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The cover of this week’s Economist.

81% of SWISS WANT TO CANCEL F 35 CONTRACT According to several opinion polls conducted in March and April 2025, nearly 81% of Swiss citizens oppose the delivery of F-35s, with rejection rates reaching 87% in French-speaking Switzerland. armyrecognition.com/news/aerospa...

I love this one... #Tariffs #Tradewar #Trump #China #US

Berlin seeks to detach from US as an energy supplier

Absolutely tired of the psychodrama of one country being the problem of the entire planet.

Make no mistake. The tub of orange lard sitting in the Whitehouse is a Mafia Don at the head of a Mafia family and surrounded by Mafia minions. #America #Whitehouse #Criminal #Fascism

In a world being intimidated by a mafia family at the White House, using the age-old 'divide and rule' principle to attempt to dominate everyone else, we in Europe should be thankful for one thing... We are European. We are united. And we will not be intimidated by anyone.

Tariffs based on trade balances have absolutely nothing to do with import taxes. This is the first flaw in the Whitehouse tariff formula.

❗️🇩🇪German car giant Porsche in talks to return to defense industry

This is what Macron was saying in 2019... #NATO #EU #Europe #Defence

Oklahoma’s Ryan Walters is suing an atheist group for daring to fight back against his push to Christianize public schools throughout his state. The lawsuit itself is absurd because he has no actual argument. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahomas-...

Bolton lays out how Putin has mobilized the dumbest administration in US history to be mere conduits of Russian lies about Ukraine. Putin tells Witkoff> Witkoff tells Trump> Trump tells the world.

American veterans that voted for Trump are disgusted by his pathetic groveling before the Russian dictator. ".. and berate [Zelensky], a man who's only trying to save his country, it was not only foolish, it was f---ing disgusting." www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Trump admin increasingly on the defensive as Americans see their retirement funds vanish, a lifetime of savings destroyed by a Russian-backed moron.

Two weeks of Ukraine holding back fire to honor the "ceasefire" while Russia escalated to worst attacks of the war, and it seems Ukraine is no longer playing. Ukrainian drones now in several regions of Russia.

Trump continues to eviscerate the US economy, with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta estimating a GDP contraction of -3.7% for 2025, the worst since COVID or the 2008 financial crisis.

Boycott List 1: #CocaCola #McDonalds #Google #Facebook #GM #AmericanAirlines #Delta #TommyHilfiger