TACO Russia Sanctions

Trump claims he’s mad at Putin for not making him look like he has influence with him.

Trump says he’s agreeable to additional sanctions and some secondary sanctions on Russia but with a catch.

Trump will only sign the bill if he can have sole ability to chicken out of sanctions after he has a phone call or meeting with Putin.

In other words he wants more TACO diplomacy where he can make bombastic threats he’ll never carry through with and he doesn’t want congress to constrain his ability to chicken out or cave when Putin nominates him for a peace prize or tells him that his skin tone is sexy.

Sounds par for the course.

Source?

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/0...catch-00445148

Treasury Secretary Bessent says Trump is wary of sanctions because they promote the move away from the dollar. And Trump’s right. People buying Russian oil and other products are now frequently using their own currencies and other mediums of exchange. When you go impounding hundreds of billions of foreign reserves from countries like Iran and Russia, people become wary. The next thing you know the Chinese are stuffing Swiss Francs and Euros in their mattresses instead of dollars, figuratively speaking.

And how often do sanctions work? They didn’t work on Cuba, Venezuela or Iran. They don’t hurt the elites but rather provide an excuse for the elites’ failures. They blame it on America. That’s not to say the Russian economy is suffering. It’s actually humming along, and by some measures probably doing better than if there had never been a war.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/0...catch-00445148 Originally Posted by 1blackman1

Thank you.

Also from your link.

“He’s the one in the middle of all the negotiations,” the senator continued. “He’s frustrated with Putin today. He’s been frustrated with [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy before. And he’s the only leader in the world that can bring both sides together.”

So why do Trump’s phone calls with Putin seem to always result in a massive air strike against Ukraine within a matter of hours?

And why, if Trump is truly the stable genius he boasts, do his cabinet member contstantly have to explain what Trump means?

He won’t cave, because this was never going to happen in the first place.

So why do Trump’s phone calls with Putin seem to always result in a massive air strike against Ukraine within a matter of hours?
Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Interesting. I’ve noticed that too. There may be no causal correlation, but we think there is because the press emphasizes it when it does happen. Here’s what ChatGPT said.

Date | Trump–Putin Call | Military Action Within Hours
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Feb 12, 2025 | ~1.5-hr call; talked peace talks for Ukraine | No immediate large-scale strikes reported
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Mar 18, 2025 | 2‑hr call; Putin rejected full ceasefire, but agreed limited pause | Russia attacked energy grid in Sloviansk ~1 hr later [oai_citation:0‡Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...ce=chatgpt.com)
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May XX, 2025 | May call (~May 19) discussing ceasefire; Putin noncommittal [oai_citation:1‡AP News](https://apnews.com/article/15694071d...ce=chatgpt.com) | No major linked event publicly noted
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jul 3, 2025 | Long call; Trump said “no progress” on Ukraine [oai_citation:2‡Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/aer...ce=chatgpt.com) | Russian drone/missile barrage hit Kyiv same day ().

Summary
• February 12: Positive tone, but no immediate Russian military activity linked.
• March 18: Significant — a two-hour call followed within an hour by a Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy grid in Sloviansk  .
• May (~19): Call took place; no clear military escalation tied.
• July 3: Call with no agreements, and later record drone/missile barrage on Kyiv .

⸻

⚠️ Interpretation
• There is no consistent pattern of military escalations following Trump–Putin calls.
• The March 18 incident is the only one with a clear temporal link between call and Russian action.
• Other calls saw either no major military activity or activity consistent with ongoing war dynamics.

LOL! Tiny, you’ll go down with that ship I suppose. It’s the media!

And you know. Maybe we ought to use more AI in these debates. The plain I just ain’t there too often anymore.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Thank you.

Also from your link.

“He’s the one in the middle of all the negotiations,” the senator continued. “He’s frustrated with Putin today. He’s been frustrated with [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy before. And he’s the only leader in the world that can bring both sides together.” Originally Posted by Iceman

Yeah. He would be the only one IF it lines his pockets.

So why do Trump’s phone calls with Putin seem to always result in a massive air strike against Ukraine within a matter of hours?

And why, if Trump is truly the stable genius he boasts, do his cabinet member contstantly have to explain what Trump means?

He won’t cave, because this was never going to happen in the first place. Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Stable genius my ass. He is exactly what he and his party stated when saying a potus of "his" age was too old to be in office. The guy can't even read any intelligence reports put in front of him.

Interesting. I’ve noticed that too. There may be no causal correlation, but we think there is because the press emphasizes it when it does happen. Here’s what ChatGPT said.

Date | Trump–Putin Call | Military Action Within Hours
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Feb 12, 2025 | ~1.5-hr call; talked peace talks for Ukraine | No immediate large-scale strikes reported
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar 18, 2025 | 2‑hr call; Putin rejected full ceasefire, but agreed limited pause | Russia attacked energy grid in Sloviansk ~1 hr later [oai_citation:0‡Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...ce=chatgpt.com)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May XX, 2025 | May call (~May 19) discussing ceasefire; Putin noncommittal [oai_citation:1‡AP News](https://apnews.com/article/15694071d...ce=chatgpt.com) | No major linked event publicly noted
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jul 3, 2025 | Long call; Trump said “no progress” on Ukraine [oai_citation:2‡Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/aer...ce=chatgpt.com) | Russian drone/missile barrage hit Kyiv same day ().

Summary
• February 12: Positive tone, but no immediate Russian military activity linked.
• March 18: Significant — a two-hour call followed within an hour by a Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy grid in Sloviansk  .
• May (~19): Call took place; no clear military escalation tied.
• July 3: Call with no agreements, and later record drone/missile barrage on Kyiv .

⸻

⚠️ Interpretation
• There is no consistent pattern of military escalations following Trump–Putin calls.
• The March 18 incident is the only one with a clear temporal link between call and Russian action.
• Other calls saw either no major military activity or activity consistent with ongoing war dynamics. Originally Posted by Tiny

And his wife too. She made the comment after a phone call asking which city putin bombed.