Of course he knew. Putin had been building up troop concentrations and making threats for months. Everyone knew he was going to invade - or at least, Putin wanted everyone to think he was going to invade. We were discussing here whether it was a bluff up to the hours before the invasion.
Would a rapid deployment of the 101st Airborne on the Russian/Ukrainian frontier have forced Putin to back down? Maybe. There’s a chance it would have worked, I think. How big a chance I do not know.
Yes, the U.S. knew absolutely, as Alessan said. It had been blatantly known and discussed in a frenzy in global media all the way up to the very day of Feb-24-2022 itself. It was dominating global headlines.
The U.S. didn’t have to station troops in every nation to deter Russia, but even a few dozen HIMARS in Ukraine would have been relatively light to transport, require less logistical tail than some other things (like warplanes or tanks,) and given Putin serious pause and also served as a ‘tripwire.’ I believe with total seriousness that a U.S. deployment costing less than $1 billion could have saved $1 trillion in various global economic costs, a million lives of various nations’, etc.
But anyhow, like I said, I digress. This thread is about Trump the traitor and Putin boot-licker.
I might be a little biased, but I have strong doubts (Strong Doubts, Tears in my Eyes) that Mr. Trump has ever tried Chicken Kiev (the recipe, not the political tactic)
Nah, the man’s a rich putz from Manhattan. He’s probably eaten it dozens of times at the Russian Tea Room.
Rich putz from Queens, technically.
Very difficult to get in there. Suitable dress, natch. And an air of richness (they can tell).
He’s a “well-done Steak” guy who pours lots of ketchup on it. So two culinary abominations at once.
I mean it is fried chicken filled with molten butter. If Trump was going to eat ANY haute cuisine, he’d start with that.
He’d be asking why the chicken is not crumbed.
Chicken Cordon bleu is the stuff, and while there are variants for what is inside, the outside chicken is always coated in bread crumbs and fried.
I’ve made it, albeit, for my mum and I was just around 11 years old.
I don’t recall the recipe calling for crumbs, but… well, that was many years ago.
(She could have been messing with me, so I got a fancy sounding recipe without several critical steps, so as to make it easier)
I’ve always had Chicken Kiev with a crumbed coat.
FYI, the version at the Russian Tea Room is breaded (“Herb butter stuffed breaded chicken breast, Yukon mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables, mushroom sauce”)
That tastes like capitalism.
It is in Manhattan.
I’d say that in total it’s merely one abomination, because ketchup and well-done steak go well together, so adding one to the other doesn’t increase the number of abominations.
It’s abominations all the way down.
The next location is likely to be Hungary, that right-wing nation you’d be happy to win a trip for two to on some 70’s game show.
Advantages: They love trump and putin too. Putin doesn’t have to fly over water where there be dragons or submarines. Zelensky, well if he wasn’t Jewish we’d like him too.
Title doesn’t match but the link ought to get you there.
As i understand from “Merrie Melodies” the only proper Hungarian Goulash needs a stewed Wabbit.
Kremlin pours cold water on Trump’s hopes for a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy.
AS someone who likes well-done steak, that still sounds gross to me. Ketchup is what you add to cover up the flavor when you go past well done to actually burnt, in an attempt to salvage it into something edible.