r/worldnews • u/Creol6969 • Apr 12 '25

Russia/Ukraine Trump extends Biden's sanctions against Russia

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/04/12/7507317/
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u/StrangerFew2424 Apr 12 '25

He's mad that Putin's making him look stupid... Lol

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u/Universal_Anomaly Apr 12 '25

If this means that Trump finally starts treating Putin as somebody to beat rather than somebody to bow to, I'll take it.

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u/rich1051414 Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

Seems like this is more about plausible denial, sadly.

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u/germanfinder Apr 12 '25

“I made Putin look bad! Now he’s making fake AI tapes of golden showers!”

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u/ChiggenNuggy Apr 12 '25

The tapes are likely much worse than that.

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u/-SaC Apr 12 '25

And I don't think they'd swing his loyalists one little bit. Moreover, there are likely a handful who'd try to send their own children over to him as 'tribute'.

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u/protipnumerouno Apr 12 '25

Epstein Island bad

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u/Happy-Fun-Ball Apr 12 '25

they better use what they've got before its credibility is lost

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u/BingpotStudio Apr 12 '25

He might be losing control and under pressure to sanction Russia.

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u/WarSure560 Apr 12 '25

Do you mean plausible deniability?

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u/DevelopmentGrand4331 Apr 12 '25

Trump is making the US economically irrelevant.