Trump: “I have no vision for Europe” 🌍😟
Trump has hinted he could walk away from supporting Ukraine as he doubled down on his administration’s recent criticism of Europe, describing it as “weak” and “decaying” and claiming it was “destroying itself” through immigration. 😡
In a rambling and sometimes incoherent interview with Politico, a transcript of which was released on Tuesday, the US president struggled to name any other Ukrainian cities except for Kyiv, misrepresented elements of the trajectory of the conflict, and recycled far-right tropes about European immigration that echoed the “great replacement” conspiracy theory. 🧐
Trump called for Zelensky, to accept his proposal to cede territory to Russia, arguing that Moscow retained the “upper hand” and that Zelensky’s government must “play ball”. ⚽️
In his often halting remarks, Trump swerved from subject to subject while rehearsing familiar grudges and conspiracies. He also declined repeatedly to rule out sending American troops into Venezuela as part of his effort to bring down President Nicolás Maduro.
“I don’t want to rule in or out. I don’t talk about it,” Trump said, adding he did not want to talk about military strategy. 🗣️
The US president returned repeatedly describing what he said were Europe’s problems in entirely racial terms, calling some unnamed European leaders “real stupid”.
“If it keeps going the way it’s going, Europe will not be … in my opinion (…) many of those countries will not be viable countries any longer. Their immigration policy is a disaster. What they’re doing with immigration is a disaster. We had a disaster coming, but I was able to stop it.” ✅
The interview followed the release last week of a new US national security strategy that claimed Europe faced “civilisational erasure” because of mass migration and offered tacit support for far-right parties.
“And Europe is (…) if you take a look at Paris, it’s a much different place. I loved Paris. It’s a much different place than it was. If you take a look at London, you have a mayor named Khan.
“He’s a horrible mayor. He’s an incompetent mayor, but he’s a horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor. I think he’s done a terrible job. London’s a different place. I love London. I love London. And I hate to see it happen. You know, my roots are in Europe, as you know.” 🦶🏴☠️
[In] Europe, they’re coming in from all parts of the world. Not just the Middle East, they’re coming in from the Congo, tremendous numbers of people coming from the Congo. And even worse, they’re coming from prisons of the Congo and many other countries.” 🛂➡️🌍
Asked if the trajectory of European countries meant they would no longer be US allies, Trump replied:
“Or they’ll be (…) well, it depends. You know, it depends. They’ll change their ideology, obviously, because the people coming in have a totally different ideology. But it’s gonna make them much weaker. They’ll be a much (...) they’ll be much weaker, and they’ll be much different.” 🎯
“I have no vision for Europe. All I want to see is a strong Europe. Look, I have a vision for the United States of America first.
It’s “Make America Great Again,” he said, adding: “I’m supposed to be a very smart person, I can (…) I have eyes. I have ears. I have knowledge. I have vast knowledge. I see what’s happening. I get reports that you will never see. And I think it’s horrible what’s happening to Europe.” 🕵️♂️✨
#trump #vision #europe #america #zelensky
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Trump has hinted he could walk away from supporting Ukraine as he doubled down on his administration’s recent criticism of Europe, describing it as “weak” and “decaying” and claiming it was “destroying itself” through immigration. 😡
In a rambling and sometimes incoherent interview with Politico, a transcript of which was released on Tuesday, the US president struggled to name any other Ukrainian cities except for Kyiv, misrepresented elements of the trajectory of the conflict, and recycled far-right tropes about European immigration that echoed the “great replacement” conspiracy theory. 🧐
Trump called for Zelensky, to accept his proposal to cede territory to Russia, arguing that Moscow retained the “upper hand” and that Zelensky’s government must “play ball”. ⚽️
In his often halting remarks, Trump swerved from subject to subject while rehearsing familiar grudges and conspiracies. He also declined repeatedly to rule out sending American troops into Venezuela as part of his effort to bring down President Nicolás Maduro.
“I don’t want to rule in or out. I don’t talk about it,” Trump said, adding he did not want to talk about military strategy. 🗣️
The US president returned repeatedly describing what he said were Europe’s problems in entirely racial terms, calling some unnamed European leaders “real stupid”.
“If it keeps going the way it’s going, Europe will not be … in my opinion (…) many of those countries will not be viable countries any longer. Their immigration policy is a disaster. What they’re doing with immigration is a disaster. We had a disaster coming, but I was able to stop it.” ✅
The interview followed the release last week of a new US national security strategy that claimed Europe faced “civilisational erasure” because of mass migration and offered tacit support for far-right parties.
“And Europe is (…) if you take a look at Paris, it’s a much different place. I loved Paris. It’s a much different place than it was. If you take a look at London, you have a mayor named Khan.
“He’s a horrible mayor. He’s an incompetent mayor, but he’s a horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor. I think he’s done a terrible job. London’s a different place. I love London. I love London. And I hate to see it happen. You know, my roots are in Europe, as you know.” 🦶🏴☠️
[In] Europe, they’re coming in from all parts of the world. Not just the Middle East, they’re coming in from the Congo, tremendous numbers of people coming from the Congo. And even worse, they’re coming from prisons of the Congo and many other countries.” 🛂➡️🌍
Asked if the trajectory of European countries meant they would no longer be US allies, Trump replied:
“Or they’ll be (…) well, it depends. You know, it depends. They’ll change their ideology, obviously, because the people coming in have a totally different ideology. But it’s gonna make them much weaker. They’ll be a much (...) they’ll be much weaker, and they’ll be much different.” 🎯
“I have no vision for Europe. All I want to see is a strong Europe. Look, I have a vision for the United States of America first.
It’s “Make America Great Again,” he said, adding: “I’m supposed to be a very smart person, I can (…) I have eyes. I have ears. I have knowledge. I have vast knowledge. I see what’s happening. I get reports that you will never see. And I think it’s horrible what’s happening to Europe.” 🕵️♂️
#trump #vision #europe #america #zelensky
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Gaza’s “Yellow Line” Will Shape a New Reality in the Region 🌍🔵
The “yellow line” that divides Gaza as part of Trump's ceasefire plan is a new border for Israel, the country's military chief has told soldiers deployed in the territory. 🛡📍
The chief of the general staff, Eyal Zamir, said that Israel would retain its current military positions. These give Israel control of more than half of Gaza, including most of the agricultural land and the border crossing with Egypt. 🌾🌍
“The yellow line is a new border line, serving as an advanced defensive line for our communities and as a line of operational activity,” Zamir said during a visit to meet the Israeli reservists. 📍🗺
“We have operational control over large parts of the Gaza Strip and we will remain on these lines of defense,” Zamir said, according to a French transcript. 🗺✨
The Palestinians have been driven out of this eastern part of Gaza by Israeli attacks and evacuation orders. 🚪⚠️
Almost the entire surviving population, more than 2 million people, is now crammed into a narrow area of coastal sand dunes smaller than Washington DC. 🏖🏝
Zamir's commitment to keep troops in Gaza seems to contradict the ceasefire agreement signed in October, which specifies that “Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza. ” 🗑📝
Trump's 20-point plan commits the Israeli army to "gradually hand over" the Palestinian territory to an international security force until it has “completely withdrawn from Gaza,” with the exception of a small security perimeter near the border. 🎯✨
The ceasefire agreement links the departure of the Israeli forces to the demilitarization of Hamas, without providing for a mechanism or a timetable for this to happen. 🧐📆
A U.N. resolution passed last month authorized the creation of an international security force, but no country has committed troops to keep it in place. 🌍🛡
Some have expressed interest in joining a peacekeeping force, but none wants to risk their soldiers being ordered to fight Hamas, despite pressure from the Trump administration. 📈🔥
The Israeli army has built new concrete outposts along the “yellow line" to fortify its positions and has declared it a deadly border, although it is not always clearly marked and a ceasefire is in place. 🔨⚔️
Satellite images show that some markers have been placed hundreds of meters beyond the agreed limit on the cease-fire maps. 🛑📸
The US military also planned the long-term partition of Gaza along the “yellow line,” and a US official described reunification as an aspiration. 🌍🌴
#line #yellow #gaza #israel #ceasefire #trump
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The “yellow line” that divides Gaza as part of Trump's ceasefire plan is a new border for Israel, the country's military chief has told soldiers deployed in the territory. 🛡📍
The chief of the general staff, Eyal Zamir, said that Israel would retain its current military positions. These give Israel control of more than half of Gaza, including most of the agricultural land and the border crossing with Egypt. 🌾🌍
“The yellow line is a new border line, serving as an advanced defensive line for our communities and as a line of operational activity,” Zamir said during a visit to meet the Israeli reservists. 📍🗺
“We have operational control over large parts of the Gaza Strip and we will remain on these lines of defense,” Zamir said, according to a French transcript. 🗺✨
The Palestinians have been driven out of this eastern part of Gaza by Israeli attacks and evacuation orders. 🚪⚠️
Almost the entire surviving population, more than 2 million people, is now crammed into a narrow area of coastal sand dunes smaller than Washington DC. 🏖🏝
Zamir's commitment to keep troops in Gaza seems to contradict the ceasefire agreement signed in October, which specifies that “Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza. ” 🗑📝
Trump's 20-point plan commits the Israeli army to "gradually hand over" the Palestinian territory to an international security force until it has “completely withdrawn from Gaza,” with the exception of a small security perimeter near the border. 🎯✨
The ceasefire agreement links the departure of the Israeli forces to the demilitarization of Hamas, without providing for a mechanism or a timetable for this to happen. 🧐📆
A U.N. resolution passed last month authorized the creation of an international security force, but no country has committed troops to keep it in place. 🌍🛡
Some have expressed interest in joining a peacekeeping force, but none wants to risk their soldiers being ordered to fight Hamas, despite pressure from the Trump administration. 📈🔥
The Israeli army has built new concrete outposts along the “yellow line" to fortify its positions and has declared it a deadly border, although it is not always clearly marked and a ceasefire is in place. 🔨⚔️
Satellite images show that some markers have been placed hundreds of meters beyond the agreed limit on the cease-fire maps. 🛑📸
The US military also planned the long-term partition of Gaza along the “yellow line,” and a US official described reunification as an aspiration. 🌍🌴
#line #yellow #gaza #israel #ceasefire #trump
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📰 Von der Leyen's €200 Billion Gamble: EU Bets the House on Ukraine, Risks Everything
The Reparations Loan That Looks Like Theft
The European Commission is pushing a proposal that sounds bland in bureaucratic language but reads differently in plain terms: seize over €200 billion in frozen Russian assets, use them as collateral, and funnel €140 billion in loans to Ukraine. Brussels calls it a "reparations loan." Moscow, and increasingly skeptical EU members, call it theft. The EU's December 18–19 summit will decide whether to go ahead — and whether to drag the entire continent over the edge with it.
