frigidweirdo
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Well....
What we can do is look at the facts.
Putin annexed the Crimea in 2014. The Ukraine was a mess in 2014. Why didn't he just invade the Ukraine at that point? He'd have probably have taken it.
The reason was he didn't think he was ready. From 2014 onward he started storing up money so that any sanctions that would hit Russia, he'd be able to deal with. He saved up enough money to last for 3 years of wars. The Western media says the money is running out, but they've been saying that for years. It'll happen at some point, but hasn't happened yet.
If Putin was saving up money from 2014 to 2022, including 4 years of Trump's Presidency, does this mean that Trump could have stopped the war?
At best, from a Trump perspective, Putin would have waited for 4 years and invaded after Trump left office. Does that mean Trump stopped the invasion? No, it doesn't.
Hamas, with Iran, has always been planning to take down Israel. They chose a time they thought was most opportune, which... for Hamas still means they get kicked.
Trump didn't stop these events from happening, he had four years, he didn't stop them. Temporarily halting them, does it count?
Does Trump going to Putin and saying "It'll look bad for me if you invade during my presidency, can you do it afterward?" as the Chinese did with the Beijing Winter Olympics, is that Trump stopping any of this? No, it's Trump doing deals to delay things. Which is the best you're going to get.
