From the CNN:
"Fact check: Trump falsely claims no other president has ever ended a war
...Trump repeated his previous fake history about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, saying that Russia failed to win the war in a mere week because it decided to invade through muddy ground rather than simply using highways.
“They got stuck in the mud. They would’ve been in Kyiv very quickly. They were heading to Kyiv,” adding moments later, “That was a very interesting moment. When the tanks started rolling and some brilliant general said, ‘Let’s go through the mud instead of going down the highway.’ Right? So they got a little bit lucky.”
This is not what happened, as military analysts and various Ukrainians have pointed out since the president began making similar claims earlier in the year. In reality, Russia tried and failed to make it to Kyiv using roads and highways. Its tanks were thwarted by fierce Ukrainian resistance and logistical problems in addition to muddy conditions.
“Russian forces used roads and highways as much as possible during the initial invasion, and took heavy losses on many of them. Russian tanks did get stuck in the mud during the initial invasion, but this was often after they struggled to advance along roads,” said Rob Lee, a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program who has closely followed military tactics during the war. “One of the factors that hindered Russia’s invasion is that there were not many good highways and roads leading from Belarus to Kyiv, which canalized their forces.”
When CNN asked the White House for comment in August, an official responding on condition of anonymity noted that Russian tanks did get stuck in mud during and even before the invasion. The official provided links to some articles that mentioned this happening.
When CNN asked the White House for comment in August, an official responding on condition of anonymity noted that Russian tanks did get stuck in mud during and even before the invasion. The official provided links to some articles that mentioned this happening.
But even one of those articles clearly contradicted Trump’s claims that Russia didn’t make it to Kyiv because it chose not to use highways. The article said, “The Russians invaded using Ukraine’s major highways expecting a blitzkrieg-like attack that would leverage speed and overwhelming firepower to capture the capital city of Kyiv.”"
The same author adding on Aug. 15:
Trump’s phony narrative about the Russian invasion is only the latest in a long line of false claims from the president about the war. Among other things, Trump has this year:
Repeatedly used imaginary figures to incorrectly make it seem as if the US has provided far more aid to Ukraine than Europe has; the opposite is true.
Falsely said he was speaking “in jest” and being “sarcastic” when he solemnly promised dozens of times during his 2024 campaign to immediately end the war if he was elected.
Used inaccurate numbers to understate Ukrainians’ support for President Volodymyr Zelensky early in the year and overstate their support for a negotiated end to the war today.
Falsely claimed Ukraine started the war that was actually started by Russia.
Falsely claimed Zelensky admitted half of US aid money went missing, though Zelensky made no such comment..."
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Trump is not going to acknowledge that it was the heroic resistance of Ukrainians that stopped the Russian invaders, because he hates Ukrainians and wants them destroyed.
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