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Trump/Vance talk about “diplomacy” as a solution as if they invented it or thought about it for the first time. No. Many people tried diplomacy with Putin before and it doesn’t work, dating all the way back to Bush era. Even Zelensky himself offered it several times. Pictured quote is from 2022.

NO.

I've hear this somewhere before... "France to the French, England to the English, America to the Americans..."

Trump: “He doesn’t have to stand there and say ‘Putin this, Putin that,’ all negative things. He’s got to say, ‘I want to make peace, I don’t want to fight any longer.’” So, what bothered him was the criticisms against Putin?

Zelenskyy - Trump; sums up perfectly.

I think it was more JD Vance than Trump that confronted Zelenskyy at the meeting. IF Trump's aim was to make a peace deal, Vance undermined those efforts greatly. Rubio's body language during the meeting also tells a lot. I don't think he agreed with the strategy at all.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanks the world leaders for their support following his meeting with Trump, Vance, and Rubio.

ZELENSKYY: He broke the ceasefire, he killed our people, he didn't exchange prisoners. We did. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media. WHAT???

No class. "I have never seen anything like this before" appears like a statement I will reiterate multiple times within the next four years.

"Alcoa warns Trump's aluminum tariff could cost 100,000 US jobs" https://buff.ly/3QWNK3r

RFK Jr has cancelled the US’s participation in creating next fall/winter’s flu vaccine. insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/v...

From ITEP: Impact Of Donald Trump’s Tax Proposals by Income Group.

While the US giving concessions to Russia left and right, their state TV is showing viewers how they could nuke our country.

Worth every single penny.

If you'd like to be angry at something that's *not* the United States government tonight

Oh the irony! Hey Open AI, now stealing someone else’s work to train AI a bad thing?

Here are two ways to say "my heart goes out to you". Stop removing the goal post. What's next? He'll be into old Buddhist imagery?

They have an amazing propaganda machine in their hands. This is really the worst timeline.

Trump inauguration feels like Toby returning back to the Office. www.youtube.com/shorts/dkUCG...

Yet, the second agent says the problem was not “the seat” or the “language”, it was that the previous flight attendant was uncomfortable. What was the reason for her discomfort?

Funny thing is, in an emergency situation, I would want Khabib sitting on that exact seat. He could probably rip the door open if needed. This is a big L for Frontier Airlines.

Job market and the education system in the US right now.

The story of American politics. I feel bad for the people who voted, campaigned, and donated for Fetterman to be elected.

Democrats like Rachel have a hard time containing their excitement. I wonder if they are also making lists.

Next up; Joe Rogan and Theo Von. This way, at least the end of the country as we know it will be entertaining.

Straight out of 1984. There is no “bias”, no “privilege” at all. The ministry of truth. We need it.

The Trump-Musk break up is going to be a juicy one.

Ukraine has already paid a price for its independence that Elon Musk can't even begin to comprehend. His attempt at mockery only exposes him as a morally worthless human being.

Oh Elon…

Technology came along a very long way. 20 years ago, living in Turkey, I was able to watch Mike Tyson, live, without any interruption on live TV. Today, with amazing technological prowess, Netflix kept freezing every minute or so. Future is here. What a time to be alive.

After Mike Tyson, Jake Paul should fight Elon Musk next. He can maybe have #bluesky to host it.