It's incredibly frustrating that the follow-up question from TIME isn't "well, do you think it's appropriate for a world leader to joke about a thing like that? Why should other countries take you seriously if you can't be serious about a thing like this?"
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This. Why the fuck would you jest?
Campaign promises from fascist populists are always made in a superposition of joke and serious. They only resolve to one or the other when they get in office, and most of the time as a supposed "joke" to humiliate the opposition or an exaggeration to "make a point" because on the campaign trail they say whatever they think will get them votes, not what they plan to do or even think is possible.
The most frustrating of the unkept promises are those that are logistically and practically possible, but never happen because the now-leader is a fascist and doesn't do anything without personal gain, and they can't figure out how to exploit the implementation for themselves. Not what's happening in this case (there was never an actual path for peace with Russia, regardless of timeline), but has happened with other Trump promises.
we know
his 'i was joking' wasn't for us it was for the true believers who need something anything to say in response
Sieg fail
trump is the perfect example of douche bag asshole mentally.
it doesn't fucking matter what you present, if it's against dear leader, it's wrong or something negative. that's it.