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Forgot source: https://bsky.app/profile/apnews.com/post/3meitiym4ps2z
Unknownhost7
I mean the bar ain't very high ..
bobgunrunnersmith
With trump they need to dumb it down.
LespritDeLescalier22
That’s a really fucking low bar
DrKonrad
Putin, an ex-KGB intelligence officer who fought several wars and is known to interfere with elections in US and Europe, believes he can outsmart Trump, an ex-TV show presenter, a failed business man, and a coward who dodged the draft? You don't say
silencelikethewindovertakesme
They could just but dizzy Don another peace medal, that should keep him distracted.
SpartaWolf117
if pedo don is still in charge by then, then yeah they could
JacobKreutzfeldt
Like stealing candy from a baby
Frozenspokes
Considering who we have leading our negotiations. They have a greater than average chance of succeeding.
Banzai51
LOL, I remember during the election cycle leading to Trump term one, that a Redditor was insisting Trump would negotiate circles around Putin with his business skills.
Toodamagedtocare
A slug could outsmart the BLOAT FOTUS orange taco
RuffyRuffHausen
The dirt they have on trump must be some pretty dark shit
bittenicht39
Oh, it‘s dark. Blackened out by the FBI in all those documents.
bexxMaker
brightlightbarking
A cow with a cardboard box stuck on its head could outsmart the US right now.
Btweezer
Welp, with Donnie at the helm the Russians certainly can and will outsmart the US.
wqpsu
I kind of doubt anyone except probably the Ukrainians want the war to end. It's printing money for the MIC and letting countries collect all sorts of real world data on new technology and tactics. This is the Russo-Japanese War of our time.
Igut
Of course we Europeans want the war to stop, but not by any conditions. Sadly russians don't understand nothing but power, so if they can claim victory by even tiny bit of new land, it will embolden them. They will raise the new cattle to kill in the battlefield, then go again to Ukraine, or maybe the baltics or Finland or Poland.
cousteau
Was gonna make a remark but it's already in the title.
DownvotesStarWars
It was a happy accident, I swear.
copperdomebodhi
Your reminder Putin supported Donald Trump because he hated and feared Hillary Clinton. https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/clinton-putin-226153
cuprohastes
I mean… If you've seen the guy in charge of The US, that's kind of a good asessment.
woodworkerf
Why trim off the timestamp?
DownvotesStarWars
So people can do some math first thing in the morning to figure out when this article was published.
(Fat fingers and low visibility, I added the source that I also forgot when I posted)
Idontneedrealfacts
Does it need one?
BurnieCinders
Always.
MrRandom314159
Yeah, they can. But the Ukrainians likely won't budge. They didn't when we demanded all their minerals and called that a deal.
MrRandom314159
I'm 90% sure it was literally a deal made to be rejected though so they could say they tried and stay out of it.
Blackfinity
This isn't a big lift: My tabby cat can outsmart the US right now.
unfortunatelynotdeadyet
“Outsmart” what are they sending a naked mole rat for the negotiations.
spinymouse
Epileptic goldfish. Still firing on more neurons than that guy.
GravyEducation
Don't underestimate Rufus https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1NmdnejBjZWhyOHBpcndxdGcyNGRqZnVoZHQyczM0OG1ocTAzMTNsZiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/VxFDcjuF1xOlTCA7Bq/200w.webp
nimeton0
Outsmart the POTUS (PedophiIe Of the United States)? How could that be possible, he's a "very stable genius", isn't he?
DownUpUpDown
My grandmother can outsmart Trump and she never finished high school. She's also been dead for 22 years.
Tulayne
I am confident my cat could outsmart trump
gtollie
Outsmart the guy and the ghostwriter for “The art of the deal” ?? Meh.. good luck with that 😜
voidmain
Outsmart? Where is the smart to take out in the current administration?
insaaanity
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insaaanity
Are you simply amused, was this secretly a test or are you just being contrarian?
SometimesOthertimesAnytime
With the current president, is it really considered "outsmarting"?
