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You can’t hold elections in an active war where you are a target of bombing. The U.S. held elections during war because the war was not fought in our nation but others

Except that all states did not get to participate, soldiers fighting often missed the chance to complete a ballot or ballots never made it for counting from the battlefields. The 1864 election was a mess. By 1868 the war was over.

The loans Europe have given to Ukraine from the frozen Russian assets is NOT counted in the European donations to Ukraine. That it’s about the same is not correct. Germany alone is almost on par with the US.

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. I like to fact check Donald Trump's figures as he sometimes gets them wrong. Not surprising considering his age and mental state. "As of Dec31, Europe had allocated €132.3bn for Ukraine, while the U.S. had allocated €114.2bn." Not $350bn. The US has not given $200bn more than Europe. $1=€0.95

Offensive Trumps speeches to Zelenskyy and Ukraine are a sign of weakness this orange moron! Orange moron has realize that strong European and Ukrainian NO is destroying his written on Kremlin scenario! Europa must be united agains this moron! And will win!

And most American aid to Ukraine was in the form of weapons and ammunition made in the US, that we then purchased from US companies and replaced in our own stockpile, thereby updating our own supply, and spending that money to benefit US companies. Unlike Iraq, it wasn't pallet-loads of cash.

Zelensky was certainly right to say Trump lives in a sphere of misinformation. Sadly, Trump's supporters live in the same sphere so they'll only ever believe what King Donnie tells them.

A critical data set when idiots argue that America should come first. The US military industrial machine is in fine fettle and fully charged and ready. Wake up Europe and the UK! Reliance on the US for security is a flawed strategy and will end in your children fighting unwinnable wars again.

Thank you Anne What I cannot understand is why US mainstream media doesn’t shout this stuff from the rooftops every day The American people are being continually conned & it’s both frustrating & sad to see Whatever happened to Journalism?

Main Stream Media has been bought! Terrified to report the truth for fear of retribution by an empty-headed orange clown & his rich Nazi sidekick. If this were a movie the plot would be too ridiculous to believe. Yet here we are! The Terrifying Reality of America’s fall to Fascism!

So, heavily favouring red states then. All those “good ol’ boys” with new trucks bought on the back of the overtime worked at the local plant should take a minute to think where their new found wealth has come from. They won’t of course.

We did not send $$ to Ukraine. We sent them armory, armament, and planes ecetra. that the military was going to Decommission. Our US Military was given the $$ by our Congress for the items set for decommission. Civics 101, Congress holds the purse. It's amazing how many people do not know this.

We sent some money but that mostly went to NGOs that were helping people that had to leave their homes. Money sent to help with Ukraine pensions (which is like their social security) was sent as loans through IMF.

These are all facts 👆, sadly tho, they'll mean little or no to the hard of thinking, run of the mill Trump supporters who've been fuelled up by the misinformation & downright lies of Musk. Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine is a fact most can't acknowledge!

"This"? It's astonishing how many people know nothing (and they are not even Jon Snow). Dunning-Kruger at its prime time.

So if Europe provides the same funding level as the USA. This means that if the US stops funding completely Europe would have to double its funding to Ukraine. Correct?

Trump to Ukraine 'Give us your mineral rights or we'll cut off Starlink, stop the flow of defensive arms and watch you get tortured, kids kidnapped, and your wives and daughters raped'. It's the worst kind of blackmail and extortion.

We know it's propaganda. It's the uneducated and misled this message needs to reach. Ask Farage to pass it on. Someone read messages to me from Facebook yesterday. Three young people I know. I've never heard such bile and hatred. One was fresh from a Reform gathering.

It is also worth noting that the UK did not hold elections whilst it was at war with Germany in the 20th century. And that when Churchill lost the 1945 election he left office with good grace - not with an attempt to forcibly overturn it.

Maybe "we the people" should send money of our own, if there were a dependable way.. I'd send some. I'm not rich but a few dollars a month would be nothing next to what average Ukrainians have give up for the rest of us. Now there is a country that believes in democracy.

Instead of Extortion, negotiate a reduced rate for rare minerals with continued support until the "debt" is payed off with interest. Or just Tell USA To KICK ROCKS, their support is minimal 10% of what it allocated in 24 with restrictions. Extortion doesn't pay with the WORLD WATCHING. Slava Ukraini

As I understand it, US aid to Ukraine has predominantly consisted of the USA's unused stock of older and spare equipment. Having passed this on to Ukraine you can bet USA's armament companies are having a bonanza replenishing military stocks with the latest high-tech weapons. What's more... 1/

...the USA is learning a lot about the latest warfare techniques by watching Ukraine put US military weapons and systems to good use on the battlefield. The Ukraine fighters and pilots have learned some clever tricks in battle conditions. This is valuable info for the USA.

"Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections in wartime" is not quite accurate. The law prohibits holding elections when martial law is in force across the nation (a situation which, incidentally, has never occurred in the USA, even during the Civil War, though martial law has been applied locally)

And unrolled here (3 posts) " Key Takeaways: Zelensky does not imminently risk losing all of Ukraine. Most Ukrainian cities have not been destroyed. Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections in wartime (unlike the US Constitution, which requires it). ..1/3

Ukraine has not suffered millions of losses. Europe provides about as much direct aid to Ukraine as the United States. European loans to Ukraine are backed by income from frozen Russian assets, not Ukraine. Ukraine did not misuse or lose half of the aid the United States has provided. ...2/3

Budapest memorandum; ukraine destroys nukes but if russia attacks ukraine then great britain and america comes to ukraines aid. Backed by china and france. Well ukraine took away their nukes!!! Also a bit ugly & dumb to ask for elections coming from russia with the least free elections ever. Grrr!!

You can’t hold elections in an active war where you are a target of bombing. The U.S. held elections during war because the war was not fought in our nation but others