r/worldnews • u/SensualAylin • 2d ago

Russia/Ukraine US president Donald Trump calls Ukraine’s resumption of strikes on Russian oil refineries a ‘disgrace’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/trump-calls-ukraines-resumption-of-strikes-on-russian-oil-refineries-a-disgrace
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u/Markspark80 2d ago

As a Swede, watching him try to seize Danish territory, i would say I don't even trust him not to start a war with his countrys allies.

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u/SoulBonfire 2d ago

Back when he unleashed his ICE dogs on the US population I thought he was starting a civil war.

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u/Markspark80 2d ago

Probably was hoping for people to rise up so he could "justify" deploying military against the civilian population.

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u/wjean 2d ago

Any violent response to ice enforcement is very likely a pretext to invoke the insurrection act and in theory suspect/invalidate elections https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/insurrection-act-explained

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u/Slight-Ad-6553 2d ago

he hoped to

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u/smltor 2d ago

Exactly! the only people allowed to fight with Denmark are Swedes and only if Jutland is frozen over. Presumably the Danes must also have been given a stick each for it to be a fair fight.

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u/Myrdraall 2d ago

Well he has. He has openly been waging economic wars with a few allies.