I'm no where near as knowledgeable as Dominic G, but I said the same to OH today. Time to let the US go its own way and focus on EU, which BTW is larger in population and not far behind in GDP.
Clearly Trump doesn’t care if he/Musk gets Ukraines rare earth and minerals from Zalenski or Putin as long as he gets them.
Didn’t think I could despise Trump more, I see that I was wrong.
Like the vile predator that he is he sees Zalenski as wounded and weakened and is circling for the kill.
Trump is a Russian asset. What do people expect? Why he wasn't picked up for this decades ago beats me. It started in 1987 when he went to Russia with his late-then-wife Ivana, who was a Russian operative herself. Makes perfect sense.
I absolutely agree I am a great admirer of Dominic Grieve although I’m Labour through and through. It’s extraordinary how the calibre of Tory MP’s diminished after Johnson stage managed Brexit to the detriment of our Parliament.
It’s chilling
Frankly it’s even possible Trump will take America into a full
Putin Alliance
The rest of democracies need to join together - the new alliance
It was a circus. Trump sitting there like the pope while people bow to kiss his hand. The white house is Disney on crack while that obnoxious orange freak is in office.
Depressingly true but I would hope that without Trump, Vance would be a mere bagatelle and the few Republicans who are not unhinged might find the backbone to challenge his stupidity.
Good luck with that. The guy has no personality but even fewer morals. Check out his eyes. He sold his soul to the devil and he’s cleverer than Trump, and darker.
I wrote Dominic Grieve an email once - not something I'm in the habit of doing - because I was so moved by a speech he made in Parliament and felt compelled to communicate my support. He is amazing at breaking through to the crux of the matter. The Conservatives were nuts to let him go.
I just have a nagging doubt that it’s a bit sophisticated for Trump-Krasnov to have orchestrated. In my mind it’s more likely Putin working through his puppet.
In fairness to that gobshite Jenrick, even he was pretty scathing about Trump's vile behaviour. There's a lot about MAGA that even our scumbags can't stomach.
I did. He did not speak up at all. He let the orange shitstain make it seem like no one was bothered by Trump grabbing Canada. He likes to grab things, and nobody likes standing up for the people being grabbed. Except Ukraine. That’s cool now.
1/ Macron and Starmer go over, fluff Trump up to prepare the ground
2/ Zelensky goes over to see if anything worked.
3/ It clearly didn't, so now to Plan B.
If not the above, why did Zelensky today fly to London to meet with 18 European leaders tomorrow?
Agree with most of it but I don’t think Krasnov appeased Starmer & Macron. He was sat there like a fat Jabba whilst they (Starmer especially) lapping up the adulation they lavished on him. Having sent them away patting themselves on their backs he then launched the premeditated ambush on Zelenskiyy
Happy with everything you posted Sir, except the name of President Hacha, it actually was Edvard Beneš... Hacha was installed by the Nazis in between Beneš's 2 terms...
Yes, I thought this too: “The behaviour of Trump and vice President Vance was outrageous - as a piece of theatre it was straight from the playbook of Hitler's summons of President Hacha of Czechoslovakia to Berlin in 1939 to sign away its independence.”
Events are not random. Macron and Starmer were sent to persuade Trump to provide a backstop. They failed, and this was reflected in the meeting with Zelenski. Now watch for developments this weekend at the UK summit.
also
a) you'd expect Trump to talk like that in private. But in front of cameras? with Vance there? that was planned
b) this doesn't mean Zelenskyy 'walked into a trap'. He went along with the daft mineral plan - out of which he was getting nothing - simply to get facetime with Trump.
Well put and the unity of purpose is much appreciated. Even this short statement is hard to come by in the US for its clarity and eloquence (and utter lack of support from Trump's party of lackeys).
A brilliant summing up of the weeks events.
Trump cosied up to Macron and Starmer hoping Europe would split,but it doesn't seem to be working.
Europe and UK must stay strong.
What that whole sorry circus event showed clearly was one thing - it was a carefully choreographed set-up. It was a pre-planned trap which Zelensky walked right into. Shame on the US and even more shame on those that put this deranged excuse for a human being into the White House for a second time.
The rest world must accept Trump’s America is lost to them. The only ally Trump wants to be with his Putin clearly Trump was turned decades ago. He belongs to Putin. He will sell out every one for Putin. But the bottom line is Trump is corrupt and untrustworthy at all times.
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There are many reasons to loathe Boris Johnson, but purging the Tories of people like Mr Grieve is high on the list.
Didn’t think I could despise Trump more, I see that I was wrong.
Like the vile predator that he is he sees Zalenski as wounded and weakened and is circling for the kill.
Frankly it’s even possible Trump will take America into a full
Putin Alliance
The rest of democracies need to join together - the new alliance
If it were just him, the fluff and flattery would have worked perfectly.
I guess that’s because the wee tosser refused to stand up for Canada, which, unlike Ukraine has always been an ally.
So, F**K Starmer.
https://bsky.app/profile/bawsman.bsky.social/post/3ljcrjo7vak2s
Trump shut it down precisely because he knew Starmer was about to say Canada is a sovereign country.
1/ Macron and Starmer go over, fluff Trump up to prepare the ground
2/ Zelensky goes over to see if anything worked.
3/ It clearly didn't, so now to Plan B.
If not the above, why did Zelensky today fly to London to meet with 18 European leaders tomorrow?
They weren't 'placated', they were just playing placated people on TV.
They had to try.
But clearly Trump's handler's are harder to manipulate than Trump.
I know it took him an age in the other place...so 🤞
I hope the right people are taking note.
a) you'd expect Trump to talk like that in private. But in front of cameras? with Vance there? that was planned
b) this doesn't mean Zelenskyy 'walked into a trap'. He went along with the daft mineral plan - out of which he was getting nothing - simply to get facetime with Trump.
Trump cosied up to Macron and Starmer hoping Europe would split,but it doesn't seem to be working.
Europe and UK must stay strong.