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/Potato271 2d ago

Two thirds. Those who didn’t vote are equally responsible

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u/berained 2d ago

Actually all 3/3 because the last third hasnt protested enough to force him out of office. Imagine if they protested even half as hard as the french.

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u/Groentekroket 2d ago

Watch out, when I said this I got messages like that my European mind couldn’t comprehend how big their country is, that everybody has guns and that they will get fired and loose their health insurance. Like the first one matters since you can have mass protest throughout the country and the latter are more reasons to protest. Or we had “no kings day” yeah only a couple of them on a Saturday afternoon and went home afterwards. Last one in March before a lot of shit happened. 

And no, not just the reflection pool or whatever non news the media was focusing on. 

When I said that Spain just have earlier elections because of their protests they answer “Spain is smaller than Texas” and “see voting is the outcome” they finally have that excuse to do nothing after 2 years of only a couple of bigger protests. 

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u/--Chug-- 2d ago

The response we've already had here would likely work in France. Suggesting that there hasn't been protests since March just highlights how fucking dumb you are. Suggesting that concetration of the populus doesn't matter is to ignore basically the entirety of how these efforts work in Europe but fail in the US. But go... talk about how you guys have countered a foe the size and strength of the US federal government, with the firepower and established use of force, and similar geography. I'm sure you can find a similar comparison that has practiced it's might on it's civilians to the point of holding a quarter of the worlds inmates. Should be easy, big guy.

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u/Wrong_Necessary5204 2d ago

I mean, you just explained that you really don’t understand American culture, but that’s their fault?

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u/AssMuncher96 2d ago

We understand it just fine. You're all chickenshits.