Pete Hegseth Crumbles When Asked What Russia Is Conceding to Ukraine

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“And they have all magnetic elevators to lift up 25 planes at a time, 20 planes at a time. And instead of using hydraulic, like on tractors that can handle anything from hurricanes to lightning to anything, they use magnets,” Trump said.

“It’s a new theory. Magnets are going to lift the planes up, and it doesn’t work. And they had billions and billions of dollars of cost overruns,” he said.

While the production of the ship was delayed and experienced cost overruns, it’s not entirely clear why Trump has decided that the magnets on these ships don’t work. But, he has talked incoherently about this technology before. In January 2024, Trump baselessly claimed that magnets stop working when placed in water, and therefore were a stupid thing to put on a boat. When weaving his way through his grievances, the president’s mind has a tendency to repeat the hits, even the more inane ones.

nasorrty346tfrgser on February 13rd, 2025 at 22:34 UTC »

That's exactly what I was thinking too, so what Russia is conceding? What Russia wants is:

1) Ukraine not joining NATO (Checked) 2) A buffer zone between NATO and Russia (checked) 3) Gaining land from Ukraine (checked)

What Ukraine wants is: 1) Reclaim the land (failed) 2) Join NATO or at least EU (failed) 3) Protection from US and NATO (up in the air)

So Russia basically win the war

NorthenFreeman on February 13rd, 2025 at 22:32 UTC »

“What he decides to allow or not allow is at the purview of the leader of the free world, of President Trump,” Hegseth said Thursday.

Trump isn't the leader of the free world. The whole concept died during his first presidency. This unqualified drunk clown fox news anchor should stfu....

AlbatrossVendor on February 13rd, 2025 at 22:24 UTC »

DUI hire.