As Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช is about to assume @EUCouncil presidency as of July 1 this year more than 80 per cent of Irish-made alumina went to Russia in the first quarter of this year, by far the highest amount since Moscowโs invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Figures obtained by The @IrishTimes show that for the first three months of this year, 83 per cent of all alumina exports from the Republic โ 200,619 tonnes โ went to Russia. In March, an Irish Times investigation, carried out in co-operation with the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and published, found that Aughinishโs Co Limerick plant is shipping vast amounts of alumina to smelters in Russia, where it is used to make aluminium, which is then sold to a trading company, ASK, that supplies dozens of Russian arms manufacturers.
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@nexta_tv Fuck Trump. Itโs a threat and pressure tactic, not something the US can unilaterally execute under existing NATO rules. The symbolic damage of even floating the idea is likely the point.โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ But does the rest of NATO give a fuck.
@antoguerrera@BorisJohnson@repubblica Thatcher โI seem to smell the stench of appeasement.โ
Iโm no Thatcher fan but she got that right. The irony of her biggest admirer @BorisJohnson losing his sense of smell is not lost on me.
@Biz_Ukraine_Mag Orbรกn and Putin also praised their mutual friend Trump during the call. The Hungarian prime minister said he appreciates Trumpโs โtornadoโ-style business approach, with Putin saying the 79-year-old โmoves forward like a tank.โ
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@Scaramucci@warrensbuffet2 I'm so over yanks whinging about not being able to use European air bases and air space. Perhaps if Trump hadn't been such a cunt to them, he might have got a better reactions. Just saying.
@Gerashchenko_en@FairyFellaiina@mikepompeo FFS. NATO is a defensive alliance โ its primary role is to protect peace and guarantee the territorial integrity and political independence of member states. It was never designed to compel members to join an offensive war initiated by one 'ally'. No Article 5 trigger exists
@ItsKingSlime@WiChurchill_III Another condescending ignorant middle aged male telling women what to do with their bodies and how to live their lives. Arsehole.