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Secretary of State Marco Rubio grew visibly frustrated during an ABC News interview when questioned about the Trump administrationā€™s approach to Russia.

Defending Trumpā€™s push for peace talks with Putin, Rubio insisted negotiations were necessary but admitted the administration didnā€™t know Russiaā€™s demands.

He clashed with host George Stephanopoulos over Trumpā€™s refusal to call Putin a dictator and the U.S. siding with Russia in a recent UN vote.

Rubio also compared Trumpā€™s handling of Ukraine to Bidenā€™s approach to Israel, further escalating tensions.

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    14 hours ago

    Suppose thereā€™s a cockroach colony in a residential building. Separating it into few parts is not going to do much good. If you mean that by collapse - same elites retaining power - then itā€™s just not good enough.

    And if you mean removing them, rich natural resources have proven to be good for those who have them and bad for those who donā€™t, so no.

    Turning it into a real federation or even confederation - yes. Like Germany.

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        1 hour ago

        No, death is erasure of information. Heā€™s head of state. He should be convicted in court and be put in jail.

        Also showing that a head of state will be held accountable and then put behind bars is very useful, itā€™s a treasure that shouldnā€™t be destroyed by lynching.

        Even in EU high-level politicans and bureaucrats already behave as if they canā€™t be convicted for real crimes (scandals of the ā€œhe has a second apartment with nice doorā€ are not that, I mean criminal decisions on post and assisting kickoff schemes, things legal only because thereā€™s nobody to judge officially otherwise, like surveillance legislations, and such). Thatā€™s very dangerous, they should always remember they are not immune, neither in theory nor in practice.

        This is the same with all of Russiaā€™s government. They shouldnā€™t be just banned from working in such positions again, shouldnā€™t be lynched or something, deprived of stolen properties. They should be thoroughly investigated and convicted accordingly.

        Because otherwise itā€™ll be just another change of leadership of a pirate colony, like in Syria. The king is dead - long live the king. No. These people should be shown to not be kings, just citizens who got too far, which shouldnā€™t happen again.