Or they worked a deal ahead of time I hate to say it but. Seems like they can use each other when it’s needed . Not so strategic I don’t think ether are great at it . More of a corruption thing they can make each other rich 🤑 growing the size of their countries is something both want . Trump already said something like he’s brilliant and loves his country. Both want to leave their mark neither is an artist .
Emergency-Ad-7002 on
Putin: Donny, let me give you some pointers on getting Epstein out of the news for a while. Do Venezuela first. It’s an easy target. When that news dies down, you can go after Greenland, then Canada, then…
Dementia Donny: Great idea. What can I offer you in return? Want a MAGA hat? A Trump 2028 hat?
Putin: Just Ukraine. I’m not greedy.
Dementia Donny: And you are OK with my getting Greenland and Canada?
Putin: Sure, because you will be giving me the end of NATO. Go for it, Donny, and you will be great forever.
Wauwuaw5983 on
Russia is weak. And frankly, Trump hated the fact that Maduro was living rent free in his head.
Puzzleheaded_Law_558 on
Because he told Shitler to do it
SpinzACE on
Because he’s still trying to manipulate Trump on Ukraine and if he gives Trump grief about it Trump will probably send Tomahawks to Ukraine in a fit of retaliation or worse.
Trump already had the military capture a shadow tanker that had set its allegiance to Russia, painted the Russian flag on itself, had Russia call the U.S. and tell them NOT to confiscate it and did so in front of several Russian warships that had to sit back and watch with their schlongs in their hands.
amitym on
I don’t understand, I learned that, “We don’t give up on our own,” always meant specifically that Moscow would call you home when it was time to exit. It has never meant sticking by someone thick and thin and defending them to the hilt from being deposed.
Assad? Check.
Yanukovych? Check.
Maduro? Inasmuch as he is held by a Russian-backed government, check.
Al Jazeera is right in that the loss of Venezuela is not very much to Russia, especially right now in the midst of an economic crisis at home. But more importantly, it happens in the midst of a political crisis for Trump, which Putin would rather badly like to shore up for his asset. Russia’s control over American policy may be all that remains between Russia and total defeat in Ukraine.
Putin has to keep that asset in place. Sacrificing another less important one if it helps keep Trump in power is absolutely a good tradeoff from Putin’s point of view.
It doesn’t seem any more complex than that. Am I missing something?
AshCan10 on
Whenever russia reacts quietly and calmly its because they are caught off guard and panicked. Same thing happened with the Kursk offensive.
DarrenEdwardsVR on
Quiet? He sent missiles to American owned factories in Ukraine.
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Because he offered Venezuela to the USA in exchange for Ukraine, that’s why.
It could be out of sheer weakness?
Because when your enemy is making a mistake you shouldn’t say anything.
because Putin is probably telling Trump to disrupt oil production in hopes of spiking prices.
Because there is nothing Putin can do about it and Putin knows that.
USA doing a special military operation in 3 hours makes what Russia is doing in Ukraine look even stupider.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/russias-putin-reassures-venezuelas-maduro-moscows-support-call-kremlin-says-2025-12-11/
Because he looks weak, that is the answer
Or they worked a deal ahead of time I hate to say it but. Seems like they can use each other when it’s needed . Not so strategic I don’t think ether are great at it . More of a corruption thing they can make each other rich 🤑 growing the size of their countries is something both want . Trump already said something like he’s brilliant and loves his country. Both want to leave their mark neither is an artist .
Putin: Donny, let me give you some pointers on getting Epstein out of the news for a while. Do Venezuela first. It’s an easy target. When that news dies down, you can go after Greenland, then Canada, then…
Dementia Donny: Great idea. What can I offer you in return? Want a MAGA hat? A Trump 2028 hat?
Putin: Just Ukraine. I’m not greedy.
Dementia Donny: And you are OK with my getting Greenland and Canada?
Putin: Sure, because you will be giving me the end of NATO. Go for it, Donny, and you will be great forever.
Russia is weak. And frankly, Trump hated the fact that Maduro was living rent free in his head.
Because he told Shitler to do it
Because he’s still trying to manipulate Trump on Ukraine and if he gives Trump grief about it Trump will probably send Tomahawks to Ukraine in a fit of retaliation or worse.
Trump already had the military capture a shadow tanker that had set its allegiance to Russia, painted the Russian flag on itself, had Russia call the U.S. and tell them NOT to confiscate it and did so in front of several Russian warships that had to sit back and watch with their schlongs in their hands.
I don’t understand, I learned that, “We don’t give up on our own,” always meant specifically that Moscow would call you home when it was time to exit. It has never meant sticking by someone thick and thin and defending them to the hilt from being deposed.
Assad? Check.
Yanukovych? Check.
Maduro? Inasmuch as he is held by a Russian-backed government, check.
Al Jazeera is right in that the loss of Venezuela is not very much to Russia, especially right now in the midst of an economic crisis at home. But more importantly, it happens in the midst of a political crisis for Trump, which Putin would rather badly like to shore up for his asset. Russia’s control over American policy may be all that remains between Russia and total defeat in Ukraine.
Putin has to keep that asset in place. Sacrificing another less important one if it helps keep Trump in power is absolutely a good tradeoff from Putin’s point of view.
It doesn’t seem any more complex than that. Am I missing something?
Whenever russia reacts quietly and calmly its because they are caught off guard and panicked. Same thing happened with the Kursk offensive.
Quiet? He sent missiles to American owned factories in Ukraine.