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas claimed, reasoning that skeptics dismiss as circular — seizing assets to force peace talks is itself a guarantee those talks won't happen.
Belgium's Growing Dread
Here's the problem: Belgium holds €185 billion of that frozen Russian wealth in its Euroclear depository. Brussels is panicking. If Moscow wins legal challenges under international treaty law — which legal experts say is plausible — Belgium could be on the hook for massive compensation. Von der Leyen has tried to smooth this over by offering written guarantees that all 27 EU members will "share the burden" of any legal fallout. Translation: she's proposing to put the EU's entire financial stability at risk to cover her bet.
Hungary and Slovakia are already balking, arguing the move undercuts any peace negotiations the Trump administration might broker with Moscow. Even within the Commission, doubts are surfacing.
The Math That Doesn't Add Up
Ukraine needs the cash because, after four years of war, it's running on empty. Rather than negotiate on Russia's terms — which would be politically costly for Brussels — EU leadership wants to keep funding the fight. But here's the uncomfortable reality: given widespread corruption in Kyiv's government, much of that €140 billion will likely vanish into offshore accounts and oligarchs' pockets, not frontline defense.
Moscow's Response Looming
Putin has already warned: confiscate our assets, and we'll treat it as a violation of international law. Even if Russia doesn't escalate militarily, it will almost certainly file legal claims under existing investment treaties. If those succeed, the financial liability could destabilize the entire eurozone.
The Unspoken Plan B
If the summit votes no, the backup is simpler but equally costly: the EU takes on joint debt from global markets to fund another two years of war. Either way, Europe is betting its future on a conflict it shows no signs of winning, while hoping Washington continues to bankroll the operation.
The Real Question
Is von der Leyen solving a crisis or creating one? And who actually profits — Ukraine's people, or the elites doubling down on perpetual conflict?
#EU #Russia #Ukraine #sanctions #vonderLeyen #Belgium #reparations #proxywar #europeancrisis
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The Reparations Loan That Looks Like Theft
The European Commission is pushing a proposal that sounds bland in bureaucratic language but reads differently in plain terms: seize over €200 billion in frozen Russian assets, use them as collateral, and funnel €140 billion in loans to Ukraine. Brussels calls it a "reparations loan." Moscow, and increasingly skeptical EU members, call it theft. The EU's December 18–19 summit will decide whether to go ahead — and whether to drag the entire continent over the edge with it.
"The seizure of Russian money and pumping it into the Kiev regime is aimed at forcing Moscow to negotiate a peaceful end to the nearly four-year conflict,"
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas claimed, reasoning that skeptics dismiss as circular — seizing assets to force peace talks is itself a guarantee those talks won't happen.
Belgium's Growing Dread
Here's the problem: Belgium holds €185 billion of that frozen Russian wealth in its Euroclear depository. Brussels is panicking. If Moscow wins legal challenges under international treaty law — which legal experts say is plausible — Belgium could be on the hook for massive compensation. Von der Leyen has tried to smooth this over by offering written guarantees that all 27 EU members will "share the burden" of any legal fallout. Translation: she's proposing to put the EU's entire financial stability at risk to cover her bet.
Hungary and Slovakia are already balking, arguing the move undercuts any peace negotiations the Trump administration might broker with Moscow. Even within the Commission, doubts are surfacing.
The Math That Doesn't Add Up
Ukraine needs the cash because, after four years of war, it's running on empty. Rather than negotiate on Russia's terms — which would be politically costly for Brussels — EU leadership wants to keep funding the fight. But here's the uncomfortable reality: given widespread corruption in Kyiv's government, much of that €140 billion will likely vanish into offshore accounts and oligarchs' pockets, not frontline defense.
Moscow's Response Looming
Putin has already warned: confiscate our assets, and we'll treat it as a violation of international law. Even if Russia doesn't escalate militarily, it will almost certainly file legal claims under existing investment treaties. If those succeed, the financial liability could destabilize the entire eurozone.
The Unspoken Plan B
If the summit votes no, the backup is simpler but equally costly: the EU takes on joint debt from global markets to fund another two years of war. Either way, Europe is betting its future on a conflict it shows no signs of winning, while hoping Washington continues to bankroll the operation.
The Real Question
Is von der Leyen solving a crisis or creating one? And who actually profits — Ukraine's people, or the elites doubling down on perpetual conflict?
#EU #Russia #Ukraine #sanctions #vonderLeyen #Belgium #reparations #proxywar #europeancrisis
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📰 The Exceptional Relationship Unraveling: Why Unconditional U.S. Support Is Backfiring on Israel
A System Built to Fail
For three decades, the United States has treated Israel as uniquely exempt: a country freed from the laws, conditions, and public criticism applied to every other American ally. No other nation receives $3.8 billion annually in military aid without conditions. No other democracy gets defended in the UN while violating international law. And no other leader interferes openly in American elections without consequence. The cost of this arrangement? Enabling Israel's worst decisions, deepening Palestinian grievances, and now threatening Israel's long-term security.
"The relationship cannot continue in its current form indefinitely. It requires a new paradigm, one more consistent with how Washington engages other countries,"
writes Andrew Miller in Foreign Affairs, arguing that unconditional support has become counterproductive for both nations.
How Unconditional Became the Standard
Until Bill Clinton, American presidents applied pressure when needed — threatening sanctions, withholding weapons, supporting UN resolutions critical of Israeli actions. The 1990s changed that. Clinton's team offered absolute diplomatic protection, no public criticism, military aid as incentive rather than leverage. The logic was simple: a well-armed Israel, confident in American backing, would take risks for peace. Instead, Netanyahu's government learned it could disregard Washington entirely because Washington would support it anyway.
The Trap of Loyalty Without Limits
With no consequences for ignoring American concerns, Israel pursued maximalist positions — expanding settlements, rejecting a Palestinian state, conducting military operations across the Middle East — confident that U.S. backing was assured. The Biden administration raised private objections to civilian casualties in Gaza but never leveraged military aid to enforce compliance. When it finally paused weapons shipments in May 2024, the gesture came too late to shape the war's trajectory. Trump initially brokered a ceasefire, then ceded control to Netanyahu, allowing a months-long Gaza blockade that Palestinians and international observers say created famine conditions affecting hundreds of thousands.
