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Trump is a puppet of Putin, no one will convince me differently.
But that isn't new, siding with the Kremlin over his own intelligence agency was the 5 star alarm America and the world should have taken of notice of.
But the pressure is immense, The American administration has flipped from being a staunch ally to now siding with Putin and Russia.
If it was a plot of movie it wouldn't get funding because it is so unbelievable.
That's my point.
If there is concessions given to Russia to get a "peace deal" you may have a cohort of hyper nationalists who refuse to.
Particularly if those concessions are forced in the form of blackmail.
I'm not saying it will happen, but Irish people especially are acutely aware it is a possibility.
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With the way the usa is at the moment its not wise them having all these bases in europe, i wonder has this been looked at, the quicker we ween ourselves away from usa the better. Get those bases and remove usa presence
https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123238875#Comment_123238875
It may make total sense to us that Putin should be looking for an off-ramp given all this
the war is going from a RUSSIAN perspective it has major problems with recruitment , serving the front lines, , very poor ‘‘Quality of life ‘ at the front lines, very poor moral ,etc, etc, etc, Seems to be a substantial stalemate at the moment and with Ukr going on successful offensives in places.
but I'm seeing very little sign that he actually is
And if Putin is intent on pressing ahead on the battlefield I can't see there's a lot Trump can do about that
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/16/stab-in-the-back-french-fury-australia-scraps-submarine-deal
From memory you're an Aussie. Unlike the Aussie govt, the Swiss won't act on on a whim. Things here move fairly slowly, because there will be discussion, evaluation, compromises, and the people will have their say. No-one likes Trump, but in less than 4 years now, he will be gone. His replacement might be a great guy. The alternatives to the F-35, notably the French Dassault fighter jets, also use a lot of US parts. If you want something totally independent from the US, you buy a Russian fighter jet. No thanks. The Swiss voted to confirm the purchase of fighter jets, but the bill left the choice up to the government. If it genuinely looks like the F-35 will be a bad option in the long run, and not just because Trump has been a complete tool in the last month, then other options will be looked at. I'm not convinced Switzerland needs fighter jets, but the Swiss policy is of being able to guarantee its own neutrality not rely on neighbour Britain (in Ireland's case) or neighbours France and Germany (in Switzerland's case) to come to their aid.
THAT TABLE
What’s all this talk about bringing Putin ‘to the table ‘re initiating peace talks. (1) did not Ru and US top officials meet in Saudi Arabia where the scene’‘ could have been set for developing the environment required for the first meeting involving Putin , VZ and their negotiating teams - eg agree a date , time, place , how sdiscussions might be conducted , etc
(2Because Trump is a believer of negotiating through STRENGTH he should have no problem in lifting up the phone to ring Putin and give him two to three dates at which he wants him at that table to discuss a framework for peace
So what is the difficulty in getting Putin to the table if he is anxious to end the war and ‘sue’ for peace. Trump as ABSOLUTLY no problem in ordering VZ around.
PS by the way looking at the way the war is going from a RUSSIAN perspective it has major problems with recruitment , serving the front lines, , very poor ‘‘Quality of life ‘ at the front lines, very poor moral ,etc, etc, etc, Seems to be a substantial stalemate at the moment and with Ukr going on successful offensives in places. When Russia gain it is in the order of yards/ a few fields per day and while taking heavy losses. So American/ Trump should feel VERY strong as per Trump’s definition of strength
Survey results
Less than 10% think Trump is "not at all" a threat to peace and security in Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/donald-trump-threat-to-peace-ukraine-talks-survey-western-europeans
With Putin a smaller subset.
Quite amazing that 5% of those polled think the guy invading Europe is not a threat to Europe. But that probably comes down to the "contrarian" effect. Which has been quite noticeable in this thread.
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ljpsqqosyk25
🇺🇦🇺🇸 The White House denied Reuters report that Washington intends to deprive about 240,000 Ukrainians living in the United States of their legal status.
Don't believe anything until the White House deny it?
