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Trump doesn't even need to invade Panama or Greenland. He just needs to allow Russia to invade and then force Panama and Denmark to accept mineral deals in exchange for Russia ending the killing.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

US appears set on crushing Ukraine capacity to force Zelensky to submit. Never mind that this is a bonfire of leverage versus Russia, which has every reason to believe it can dictate terms or reject a ceasefire in the knowledge that Trump is likely to blame Ukraine. Criminally bad negotiating.

submitted 1 day ago • 70 comments

If the EU could seize this moment, and issue eurobonds, “it would tap in to a deep well of willing buyers keen to trim US exposure” www.ft.com/content/4ba5...

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

Exactly. By far the fastest way to end the war would have been to increase the support for Ukraine so Russia would stop attacking.

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

Just to be clear and so there can be no more denial. 1) The USA is now the enemy of Ukrainian Freedom 2) The USA is now the enemy of European Freedom 3) Anyone who supports Trump supports this 4) Europe alone will have to support Ukraine

submitted 1 day ago • 40 comments

Don’t ask Ukraine to stop defending. Ask Russia to stop attacking.

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

Those who argue that this is just a short term pause, ie leverage that Trump is using to get Ukraine to the table... are missing the bigger picture... of the immeasurable damage that has been done to our world standing. That we would even do this to an ally fighting for survival-is THE story.

submitted 3 days ago • 50 comments

Great thread. I usually operate with a few more reasons for Russia's invasion including such aspects as regime security and a desire to undermine NATO, but I definitely agree that these are the two most important ones. And neither of them is understood by the current U.S. administration.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

There are two reasons why Putin invaded Ukraine. The first is that he believed he could. In 2014, Ukraine was weak, embroiled in revolution. He tested this by annexing Crimea—and succeeded. He tried again in eastern Ukraine; it didn’t go as well, but he bided his time. 1/12

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Says the man who just admitted the Tate bros to the U.S.

submitted 3 days ago • 415 comments

We had Russia on the ropes. They were crippled by sanctions. They had made minimal headway into Ukraine. Putin had to survive a military uprising within his own ranks. He was down to pleading for conscripts from North Korea. Then he played his ace in the hole. Donald Motherfucking Trump.

submitted 3 days ago • 400 comments

See, the thing is, Zelensky refused to tug his forelock to Trump. Or to grovel.

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submitted 4 days ago • 328 comments

Watching American Republican congressmen attack NATO alongside tech oligarchs only reinforces my belief that the U.S. won’t last four years without some form of disruptive event: unrest, secessionism, or other catastrophic events. It’s like watching the USSR’s decline speedrun.

submitted 4 days ago • 75 comments

Trump and Vance wanted Zelensky to thank them for an aid package that Vance voted against and Trump opposed.

submitted 5 days ago • 455 comments

Kinzinger: There’s a reason that every Trump cabinet member has had to tweet how strong he was today. Because they got the memo from The White House that they better come out and support Trump because this is a really bad day for them and they know it

submitted 6 days ago • 193 comments

The foreign policy of a nation often reflects its leader. Our foreign policy is now churlish, acquisitive, brutish, impulsive, reckless, callous, boorish, expansionist, shallow, ignorant, exploitive, nasty, dishonest, manipulative, corrupt and unethical. A reflection of our president.

submitted 5 days ago • 284 comments

That Oval Office debacle today solidified two things: 1. The US is not a trusted ally 2. Zelensky is a hero

submitted 5 days ago • 841 comments

🚨The European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas : “The free world needs a new leader” The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.

submitted 6 days ago • 956 comments

I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.

submitted 6 days ago • 1964 comments

Poroshenko supported Zelensky… WOW 😮

submitted 5 days ago • 25 comments

Today is a reminder of Zelensky's superhuman stamina and strength. He deflected deeply unfair vile attacks in his 3rd language and kept it together while two bullies threatened his country's existence and repeated the tired but infuriating propaganda tropes of the aggressor.

submitted 6 days ago • 48 comments

President Trump likely sees little value in leveraging pressure against Putin and instead views forcing Ukraine into capitulation as the easiest path to achieve his goals. He shifts blame on Zelensky, portraying him as the obstacle to peace, to excuse his own failure to deliver on election promises

submitted 5 days ago • 37 comments

Considering that Trump was already opposed to any new aid package for Ukraine and made it clear that the US wont be involved in enforcing peace when the war in Ukraine ends, I dont think Trump has anywhere nearly as much leverage as he thinks.

submitted 6 days ago • 11 comments

Just so we are clear - the reason why JD Vance has constantly refused to go to Ukraine is because he is a coward. He would NEVER go there and meet with their soldiers or talk with their leaders. Because their courage and integrity would show him for what he is - a sniveling jerk.

submitted 6 days ago • 699 comments

It would be far less time-consuming to just document when he tells the truth. shorturl.at/tohgb

submitted 14 days ago • 1147 comments

Donald is proving men can multitask. He's simultaneously being spokesman for Kremlin AND president Musk.

submitted 15 days ago • 33 comments

🇺🇦❗️🇺🇸 "NO recognition of the occupied territories. NO ultimatums from Russia. Security guarantees for Ukraine!" 🗣️ Podolyak clearly stated that Ukraine will outline to Kellogg its “red lines” that should never be crossed during negotiations.

submitted 15 days ago • 8 comments

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

Hi All--a double barrelled post I hope you will find very important (and all free). First a comment on what we saw from Trump last night. The USA is now an open enemy of democracy--and needs to be understood as such. Also, Paul Krugman and I have a video chat. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

submitted 15 days ago • 30 comments

I don't know how the war in Ukraine ends but I know how the United States ends

submitted 15 days ago • 9 comments

Two tyrants called each other One wanted to take Kyiv in 3 days, and the second wanted peace in 24 hours #Trump

submitted 15 days ago • 12 comments