Donald Trump the Megathread part II

In fairness he is on a moving plane.

I know Leon Black likes to bring the ruckus but I can't imagine he is into underage girls.

Meanwhile in the real world… while more can be done to enhance the effectiveness sanctions, they are clearly having an effect as documented below. So if you are going to claim they are having 'zero impact' on them, your claim has zero credibility without backing it up. Of course you won't though will you, as you are just dumping misinformation without foundation:

The Russian natural-gas industry, primarily Gazprom, has struggled with the consequences of decoupling from the EU market, as it lacks a viable business model to compensate for the loss. The oil industry, on the other hand, has managed to weather the sanctions better, albeit with significant loss of revenue due to heavy price discounts in Asian gas markets and sharp increases in the cost of shipping oil to Asia. The party that has suffered the most from Western sanctions, however, is Russia’s state budget, which saw its revenues from oil and gas decline 24 percent in 2023 compared to 2022.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Oil-gas-and-war-Vladimir-Milov.pdf

I'm pretty sure based on Erlich's postings that he thinks that's a genius idea.

EU citizens absolutely have not suffered more than Russian citizens. Inflation in the Russian economy has been going wild since the war started. So nope, this is you in fantasy land. The hits to the Russian economy might be slower but they've been in serious trouble and it only gets worse.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241128-chronic-inflation-hits-russia-as-huge-pay-increases-fuel-rising-prices

Meanwhile you haven't produced a single shred of evidence to back up your original claim.
And when challenged you totally change the meaning of your claim from "zero impact on them" to this.
Again without zero supporting evidence.

Proof you know your original claim was false and you couldn't stand over it.

You can believe what you wish based on whatever pro Russian pro MAGA propaganda crap you're being fed online.
But when you post that crap here, expect it to be challenged.

It's my own opinion that Trump's dislike of other nations people dying in wars is more based on preventing U.S. boots - edit; getting involved in other peoples wars on foreign soil and dying there - rather than in preventing those other nations peoples dying there. That might be one explanation, sorry though it might seem, for his remarks about the deaths of U.S soldiers abroad. He absolutely sees no benefit in it for the U.S. and the families of the dead and injured.

Churchill was all for jaw, jaw rather than war, war but knew when to stop appeasing the belligerent.

Given the guff Trump has come out with AND his present position on Ukraine and Gaza, it's almost a 50/50 on whether its his ego (the MAGA switch-off) or his probable loss of voters that has caused him to change stance and start trumpeting about peace between warring countries. He might have sensed a change in the wind pattern.

The founder of dark web (drug/organ selling/murderers for hire) site Silk Road has left prison after being pardoned by President Trump.

The Law and Order President indeed.....