Is Trump a Russian agent?
-Well, let x = the number of apples…
-Well, let's say there's a banana. No, let's say there are two bananas…
Europe should (with eyes wide open) indulge this. Cynical or not China would probably be a more “impartial” interlocutor than the US government at this moment. Certainly more competent too. If (when) Trump’s tariff antics are implemented on the EU we can open the stall to China. And if need be…initiate plans to start “de-risking” trade relations with the US.
What a fantastic speech. It fills your heart after what has been a massively dispiriting number of weeks.
Interesting article on that about legislation (Rubio was one of the initiators) passed in 2023 that specifically had Trump in mind. It prohibits the US from withdrawing without congressional approval & the possible legal fight if he attempts to ignore the law. Whatever the outcome NATO is still functionally impotent with Trump in the WH.
Trump won't pull out of NATO, again he will make it clear, pay up or we won't come to your aid, all about getting the non payers to pay up
It would hardly be a surprise at this stage in my opinion.
Trump to pull out of NATO?
There’s no way any country should give America intel, it would be in Moscow by the morning.
This is also Putin led - Vlad has undoubtedly told his pal in the Oval Office that he wants Zelensky removed from power.
I was saying a while back that watch China and see if they'll sidle into the Peacemaker© role…
A day after they say they're ready for any type of war with America, they're now "appalled by Trump's treatment of Ukraine".
Like I mused before imho it makes good sense for China. They have putin by the short hairs so he'll have to accede to any talks they put forward, they're watching America under Trump go loco by the day, threatening to bugger the US economy, while pissing off allies by the day, especially Europe. Europe is a huge market for China(China outside of ASEAN is also the EU's third largest trading partner), doesn't tend to kick off wars overseas anymore and is far enough away from China so they're no threat, unlike America. What better way to sideline the US than to cosy up to the nations Trump has succeeded in pissing off in a couple of months?
Beware of the old AI
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-offering-intelligence-ukraine-amid-washington-suspension-2025-03-06/
That's great of the French but it's in no way a full replacement.
Many countries assist the US to enable it to gather the intelligence it is no longer sharing, they need to grow a pair and share the blocked intel with Ukraine and tell the US that they will stop assisting the US, so that they won't have the intel either if they want to take issue with their actions.
One of the best ways to hasten the removal of Trump is create imbroglios that cast him in a bad light.
Well the question is what does Europe do now? They need to strengthen Ukraine with everything they need. No faffing about this time. Also, they need to prepare for war. What is needed?
a) Declare a state of emergency? (not yet)
b) Bring back the death penalty for all serious crime and save billions on prison bills?
c) Put all drug addicts in boot camps and train them to fight - no more molly coddling.
d) Lots of more radical stuff like the above; man-up and get real.
It will likely get significant investment if not increased support in order to make it happen sooner. Starlink cannot be relied on at least while that South African Snowflake Musk is involved and if anything it shows it up as a national security risk for many nations. Hell the fact that he can switch things off at a whim makes it clear anything to do with Musk is not worth investing from. He's an unreliable actor.
Iris2 - the EUs rival to Starlink is pencilled in for 2030. One wonders will this get massively brought forward? Ukraine needs rid of Starlink now at the frontline and replaced by a European equivalent
The proposed network stemming from the billion-euro deal is expected to come online by 2030.
The European Commission has signed a deal with the SpaceRISE consortium for the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²), a constellation of 290 satellites.
( Its valued at €10.6bn not billion as said in article )
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/eu-europe-starlink-satellite-internet-network-space
True ..
Or Canada given their staunch support for Ukraine and their huge Ukranian diaspora.
Not sure how true this is …
"Rubio, Witkoff, and Waltz to Travel to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for Talks with Ukrainians"
I imagine this 240k Ukrainians will get taken in across Europe
It's leadership Jim, but not as we know it.
It's very much a Putin tactic. I get the impression that Trump is getting his day to day orders directly from the Kremlin.
