O'BRIEN: Trump believed Ukraine had no cards, that he could bully Ukrainians into giving Putin very good deal.
He didn't understand that Ukraine was developing their own capabilities and their willingness to fight.
So, Trump failed for two reasons. First, Ukrainians adapted, and that wasn't expected by him.
You can see there have been some changes in his rhetoric lately, where he has to grudgingly admit that Ukraine has actually done better.
The United States completely underestimated Ukrainian resilience.
Secondly, Trump thought Europeans would bully Ukraine along with him because they would be afraid of United States leaving NATO.
He thought he could use NATO to push Europeans to force Ukraine to take a bad deal. Europeans eventually helped Ukraine more than he thought.
They seem to understand that it's actually better for them to have Ukraine fight the war the way Ukraine wants.
Trump didn't understand what Ukraine was capable of and he misjudged what Europeans would do.
🚨During the night, Estonian owned (Hansa) ship KETHI departed Aughinish with Alumina bound for Russia
This is the 31st vessel to do so since 14 March when we started continuous monitoring
Tonnage: DWT 8370 - Est Alumina 7533 - Est Aluminium potential 3767
A new multi layer airdefence system based on the Norwegian made NASAMS, is being developed together with Ukraine. This will be awesome😘 https://t.co/oJmpKxXLEQ
Just months after Russian drones rained on the city, in Dubai, the Burj Khalifa tower celebrates the filth and squalor of the most disgusting sack of shit country on earth for "Russia Day".
@Joe52220336@sentdefender I don't know how much of it the taxpayer has to pay, but I do know we have to pay by buying more shitty stuff from Amazon. So it ultimately comes out of our pocket one way or another
@sentdefender The explosion of the rocket was like a small nuclear bomb. I wonder how much damage that caused for NASA and how much money it will cost them to get it repaired
Starting tomorrow, occupied Crimea will restrict gasoline sales.
this is the result of successful strikes on russian oil refineries and the AFU establishing fire control over the land corridor to Crimea, a development triggering panic among russian propaganda bloggers.
🔥David Satter, one of the world’s top Russia experts, offers essential observations on the inner workings of the Putin regime. Well worth reading.
David (@DavidSatter), is also well worth the follow on X & Substack.
👉Putin's Regime must be defeated.
https://t.co/zCNLb2suDt