met a ukrainian couple at a friends wedding over the weekend, and we ended up talking about the election here. they surprised me by saying they were actually kind of relieved trump won. their take was that he might actually focus on negotiating a peace deal rather than letting the war stretch on. they admitted it could mean ukraine loses some territory, but they think a lot of ukrainians would take that over endless fighting. its not something id really thought about before, but it hit me differently hearing it from people who know what its like on the ground.
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