Any move to “wipe the slate clean” for Russia in a peace deal would be “a historic mistake of huge proportions,” the EU justice commissioner tells POLITICO.

Donald Trump’s drive to secure peace in Ukraine must not let Vladimir Putin off the hook for war crimes committed by Russian forces, a top EU official has warned, effectively setting a new red line for a deal.

In an interview with POLITICO, Michael McGrath, the European commissioner for justice and democracy, said negotiators must ensure the push for a ceasefire does not result in Russia escaping prosecution.

His comments reflect concerns widely held in European capitals that the original American blueprint for a deal included the promise of a “full amnesty for actions committed during the war,” alongside plans to reintegrate Russia into the world economy.

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    Yes he can. Trump can do whatever he wants. Like rape children. Or, pretend to be the king of the world. Or commit war crimes. Or take naps during meetings.

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    Too late. Putin already pair for it. He’s now got to render the service, like he did many times before.

    It’s the art of the deal.

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    Just recently, I joked that Trump might try to pardon Netenyahu. Looks like I was right in thinking that he thinks he can pardon people in other countries.

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    Another article in 2025 that we didn’t expect to read a couple of years ago, what the F is this timeline?

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      Don’t worry, we will all wake up to Hillary winning in 2016 any minute now… Now… Now… Please… Oh god, I think this is actually happening…

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        While it wouldn’t be this bad compared to now i feel the amount of Israeli ass kissing would still be ridiculous with Clinton in the white house

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    “And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”

    - The Guy Who Thinks He Can Do Anything

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    I DECLARE PARDON!

    Yeah it doesn’t work that way Donnie. The Hague isn’t in the states last time I checked.

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      Unfortunately, it does work that way when you’re the nuclear superpower of the world with a sociopath at the helm

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      Why wouldn’t it work that way when the world has warped itself to suit his whims in almost every other circumstance? Who’s going to stop him?

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      USA geopolitical decisions, believe it or not, are made by US oligarchs and politicians, not by the evil eastern bad man. The USA needs to have accountability for the results of its policy and stop blaming third parties for it

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      Basically Trumps whole philosophy is “If you have money you’re above the law”. It’s what Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, etc are banking on while supporting him.

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        Yes but bribing trump is surprisingly cheap compared to the economic benefit that will get

        Like the $1 mil dinner that would allowed Nvidia to make billions selling the GPUs to China (if China didn’t forbid anyone to buy those cards)

        Or the tacky gold Rolex bribe that lowered tariffs to Swiss from 40 to 15%

        Or that gold ingot from Tim Apple.

        And so on

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          Well…maybe. You’re not seeing everything that goes through his meme coin.

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      Well, this is about a potential peace deal which would grant Putin immunity in Ukraine for any war crimes committed there, which theoretically Ukraine would sign. It’s not about Trump using a presidential pardon.

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        Ukraine has already stated it is not able to legally sign away territory (a big part of this bullshit “deal”). This is dead in the water unless there is a regime change in Ukraine, something that would likely cause even more issues.

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          That’s fine. I’m just replying to commentors thinking that this is referring to a trump domestic pardon. Not in any way supporting the notion

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            This is the global political equivalent of standing on the couch and shouting “PEACE!”. No one is taking the idea of letting russia get away with territory and any form of immunity seriously.

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    Trump is as stereotypical American as you can get.
    Ignorant, dishonest, self centered, and only interested in money.
    Kind of the perfect representative for USA.
    Many Americans think American law equals international law, so in this Trump is probably pretty average.

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      Every New Yorker hates Trump’s guts, and historically and publicly have since the 1980s. You are absolutely correct to criticize our current government, but the rest of this just feels like frustrated lashing out

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        As a foreigner this is easy to observe, as an American it may not be so obvious.
        But USA is clearly extreme on American exceptionalism.

        The past few years (decade) it has gone down a bit, because the non Republicans are beginning to see it.
        New Yorker can hate Trump as much as they want, many of them they still share some of those fundamental traits.

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      The US is 55+ states and dozens of Indian nations all stuck together under one flag. There isn’t a stereotypical person from the States any more than there is a stereotypical European. Putting aside that ‘American’ covers North, South, and Central America.

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    I wish it was true, but the reality seems to disagree. Trump very much can pardon Putin and anyone else, and will do so if he wants to. The EU may cry, but it will do nothing about it. I’m not one bit happy about this, but that’s just how it is.

    Currently, EU leaders consist of the following types of politicians:

    • American assets,
    • lunatic nationalists who happen to side with the US for a variety of reasons,
    • more or less reasonable (for politician standards), but still afraid to confront the US in any way.

    Any time Washington wants something, they get it from us. Any time they tell Europe to bend over, it does so, lubricant in hand. Want us to completely illegally seize a Chinese company’s Dutch branch, leading to no benefits and severe sanctions from China? Done, daddy.

    It’s a sad state of affairs, but current EU is not prepared to stand up for itself. A combination of US and Russian interference, as well as braindead far-right nationalists have made sure we’re powerless and unable to act on anything significant.

    Empires simply cannot tolerate the existence of a place like the EU. It shows their citizens that they don’t have to be slaves and that not every single minute of life has to suck. Which in turn might cause them to protest, and we can’t have that. How many times have you heard the “employment in the USA vs employment in France” memes? Well, the American Empire has found a reliable solution to this issue. Just destroy France, along with all of Europe, and American slaves will stop complaining about shitty work conditions compared to France!

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      • American assets,
      • lunatic nationalists who happen to side with the US for a variety of reasons,
      • more or less reasonable (for politician standards), but still afraid to confront the US in any way.

      Category #3 is just as afraid of the lunatic nationalists as defying American interests. This is, from my perspective, why Europe has traditionally had some issues with ultranationalism.