"If it were not for the assistance of the United States, including under the Trump administration, there would be no Ukraine right now." Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a blunt message about America's role in Ukraine's survival, saying Washington will no longer be defensive about the billions of dollars in assistance provided to the war-torn country. Rubio praises Ukrainian fighters for their extraordinary bravery against a much larger military but insists U.S. support has been critical to keeping Ukraine a sovereign nation.

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Rubio is the most pathetic motherfucker in Trump administration. He knows better, he know the reality, yet he choses to lie and grift to please Trump and MAGA. What a weasel.
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Translation: Marco is ok with the killing of innocent civilians.
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If it were not for the Trump Administration siding with Communist Dictator, Invader, and Ukrainian child Kidnapper Putin… Putin would have left Ukraine. IF you,Marco,had any aspirations to become the next American President , you can bury them in the graves along with the Ukrainian men,women and children who have been murdered by Putin.
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Um no. They would still have their nukes if not for the US. What an ignorant moron child.
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Trump has done nothing. It was Biden and other countries that helped Ukraine.
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Trump has revealed himself as an enemy of Ukraine and the West.
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Trump assisting ruSSia retards🤣
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i can't wait until marco rubio is no longer secretary of state
🤖 Made with AI
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Russian State TV is rejoicing over Trump’s latest moves. What an utter humiliation for the President.
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The administration keeps lying about Ukraine. Trump hasn’t sent a single dollar in new aid since taking office — not “billions,” not anything. They can spin it all they want, but the facts don’t change.
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If there wasn’t for the US holding Ukraine to ransom by threatening to withhold support unless they handed their nuclear arsenal over, they would not have been attacked by Russia
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Likely true, but what's the point? Is he acknowledging that Putin is out to overthrow all of Ukraine? Yes, he is. So...what's his response to that?
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In 1994, the United States, Russia, and Ukraine signed an agreement on Ukraine's nuclear renunciation. Ukraine surrendered 4,400 nuclear warheads. In exchange, the United States and Russia guaranteed Ukraine "independence and existing borders." Thirty years later, one guarantor has attacked, and the other is demanding surrender.
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Fuck off, Trump has accelerated this war, is withholding aid, crippling Ukraine's air defenses, funding the Russian War Machine, legitimizing Putin's invasion, enabling the killings of civilians and bombing of civilian infrastructure. Thousands of civilians have died while Trump has been president. Russian sponsored forces were waging war inside of Ukraine's borders throughout his entire presidency (first and second).
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Disgusting; Putin invaded Ukraine. Putin destroys Ukraine, killing its people and leveling its infrastructure. Trump supports this butcher every step of the way in negotiations for peace. We are being implicated in negotiating for and helping Putin to take over Ukraine so that oil can flow again. This butcher, and Trump is in there too, in 2026, may end up being declared a winner in this horror that he and Trump started. They both will go straight to hell, with all those in our government that have been to weak to say anything.
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Rubio is correct to question whether Ukraine “is really worth it”. This tiny little country seems to make a lot of noise. Consider the following: 1. Obama picked Biden as VP because of Ukraine. In the summer of 2008, there was a big crisis there and Barry had been leaning toward other candidates but the crisis underscored the importance of foreign policy experience and caused him to pick Biden. 2. Trump was impeached because of a Ukraine phone call. 3. The imbecile Hunter Biden, despite never holding a job in his worthless life after graduating from Yale Law School, of all places, collected tens of millions from Ukrainian companies despite having zero skills or detectable brain. 4. And now this stupid war. I am a little tired of this tiny little country that is more trouble than it is worth. If Rubio still has the receipt, I want him to return it to Wal-mart and just be done with it.
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If it were not for the assistance of France during our Revolution there would be no United States of America today.
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That was true until Trump took office. Trump has sided with putin. Despite putin supporting Iran in the war. Against America. Morons are governing America.
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Ukraine was not rescued. It was backed. Ukrainians held Kyiv before the big US packages arrived, Europe gave more in total, and America got a weakened rival for a sliver of its defense budget. Call it what it is: a good deal for both sides. What the Trump administration added was an aid pause, public humiliation and pressure to concede. That is not legitimate assistance. In plain terms, it is bullying.
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Ukraine’s fighters deserve credit for their bravery, but this war is a reminder of how much a country’s survival can depend on its allies. 🇺🇦 Do you think Ukraine could have held on without U.S. support?
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Why does Rubio duck all negations? Why doesn't he go to Moscow? He never does anything except give speeches.
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Rubio is right, and it cuts both ways. American support kept Ukraine standing, so American taxpayers have every right to know where the money went and what the endgame is. President Trump is pushing to end this war, not write another blank check.
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Those who blame Zelensky and not Putin deserve a nuclear bomb over their heads from Russia. It's not a verbal jab, it's a foregone conclusion.
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What’s the United States’s new foreign policy doctrine for Eastern Europe… Make Russia Great Again at the expense of the Ukrainian people ?✅
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U.S. Presidents have long enlisted our military to intervene in foreign conflicts be it via military deployment, munitions, intelligence, or otherwise. The difference between Trump & previous administrations is stark & clear: previous administrations had global reasons & concerns, while Trump only wants to flex & inflate his own ego. Rubio's word salad just proved it, & Trump proved it by a lengthy Oct. 8th rant after being denied the Nobel Peace Prize.... again. Just fyi: someone can not claim to be a facilitator of peace when they're so obviously cycling through the Karpman Drama Triangle (persecuter-rescuer-victim). But hey, continue spearheading your cult's propoganda. The world knows the truth.
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Yes US assistance has kept Ukraine alive. But Biden dribbled it out so Ukraine could not actually do anything to try and win. Ukraine was only allowed to keep Russia from completely overrunning its borders. Trump has cruelly cut Starlink to Ukraine and has withheld intelligence on incoming missiles that killed many women & children. Why ? Because Ukraine hit a Russian refinery, This conduct by Trump is a hideous example of the person that is Trump. Musk suggested it to start which shows he is the same law creature as Trump. Meanwhile Mr. Smooth is left to try and justify this repulsive conduct by our billionaire class
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All the States that supported Ukraine have the need and the duty to facilitate an endgame
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There may be some truth to that statement. However, but even if true why be an asshole about it. You are a fucking diplomat act like one🤬
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Marco Rubio runs a State Department where a defense contractor (Elon Musk) makes unilateral calls on Ukraine support and ambassadors sell pardons and favors. Disqualified for 2028.
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bullshit, ukraine is outlasting this 2 week operation and you treasonist MOTHERFUCKERS are hindering them. ON PURPOSE
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Ukraine was there even before Columbus and before Russia.
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He will say anything to gain power.
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Way past time to stop the slaughter. The I support Ukraine crowd should push for peace or go join the fight...
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if it weren't for the 2014 US color revolution in Ukraine, there wouldn't have been a war.
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Remember when Americans were the heroes
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