Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
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The Trump administration has made a final rupture between the US and EU/UK increasingly likely.
They are all in on aligning with America’s enemies to weaken and destroy our democratic constitutional republic and replace it with a kleptocratic oligarchy
They’re traitors to the American ideal, devotees in a personality death cult
Maybe we better start taking Russian lessons.
We gonna hear from you?
Or are you going to do your chest tap with Putin too?
https://bsky.app/profile/physicsanddata.bsky.social/post/3liup6zzxgs2w
MAGA Republicans OWN ALL OF THIS.
Alive: Kinzinger and Cheney.
Dead: Howard Baker, John McCain. Reagan maybe?
There is NOTHING brave or courageous about republicans.
I wish the UK were still in the EU at times like this
I think the UK inside the EU would be pushing for more EU unity around supporting Ukraine and resisting Russia
The 1997 book by Alexandr Dugin, "Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia", sheds some light.
*FYI, 🍊 is a part of their plan*
The link 👇
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
I can settle on mooseriders. Go Maple! We love Canada.
(Depressing to have to think any of this)
Starmer on Thursday.
Glad that Macron is going first, he knows Trump and will feed back to Starmer.
Excerpt from Effie G. H. Pedaliu's 2011 Diplomacy & Statecraft article, '“A Discordant Note”: NATO and the Greek Junta, 1967–1974'.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2011.549745
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA093248
But worry Trump will successfully spin it to the cult as “See, Europe is our enemy — therefore Putin is our friend”… and Republicans will go along with it
From a US atlantacist point of view, what's something we can build towards?
(Goes to Brits and partially France also).
2. Europe dont like dictators/(elected)monarchs with power - strip president from power -> power to parliaments/people
/n
Or China.
Or both.
Or - ww3 destroys us all?
4. Would love to see USA becoming most progressive democracy. US was that. Last time in 1700s...
However, given the habit for the US to be able to convert every 4 years to something bad, it permanent rift seems likely.
Just..check the pinned thread in my profile, the analyses are there.
If we have a war, I hope you can deMAGAify us
"...Trump’s sister says he has ‘no principles’ and ‘you can’t trust him’" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/maryanne-trump-barry-secret-recordings/2020/08/22/30d457f4-e334-11ea-ade1-28daf1a5e919_story.html
But for now? Whether witting or not, the man is a Russian tool. No democrat — not even one as borderline-democratic as Merz — can work with him.
Elonald did this and it's now our job to send them and MAGA to the burn pile of history.
pino Tramp has told everybody to f......k off
Cantvwait till all the people in Europe get an email from feuhrer Musk requiring them to list what they've done at work this last week..or resign
Then they'll really be pissed !!
Next they need to put up
Stop buying any US defense systems, aircraft, etc
This doesn’t end after Trump - the US can’t bet trusted if every 4-8 years a deluded President can walk away from it all
Rupert Murdoch’s worldwide white supremacist media empire helped put him in power. It's about to be flipped:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-17/details-inside-rupert-murdoch-family-trust-trial-james-revealed/104945958
Finally, Europe is waking up. That's a relief.
(we call it "Treppenwitz"):
Germany is the line of defense against fascism…
Am I reading this right – your family was interned during WW2 because they were German immigrants?
Can’t bring myself to turn on ZDF or ARD and listen to her awful boasting but wondered how the AfD position things?
Endless propaganda talk not answering a question.
But it does seem that Merz is striking the right tone / also as it relates to the US and Russia etc
But pleased this is what he said
Precisely the right message at the moment
With Trump the situation has changed.
A blind man could see it.
That's if we assume the US army will follow at all the order to invade.
Europe stood united from the ruins of war. Now, as old alliances crumble, it must do so again. This is the moment. A truly sovereign Europe begins now. 🇪🇺
Remember: this is the guy who opposed sanctions on Russia (i.e. gas) if those would harm the German economy.
Don’t trust a word he says.
Russia cultivated #DonaldTrump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy
ARTICLE MORE THAN 4 YEARS OLD
#KGB ‘played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality’, #YuriShvets, 👇
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book?s=09
He'll fly his flag whichever way the wind blows.
Or rather, how he thinks the wind blows.
He doesn't really take wind measurements or listen to experts.
The orange 🤡 just congratulated him (and himself) in all caps
Fascinating
I think the facts have been weighed and the right conclusions have been drawn.
I would not make him a Gaullist directly, but rather someone who is shaping a new form of Realpolitik.
But MAGA don't have passports. Their idea of travel is a trip to Joplin.
I don't think he will stand up to Trump. If there is enough money involved.
I am encouraged that the non-fascists have agreed to band against the far-right. They've recognized the threat and clearly labeled it.
(Would have been nice to have that in the US)
Acting like the big tough guy and siding with Putin whilst ridiculing Europe has simply galvanised us all to now render him completely obsolete.
To a narcissist like him becoming irrelevant will be a horrible fate.
From where I'm standing, it looks increasingly as if the US is on its own.
48.3% of us voted for sanity and support sending Putin and Trump to the Hague.
That appears to be what its well-informed voters voted for.
Happy days…
Is that better? Seems like pedantry to me, but what do I know?
We’re the good guys, we’ll stand by Ukraine and we will prevail…despite the odds 👊
Not a high bar but for Merz a big improvement.
NATO needs to protect the EU from us.
Signed,
US Electorate
None can be
But as an aspirational goal, till Trump is gone, it's OK.
It plays into the antiamericanism of the left and might work to help unify Europe's response to Putin.
Germany, Netherlands, US, Taiwan, UK, Israel, Korea, Japan joined at the hip.
None of us can go it alone. The costs would be astronomical.
Really REALLY hope!
(sorry you will need to translate)
https://bsky.app/profile/romboutluc.bsky.social/post/3ljnqo6seus22
hey, apologies if i sent this already but would you mind sharing w your followers! TY!!!
just imagine if 30 million bsky members sent $5 to Ukraine with a big middle finger to the dictators!
#Igave5
note some banks may require turning on int'l pmts
https://u24.gov.ua
Fuuuuck
You need to explain to your Anglo audience what a Gaullist is, tho
It is not going to be pretty or comfortable the next days, weeks and months…likely years.
Human beings all deserve respect and dignity. I sincerely hope people we collectively remember this.
🏴☠️🇫🇮🫡🇺🇦🧑🎄🇸🇪🇩🇰🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪
https://bsky.app/profile/mihajlovicfreiburg.com/post/3liunhabeic2o
Obviously, any action before the election would have been a gift to Musk-AfD, but now it can be seen to be a necessary cleaning of the system
So you're right.
(What he wasn‘t in the past)
He’s a genius. 🤣
I am no longer an American. I'm a Californian!
Nukes for Japan!
Nukes for Mexico!
Was Europe trying to take advantage of the US or was everyone just trying to avoid global nuclear proliferation?
What other choice does he have?
20% fascist authoritarians deserve zero influence.
(Everything Trump touches dies.)
definitely good.