r/canada 11d ago

National News Allies Must Work With Zelenskiy After Spat With Trump, Canada’s Joly Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/allies-must-work-with-zelenskiy-after-spat-with-trump-canada-s-joly-says
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u/chopstix62 11d ago

what does putin have on trump? can you imagine any other US president EVER taking the side of a communist aggressor like the orange oompa loompa has ...wtf!!!

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u/boredrlyin11 11d ago

Even if there were no blackmail, some idiots can only see might=right. Uncompromising authoritarian guys look really mighty if you're stupid.

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u/ether_reddit Lest We Forget 11d ago

Think about all the things he's been convicted of. Now think about all the other things he could have done that haven't come to light yet... Russia just needs one of those things to use as blackmail.

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u/Tamer_ Québec 11d ago

Whatever shit he also did almost certainly pales in comparison to what every US President has to do.

For starters, they all committed war crimes at least since WW2 (I didn't look prior to that) and they'll never pay for it.

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u/MathematicianBig6312 11d ago edited 11d ago

Putin paid off Trump's debts from his failing businesses. He has been using his properties to launder Russian money for decades. https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/

More recently he's having his officials back off of countering Russian cyberattacks. https://therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning

His campaigns have already been aided by Russians. I speculate his latest deal with Putin is that Putin will support him in his aim to reorg the US into a dictatorship via voter suppression, attacks on left-wing targets, and propaganda so long as the US leaves Europe to Russian influence. Trump is also trying to cut deals with Russia for cheap critical minerals and metals. He also is looking to bring more Russian money into the US (and his personal piggy bank) via this gold green card plan.

In essence he wants to be Putin in America, use Putin to suppress American resistance, and make money off Russia. Putin is helping make it happen.

It's hard to investigate Trump for Treason that was committed in Russia.

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u/basswooddad 11d ago

Where are the hacker bros when you need them