O’Brien: The old transatlantic relationship should not simply come back.
It made America too arrogant and Europe too dependent. Europeans would be mad to trust the U.S. again as a permanent security guarantee after Trump. 5/
O’Brien: If the U.S. had stayed on Biden’s course, $30B+ a year in military aid, continued support and long-range weapons, the Russian military might be close to broken now.
Instead, Ukraine had to learn it could fight without the United States. 4/
O’Brien: The key strategic development is that the United States changed sides. Trump is closer to Putin than to Ukraine.
But Ukraine fought well anyway, shifted the balance of the war, and learned the U.S. is not to be feared the way it once thought. 3/
O’Brien: Trump believed Ukraine had no cards and that he could bully Kyiv into giving Putin a great deal.
He completely underestimated Ukrainian resilience, Ukraine’s own capabilities, and its willingness to fight. That wrongfooted him. 2/
Military historian Phillips O’Brien: There have been no U.S. peace efforts in Ukraine.
There have been efforts to get Putin a very good deal, forcing Ukrainians to give up more territory and people. That is not peace. That is Washington trying to deliver Putin a success. 1/
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Donald Trump's former economic advisor just admitted on Fox News that inflation is being driven nearly exclusively by bad decisions that Donald Trump has made. Wow.
Warnock: Right now, somebody is trying to buy groceries in Georgia and they can’t afford them.
Rollins: That’s because of the Biden administration.
Warnock: Two years later and that’s your answer? Because of the Biden administration?
Lindsey Graham, in his victory speech:
“I want to thank the big guy. God. Trump comes later. Mr. President, you’re not far behind God.”
This guy is the worst.