Europe accuses US of profiting from war
EU officials attack Joe Biden over sky-high gas prices, weapons sales and trade as Vladimir Putin’s war threatens to destroy Western unity.
November 24, 2022 POLITICO
Top European officials are furious with Joe Biden’s administration and now accuse the Americans of making a fortune from the war, while EU countries suffer.
“The fact is, if you look at it soberly, the country that is most profiting from this war is the U.S. because they are selling more gas and at higher prices, and because they are selling more weapons,” one senior official told POLITICO.
The explosive comments — backed in public and private by officials, diplomats and ministers elsewhere — follow mounting anger in Europe over American subsidies that threaten to wreck European industry. The Kremlin is likely to welcome the poisoning of the atmosphere among Western allies.
“We are really at a historic juncture,” the senior EU official said, arguing that the double hit of trade disruption from U.S. subsidies and high energy prices risks turning public opinion against both the war effort and the transatlantic alliance. “America needs to realize that public opinion is shifting in many EU countries.”
The EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell called on Washington to respond to European concerns. “Americans — our friends — take decisions which have an economic impact on us,” he said in an interview with POLITICO.
The biggest point of tension in recent weeks has been Biden’s green subsidies and taxes that Brussels says unfairly tilt trade away from the EU and threaten to destroy European industries. Despite formal objections from Europe, Washington has so far shown no sign of backing down.
At the same time, the disruption caused by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is tipping European economies into recession, with inflation rocketing and a devastating squeeze on energy supplies threatening blackouts and rationing this winter.
As they attempt to reduce their reliance on Russian energy, EU countries are turning to gas from the U.S. instead — but the price Europeans pay is almost four times as high as the same fuel costs in America. Then there’s the likely surge in orders for American-made military kit as European armies run short after sending weapons to Ukraine.
It's all got too much for top officials in Brussels and other EU capitals. French President Emmanuel Macron said high U.S. gas prices were not “friendly” and Germany’s economy minister has called on Washington to show more “solidarity” and help reduce energy costs.
Ministers and diplomats based elsewhere in the bloc voiced frustration at the way Biden’s government simply ignores the impact of its domestic economic policies on European allies.
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EU officials attack Joe Biden over sky-high gas prices, weapons sales and trade as Vladimir Putin’s war threatens to destroy Western unity.
November 24, 2022 POLITICO
Top European officials are furious with Joe Biden’s administration and now accuse the Americans of making a fortune from the war, while EU countries suffer.
“The fact is, if you look at it soberly, the country that is most profiting from this war is the U.S. because they are selling more gas and at higher prices, and because they are selling more weapons,” one senior official told POLITICO.
The explosive comments — backed in public and private by officials, diplomats and ministers elsewhere — follow mounting anger in Europe over American subsidies that threaten to wreck European industry. The Kremlin is likely to welcome the poisoning of the atmosphere among Western allies.
“We are really at a historic juncture,” the senior EU official said, arguing that the double hit of trade disruption from U.S. subsidies and high energy prices risks turning public opinion against both the war effort and the transatlantic alliance. “America needs to realize that public opinion is shifting in many EU countries.”
The EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell called on Washington to respond to European concerns. “Americans — our friends — take decisions which have an economic impact on us,” he said in an interview with POLITICO.
The biggest point of tension in recent weeks has been Biden’s green subsidies and taxes that Brussels says unfairly tilt trade away from the EU and threaten to destroy European industries. Despite formal objections from Europe, Washington has so far shown no sign of backing down.
At the same time, the disruption caused by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is tipping European economies into recession, with inflation rocketing and a devastating squeeze on energy supplies threatening blackouts and rationing this winter.
As they attempt to reduce their reliance on Russian energy, EU countries are turning to gas from the U.S. instead — but the price Europeans pay is almost four times as high as the same fuel costs in America. Then there’s the likely surge in orders for American-made military kit as European armies run short after sending weapons to Ukraine.
It's all got too much for top officials in Brussels and other EU capitals. French President Emmanuel Macron said high U.S. gas prices were not “friendly” and Germany’s economy minister has called on Washington to show more “solidarity” and help reduce energy costs.
Ministers and diplomats based elsewhere in the bloc voiced frustration at the way Biden’s government simply ignores the impact of its domestic economic policies on European allies.
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Europe accuses US of profiting from war
EU officials attack Joe Biden over sky-high gas prices, weapons sales and trade as Vladimir Putin’s war threatens to destroy Western unity.
