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I think Putin feels that he can string Trump along for a very long time, maybe until Trump is out of the office. Trump has already given huge presents to Putin while getting nothing but flattery in return (if we discount the possibility that Trump is being bribed by Moscow).
Any end of the war would be extremely dangerous for Putin — right now his propaganda can sell the war quite successfully at home, and they can write off any hardships as the consequence of the war economy. But when the war stops, hundreds of thousands of former soldiers that are used to high wages and are not afraid to kill will flood back into Russia where there are no employment opportunities for them. Coupled with the struggling economy and the lack of reserves, this will lead to huge problems, potentially to a revolution.
No I think you are right.It may be a matter of time.We don't seem to possess the collective intelligence to make it through in more or less one piece.
We may get lucky but I don't see the signs of us learning from our mistakes or adapting to the changing world.
I think the UN has gone the way of the League of Nations
IMO , , FOR WHATEVER REASON - and there is something there - the effort by both Putin and Trump to ‘PATCH UP their ‘differences’ and for Putin to get the best deal/arrangement possible there are three packages of conditions to be met in Putin’s eyes. The meeting in Saudi Arabia was a meeting about meetings to patch over things
So, re the two packages of conditions :-
(1) Putin will use Trump’s weakness eg respects dictators, wants to make money in Russia, etc, to set out conditions for that to happen and to establish’ normal relations’ eg exchange embassies, return frozen money , etc.
(2) the second set of conditions will be in relation to Russia agreeing to enter serious negotiations to stop the war . This package would include cancelling all the US applied sanctions before negotiations start
(3) package three will be the conditions that Putin wants met to end the war to his satisfaction. i
I think that Putin is taking a major risk to string things out by burning the night oil re the three above set of negotiations. Does he feel that he is gaining more land day by day, he will exhaust Ykr before he runs out of finance to keep the war going, the Russian pop will not rise up against him, he will not be deposed, he will have a constant stream of sufficient quantity to keep the front lines / supply system adequately operational. ALL BIG IFS. ‘
It could also be that despite the cult factor there are a lot of Republics who are deeply uncomfortable with both Trump's solo run to Putin and the DOGE backlash amongst some MAGA grassroots.
Just because the Boston Tea Party refused to pay duty to a far away king doesn't mean they were anti government like their 21st wantobes.
Gerashchenko claiming Trump has extended sanctions for 1 more year…
however I’d call this a rouse to butter up Zelensky for tomorrows theft, and then by Monday the sanctions are gone..
I wouldn’t trust anything Trump does. Ever.
i have a feeling its going to get very bumpy in the good old us of a,the americans just havnt realised it yet…
I'd say that was covered under the blanket of all future industrial profits in perpetuity…
Hidden agenda?
"Do nothing, win!"
80% of the mobile phones on which China conspiracy theories are written are assembled in China, and the other 20% assembled elsewhere probably rely on parts from Chinese assembly lines.
Maybe their plan is to just be. Taoism is very interesting.
I agree that Russia has problems with maintaining the offensive. However, Putin does not want peace or even a ceasefire.
I repeat: there will be no peace agreement in the near future, 6 months at least, likely more.
All the recent talk is just fluff, Russians fake an interest to squeeze as many concessions from Trump as possible. I don't know how clued in you are in what Russian media and official say, but here is the gist: "We want peace, where Ukraine disbands its army, surrenders its independence and elects a pro-Russian president and the parliament. Russia will be the guarantor of peace, that is if Ukrainians elect someone Russia does not like, we will impose the compliance militarily. Plus give us the oblasts that we haven't fully occupied yet, plus Odessa and Nikolaev, so that Ukraine has no sea access".
The reasons why Russians are talking to Trump is also clear from what they say — "Trump is great, and we would have made a great deal with Trump if Biden didn't steal his election in 2020. But before we can talk about peace, we should normalise our relationship with the great Trump land. First — fully reopen the embassies (to let all the FSB operatives and spies into the USA). then let our ministers hammer out the deal on lifting sanctions, and then we can talk about how the USA can help us to pressure Ukraine into surrender".