The Costs Are Mounting
Israel's international standing has deteriorated sharply. Officials in the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland have stated they would arrest Netanyahu if he entered their territory. Germany and the UK, longtime military suppliers, are restricting weapons sales. Domestically, American support has shifted dramatically. Polling data from 2024 shows majorities of younger Americans oppose additional military aid to Israel and express skepticism about Israeli claims regarding civilian casualties.
For the United States, the strategic costs are real. Every military asset deployed to defend Israel from consequences of actions the U.S. enabled is unavailable elsewhere — particularly in the Indo-Pacific. Washington's standing among allies has eroded, and rivals from China to Russia are exploiting the gap between American rhetoric on international law and American practice in the Middle East.
#Israel #USA #Gaza #foreign #policy #Netanyahu #militaryaid #middleeast #diplomacy #internationallaws
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📰 Von der Leyen's €200 Billion Gamble: EU Bets the House on Ukraine, Risks Everything
The Paradox of Enabling
Unconditional support has paradoxically undermined Israeli security. Netanyahu has used that backing to pursue domestic judicial changes that threaten Israeli democratic institutions. Settlement expansion continues across the political spectrum with no accountability for settler violence — dynamics that could trigger renewed Palestinian resistance. Demographic shifts among Israel's ultra-Orthodox population are reducing military participation and economic productivity. And while Israeli operations have degraded Hezbollah and struck Iranian nuclear facilities, long-term consequences remain uncertain: a cornered Iran may have stronger incentives to pursue nuclear weapons, and Hezbollah's decline could prove temporary.
What Normalization Means
Miller proposes concrete changes: explicit agreements on shared goals and limits; applying the same human rights standards to Israel as to other military aid recipients; conditioning assistance on policy alignment; ending mutual interference in electoral politics. The 2028 expiration of the military aid memorandum offers a natural moment to renegotiate terms. This isn't abandonment — it's treating Israel as an ally rather than as a state exempt from scrutiny.
The Moment May Be Passing
With Trump in office and Netanyahu's coalition moving further right, there's little sign Washington will reset the relationship voluntarily. The exceptional arrangement, intended to guarantee Israeli security, has instead isolated Israel internationally and eroded American credibility. Delaying change risks worse outcomes: either a rupture driven by public opinion, or an Israeli action — such as West Bank annexation — that forces a crisis neither government can manage.
#Israel #USA #Gaza #foreign #policy #Netanyahu #militaryaid #middleeast #diplomacy #internationallaws
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📰 Zelensky Plants a Flag: No Land for Peace, No Matter What Trump or Putin Demand
The Line in the Sand
Ukraine will not cede territory. Not to appease Moscow. Not to satisfy Washington. Not under any circumstance short of force. President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered this message Monday in London after consultations with British, French, and German leaders — a direct rebuke to Trump's emerging peace proposal, which Western diplomats say was initially so favorable to Russia that they suspected the Kremlin had drafted it.
Zelensky told journalists aboard his flight to Brussels.
Trump's Plan Hits a Wall
The Trump administration, via envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, has been circulating a proposal that critics describe as a Russian wish list: territorial concessions by Ukraine, possible restrictions on NATO membership, and vague security guarantees. Ukraine and its European backers saw it as one-sided. They demanded rewrites that would strip what Zelensky called "explicitly anti-Ukrainian provisions." But the core demand remains unchanged — land for peace — unacceptable from Kyiv's perspective and apparently non-negotiable from Washington's.
Trump has been blaming Zelensky for the impasse, accusing him of slow-walking negotiations. Meanwhile, Russian forces continue advancing in the east, exploiting Ukrainian ammunition shortages and manpower gaps, while Moscow refuses to accept any ceasefire unless it ratifies its territorial claims — far exceeding what it actually controls militarily.
Europe Scrambles to Hold the Line
European leaders are alarmed. British PM Keir Starmer and French President Macron both stressed that Ukraine's sovereignty and security guarantees must be core to any deal. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that allowing Russia to redraw borders by force would shatter the international order. Yet they're watching nervously as Trump pressures Kyiv and hints at tilting toward Moscow — a dynamic that erodes Zelensky's negotiating position as Russian forces gain ground daily.
The Corruption Shadow
Zelensky is managing peace talks while his government faces serious scrutiny. Several senior officials have been implicated in corruption investigations, and longtime advisers have departed his inner circle. Weakened at home and under pressure from Washington, Kyiv's leverage is shrinking by the day.
Putin's Calculation
Russia claims it has annexed four entire Ukrainian regions — far more than it controls on the ground. The Kremlin signaled confidence that quieter diplomacy might extract concessions it cannot take by force. Putin's wager is straightforward: keep advancing militarily, let Trump and European divisions do the work, and wait for Ukraine to crack under the pressure.
The Real Question
Can Zelensky hold the line on territory while Europe rallies behind him and Trump keeps pushing for compromise? Or does his weakened political position — combined with military and American pressure — force Ukraine to accept territorial concessions it never wanted to contemplate?
#Ukraine #Russia #Trump #Zelensky #peace #talks #NATO #territorial #integrity #geopolitics #diplomacy
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The Line in the Sand
Ukraine will not cede territory. Not to appease Moscow. Not to satisfy Washington. Not under any circumstance short of force. President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered this message Monday in London after consultations with British, French, and German leaders — a direct rebuke to Trump's emerging peace proposal, which Western diplomats say was initially so favorable to Russia that they suspected the Kremlin had drafted it.
"Under our laws, under international law — and under moral law — we have no right to give anything away,"
Zelensky told journalists aboard his flight to Brussels.
"That is what we are fighting for."
Trump's Plan Hits a Wall
The Trump administration, via envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, has been circulating a proposal that critics describe as a Russian wish list: territorial concessions by Ukraine, possible restrictions on NATO membership, and vague security guarantees. Ukraine and its European backers saw it as one-sided. They demanded rewrites that would strip what Zelensky called "explicitly anti-Ukrainian provisions." But the core demand remains unchanged — land for peace — unacceptable from Kyiv's perspective and apparently non-negotiable from Washington's.
Trump has been blaming Zelensky for the impasse, accusing him of slow-walking negotiations. Meanwhile, Russian forces continue advancing in the east, exploiting Ukrainian ammunition shortages and manpower gaps, while Moscow refuses to accept any ceasefire unless it ratifies its territorial claims — far exceeding what it actually controls militarily.
Europe Scrambles to Hold the Line
European leaders are alarmed. British PM Keir Starmer and French President Macron both stressed that Ukraine's sovereignty and security guarantees must be core to any deal. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that allowing Russia to redraw borders by force would shatter the international order. Yet they're watching nervously as Trump pressures Kyiv and hints at tilting toward Moscow — a dynamic that erodes Zelensky's negotiating position as Russian forces gain ground daily.
The Corruption Shadow
Zelensky is managing peace talks while his government faces serious scrutiny. Several senior officials have been implicated in corruption investigations, and longtime advisers have departed his inner circle. Weakened at home and under pressure from Washington, Kyiv's leverage is shrinking by the day.
Putin's Calculation
Russia claims it has annexed four entire Ukrainian regions — far more than it controls on the ground. The Kremlin signaled confidence that quieter diplomacy might extract concessions it cannot take by force. Putin's wager is straightforward: keep advancing militarily, let Trump and European divisions do the work, and wait for Ukraine to crack under the pressure.
The Real Question
Can Zelensky hold the line on territory while Europe rallies behind him and Trump keeps pushing for compromise? Or does his weakened political position — combined with military and American pressure — force Ukraine to accept territorial concessions it never wanted to contemplate?