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📹 Footage of the Russian servicemen who returned to their homeland share their joyful emotions of liberation and tell about Ukrainian captivity.
📹A plane with Russian servicemen freed from the captivity was met at Moscow's Chkalovskiy Airport
◽️In Donetsk direction, the AFU counterattack by company tactical group forces has been repulsed.
◽️In South Donetsk direction, the enemy attempted to counterattack the positions of Russian units. The enemy has been dispersed and pushed back to its initial positions by the active action of the defending troops and artillery fire.
◽️In Donetsk direction, the AFU counterattack by company tactical group forces has been repulsed.
◽️In Kupyansk direction, 2 unsuccessful attacks have been launched by the AFU. The enemy has been halted and pushed back to its initial position.
◽️In Krasniy Liman direction, the AFU company tactical group concentrated for an offensive has been hit by Russian troops as a result of pre-emptive actions. The enemy attack has been thwarted by artillery fire and army air strikes.
💥Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery have neutralised 6 enemy strongpoints , as well as 67 artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 168 areas.
💥Russian Su-35S fighters destroy the AFU plane within special military operation.
💥The combat actions of Smerch multiple-launch rocket systems of the Western Military District within special military operation
🪖 The mobilised personnel and volunteers continue their combat training at training grounds in Stavropol Krai and Volgograd region.
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Ukrainian soldiers were trained at a secret location in the north of England - the 5-week accelerated course included handling weapons, learning tactics and positional warfare, and first aid on the battlefield.
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5 weeks is barely enough for them to be trained in basic tactics if they hadn't gone through full training before that.
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Ukrainian soldiers were trained at a secret location in the north of England - the 5-week accelerated course included handling weapons, learning tactics and positional warfare, and first aid on the battlefield.
Speaking militarliy:
5 weeks is barely enough for them to be trained in basic tactics if they hadn't gone through full training before that.
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No "Grassroots" organization has enough to pay 5,000 US dollars to one of it's members a month just for sitting around and editing Wikipedia articles.
So, Beware! The next time you see a Wikipedia article whitewashing Jewish crimes, or a post on Facebook with #GodLovesIsrael , chances are the poster did that for a quick 30 cents.
Leaked documents have proven that the JIDF - Jewish Internet Defense Force - are paying their contributors for every edit, reply, post, or information - using the example of one of their top users who gets paid 5,000 dollars to simply post Israeli tiktoks and edit Wikipedia articles.
Keep in mind that the JIDF has been criticized many times and been exposed as a government run psyop (see other photographs)
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I don't know what he is meaning by one result as he is already giving 2 options...
In my mind the result is only one.💤 And it is none of what he has mentioned.
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Mateusz Morawiecki arrived in the Ukrainian capital, the Government Information Center reported. Firstly, he visited the Monument to the victims of the Great Famine, then the head of the Polish government will meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Prime Minister of Poland Morawiecki - during a visit to Kyiv: "In this war, unleashed by Russia, there can be only one result - either Ukraine will win, or the whole of Europe is lost."
I don't know what he is meaning by one result as he is already giving 2 options...
In my mind the result is only one.💤 And it is none of what he has mentioned.
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Another exchange of prisoners: 9 to 9
In the Zaporozhye region, the third exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine took place in a week.
Today, the exchange was announced by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak. According to him, Russia extradited 12 people to Ukraine:
▪️4 Navy personnel;
▪️2 fighters of the National Guard;
▪️2 border guards;
▪️1 serviceman of the "Territorial Defense";
▪️3 civilians.
According to State Duma deputy Shamsail Saraliyev, servicemen of the Russian Guard have been released from Ukrainian captivity.
The Ukrainian authorities are once again presenting the exchange as their victory. Photos and videos of fighters returning from captivity are circulating in the Ukrainian media, while the only thing known about the fate of Russian military personnel is that they are being transported by Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation.
Translated from Rybar
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In the Zaporozhye region, the third exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine took place in a week.
Today, the exchange was announced by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak. According to him, Russia extradited 12 people to Ukraine:
▪️4 Navy personnel;
▪️2 fighters of the National Guard;
▪️2 border guards;
▪️1 serviceman of the "Territorial Defense";
▪️3 civilians.
According to State Duma deputy Shamsail Saraliyev, servicemen of the Russian Guard have been released from Ukrainian captivity.
The Ukrainian authorities are once again presenting the exchange as their victory. Photos and videos of fighters returning from captivity are circulating in the Ukrainian media, while the only thing known about the fate of Russian military personnel is that they are being transported by Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation.
Translated from Rybar
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