Standing with Ukraine is standing up for America's interests. Putin is counting on us to grow tired, pull back, and leave our allies on their own.
Russia, China, and Iran want a smaller, weaker team on our side. Strong alliances are how we keep the peace.
Stand with Ukraine. Stand with our allies.
Russia demands Finland leave NATO and the alliance abandon bases in the Baltic states
These “conditions” were put forward by the Russian delegation during recent trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, BILD reports.
Moscow proposes keeping occupied Ukrainian territories and taking all of Donbas, including Kyiv-controlled parts of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The plan also requires NATO to drop military bases in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and Finland to leave the military alliance.
Ukraine would get non-aligned status and renounce NATO membership, though EU membership is not ruled out. Odesa and Mykolaiv ports would be demilitarized. Agreements on free navigation in the Black and Baltic Seas are also envisaged.
Russia also wants Moldova turned into a federal republic including Moldova, Gagauzia and Transnistria. If Moldova joins the EU, Transnistria and Gagauzia could hold independence referendums.
In exchange, Moscow offers to withdraw nuclear weapons from Belarus, abandon intermediate-range missiles there, and pull troops from Transnistria.
Republicans have two options for 2028:
1) Nominate a strong leader to run for President who can win back the House and take seven Senate seats (including NH and also replacing Murkowski).
2) Form our own country, because Democrats will turn America into a Communist nation.
The Republican nominee needs to be bold, strong and unafraid to confront a Democratic Party controlled by Radical Muslims, Angry Black Women and Rich White Karens.
Who do you think that Republican is?
This reads like a dystopian nightmare.
The barbarism of the Russian government knows few bounds. Forcing abducted Ukrainian children, who have since reached military age, to fight against their own country is savagery that goes beyond the pale.
And yet Witkoff and Kushner are in Moscow, negotiating with the same brutal government over Ukraine's future and Europe's security architecture, while smiling for the cameras and accepting gifts.
Trump's role in this should not be forgotten. By appeasing Putin and encouraging him to believe that he will ultimately prevail, Trump weakens Russia's incentives to end the conflict sooner, allowing Putin to continue his butchery.
It’s hard for me to believe anyone would slow Ukraine’s Starlink internet service to pressure it in peace talks with Russia. Ukrainians are fighting for their country’s survival, and this would tie one arm behind their backs. Weakening their ability to defend themselves will cost soldiers and innocent civilians their lives. It’s unconscionable, and anyone responsible needs to be held accountable.
Let Saudi Arabia first designate Hamas as a terrorist organization before demanding anyone designate the Houthis as anything. Because from where I’m sitting, the Houthis are “just resistance against Saudi occupation and oppression”.
I think Saudi Arabia should create a Houthi state, with Mecca as its shared capital 😜
Throttling Starshield during the peace talks is a crystal-clear attempt to pressure Ukraine into accepting unfavorable deals, I hope everyone understands this.
I hope it is also clear that Ukraine is the only side the U.S. chooses to pressure: the victim, not the aggressor.
This is unbelievable.
Kushner running around on behalf the Trump Administration and America is just wholly and utterly offensive and disgusting at this point.
Why is Jared Kushner leading peace talks between Russia and Ukraine? He is not an elected official, nor is he a career diplomat with decades of experience negotiating wars and international security agreements. This is the job of the Secretary of State, NOT Trump’s son-in-law, the Secretary of Grift. Kushner is only there to negotiate lucrative business deals for he and the Trumps. 🤬
Sorry I didn't make this clear. Only "inhabitants" who owned property and therefore paid taxes could vote or hold public office. As a result, there were very few laws, government employees or taxes. People kept most of what they earned and America was a land of "boundless opportunities." Visitors wrote that "large numbers of poor people in the streets looking for work they cannot find are common sites in England, but nowhere to be found in New Jersey." People in America were free to enjoy and invest almost all of what they earned and most were middle class or wealthy by their 30s. All explained in detail in my book.
Sorry I did not make this clear. Until 1807, only "inhabitants" who owned property and therefore paid taxes voted and could hold public office. They included blacks and women. From the founding of New Jersey in 1676 until voting laws were changed in 1807, it was agreed that only people who paid taxes could decide how tax money was spent. At that time, there were few county and state officials and almost no taxes. People were free to spend, invest and enjoy almost all of what they earned. In 1698, one visitor wrote "Poor people looking for work they cannot find, common sites in England, are nowhere to be found in New Jersey or Pennsylvania." All of these details are in my book. "1676 Project: How New Jersey Shaped America."
Trump’s tariffs are not “free markets.” They are government-imposed costs that make operating and innovating in America more expensive.
Tariffs are government created barriers that raise business costs, create uncertainty, and reduce innovation. When companies face higher prices for imported materials, components, and equipment, they have fewer resources for research, expansion, hiring, and developing new products. Unpredictable trade policy makes the problem worse by discouraging the long-term investments innovation requires.
A true free-market approach means lower trade barriers and predictable rules, not using government power to tax imports and pick winners.
The peace talks are failing because Putin still believes he can win the war, and because Trump, Kushner and Witkoff encourage this belief. By pressuring Ukraine, not Russia, they are prolonging the conflict, which will kill more people.
1994.
L'Ucraina accetta di smantellare il terzo maggior arsenale di armi nucleari al mondo in cambio delle rassicurazioni di USA e Russia che non sarà aggredita.
2026.
USA e Russia chiedono all'Ucraina di cedere territori in cambio della promessa che non sarà aggredita.
It was gas prices.
It was the war.
It was also the corruption.
The incompetence.
The tariffs.
The playing nice with Russia.
The impression of cruelty.
The overly aggressive deportations.
The accidental arrests of American citizens who were Hispanic.
The arrogance.
The ballroom.
The reflecting poll.
The golf courses.
The arch.
The Qatari 747.
The aggressive redistricting push.
The threats against enemies.