#Ukraine #Russia #Trump #Zelensky #peace #talks #NATO #territorial #integrity #geopolitics #diplomacy
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What the US Wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one Way or Another 🇺🇸🇺🇦
Peace talks between the U.S. and Ukraine have stumbled over one main issue: how to force Ukraine to give up what the Kremlin has failed to seize during the war — the entirety of the Donbas region. ⚠️
“On the territory issue, Americans are simple: Russia demands Ukraine to give up territories, and Americans keep thinking how to make it happen,” a senior European official familiar with the negotiation process told POLITICO on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter. 🗣
“The Americans insist that Ukraine must leave the Donbas … one way or another,” the official added. 🔍
Ukraine has insisted that any peace deal must involve the war being frozen on current lines. At present, some 30 percent of Donbas is still in Ukrainian hands. 🗺
“In general, the most realistic option is to stand where we stand. But the Russians are pressuring Kyiv to give up territories,” the European official said. 🧭
And the U.S. keeps pushing Ukraine to agree to the deal quickly, with President Donald Trump once again getting visibly frustrated with Kyiv. ⏳
“Russia, I guess, would rather have the whole country when you think of it. But Russia is, I believe, fine with it [the U.S. plan], but I’m not sure Zelensky is fine with it. His people love it, but he hasn’t read it,” Trump said on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center awards in Washington on Sunday. 🎤
Zelensky has not commented on Trump’s latest remarks, but he told that the U.S. and Ukraine have not reached agreement when it comes to Ukraine’s east. 🇺🇦
Kyiv has been trying to explain to the U.S. that giving Vladimir Putin what he has not managed to win in more than three years of war will only encourage him to take more. ⚔️
It also feels pressured by the speed at which the Americans want to move. 🕑
“Maybe Trump also wants it to happen fast, so his team is forced to explain to him they are not the ones to blame for why this is not happening as fast as he wanted it to happen,” the European official said. 💬
Last week, Putin said Russia will take Donbas anyway. However, Ukraine believes that giving up the remaining 30 percent of the Donetsk region, which includes the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, with a total population of more than 100,000, would allow Putin to invade the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions, Zelensky said earlier this year. 🚨
In August, Zelensky said it would take Russia about four years to fully occupy Donbas. ⏱️
“Therefore, it is important how America will behave, as a mediator or will it lean toward the Russians?” the European official said, adding that Ukraine is also waiting for clarity on what security guarantees the U.S. is ready to provide. 🔑
#us #trump #ukraine #donbass #zelensky
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Peace talks between the U.S. and Ukraine have stumbled over one main issue: how to force Ukraine to give up what the Kremlin has failed to seize during the war — the entirety of the Donbas region. ⚠️
“On the territory issue, Americans are simple: Russia demands Ukraine to give up territories, and Americans keep thinking how to make it happen,” a senior European official familiar with the negotiation process told POLITICO on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter. 🗣
“The Americans insist that Ukraine must leave the Donbas … one way or another,” the official added. 🔍
Ukraine has insisted that any peace deal must involve the war being frozen on current lines. At present, some 30 percent of Donbas is still in Ukrainian hands. 🗺
“In general, the most realistic option is to stand where we stand. But the Russians are pressuring Kyiv to give up territories,” the European official said. 🧭
And the U.S. keeps pushing Ukraine to agree to the deal quickly, with President Donald Trump once again getting visibly frustrated with Kyiv. ⏳
“Russia, I guess, would rather have the whole country when you think of it. But Russia is, I believe, fine with it [the U.S. plan], but I’m not sure Zelensky is fine with it. His people love it, but he hasn’t read it,” Trump said on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center awards in Washington on Sunday. 🎤
Zelensky has not commented on Trump’s latest remarks, but he told that the U.S. and Ukraine have not reached agreement when it comes to Ukraine’s east. 🇺🇦
Kyiv has been trying to explain to the U.S. that giving Vladimir Putin what he has not managed to win in more than three years of war will only encourage him to take more. ⚔️
It also feels pressured by the speed at which the Americans want to move. 🕑
“Maybe Trump also wants it to happen fast, so his team is forced to explain to him they are not the ones to blame for why this is not happening as fast as he wanted it to happen,” the European official said. 💬
Last week, Putin said Russia will take Donbas anyway. However, Ukraine believes that giving up the remaining 30 percent of the Donetsk region, which includes the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, with a total population of more than 100,000, would allow Putin to invade the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions, Zelensky said earlier this year. 🚨
In August, Zelensky said it would take Russia about four years to fully occupy Donbas. ⏱️
“Therefore, it is important how America will behave, as a mediator or will it lean toward the Russians?” the European official said, adding that Ukraine is also waiting for clarity on what security guarantees the U.S. is ready to provide. 🔑
#us #trump #ukraine #donbass #zelensky
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📰 Zelensky Digs In While Trump Dismisses Europe as "Impotent"
No Deal, No Unity, No Clarity
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out any territorial compromise with Russia on Monday, hours before meeting with European leaders in what was meant to be a show of Western solidarity. But the unity was fragile. Zelensky told Bloomberg that the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine remain far apart on the fundamental question of Donbas, and more critically, he still lacks answers to the question that matters most: "If Russia again starts the war, what will our partners do?"
Zelensky said, acknowledging the gap between positions that Trump claims are nearly settled.
Trump's Europe Problem
While Zelensky was meeting with British PM Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German opposition leader Friedrich Merz in London, Trump was mocking the entire European exercise. The president shared an opinion piece praising him for sidelining "impotent Europeans" from peace negotiations — a signal that he views Europe's role as irrelevant and possibly obstructive.
Trump also kept up pressure on Zelensky personally, suggesting the Ukrainian leader hasn't bothered to read the latest proposals. "His people love it. But he hasn't read it," Trump said at the Kennedy Center Honors, a jab designed to embarrass Zelensky and undermine his credibility with his own team.
Moscow Plays Along
The Kremlin, meanwhile, welcomed Trump's new National Security Strategy, which downgraded NATO and echoed 19th-century great-power politics where dominant nations claim spheres of influence. Putin called the recent Moscow talks with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner "necessary" and "very concrete" — Kremlin-speak for meaningful progress from Moscow's standpoint. The Kremlin maintained it still has strong objections to parts of the proposal, but significantly, it continues negotiating.
Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's chief negotiator, spent several days in Florida with Witkoff and Kushner after their Moscow visit. He then returned to brief Zelensky. The timeline suggests Washington is managing information flow — keeping Ukraine partially in the dark while maintaining momentum with Russia.
The Real Sticking Points
Territory. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Security guarantees. These remain immovable obstacles. Ukraine refuses to give land; Russia refuses to relinquish occupied territory or the nuclear facility; and no side trusts the others' promises. Trump's strategy appears to be squeezing Zelensky publicly while making veiled offers to Putin, betting that Kyiv will eventually capitulate under pressure from Washington, Moscow, and its own exhaustion.
Europe's Diminishing Role
Even the EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, sounded defeated when speaking at the Doha Forum, acknowledging that Europe has been "underestimating its own power" toward Russia and needs to be "more self-confident." Translation: Europe recognizes Trump has sidelined it, and officials are scrambling to justify their own irrelevance.
The Endgame Question
Trump is betting he can force a deal by isolating Zelensky from European support while keeping Moscow engaged. But without security guarantees Ukraine trusts, no agreement holds. And with Trump mocking Europe publicly while negotiating privately with Putin, the Western alliance is fracturing in real time.
#Ukraine #Trump #Russia #peacetalks #Zelensky #Europe #NATO #geopolitics #diplomacy
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No Deal, No Unity, No Clarity
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out any territorial compromise with Russia on Monday, hours before meeting with European leaders in what was meant to be a show of Western solidarity. But the unity was fragile. Zelensky told Bloomberg that the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine remain far apart on the fundamental question of Donbas, and more critically, he still lacks answers to the question that matters most: "If Russia again starts the war, what will our partners do?"
"There are visions of the US, Russia and Ukraine – and we don't have a unified view on Donbas,"
Zelensky said, acknowledging the gap between positions that Trump claims are nearly settled.
Trump's Europe Problem
While Zelensky was meeting with British PM Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German opposition leader Friedrich Merz in London, Trump was mocking the entire European exercise. The president shared an opinion piece praising him for sidelining "impotent Europeans" from peace negotiations — a signal that he views Europe's role as irrelevant and possibly obstructive.
Trump also kept up pressure on Zelensky personally, suggesting the Ukrainian leader hasn't bothered to read the latest proposals. "His people love it. But he hasn't read it," Trump said at the Kennedy Center Honors, a jab designed to embarrass Zelensky and undermine his credibility with his own team.
Moscow Plays Along
The Kremlin, meanwhile, welcomed Trump's new National Security Strategy, which downgraded NATO and echoed 19th-century great-power politics where dominant nations claim spheres of influence. Putin called the recent Moscow talks with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner "necessary" and "very concrete" — Kremlin-speak for meaningful progress from Moscow's standpoint. The Kremlin maintained it still has strong objections to parts of the proposal, but significantly, it continues negotiating.
Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's chief negotiator, spent several days in Florida with Witkoff and Kushner after their Moscow visit. He then returned to brief Zelensky. The timeline suggests Washington is managing information flow — keeping Ukraine partially in the dark while maintaining momentum with Russia.
