Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are on the same page again.

The US and Russian presidents are now both singling out Europe as stasis envelops efforts to end the Ukraine war three weeks after their high-profile but low-impact summit in Alaska.

Trump called on Europe to do more in a call with European leaders on Thursday — even though the only incremental diplomatic activity to do with the war is coming from US transatlantic allies as they try to work out security guarantees to protect Ukraine after any peace deal.

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    Europe needs to put on their big boy pants and see Russia for what it is, a fucking monster than needs to be wiped off the face of the Earth.

    I grew up under the constant threat of world-ending nuclear annihilation from those goddamned animals. Got a little better once the Soviet Union fell and the gangsters took over. And now we’re almost back to square one.

    Russia needs dismantled, with extreme violence. Anyway, that’s why I got banned from reddit.

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      Most Russians are good people too. We’ve got to stop thinking in these kinds of terms or we’ll never get along with each other long term.

      We just need to stop all the violence and to mean it.

      The problem is war is good for business and good for dictators. But even democratic nations talk a lot of shit. It’s all dishonest.