Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU

Donald Trump may walk away from the Ukrainian war, the US president’s oldest son has said in comments to a Middle East conference.

In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr also said Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled their country leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight the war.

Trump Jr has no formal role inside his father’s administration, but is a key figure in the MAGA movement. His intervention reflects the antipathy among some inside the Trump team towards the Ukrainian government, and comes as Trump’s negotiating team is putting pressure on Kyiv to give up territory.

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[–] 85 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Can someone please tell me what his official government position that warrants his comment or the validity of it?

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  • [–] 54 points 11 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 34 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    What the fuck would Don Jr know about the peasant class or anything about war fighting? He would not have shit if he were not a nepo hire.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago

    It's sad that the President of the United States of America's cocaine addicted son is given the opportunity to make opinion statements to the public.

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    my neighbors are refugees from ukraine. while personally they are douchebags whose love of small engines and car repair means the alley between our house (my bedroom) and their apartment contains a tire machine, air compressor, and eight snow blowers… two motorcycles on the porch and four cars in a 2 car driveway… I worry they’ll get booted back to ukraine and war if trumps nonsense pulls the rug from under them.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I had a Ukrainian colleague who enrolled in the national guard specifically because they give you citizenship after your training and he couldn't get kicked back like that. Now he might have to participate in the ridiculous operations this oppressive regime is now using them for :/

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago

    EU: Okay so we’ll stop buying US munitions to send to Ukraine.

    US: “No wait no like that…”

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Fuck you Donald. Just stay there. Someone might rare game hunt your ass someday.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

    This will be known in history as the Great Betrayal. What a disgrace Trump is to the USA.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    America was such a beacon of light before trump

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    I wouldn't say that, I know very well how brutal they could be and were in Asia and South America, but it's also true that they have proven to be reliable allies for Europe on several occasions. In my country, Portugal, we probably wouldn't have had a democracy without their support. Not everyone in the various governments was good, of course; Kissinger, for example, wanted to invade the Azores, cut aid to Portuguese socialist (PS) and social democratic (PSD) parties and leave behind a failed communist dictatorship in Portugal as an example to discourage the Western European left. But overall, I would say that, for a relatively long period, American influence and partnership were positive in Europe.

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    And the extortion continues...

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    [–] 14 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Why would anyone care what this dipshit has to say?

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    Because he's been on Russia's payroll for a while (and likely his dad too), so like a stopped clock being right twice a day, when Don Jr. suggests that the US is thinking about not supporting an enemy of Russia, it might be worth thinking there's some truth to it.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Funny, to see a member of the corrupt US oligarchy talk about corruption in other countries.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    How bout ending funding to Israel

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  • [–] 28 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr also said Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled their country leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight the war.

    If this was true (it isn't) he is saying that the US should stop supporting the less we'll off because the corrupt people left. He is saying we should only support a country while the corrupt wealthy people are still there.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    It actually is true.

    Rich people never fight in wars.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    It is false because the stated cause, "corrupt rich people leaving", is not true so it would not lead to the "peasant class" being left behind to do the fighting.

    Yes, the "peasant class" always fights the wars, but not because of something that didn't happen.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    “May” end?

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    the son that trump doesnt ACKNOWLEDGE TOO.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Junior, go back to washing dishes like the sad little boy you are.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    ... this week

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Of course he is named Donald, too.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Uh-huh, I sure will trust the word of Captain Bonespurs and his spawn about the "corrupt" rich of a country in a war with Russia. 🙄

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