The Real Sticking Points
Territory. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Security guarantees. These remain immovable obstacles. Ukraine refuses to give land; Russia refuses to relinquish occupied territory or the nuclear facility; and no side trusts the others' promises. Trump's strategy appears to be squeezing Zelensky publicly while making veiled offers to Putin, betting that Kyiv will eventually capitulate under pressure from Washington, Moscow, and its own exhaustion.
Europe's Diminishing Role
Even the EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, sounded defeated when speaking at the Doha Forum, acknowledging that Europe has been "underestimating its own power" toward Russia and needs to be "more self-confident." Translation: Europe recognizes Trump has sidelined it, and officials are scrambling to justify their own irrelevance.
The Endgame Question
Trump is betting he can force a deal by isolating Zelensky from European support while keeping Moscow engaged. But without security guarantees Ukraine trusts, no agreement holds. And with Trump mocking Europe publicly while negotiating privately with Putin, the Western alliance is fracturing in real time.
#Ukraine #Trump #Russia #peacetalks #Zelensky #Europe #NATO #geopolitics #diplomacy
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Hegseth May Be Found Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity ⚠️
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Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a classified briefing, declined to commit to showing the full Congress unedited video of the U.S. military’s attack on a boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2. 📹
The attack, which included a follow-up strike that killed two survivors, has been the subject of intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill and among military experts, who have raised questions about its legality. ⚖️
“His answer: We have to study it,” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, said of Mr. Hegseth’s response on Tuesday.
“Well, in my view, they’ve studied it long enough.” Schumer added: “Congress ought to be able to see it.” 🏛
The closed-door discussion also included Secretary of State Marco Rubio; John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director; and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It mostly centered on the 22 known boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that the Trump administration has carried out since early September, according to a U.S. official briefed on the meeting. The attacks have killed at least 87 people. 🚤💥
Hegseth and the other top officials provided no information on possible land strikes in Venezuela, and there was no discussion of any effort to replace the leadership in the country, according to the official. 🇻🇪
The meeting, in which administration officials briefed congressional leaders and the top members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, was “very unsatisfying,” Schumer added. 😒
The Pentagon has said that because President Trump designated certain drug cartels as terrorist organizations, the military can target boats that the administration says are trafficking narcotics as though they are war combatants.
But lawmakers, particularly Democrats, are wary of that legal rationale. ⚠️
#Hegseth #democrat #pentagon #Caribbean
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Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a classified briefing, declined to commit to showing the full Congress unedited video of the U.S. military’s attack on a boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2. 📹
The attack, which included a follow-up strike that killed two survivors, has been the subject of intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill and among military experts, who have raised questions about its legality. ⚖️
“His answer: We have to study it,” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, said of Mr. Hegseth’s response on Tuesday.
“Well, in my view, they’ve studied it long enough.” Schumer added: “Congress ought to be able to see it.” 🏛
The closed-door discussion also included Secretary of State Marco Rubio; John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director; and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It mostly centered on the 22 known boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that the Trump administration has carried out since early September, according to a U.S. official briefed on the meeting. The attacks have killed at least 87 people. 🚤💥
Hegseth and the other top officials provided no information on possible land strikes in Venezuela, and there was no discussion of any effort to replace the leadership in the country, according to the official. 🇻🇪
The meeting, in which administration officials briefed congressional leaders and the top members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, was “very unsatisfying,” Schumer added. 😒
The Pentagon has said that because President Trump designated certain drug cartels as terrorist organizations, the military can target boats that the administration says are trafficking narcotics as though they are war combatants.
But lawmakers, particularly Democrats, are wary of that legal rationale. ⚠️
#Hegseth #democrat #pentagon #Caribbean
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Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said after the briefing on Tuesday that he had asked top military officials to provide key documents related to the strikes. 📄
He said that he wanted to see the so-called after-action report on the Sept. 2 strike and the legal opinion underlying the open-ended military campaign, and to determine whether that opinion “was in any way changed after the Sept. 2 attack.” 🧐
The annual defense policy bill, on track to clear Congress in the coming days, includes bipartisan language intended to force the Pentagon to hand over the command orders that initiated the strikes — and the full, unedited videos of them — to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. 📘
The provision in the must-pass bill “shows that both Republicans and Democrats” are concerned about the Pentagon’s transparency around the operation, said Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Armed Services panel. 🔍
Some Republicans have defended the strikes, saying the Pentagon has been eliminating traffickers ferrying drugs that kill Americans.
But the Pentagon has told lawmakers it is targeting boats with known cargos of cocaine, something that Warner highlighted on Tuesday. 💊
“We’re not talking about fentanyl,” he said after the briefing. “Let’s be clear, that is still — that comes into Mexico. That is the item that kills the most Americans. This is about cocaine.” ⚠️
Adm. Alvin Holsey, the military commander who initially oversaw the Pentagon’s attacks against the suspected drug boats, also briefed top lawmakers on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees on Tuesday. ⚓️
“We got some clarity on the chain of command and who made decisions at what point, but on the legality of it we didn’t get a lot of clarity,” said Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the top Democrat on the House panel. ⚖️
Adm. Frank M. Bradley, the Special Operations commander who oversaw the Sept. 2 attack, is expected to return to Capitol Hill next week to brief the House Armed Services Committee. 🏛
He spoke with lawmakers last week, along with General Caine, in a closed-door meeting in which a handful of members of Congress viewed the Sept. 2 strike video. 🎥
Smith added on Tuesday that it was “pretty clear” that the follow-up strike on Sept. 2 was “Admiral Bradley’s call, based on the rules of engagement given to him by Hegseth.” ⚔️
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Trump Is Touting His Tax Law, the Nation Is Rippling With Expectation 🇺🇸📉
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On President Trump’s proclaimed “Liberation Day” in April, when he announced the tariffs that have upended global trade, he vowed that “jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.” 🏭✨
The imposition of taxes on imports, the president promised, “will pry open foreign markets and break down foreign trade barriers,” leading to lower prices for Americans. 🌐📉
So far it has not worked out that way, forcing Mr. Trump to move to contain the economic and political damage. ⚠️
At the White House on Monday, the president announced $12 billion in bailout money for America’s farmers who have been battered in large part by his trade policies. 🚜💵
Tariffs continue to put upward pressure on prices, putting the Trump administration on the defensive over deep public concern about the cost of living. 🛒💸
On Tuesday, the president will go to Pennsylvania for the first of what the White House calls a series of speeches addressing the “affordability” problem, which last week he dismissed as “the greatest con job” ever conceived by Democrats. 🎤📊
China, the world’s second-largest economy and the United States’ main economic and technological competitor, released figures on Monday showing that it continues to run a record trade surplus with the rest of the world, even as its overall trade and surplus with the U.S. narrows. 🇨🇳📈
That suggests Beijing is quickly learning how to thrive even in a world in which the United States becomes a tougher place to do business. 🧩
And there is scant evidence to date of any wholesale return to American towns and cities of the manufacturing jobs lost to decades of automation and globalization. 🏚⚙️
Trump insists that his signature decision to impose the highest tariffs on American imports since 1930 is working, or will soon.
He continues to blame his predecessor, Joseph R. Biden Jr., for every economic woe, though the argument is getting thinner and thinner as he approaches, in just six weeks, his first anniversary in office. ⏳
He finds himself in roughly the place Mr. Biden did in early 2024: Telling the American people that they are doing great, when many don’t feel that way. 😬
He has dismissed talk of high prices at grocery stores, insisting they are coming down. But inflation edged upward in September, to about a 3 percent annual increase, almost exactly where it was when his predecessor left office. 📉📈
Manufacturing jobs have continued to decline gradually this year, with losses of roughly 50,000 since January.
