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How Trump betraying the Budapest Memorandum might lead to WW3

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Putin turns down Biden talks and defends Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid


MOSCOW — The Kremlin dismissed the idea of talks with President Biden to end the war in Ukraine on Friday, and defended its repeated attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure as "inevitable."​
On Thursday, Biden said he would be willing to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin "if in fact there is an interest in him deciding that he's looking for a way to end the war."​
 
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And yet he won the popular vote, the electoral college , every swing state - the party won both the house and senate - beating the best the Democrats had to offer - and now their party is descending into chaos and at it's lowest approval rating in history.

Yet we are supposed to believe the worst of him?
He sure did. And that's what scares me.

We are not supposed to think the worst of him - as such. He is just who he is - a malignant narcissist (as diagnosed by many psychiatrists based on thousands of hours of public footage) who cannot help himself. But as David Brooks of the NYT said:

This is not just a Trump problem; America’s whole reputation is shot. I don’t care if Abraham Lincoln himself walked into the White House in 2029, no foreign leader can responsibly trust a nation that is perpetually four years away from electing another authoritarian nihilist.

If you voted for a Trump-like figure twice - how do we know we're not going to be stabbed in the back again?

NATO is over. The philosophical tradition of the west is over.

Might is right. Selfish is right. Betrayal is right. Empire is right. Extortion is right. Raw naked power is right.

And the Christian right lap it all up as somehow "about time!" and praiseworthy!
 
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He sure did. And that's what scares me.

We are not supposed to think the worst of him - as such. He is just who he is - a malignant narcissist (as diagnosed by many psychiatrists based on thousands of hours of public footage) who cannot help himself. But as David Brooks of the NYT said:

This is not just a Trump problem; America’s whole reputation is shot. I don’t care if Abraham Lincoln himself walked into the White House in 2029, no foreign leader can responsibly trust a nation that is perpetually four years away from electing another authoritarian nihilist.​

If you voted for a Trump-like figure twice - how do we know we're not going to be stabbed in the back again?

NATO is over. The philosophical tradition of the west is over.

Might is right. Selfish is right. Betrayal is right. Empire is right. Extortion is right. Raw naked power is right.

And the Christian right lap it all up as somehow "about time!" and praiseworthy!
Hogwash. You just need a better news source. One that doesn’t use fear mongering and innuendo as truth.
 
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Fear? Just look at Euronews or other European news channels. Read analysts. Avoid Fox!

Innuendo? "an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one."

Wow - I thought David Brooks was a sledgehammer - nothing allusive about what he said!


As for that European news? It's upended all their regular security chats - there's a sense of panic in the air.

The announcement comes after the US said on Tuesday that it will start lifting some sanctions on Moscow, particularly on agricultural trade.​
The summit's goal was to lay the groundwork for long-term security guarantees and turn the Ukrainian army into the first line of defence against any future aggression amid the growing threat from Russia.

I mean - this is disgusting! Especially as it is the EU bailing out America by buying 105 times more weapons off America than America spends on NATO! I doubt they will let themselves depend on American weapons export beyond the next 5 to 10 years. America has shown her true colours! There is just no going back after this!

"I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s pathetic,” US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is reported to have said when discussing how unblocking trade routes via strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen would benefit Europe more than the US.​
Vice President JD Vance, who questioned the necessity of launching immediate strikes, said: "I just hate bailing Europe out again".​
How utterly ignorant of the true facts can they be? They've drunk their own cool aid.

The impact of tariffs are being anticipated and fretted over...
Hildegard Müller, said the tariffs send “a disastrous signal for free, rules-based trade” and risk disrupting tightly integrated global supply chains.... Wall Street analysts flagged the risk of higher vehicle prices for US consumers. Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Delaney said in a note that imported car prices could rise between $5,000 and $15,000 (€4,600–€13,800) depending on the vehicle. Even US-assembled models could see cost increases of $3,000 to $8,000 (€2,800–€7,400) due to the use of foreign-sourced components.


Meanwhile Trump's thought-bubble word-salads get blurted to the press - sending chaotic geopolitical as well as market signals. Does he now like China more than the west? I thought if we were going to prepare for China to invade Taiwan and be at war with China - maybe we should be doing all we can to 'friend-shore'. But Trump thinks EVERYTHING to do with international trade is unfair!

“With respect to TikTok…China is going to have to play a role in that, possibly in the form of an approval, maybe, and I think they’ll do that. Maybe I’ll give them a little reduction in tariffs or something to get it done,” Trump said on Wednesday.

Right! Reward China for selling a social media app while crippling the western world's security and trade. Awesome! Talk about the Art of the Deal!
 
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I'm feeling out of touch - can someone unpack the meme for me?
Not a lot to unpack...I simply googled Musk dancing, and that's what I got.

-- A2SG, not much more to it than that.....
 
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I think most of our allies realize that it is Trump who is the problem, not America, and that when we regain our national sanity all will be well.
Most of your allies realise that Trump was voted in by many millions of americans and still enjoys lots of support.
 
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Most of your allies realise that Trump was voted in by many millions of americans and still enjoys lots of support.
"Your" allies? Are you implying that America's new "allies" are the loathsome dictators starting wars throughout the world?
Trump does not receive support from our traditional allies in freedom-loving countries in western Europe, Canada, Australia and the Pacific Rim--due to his economic attacks.
Have you heard that Canadian snowbirds, bringing billions of tourism dollars to Florida and the south each winter, will now be subjected to burdensome red tape--which might make them fearful that they--like some green card holders, could become targets of ICE?
I hope this is getting publicity in Florida. Between that and ending FEMA, Florida will turn blue for economic survival.
 
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"Your" allies? Are you implying that America's new "allies" are the loathsome dictators starting wars throughout the world?
I don't think "ally" is the right word for that relationship. I'd go for "accomplice".
 
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