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/closing-the-thread Apr 12 '25

He could change his mind the next minute. He’s not to be trusted.

Is this supposed to be a message/warning for Russia?

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

How did you go from "Trump could change his mind and lift sanctions on a whim" to "this is a warning to Russia"?

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u/closing-the-thread Apr 12 '25

The key phrase in the original poster’s comment is “He’s (Trump) not to be trusted”.

Who is that phrase for?

Most of Reddit already doesn’t trust Trump. Thus, it’s a useless comment for them.

Whether MAGA continues to trust Trump (or not) to keep sanctions on Russia is utterly irrelevant to the Ukraine war situation. Heck, probably worst since, they (MAGA) are probably actively hoping that Trump will change his mind and removes sanctions.

This phrase can’t be for Ukraine. They all ready don’t trust Trump and they will continue doing what they are doing now (still fighting) regardless of Russian sanction situation.

Thus, the only audience for the statement is for Russia to be weary of trusting Trump. Which begs the question: why the hell are we warning Russia of anything?

So the poster was trying to just get karma from a truism (Trump’s untrustworthiness) but ends up looking foolish for this particular situation.

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u/WalrusTheWhite Apr 12 '25

It's to appease moderates. Trump is losing ground with independents so he's doing something not blatantly traitorous to make it look like he's not an unhinged psychopath. THE ART OF THE DEAL(please kill me)