"On Friday, he (trump) said Russia had lost 112,500 soldiers since the beginning of the year, while Ukraine had lost some 8,000, not including those who are still missing"

The ghost of kyiv has single-handedly killed 100,000 of the asiatic hordes!

That's the funniest set of bullshit casualty numbers I've seen yet.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I get the impression that Trump got a talking to, cause he went from acknowledging NATO role in the conflict, and actual Ukrainian casualties to basically regurgitating Biden's talking point.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They probably showed him a tape of the JFK Jr assassination from an angle no one has seen before.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Indeed

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"When a person is elected, they may have some ideas. Then people with briefcases arrive, well dressed, wearing dark suits. These people start explaining how things are done and instantly everything changes. This happens with every administration."

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

This was a really stark illustration of this principle.