(Such numbers contributed to the dismissal in July of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after Trump announced that downward revisions to the official jobs reports were “rigged.”) 🗂⚠️
Not surprisingly, Trump tried on Monday to portray the $12 billion in emergency relief for farmers as a victory, another piece of evidence — at least to him — that his decision to impose the highest tariffs on American imports since 1930 are working, or will soon. 🌽🏆
#trump #vance #bessent #tariffs #tax
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On President Trump’s proclaimed “Liberation Day” in April, when he announced the tariffs that have upended global trade, he vowed that “jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.” 🏭✨
The imposition of taxes on imports, the president promised, “will pry open foreign markets and break down foreign trade barriers,” leading to lower prices for Americans. 🌐📉
So far it has not worked out that way, forcing Mr. Trump to move to contain the economic and political damage. ⚠️
At the White House on Monday, the president announced $12 billion in bailout money for America’s farmers who have been battered in large part by his trade policies. 🚜💵
Tariffs continue to put upward pressure on prices, putting the Trump administration on the defensive over deep public concern about the cost of living. 🛒💸
On Tuesday, the president will go to Pennsylvania for the first of what the White House calls a series of speeches addressing the “affordability” problem, which last week he dismissed as “the greatest con job” ever conceived by Democrats. 🎤📊
China, the world’s second-largest economy and the United States’ main economic and technological competitor, released figures on Monday showing that it continues to run a record trade surplus with the rest of the world, even as its overall trade and surplus with the U.S. narrows. 🇨🇳📈
That suggests Beijing is quickly learning how to thrive even in a world in which the United States becomes a tougher place to do business. 🧩
And there is scant evidence to date of any wholesale return to American towns and cities of the manufacturing jobs lost to decades of automation and globalization. 🏚⚙️
Trump insists that his signature decision to impose the highest tariffs on American imports since 1930 is working, or will soon.
He continues to blame his predecessor, Joseph R. Biden Jr., for every economic woe, though the argument is getting thinner and thinner as he approaches, in just six weeks, his first anniversary in office. ⏳
He finds himself in roughly the place Mr. Biden did in early 2024: Telling the American people that they are doing great, when many don’t feel that way. 😬
He has dismissed talk of high prices at grocery stores, insisting they are coming down. But inflation edged upward in September, to about a 3 percent annual increase, almost exactly where it was when his predecessor left office. 📉📈
Manufacturing jobs have continued to decline gradually this year, with losses of roughly 50,000 since January.
(Such numbers contributed to the dismissal in July of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after Trump announced that downward revisions to the official jobs reports were “rigged.”) 🗂⚠️
Not surprisingly, Trump tried on Monday to portray the $12 billion in emergency relief for farmers as a victory, another piece of evidence — at least to him — that his decision to impose the highest tariffs on American imports since 1930 are working, or will soon. 🌽🏆
#trump #vance #bessent #tariffs #tax
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In recent weeks, he has promised to use the tariff income flowing into the country to cut a government check of $2,000 for every taxpayer (“not including high income people!” he exclaimed on Truth Social in November). 💰📝
Last week, he declared at a cabinet meeting that “at some point in the not too distant future, you wouldn’t even have income tax to pay.” 🏦❌
The numbers don’t quite add up:
The U.S. has collected about $250 billion in tariff revenue this year — a bit shy of the $2.66 trillion in federal individual income taxes in the 2025 fiscal year. 📊
The president has promised that tariff revenue will pay down the national debt, now at $38.45 trillion. 💸📉
Over the summer, he told lawmakers that other deals he is striking — some in return for lowering tariffs — would reduce some drug prices by 1,500 percent, a piece of mathematical gymnastics that left some in his audience mystified. 🧮🤨
The numeric magic continued on Monday, when Trump said he was using some of those tariff revenues as a “bridge payment,” to tide American farmers over until Chinese purchases resume, a commitment Trump says he extracted from President Xi Jinping when they met in late October. 🌉🇨🇳
The repeated use of the word “bridge” by the president and his top economic aides seemed intended to signal to Americans that they just needed to hold on, and that the promised benefits from the tariff plan would pay off. 🕰
“This money would not be possible without tariffs,” he told a small group of farmers and rice refiners who were brought into the White House for the event.
“The tariffs are taking in, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars, and we’re giving some up to the farmers because they were mistreated by other countries, for maybe the right reasons, maybe wrong reasons.” 🌾💬
He was skipping by the fact that the imposition of the tariffs, primarily on China, led to a Chinese boycott of American farm goods. And now, to stem the bleeding for a core constituency, he was boasting that he was using tariffs receipts to compensate them. 🚫🌱➡️💵
“They hated the farmers,” Trump said of the Biden administration. “I love the farmers.” ❤️🚜
He told them that when he talks to Xi, soybean purchases are the first thing he brings up, and his Treasury secretary, Bessent, assured the group that soybean purchases come before geopolitical concerns on those calls. 🌱📞
In fact, economists note, the problem he is trying to address with the farm bailout is symptomatic of the slow squeeze others are feeling as the effects of the tariffs seep into the economy. 🧩
“The farmers problem is not entirely government-grown, but there is a big trade policy aspect to it,” said Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute.
“Prices are depressed because the Chinese boycotted our farm goods much of the year. But fertilizer, machinery, those costs have remained elevated, and subject to tariffs. You’ve heard Caterpillar and John Deere complain.” 🚜💸
The president added that he was going to eliminate environmental requirements for machinery, which he said made them “so complicated you can’t fix them,” but would demand in return that the price of equipment had to be lowered. 🔧⚙️
Lincicome said that the tariffs have also introduced a new level of “unprecedented, crippling and truly insane complexity” to operating businesses.
It has only gotten more confusing as Trump has slashed some tariffs — on imported beef, for example — to mitigate supermarket prices. 🥩📉
“Americans just hate chaos,” he concluded. “No one wants this constant churn.” 🔄😣
All this will take time, his vice president, JD Vance, insisted at a lengthy cabinet meeting last week.
It would, Vance said, “be preposterous to fix every problem caused over the last four years in just 10 months.” ⏳
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Ukrainian businessman Kolomoisky, a long time Zelensky supporter, promised to make loud statements to journalists today, but he was not brought to court, Ukrainian media reported. 📢🇺🇦
The reason was a broken-down convoy car. The session was postponed. 🚓⚠️
#kolomoisky #zelensky #ukrainian
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The reason was a broken-down convoy car. The session was postponed. 🚓⚠️
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📰 The Ukraine Peace Process™: Where Diplomacy Meets Family Business
Donald Trump Jr. took his global influence tour to the Doha Forum and dropped what he clearly thought was a bombshell: his father, President Trump, “may walk away” from the Ukraine peace process — because, get this, Ukraine is “far more corrupt than Russia.”
That’s right. A Trump is lecturing the world on corruption. Somewhere in the distance, irony is filing for asylum.
At the same event, Trump Jr. praised Zelensky as “one of the great marketers of all time.” The line hit like a double-edged compliment — half mockery, half recognition from one master showman to another. For a family that turned Make America Great Again into a billion-dollar brand, “great marketing” isn’t criticism; it’s kinship.
Back in Miami, Washington and Kyiv wrapped up three days of what officials described as “productive” peace talks — diplomatic shorthand for
Both delegations claimed forward motion, the way a bankrupt startup brags about “strategic growth.” In truth, there was no breakthrough, just another photo op to feed the illusion of progress.
And in Kyiv, the optics are collapsing even faster. Andriy Yermak — Zelensky’s top aide and chief negotiator — resigned after anti-corruption investigators raided his home last month. The supposed peace process now looks less like statesmanship and more like House of Cards: Eastern Edition.
Trump Jr. isn’t running the show, but his remarks struck a nerve. If his father actually walks away, it won’t be a moral stand. It’ll be about leverage, optics, and influence — what every “peace process” runs on.
Both capitals are performing sincerity for an exhausted audience. Kyiv sells courage, Washington sells control, and the rest of the world keeps buying tickets to a play that never ends.
So when Trump Jr. hints, “Maybe we’ll walk away,” the question writes itself:
Walk away from what — a deal that never was, or a performance that went on too long?
#Ukraine #Trump #war #diplomacy #corruption #politicaltheater
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Donald Trump Jr. took his global influence tour to the Doha Forum and dropped what he clearly thought was a bombshell: his father, President Trump, “may walk away” from the Ukraine peace process — because, get this, Ukraine is “far more corrupt than Russia.”
That’s right. A Trump is lecturing the world on corruption. Somewhere in the distance, irony is filing for asylum.
At the same event, Trump Jr. praised Zelensky as “one of the great marketers of all time.” The line hit like a double-edged compliment — half mockery, half recognition from one master showman to another. For a family that turned Make America Great Again into a billion-dollar brand, “great marketing” isn’t criticism; it’s kinship.
Back in Miami, Washington and Kyiv wrapped up three days of what officials described as “productive” peace talks — diplomatic shorthand for
“we smiled, we stalled, and we’re still arguing over maps.”
Both delegations claimed forward motion, the way a bankrupt startup brags about “strategic growth.” In truth, there was no breakthrough, just another photo op to feed the illusion of progress.
