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Resistance1

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3. What does trump want in return?

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 11:13 AM

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He is 100% transactional and quid pro quo. Additionally he wants to appear to be in the side of the winner now that Putin is getting his ass handed to him thanks to Ukraine drone technology. He has no goodness in his heart to just do the right thing.

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