Imademyselfsquirtle
More like milking. Trump milks Putin.
Harm
Underdumbing?
GravyEducation
I hate seeing all the typos journalists get to print these days. Editor should've shot back the note "you meant buttfucking." So unprofessional
TrilithonStone
The fact that he's our President is proof they've already outsmarted us... they Epstein'd all the Republicans who now vote whatever Russia wants them to.
thedill2000
The correct term is"bribing"
zHurk777
"Thinking" they can outsmart trump is like me thinking I can smash an ant on the sidewalk with my foot.
WorkerLurker
It’s a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent
Spanky93
Any other elderly person, I would be disgusted with someone taking advantage of someone with severe dementia buuut in this case, we must remember, A) he started as a Russian asset and B) fuck that pedophilic ghoul
75townecoupe
Not really since Russia owns tRump
Fuckimgurcunts
No it's called being handed the investment you paid for
xj4low
Kind of on the sane level as pretending to throw the ball when they didn't. Doing trump a heck of a bamboozel.
GhostSavage10
Outstupid
Level21Magikarp
> 0
dynamojoe
More like “conspiring”. Trump is playing on Putin’s team.
Strategicgnomer
Not anymore. Now that trump knows the Epstein files can't touch him he's happy to try to be the one on top and bend putin over. Look at how much economic damage the us has been causing Russia lately. He's no longer on Putin's team, they're just playing the same game. And in this game, it's who's the biggest strongest boy in the ball pit. Tiny dick energy flapping limply in the wind.
jnoahj
He clearly said "outsmart" as a euphemism for "buy."
circlebreaker
Technically beating your kids, nephews, nieces, and grandchildren at checkers or chess is outsmarting them. No one said that it has to be a fair contest.
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
It is. It's just not hard to do. But, you know, it's still basketball when you're dunking on 5 year olds
catlovermrvaca
Truly an expert analysis.
SheepySleepySmuggler
Is that comparison fair? A 5yo is less likely to be in a diaper.
SometimesOthertimesAnytime
I do see your point.
evilspock
It seems to me the Ukraine is ending the war in Ukraine by systematically destroying the Russian army. This was supposed to be a 3-day thing, remember? The Russians are actually running out if Russians to go get slaughtered, apparently now on foot because they're essentially out of armor.
Kappa043
Unfortunately this is not the reality, and it's dangerous to be complacent. The Ukrainians are drafting teenagers; this is a desperate all-out defense and they're still losing ground. Russia will always have more bodies to throw into the meat grinder, and Ukraine at large is badly hurting from Russian attacks on infrastructure. Saying "oh Ukraine is winning :)" is naive and undermines continued Western support. If they're winning, why do they need so much help?
Camelspotting
Because when you're the defender a stalemate is winning. Like Afghanistan or Vietnam they don't have to bleed all of Russia dry, just enough that political support collapses.
evilspock
First, the idea a random imgur comment talking about how bloody incompetent the Russian offense has been and how the Russians are sending out 60-year olds on foot because their tanks and young men are all dead is insanity.
Second - yes, Russia has historically had a huge advantage in numbers. They're losing it, and will kill themselves as a country if they keep it up. Turning the world against themselves with this show of incompetence was a mistake on their part.
evilspock
Ukraine is doing fantastically well for being a country attacked by such a huge adversary.
They are winning - barely - but at great cost. Russia's usual strategy is to throw bodies at a problem and overwhelm it - but the bodies they are throwing at it now are old men on foot. That can't last forever.
The Ukraine absolutely needs and is getting western help. And will continues to do so.
DerpMeister
"Drafting teenagers". What a strange way to say that the mandatory mobilization age starts at 25 but they started a program that involves voluntary, incentivized recruitment for 18-24 year olds (free university education, financial bonuses). That program is basically a copy of the US' recruitment program.
Kappa043
I will assume that you agree with the rest of what I said, since you didn't address it.
mithiwithi
I hear the hoofbeats of a Gish gallop.