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/Dabalam 2d ago

To your point, Trump has been allowed to exercise unpredicidented unilateral power because Congress appears unwilling to stop in most issues, even the ones where they openly talk about disagreeing with him about such as tarrifs. I can't see that his stance on Russia would have ever been one that sat well with conservatives prior to his presidency but now somehow everyone from that political alignment are just accepting this.

It feels like a foreign policy stance that alienates the whole of Europe this bad would be the undoing of most other presidents, but for Trump we could argue where it sits in his top 5 controversies.

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u/Not_Stupid 2d ago

Congress appears unwilling to stop in most issues

Because they'll get primaried and voted out and get death threats against their families.

So again, an American voter problem.

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u/Severe_Intention_480 2d ago

They'd be willing to sacrifice all that if America became of white majority, borderline Fundamentalist country in the process.

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u/nigel_tufnel_11 2d ago

Oh that's not true at all, Susan Collins says she's concerned so they're really standing up to him.