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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.

  • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    It sounds awesome until you remember that we can barely get half our population to vote for president most of the time and that the average voter is uninformed and poorly educated.

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      13 minutes ago

      If you look at polling you often find the majority of Americans donā€™t actually agree with much of the actions of either party, I personally think direct democracy would lead to real progress and prosperity.

        • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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          9 minutes ago

          I do not trust techbros to solve this correctly. It would be far too easy and tempting to game the system.

          Any political system needs to be able to function separate from electronic devices as there are times when the grid fails.