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TexasTowelie

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Fri May 16, 2025, 02:55 PM Friday

Trump, Putin, and the Game of Doing Nothing: This Week in Dumb Diplomacy - William Spaniel



This week featured a bizarre of will-they-won't-they ceasefire tension that ultimately went nowhere. Today, we go through what happened (and didn't happen), what the game everyone was playing, and where things will go from here.

0:00 Team Nothing Ever Happens Triumphs
0:32 What Ukraine Did
1:17 What Russia Did
3:12 What the United States Did
4:33 What Europe Did
7:02 The Negotiations that Actually Happened
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Trump, Putin, and the Game of Doing Nothing: This Week in Dumb Diplomacy - William Spaniel (Original Post) TexasTowelie Friday OP
Trump doesn't do diplomacy, he makes "deals". Disgusting. Walleye Friday #1
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