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Re:Estonia to disconnect from the Russian-run electricity ne... by flanked-evergl on Friday February 07, 2025 @09:14AM (#42972733)
Trump term 1 was significantly harder on Russia than Biden before the invasion of Ukraine. To suggest that he is pro-Russia is absurd, has always been, will always be.

That being said, the war has to end. Pretending like it could go on indefinitely, as Biden and Europe did, is infantile.

Re:Estonia to disconnect from the Russian-run electricity ne... by jcranmer on Friday February 07, 2025 @09:27AM (#42972891)
> Trump term 1 was significantly harder on Russia than Biden before the invasion of Ukraine. To suggest that he is pro-Russia is absurd, has always been, will always be.

How? Trump rather infamously stood up at a press conference and said, in effect, he trusted Putin more than his own intelligence agencies. The only real anti-Russia thing done during his administration that I can recall is the Magnitsky Act, but the clear impetus for that came from Congress and Trump only very reluctantly signed it.

Re:Estonia to disconnect from the Russian-run electricity ne... by flanked-evergl on Friday February 07, 2025 @09:42AM (#42973108)
> Trump rather infamously stood up at a press conference and said, in effect, he trusted Putin more than his own intelligence agencies.

Words are not policy.

Biden stopped selling weapons to Ukraine and removed sanctions on Nord stream 2.

Re:Estonia to disconnect from the Russian-run electricity ne... by jcranmer on Friday February 07, 2025 @12:00PM (#42974905)
I'm going to have to ask for citations for that.
Re:Estonia to disconnect from the Russian-run electricity ne... by flanked-evergl on Friday February 07, 2025 @02:35PM (#42976577)
(before invasion) White House freezes Ukraine military package that includes lethal weapons

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/18/white-house-ukraine...

(before invasion) Despite appeals from Ukraine, Biden admin holds back additional military aid to Kyiv amid diplomatic push

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/appeals-u...

Biden administration slowed Ukraine arms shipments until his term was nearly done

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/biden-administration-...

Nord Stream 2: Biden waives US sanctions on Russian pipeline

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57180674