Donald Trump has many faults but Harris is wrong-- it is better to negotiate with enemies than to support endless wars. #Debate2024

@rchusid Absolutely. This is one of the few areas Trump was correct.

@freemo @rchusid no. Putin is not trustworthy. He wasn’t in 2016, he isn’t in 2024.

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@holgerpatzelt @rchusid

Whwn did i or anyone say he is trustworthy. You dont talk to your enemiea out of a sense of trust...

@freemo @rchusid negotiations only make sense, if you can at least minimally trust into the other sides words of the agreement. Otherwise negotiations make no sense. It makes no sense to negotiate your garage to your neighbor for stopping him shooting your pets if you can’t trust him stopping shooting your pets, kids or yourself.

@holgerpatzelt @rchusid

I disagree. A violayed treaty gives you justificatikn and a right to retaliation you wouldntnotherwise have.

Moreover tresties and negotiations arent thenonly advantages, simply being able to have a temporary ceasefire with nonpromises from either side is also a win.

Witbout.communicaton the other side cant even negotiate a surrender. Trust has little to do with why we talk.

@freemo @rchusid what more treaties do you need? The UN treaties for the borders, the treaties after the world came down and Ukraine gave the sowiet nuclear weapons to Russia, the treaties of 2016 after Russia took Crimea by force? Be sure about a fact:
Putin is using these as toilet paper and will do so with whatever you negotiate with him. He will not stop.

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