But all of this is a delaying tactic anyway, Russia hopes to get something from the useful idiot/plant Trump before it even considers talking about a ceasefire. Any cessation of war is not in Putin's interest, he is not going to survive for long after the war ends, unless it ends in the destruction of Ukraine.
appreciate correction . One learns something everyday. It can be an important abstention but one wonders what the hidden agenda is, if any?
Again…
They won't care. Suffering is part of the Christian experience, it means you're closer to Jesus.
According to what the $5,000 suit wearing, gold plated microphone wielding, seven $20m mansion for-every-member-of-the-family owning, 3 different private jet taking, billionaire worshipping preachers tell the MAGA masses that is.
Who cares about food and bills, once America is great again, that's all that matters. So what if they're hungry and broke, they're saving America under the one true Trump with their sacrifice. They'll believe anything bar what's obviously the truth.
Little wonder they defer to Russia; Russia being all about being white, Christian and anti-gay, these guys see Russia as something to aspire to. Little wonder Trump bends over for the Russians, he has to keep the cult happy.
The USA is certainly in for a bumpy ride, and I don't think anyone can really help Russia avoid structural implosion in the long run.
Even if Trump dropped dead of a heart attack in front of a live audience they'll still be a rabid core who'll swear their leader was taken out. I don't know where MAGA ends, but rather than improving anything it certainly is making things worse.
On the plus side the crazier things get in the US the more it pushes the UK back towards harmony with Europe.
after reading and hearing all this over the last while i have to say/ask…we're not going to make it,the human race i mean,are we?
tbh surprised he hasn't pardoned Gislene Maxwell at this point.
Tbh I'd prefer if such people were put on a weekly televised 'Running Man' style gameshow.
With former MME fighter Tate sent packing it's a good time to remember British cage fighter Conor McGregor called Putin "one of the greatest leaders in our time" back in 2018.
It is obviously not true.
That they exerted pressure on Romania to allow people suspected of such disgusting crimes is bad enough.
I read somewhere that some MAGA government employees who got sacked were complaining that Trump was firing the "wrong people"! Did they not think that an anti government candidate would work in their interests?
New cabinet minister for Women’s Health and Human trafficking
By this stage trump admin is just full on trolling mode
Big danger for the Trump regime is 'anything that annoy the libs' is soon going to be annoying the MAGA crowd as well. The anti-woke and culture war nonsense is not going to put a meal on anyone's table or a single extra cent in anybody's pocket.
M-Rat and his ilk would hate this:
Fig leaf sprang to my mind (both sides?)
Suspension of credulity seems to be all the rage
"I see stupid people"
(Is it a 3 card trick?)
The biggest clue to why the whole "rare earth mining" is an empty narrative is that the USA isn't short of identified deposits already but they stuff they do dig up they still send to China for refining.
It's hard to know who's saying what behind closed doors in Washington but I reckon there was a lot of republican senators and congress sitters who are military veterans who had no problem making their ire felt when Trump started cosying up to Putin. This whole minerals deal seems like a way for Trump to look like his previous insults to Ukraine were all part of the art of the deal, because only he makes the best deals, really they're the best, tremendous, everyone loves it etc……..
Weirdly, America is so in the grip of the "anything that annoys the libs must be good for America" mentality of governance, this might actually happen. I wouldn't put any of this past the ongoing crazy.
We're a few weeks away from Trump signing into law that future recipients of the death penalty are to be executed by Monster Truck rally.
They're eating the dogs.
Of course it can be real.
Never underestimate how low Trump can go. If it is true, I think we can expect a raft of previous medal of honour recipients to return theirs in protest.
What the actual fcuk.
That last paragraph can't be real.
You seem to have thawed out. Did you get to play with the new tank?
https://www.twz.com/land/m10-booker-undergoing-cold-weather-trials-in-alaska
The Berehove mine is one of the largest gold mines in Ukraine and in the world.[1] The mine is located in the south-west of the country in Zakarpattia Oblast.[1] The mine has estimated reserves of 14.4 million oz of gold and 144 million oz of silver.[1] The mine also has ore reserves amounting to 300 million tonnes grading 1.5% lead and 2.1% zinc.
A better bet, than fictional minerals Dunno why Trump didn't go for the gold