And in Kyiv, the optics are collapsing even faster. Andriy Yermak — Zelensky’s top aide and chief negotiator — resigned after anti-corruption investigators raided his home last month. The supposed peace process now looks less like statesmanship and more like House of Cards: Eastern Edition.
Trump Jr. isn’t running the show, but his remarks struck a nerve. If his father actually walks away, it won’t be a moral stand. It’ll be about leverage, optics, and influence — what every “peace process” runs on.
Both capitals are performing sincerity for an exhausted audience. Kyiv sells courage, Washington sells control, and the rest of the world keeps buying tickets to a play that never ends.
So when Trump Jr. hints, “Maybe we’ll walk away,” the question writes itself:
Walk away from what — a deal that never was, or a performance that went on too long?
#Ukraine #Trump #war #diplomacy #corruption #politicaltheater
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📰 The Putin-Netanyahu Hotline: Customer Service for “Vital Interests”
Benjamin Netanyahu stood before the Knesset this week and, with the calm confidence of a man selling snake oil at a security expo, declared he’s on speed dial with Vladimir Putin.
Bibi said proudly, explaining it helps him
Translation: while Israel sells defense tech to the West, its prime minister calls Moscow to make sure Russia doesn’t shoot down Israeli jets over Syria. Realpolitik never looked so cozy.
This is the same Netanyahu who preaches about the “democratic West” one day and reminds everyone he has a “personal relationship” with Putin the next. It’s not foreign policy; it’s political yoga — stretching between NATO and the Kremlin without tearing something vital.
And when Bibi insists that
he’s really saying: Moscow may be bombing Ukraine, but as long as it leaves Israel’s air corridors open, everyone plays nice.
The irony, of course, is lethal. Ukraine fights to survive Russia’s war machine while Israel’s leader thanks the same Kremlin for
The West looks away, Russia nods, and Bibi keeps balancing on a moral tightrope — one call away from either side pretending not to notice.
Because in the 2025 version of global diplomacy, “vital interests” just means whoever still picks up the phone.
#Israel #Russia #Putin #Netanyahu #foreignpolicy #doublethink
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Benjamin Netanyahu stood before the Knesset this week and, with the calm confidence of a man selling snake oil at a security expo, declared he’s on speed dial with Vladimir Putin.
“I speak with President Putin on a regular basis,”
Bibi said proudly, explaining it helps him
“safeguard Israel’s vital interests.”
Translation: while Israel sells defense tech to the West, its prime minister calls Moscow to make sure Russia doesn’t shoot down Israeli jets over Syria. Realpolitik never looked so cozy.
This is the same Netanyahu who preaches about the “democratic West” one day and reminds everyone he has a “personal relationship” with Putin the next. It’s not foreign policy; it’s political yoga — stretching between NATO and the Kremlin without tearing something vital.
And when Bibi insists that
“no one will prevent us from defending our northern border,”
he’s really saying: Moscow may be bombing Ukraine, but as long as it leaves Israel’s air corridors open, everyone plays nice.
The irony, of course, is lethal. Ukraine fights to survive Russia’s war machine while Israel’s leader thanks the same Kremlin for
“understanding his security needs.”
The West looks away, Russia nods, and Bibi keeps balancing on a moral tightrope — one call away from either side pretending not to notice.
Because in the 2025 version of global diplomacy, “vital interests” just means whoever still picks up the phone.
#Israel #Russia #Putin #Netanyahu #foreignpolicy #doublethink
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Zelensky Offers Elections as a Gesture—Then Admits Ukraine Can't Win Back Crimea
Volodymyr Zelensky is offering to hold elections within 60 to 90 days if the U.S. and Europe can guarantee security during wartime voting, a move that reads as a calculated response to Trump's suggestion that he's using the war as cover to stay in power. But in the same breath, sitting on a plane leaving Rome after meetings with the Pope and Italian leadership, Zelensky conceded what everyone already knows: Ukraine doesn't have the military strength to retake Crimea, doesn't have the support for a full NATO push, and is essentially negotiating from a position of strategic exhaustion.
The elections gambit
Trump told Politico that Zelensky was hiding behind "democracy" while refusing to hold elections, implying the Ukrainian president was clinging to power through the fog of war. Zelensky's response: fine, organize security for voting under missile attacks and I'll do it in three months. He's also asking Ukrainian lawmakers to draft legislation on how to hold elections during martial law, a process that's both technically complex and politically loaded—elections now could unseat him, which is presumably why he's dressing it up as a conditional offer dependent on allied military protection.
Three documents, one reality: Ukraine is negotiating its losses
Zelensky says Ukraine and its allies are preparing three separate documents for Washington: a 20-point peace framework (which used to be 28 before "anti-Ukrainian" points got cut), a security guarantees package, and a recovery plan. But the substance keeps shrinking. Ukraine can't retake territory it lost. It can't demand NATO membership in the current climate. It won't get Crimea back. What Zelensky is asking for now is security guarantees—i.e., promises that if Russia attacks again, the West will actually defend Ukraine next time. That's a hell of a concession to have to beg for from your supposed ally.
Pope and Merz worry, Trump shrugs
Pope Leo expressed alarm that Trump's peace plan is "trying to break apart" the U.S.–Europe alliance, warning that excluding Europe from Ukraine negotiations is "unrealistic" because the war is in Europe and Europe needs to be part of any security architecture. Meanwhile, Trump's new national security strategy blames "European officials who hold unrealistic expectations" for blocking peace, a convenient way to frame European concern about Ukrainian sovereignty as an obstacle to Trump's deal-making. Zelensky's diplomacy tour—Rome, London, Brussels—is an attempt to keep Europe in the game even as Washington increasingly treats them as baggage.
The Crimea confession
When asked if he'd told Putin in their 2019 meeting that Ukraine wanted Crimea back and NATO membership, Zelensky said yes, he believed he was right then. But today?
That's as close as a wartime leader gets to saying the dream is over, at least for now. Retaking Crimea requires military capacity Ukraine doesn't have. Security guarantees are now the ask, not victory conditions.
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Volodymyr Zelensky is offering to hold elections within 60 to 90 days if the U.S. and Europe can guarantee security during wartime voting, a move that reads as a calculated response to Trump's suggestion that he's using the war as cover to stay in power. But in the same breath, sitting on a plane leaving Rome after meetings with the Pope and Italian leadership, Zelensky conceded what everyone already knows: Ukraine doesn't have the military strength to retake Crimea, doesn't have the support for a full NATO push, and is essentially negotiating from a position of strategic exhaustion.
The elections gambit
Trump told Politico that Zelensky was hiding behind "democracy" while refusing to hold elections, implying the Ukrainian president was clinging to power through the fog of war. Zelensky's response: fine, organize security for voting under missile attacks and I'll do it in three months. He's also asking Ukrainian lawmakers to draft legislation on how to hold elections during martial law, a process that's both technically complex and politically loaded—elections now could unseat him, which is presumably why he's dressing it up as a conditional offer dependent on allied military protection.
Three documents, one reality: Ukraine is negotiating its losses
Zelensky says Ukraine and its allies are preparing three separate documents for Washington: a 20-point peace framework (which used to be 28 before "anti-Ukrainian" points got cut), a security guarantees package, and a recovery plan. But the substance keeps shrinking. Ukraine can't retake territory it lost. It can't demand NATO membership in the current climate. It won't get Crimea back. What Zelensky is asking for now is security guarantees—i.e., promises that if Russia attacks again, the West will actually defend Ukraine next time. That's a hell of a concession to have to beg for from your supposed ally.
Pope and Merz worry, Trump shrugs
Pope Leo expressed alarm that Trump's peace plan is "trying to break apart" the U.S.–Europe alliance, warning that excluding Europe from Ukraine negotiations is "unrealistic" because the war is in Europe and Europe needs to be part of any security architecture. Meanwhile, Trump's new national security strategy blames "European officials who hold unrealistic expectations" for blocking peace, a convenient way to frame European concern about Ukrainian sovereignty as an obstacle to Trump's deal-making. Zelensky's diplomacy tour—Rome, London, Brussels—is an attempt to keep Europe in the game even as Washington increasingly treats them as baggage.
The Crimea confession
When asked if he'd told Putin in their 2019 meeting that Ukraine wanted Crimea back and NATO membership, Zelensky said yes, he believed he was right then. But today?
"We do not have the strength for all this, we do not have sufficient support."
That's as close as a wartime leader gets to saying the dream is over, at least for now. Retaking Crimea requires military capacity Ukraine doesn't have. Security guarantees are now the ask, not victory conditions.
