The move would align his administration with Vladimir Putin’s position.
    • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      I’m fairly sure they are speaking of recognising territory belonging to a certain country. For example, US doesn’t recognise Palestine while plenty of the world does. Trump as a president can definitely shape US foreign policy like that.

      [edit] I just realised the next step is Google Maps displaying that Crimea belongs to Russia for everyone regardless of location because that’s how US rolls these days lol.

  • Keener@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    1 day ago

    He recognises that big body of water as The Gulf of America. That doesn’t make it so. Same applies here.

  • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
    12·
    1 day ago

    No pero No.

    “A push by the US to formally recognize Crimea — which Russia invaded and illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014 — as Russian land would likely draw tremendous pushback from Europe as well as from Kyiv, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has firmly resisted territorial concessions. The US, Ukraine, and much of the international community have recognized Crimea as Ukrainian, despite Russia’s occupation of the peninsula.”