idiot opening his mouth. 

And now he’s repeating Putin’s words (like someone mentioned here already) and spreading mis-information and his delusional ideas about Ukraine that makes news-reporters, who are actually in Ukraine, wonder what on earth he’s saying. He comes off as unhinged, completely out of touch and full of lies. 

[howsAnnie 578]

On 2/19/2025 at 6:22 PM, Jill said:

A broken clock...

... is right twice a day?? So you agree with Trump and Putin's narrative of Zelensky being a dictator and the aggressor? 

[Jill 31,812]

1 minute ago, howsAnnie said:

... is right twice a day?? So you agree with Trump and Putin's narrative of Zelensky being a dictator and the aggressor? 

Zelensky banned opposition parties and suspended elections. If Putin did what he did, you'd be calling him a dictator without a doubt.

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14 minutes ago, howsAnnie said:

... is right twice a day?? So you agree with Trump and Putin's narrative of Zelensky being a dictator and the aggressor? 

It's right twice a day but also wrong 86,398 times as Trump is now  

[Sarah H 4,441]

14 minutes ago, Jill said:

Zelensky banned opposition parties and suspended elections. If Putin did what he did, you'd be calling him a dictator without a doubt.

They can't hold elections while at war. Zelensky did nothing wrong. 

[howsAnnie 578]

1 minute ago, Jill said:

Zelensky banned opposition parties and suspended elections. If Putin did what he did, you'd be calling him a dictator without a doubt.

Lmfao what?? That's exactly what Putin does though. Please educate yourself on how Putin is "elected" every 6 years. And look up what Churchill did in WWII while you're at it. Was he a dictator too? I'm sorry you're so misinformed. 

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Let LG7 be the only mayhem to be caused this year 

[Jill 31,812]

5 minutes ago, howsAnnie said:

Lmfao what?? That's exactly what Putin does though. Please educate yourself on how Putin is "elected" every 6 years. And look up what Churchill did in WWII while you're at it. Was he a dictator too? I'm sorry you're so misinformed. 

Churchill was a son of a bitch and not an example to anyone. So what Zelensky did is right because Putin manipulates elections? Come on... What's your definition of dictator then?

[Jill 31,812]

7 minutes ago, Sarah H said:

They can't hold elections while at war. Zelensky did nothing wrong. 

They can't have opposition parties either? They abolsutely have to censor the opinions of people who disagree with the war? Wow I didn't know that! Without a doubt, a thriving democracy to be sure.

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14 minutes ago, Jill said:

They can't have opposition parties either? They abolsutely have to censor the opinions of people who disagree with the war? Wow I didn't know that! Without a doubt, a thriving democracy to be sure.

He didn't ban all opposition parties. Just a selection of parties across all ideologies with ties to Russia after the 2022 invasion. 
In the Verkhovna Rada there's currently 5 opposition parties coming to 110 MPs with an additional 24 independent MPs sitting on the opposition benches. 

Surely a thriving democracy is one in which the legislature and executive follow the rules of the constitution and established law. A 2015 law prohibits the holding of elections during martial law, and the 2019 Electoral Code of Ukraine suspends all elections during martial law. 

Since we want to talk about the democratic nature of wartime elections in an occupied at-war state - I assume you have the answer to the following issues which are widely accepted as making a wartime election a dangerous anti-democratic exercise normally reserved for occupational forces trying to legitimise rule. 
1. How do you conduct a free & fair election when many citizens are having to seek refuge outside of the state due to the threat posed by the conflict?
2. How do you conduct a free & fair election when many citizens have been rendered homeless & entire electoral districts have been destroyed by warfare? 
3. How do you conduct a free & fair election when a not inconsiderable amount of the state has been occupied by the opposing force and isn't currently under state control? Do you deprive citizens in occupied areas of their right to a vote and a voice? 
4. How do you conduct a free & fair election without creating extreme risk to citizens, military service personnel and officials? Any polling station would need to be made public knowledge making it an easy target for aerial assault. How do you mitigate that? Mail-in ballots? Well people are homeless and a full register of homes destroyed and where people have been displaced to isn't readily available. Do they not get to vote or do they have to risk aerial bombardment while others are safe from it? Is that democratic? 

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25 minutes ago, Jill said:

They can't have opposition parties either? They abolsutely have to censor the opinions of people who disagree with the war? Wow I didn't know that! Without a doubt, a thriving democracy to be sure.

The opposition parties weren‘t banned because they disagree with the war. They were banned because they are pro russia. One might argue that this decision isn‘t democratic at all but under these circumstances it is certainly plausible.

but nonetheless this doesn‘t answer where the hell trump got that 4% support claim.

Zelenskyy's approval rating reached 57% in February. And as a matter of fact the martial law, which was extended by the Parliament several times, allows him to suspend elections

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Remember when he claimed he could end the war in his first day of office. What a clown. 

[Jill 31,812]

13 minutes ago, MayhemMonster said:

The opposition parties weren‘t banned because they disagree with the war. They were banned because they are pro russia.

So you can accuse anyone of being pro-Russia and ban them. If I said "No, Putin didn't ban opposition parties because they disagree with the war. He banned them because they were pro-Ukraine", would you believe that? Would you say, in that case, that it's a fair assessment? Let's not kid ourselves here. There's a very evident double standard.