The Geo-Political Arena

Geopolitical & Strategic Risk Analyst focusing on defense policy, energy security, and maritime geopolitics.

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

It is inconceivable that a country aspiring to better relations with the European Union would pose an active threat of war and challenge Greek sovereignty.

Türkiye’s European path, which we want to strengthen, must go hand in hand with good-neighborly relations with Greece.

I repeat: my country is peaceful and threatens no one.

But it will accept no one’s instructions on how to strengthen its defenses.

#Greece #Turkiye #EU

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Trump on Ukraine:

There is a personality problem between Russia and Ukraine.

Zelensky and Putin truly hate each other. They have serious hate.

That hate is getting in their way.

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Trump on Canada: If we didn't want to trade with Canada, I don't think Canada would exist.

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Reporter: When should the American people expect a resolution on Iran?
Trump: Revolution?
Reporter: Resolution.
Trump: Big difference. I thought revolution was more interesting.

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Reporter: Where is that beef coming from?

Trump: It's coming from different places: Argentina, Brazil, and a couple of other places. It's very clean. It's very good.

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Trump on Iran:

We lost 18 great souls. I got very friendly with some of the families.

In Vietnam, we lost tens of thousands of people. In Afghanistan, we lost a lot.

Sleepy Joe Biden lost 13 just by standing at an airport.

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Trump: We took over Venezuela, and we have essentially taken over Iran. There's been no shooting for days.

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Trump on Putin:

I speak to Putin. I know him very well. Putin is not looking to attack NATO territory.

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Trump:

Each point of interest this country pays costs $650 billion.

We should be at 1%; we shouldn’t be at 4%.

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Trump on Russia:

Witkoff and Kushner are bringing a proposal to end the war to Moscow.

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Trump:

I ended eight wars. I get no credit for it.

Did I get the Nobel Prize? No, although the person who got it was nice enough to give it to me.

She said, "Nobody in the history of the Nobel Prize deserves it more than you."

But in Norway they don't like me because they think I am a little conservative.

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Trump:

We could do tremendous good for ourselves by just not trading with other countries.

We lose $200 billion a year with the European Union. If I didn't trade with them, we would lose nothing.

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Trump on Iran:

I said to Xi Jinping, "Please don't get involved with Iran."

They are not really involved; China has very little involvement.

China could have plenty of involvement.

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Trump on the Strait of Hormuz:

Pipelines are being built right now. The road through Syria is being built; it's actually open. People are taking massive oil trucks through Syria.

A lot of alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz are being made.

The Strait of Hormuz is not what it used to be.

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Trump on Russia:

I sent Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, two great negotiators. They have done a great job.

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Trump:

If you want to get rich as a state, you will want data centers.

If you want poverty and crime, don't approve data centers.

You have your choice.

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Trump:

If a country treats us badly, we have no obligation to trade with them at all.

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Trump:

Growth does not cause inflation; stupidity causes inflation.

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Trump: We should be allowed to have a GDP of 12-13-14-15 instead of 2-3-4 all the time.

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Reporter: If the Iran conflict is not a war, then what exactly is it?

Trump: I call it a military conflict because it's small potatoes for us. It's not a big thing.

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Reporter: On Iran, 18 people have died. We have seen record-long deployments.

Trump: Why are they record-long? How long were we in Vietnam?