NEWS: Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton said in an interview Tuesday, after the CBS-Post reporting was published, that he recalls Trump using the term “burner phones” in several discussions and that Trump was aware of its meaning…
Did Biden's quip do damage to actual U.S., NATO, or Ukrainian interests? No. Will Putin "escalate" now? No. Is Putin less likely to negotiate with Zelensky now? No. Is Putin's propaganda stronger now? No. On that theme, Putin's been preaching to his loyal base for decades.
Putin accused Obama, Clinton, and me of seeking to overthrow his dictatorship a decade ago. (I wrote a book about it.) Biden's comment added nothing new to Putin's worldview or his propaganda on this issue. THREAD 1/
There should have been no walk back from the White House on the Presidents comment. There is a difference between WON’T and CAN’T in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. He didn’t say won’t. He said can’t and he said it as a feeling not an announcement of policy or a change of policy.
I just love it when bots randomly post “that’s all because you’re Nazi, Russia will get you” stuff under tweets and replies in Russian not even closely related to war.
They are not even trying.
Now that Ukrainians have been trained on it, I can’t wait to start seeing videos of UK’s STARStreak air defense system in action.
STARStreak is a Mach 4, laser-guided missile with over a 4 mile range.
Russian pilots are going to need extra pairs of underwear.
@KyivIndependent Be shame if all those Russian flags, on cue, suddenly dropped to be replaced by a sea of blue and yellow, with right proper slogans and pelting vegetables.
@CBSNews TBF I never cared much for their unvarying, relentless pounding noise. Alll uniform and saturated for maximum loudness. Music must breathe, even if you're a head pounder.