Comments on: Where Do Things Stand? http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/19/where-do-things-stand/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/19/where-do-things-stand/#comment-220939 Kick Fri, 22 Aug 2025 03:54:11 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26708#comment-220939 <i>The next two weeks will be critical to see whether any of this has created some sort of momentum towards actual dealmaking, or whether Putin is just playing Trump and the rest of the world for time. </i> Since 2014 when Russia illegally annexed Crimea, Putin has not put forth even a shred of a credible proposal to end his aggression against the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Rather, his "attempts" have been nothing more than laughable nonserious prattling equivalent to appeasement of an invading nation. Meanwhile, Donald Trump continues to prattle on and on endlessly that the war that has been ongoing for <b>every single day of his presidency</b> (both of them) would never have happened if he was president. As if. It is pathetic how ignorant and totally living in his own little fantastical echo chamber that Dotard Donald has always been, but worse than that is the fact that Trump seems to believe his own totally invented absolute bullshit. Poor Donald. It seems to me that Trump is destined to be defined by historians as the absolute worst POTUS ever to hold the office and highlighted by his delusions regarding the indisputable facts that Jeffrey Epstein most definitely was Trump's great friend and that Vladimir V. Putin most certainly was not. *laughs* The next two weeks will be critical to see whether any of this has created some sort of momentum towards actual dealmaking, or whether Putin is just playing Trump and the rest of the world for time.

Since 2014 when Russia illegally annexed Crimea, Putin has not put forth even a shred of a credible proposal to end his aggression against the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Rather, his "attempts" have been nothing more than laughable nonserious prattling equivalent to appeasement of an invading nation.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump continues to prattle on and on endlessly that the war that has been ongoing for every single day of his presidency (both of them) would never have happened if he was president. As if. It is pathetic how ignorant and totally living in his own little fantastical echo chamber that Dotard Donald has always been, but worse than that is the fact that Trump seems to believe his own totally invented absolute bullshit.

Poor Donald. It seems to me that Trump is destined to be defined by historians as the absolute worst POTUS ever to hold the office and highlighted by his delusions regarding the indisputable facts that Jeffrey Epstein most definitely was Trump's great friend and that Vladimir V. Putin most certainly was not. *laughs*

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/19/where-do-things-stand/#comment-220934 MtnCaddy Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:59:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26708#comment-220934 I told y’all that this was going to be a big nothingburger. A bought shiny object to distract the media from <b>Epstein. I told y’all that this was going to be a big nothingburger. A bought shiny object to distract the media from Epstein.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/19/where-do-things-stand/#comment-220933 nypoet22 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 01:41:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26708#comment-220933 of course Putin is just playing Trump and the rest of the world for time. if Europe decides to get serious about security commitments, they'll put boots on the ground and defense treaties on the books with or without the okay of the world's two former superpowers. of course Putin is just playing Trump and the rest of the world for time. if Europe decides to get serious about security commitments, they'll put boots on the ground and defense treaties on the books with or without the okay of the world's two former superpowers.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/19/where-do-things-stand/#comment-220932 John M from Ct. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 01:20:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26708#comment-220932 As you imply, repeatedly, the whole thing is just a load of B.S. - so far. No one has committed to anything, and Trump's rhetoric can and should be dismissed as senile ravings, until what he says is repeated officially by the Russian government and the Ukrainian government. I especially liked the Russian foreign minister's eminently sensible comment that real diplomacy - real summit meetings - work "step by step, gradually, starting from the expert level and then going through all the necessary stages." Months - months! - in other words, of real work by thoughtful diplomats. Just like in all previous international summits, which Trump knows nothing about and doesn't care about either. With all respect, you risk falling into the trap you disavowed in your previous post: writing commentary on a topic about which there are no facts, only vain posturing by his Trumpishness. Yes, as you conclude, the "next two weeks" will help make clear what's going on, if anything. But writing about it two weeks ahead of time is verging on a futile and useless waste of words. As you imply, repeatedly, the whole thing is just a load of B.S. - so far. No one has committed to anything, and Trump's rhetoric can and should be dismissed as senile ravings, until what he says is repeated officially by the Russian government and the Ukrainian government.

I especially liked the Russian foreign minister's eminently sensible comment that real diplomacy - real summit meetings - work "step by step, gradually, starting from the expert level and then going through all the necessary stages." Months - months! - in other words, of real work by thoughtful diplomats. Just like in all previous international summits, which Trump knows nothing about and doesn't care about either.

With all respect, you risk falling into the trap you disavowed in your previous post: writing commentary on a topic about which there are no facts, only vain posturing by his Trumpishness. Yes, as you conclude, the "next two weeks" will help make clear what's going on, if anything. But writing about it two weeks ahead of time is verging on a futile and useless waste of words.

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