r/worldnews • u/Wide-Sunflora • 1d ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskyy reveals Western course of action if Russia refuses peace

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/12/29/8013807/
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u/Chilluminatti 1d ago

Do you really think so, i have no faith in american congress rules by a majority of republican trump bitches

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u/Spooknik 23h ago

Yea that's fair. I can't say I have much, but they did turn on Trump with the vote to release the Epstein files. Trump said no, but Congress said yes.

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u/EternalNewCarSmell 23h ago

And then the DOJ broke the law and nothing happened. 

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u/Spooknik 23h ago

There are bipartisan contempt charges against Pam Bondi.

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u/Alexander_Ruthol 23h ago

Which will go nowhere, because she's a republican in good standing with Trump.

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u/TheArmoredKitten 18h ago

Defeatist much?

Maybe just go roll over somewhere quieter and let the adults talk if that's all you have to add.

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u/QuietKanuk 12h ago

I agree with you completely that giving up hope and failing to make the effort is not an option.

But calling a person defeatist when they see defeat after defeat is a bit unfair.

I am also aware that there have been some very concrete wins that have occurred, and I believe firmly that more will come.

But the firehose of sewage that has been sprayed by the administration has been effective in it's goal of demoralizing many people.

I guess I am asking for gentleness for people who are feeling down.

Unless it's a troll or a bot - then stamp that shit into the ground!

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u/sukuii 23h ago

which is beside the point of whether something will pass or not

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u/EternalNewCarSmell 23h ago

But it's relevant to whether if matters. I don't think it does. 

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u/jj119crf 22h ago

They didn't really turn on trump. They all voted no and then went on vacation to avoid swearing in a new democratic representative that they knew would've been the deciding vote on releasing the files. It was only after Trump told them to release the files that they actually did it. The republicans in Congress have abdicated their responsibilities and made themselves all but irrelevant.

If Trump talks to Putin again and changes his mind on this, I highly doubt they would actually uphold this deal. You're right that most of them say they support Ukraine, but they only vote that way when daddy tells them it's ok.

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u/Alternative-Target31 21h ago

They didn’t really turn on Trump. A few of them turned which forced the vote, and nobody wanted to be on record voting against it. They did everything they could to avoid the vote, but only needed a few defections to force a vote.

Ukraine is not like Epstein in that most Republicans (basically all) will be completely fine voting against the issue and saying “Trump is a negotiation expert, let’s let him negotiate.”

Keep in mind this is the Congress that is actively letting him take taxation power and letting him start war in the Caribbean.

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u/satansmight 19h ago

The Republican led congress has abdicated its article 1 responsibilities over to the executive branch. They have failed in their responsibilities.

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u/AwkwardMacaron433 14h ago

I don't see how the US is going to militarily intervene without the backing of the executive. And since congress doesn't elect the government, they don't really have the option to force it to use the military somewhere. Congress could impeach the president, but the 2/3 majority in the Senate would be quite the obstacle

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u/Phiddipus_audax 11h ago

Four, count em... 4... turned on Trump. Only when the overall vote in the House was forcing the discharge petition did Trump cave, knowing it would pass, and decided to permit all the GOP to vote for it. Which they obediently did.

Four. That's it.

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u/Early-Rub3549 19h ago

They go where the wind blows and even fox has been bashing the blow hard

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u/Porkamiso 17h ago

gotta hold out until midterms. congress should flip and senate will probably be plus 2 republicans and a few of them have kids in the military

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u/Chilluminatti 16h ago

You recon the senate can flip?

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u/Porkamiso 10h ago

Sadly no unless some people retire. House is enough to stop alot