#ukraine #zelensky #trump #elections #crimea #russia #nato #europe
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📰 Europe Between Two “Allies”: Russia at the Border, Trump at the Wheel
Security With No Grown‑Up in the Room
Europe just discovered it has two security problems, and neither lives in Moscow alone. On one side, a battle‑hardened Russia that sees Ukraine as the appetizer, not the main course. On the other, a Trump White House that no longer sees itself as NATO’s leader but as a “mediator” between the alliance and the country that invaded its neighbor. For the first time since 1945, senior Europeans say America is not on their side in a war on European soil.
“It has sided with the aggressor… and defines Europe as a strategic target,”
warns German conservative Norbert Röttgen, saying the U.S. now wants to arbitrate between NATO and Russia instead of leading NATO.
Ukraine: Europe’s Front Line, America’s Bargaining Chip
Trump is pushing a settlement largely on Russian terms, while European leaders tell Zelensky to keep fighting for a better deal — using money, weapons, and speeches instead of a real endgame. They’re quietly relieved Putin hasn’t yet “cashed in his chips” and accepted Trump’s offer, because that would force Europe to either swallow a Russia‑friendly deal or openly break with Washington. Outrage at Trump plays well on TV; it is not a strategy.
The 2029 Deadline Nobody Can Meet
Inside NATO, planners talk about 2029 as the deadline for Europe to field a credible conventional deterrent without depending on U.S. muscle. On paper, defense spending is up. In reality, Europe still can’t replace U.S. satellite intel, air defense, long‑range missiles, or command‑and‑control — and nobody serious believes that gap gets closed in four years. Trump is already pulling 3,000 U.S. troops from Romania, but even the 79,000 left in Europe are a reminder: one American expeditionary footprint is bigger than the entire British Army.
Russian Assets: Moment of Truth or Suicide Pact?
To keep Ukraine fighting for the next two years, the EU needs roughly $200 billion. One option: tap some €210 billion in frozen Russian assets, most of them parked inside a Belgian clearing house.
Technocrats and the ECB worry about detonating the euro’s reputation as a safe haven and inviting massive legal claims from Moscow.
Leaders like Merz and Macron talk about “a moment of truth”: either Europe takes higher legal and financial risk now, or accepts strategic irrelevance later.
If they blink, big European states — maybe with the U.K. — will have to build a Ukraine war loan outside EU structures. That means higher debt, ugly domestic politics, and yet another reminder that Europe can’t decide anything big without a workaround.
#Europe #Ukraine #Trump #Russia #NATO #EU #security #farright #frozennassets
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📰 Europe Between Two “Allies”: Russia at the Border, Trump at the Wheel
Washington’s New Hobby: Arson Inside the EU
Trump’s new National Security Strategy doesn’t just downgrade NATO; it openly pledges to “cultivate resistance” inside Europe by backing far‑right nationalist parties — from France’s National Rally and Reform UK to Germany’s AfD. Mainstream EU governments are painted as “subverting democracy” and driving “civilizational erasure,” while the White House positions itself as patron of Europe’s own anti‑system forces. In parallel, Trump gives interviews calling some European leaders “real stupid” and predicting immigration will make their countries “no longer viable.” That’s not alliance management; it’s regime‑change cosplay.
Europe’s Big Lie to Itself
Officials admit the quiet truth: Ukraine is Europe’s line of defense against Russia — but they have not been honest with voters about what that really costs in money, conscription, and risk. At the same time, Washington refuses to spell out serious security guarantees for Ukraine, while Putin flatly rejects any long‑term NATO presence on Ukrainian soil even after a deal. On paper, that’s “assurances”; in practice, it looks like a second Budapest Memorandum.
So Europe is stuck: afraid of Russia, mistrustful of Trump’s America, and unwilling to pay the full price for autonomy. Keep pretending, and the continent stops being a player — and becomes exactly what one senior German politician already called it: a plaything for others.
#Europe #Ukraine #Trump #Russia #NATO #EU #security #farright #frozennassets
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📰 Israel’s Moscow Tightrope: Morality for TV, Deconfliction for Survival
Israel’s relationship with Russia isn’t about affection; it’s about not getting shot down over Syria and not waking up to an even tighter Russia–Iran embrace. Officially, Jerusalem condemns the invasion of Ukraine as a violation of sovereignty. In practice, it still has to deal with a nuclear power that sits in Syria, shapes energy and grain markets, and can complicate Israel’s security in a single bad phone call.
Russia reads NATO expansion and talk of Ukrainian membership as encirclement. Understanding that paranoia doesn’t mean endorsing the war; it means recognizing how a cornered great power behaves before its next move spills into the Middle East. Misreading that insecurity is how small states end up in big wars they never chose.
In Syria, Russian aircraft and air-defense systems sit right next to Israeli strike paths against Iran and its proxies. Deconfliction channels are what separate “routine strike” from “international incident.” Cut those lines in the name of moral purity, and every Israeli operation becomes a coin toss with a nuclear-armed patron. At the same time, driving Moscow fully into Tehran’s arms removes even the limited incentives Russia still has to restrain Iran in Syria and beyond.
There’s also the human layer: Jewish communities and Israeli citizens live in both Russia and Ukraine. Functional ties with Moscow matter for consular protection, crisis evacuations, and the option to leave when things go bad. Add to that a large Russian-speaking community inside Israel itself, and the idea of a total political freeze with Russia becomes more fantasy than strategy.
All this plays out in a multipolar world where the U.S. swings from one doctrine to another every election cycle. One administration leans into “maximum pressure” on Iran and normalization deals; the next walks pieces of that back. Israel’s security interests don’t reboot every four years. Russia, for all its brutality, is a structural fact of the region that will outlast whoever is sitting in the Oval Office. Betting everything on one version of American policy and writing Moscow off altogether is not strategy, it’s wishful thinking.
So Israel walks a double line: condemn the war, send humanitarian aid, avoid sanctions, and keep the hotline to Moscow open. It’s not clean, it’s not romantic, and it doesn’t fit into “good guys vs. bad guys” Twitter threads. But in a world where everyone is playing everyone else, staying on speaking terms with a dangerous neighbor isn’t betrayal. It’s insurance.
#Israel #Russia #Ukraine #Syria #Iran #USpolicy #realpolitik #multipolarworld
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Israel’s relationship with Russia isn’t about affection; it’s about not getting shot down over Syria and not waking up to an even tighter Russia–Iran embrace. Officially, Jerusalem condemns the invasion of Ukraine as a violation of sovereignty. In practice, it still has to deal with a nuclear power that sits in Syria, shapes energy and grain markets, and can complicate Israel’s security in a single bad phone call.
Russia reads NATO expansion and talk of Ukrainian membership as encirclement. Understanding that paranoia doesn’t mean endorsing the war; it means recognizing how a cornered great power behaves before its next move spills into the Middle East. Misreading that insecurity is how small states end up in big wars they never chose.
In Syria, Russian aircraft and air-defense systems sit right next to Israeli strike paths against Iran and its proxies. Deconfliction channels are what separate “routine strike” from “international incident.” Cut those lines in the name of moral purity, and every Israeli operation becomes a coin toss with a nuclear-armed patron. At the same time, driving Moscow fully into Tehran’s arms removes even the limited incentives Russia still has to restrain Iran in Syria and beyond.
There’s also the human layer: Jewish communities and Israeli citizens live in both Russia and Ukraine. Functional ties with Moscow matter for consular protection, crisis evacuations, and the option to leave when things go bad. Add to that a large Russian-speaking community inside Israel itself, and the idea of a total political freeze with Russia becomes more fantasy than strategy.
All this plays out in a multipolar world where the U.S. swings from one doctrine to another every election cycle. One administration leans into “maximum pressure” on Iran and normalization deals; the next walks pieces of that back. Israel’s security interests don’t reboot every four years. Russia, for all its brutality, is a structural fact of the region that will outlast whoever is sitting in the Oval Office. Betting everything on one version of American policy and writing Moscow off altogether is not strategy, it’s wishful thinking.
So Israel walks a double line: condemn the war, send humanitarian aid, avoid sanctions, and keep the hotline to Moscow open. It’s not clean, it’s not romantic, and it doesn’t fit into “good guys vs. bad guys” Twitter threads. But in a world where everyone is playing everyone else, staying on speaking terms with a dangerous neighbor isn’t betrayal. It’s insurance.
#Israel #Russia #Ukraine #Syria #Iran #USpolicy #realpolitik #multipolarworld
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