Trump lost in virtually every foreign policy battleground:
- China called his bluff and dictated now the trade war
- Iran is doing what it does but more brazenly
- North Korea is not even mentioned
- allies are either appalled or are even fighting back
- Greenland and Panama are showing him the finger
- Europe is already preparing for the day without the USA
- and Russia plays him like a fiddle
It is a giant mess where US’ credibility, power projection and prosperity is getting wiped out down to an unseen level and unprecedented speed. We are seeing without a doubt the weakest USA in our lifetime.
Putin didn’t ask Ukraine and the rest of Europe for permission
to invite North Korean soldiers to Russia. So Zelenskyy does not need to ask for Putins permission to invite European soldiers to Ukraine.
As usual, even after Trump gave him multiple concessions -- Ukrainian land, no Ukrainian membership in NATO, no U.S. peacekeepers, etc., -- Putin has asked for more. Maybe the Trump team will learn that appeasement doesn't work. Time to start bargaining from a position of strength.
I would like to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace.
None of us wants an endless war. Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than Ukrainians. My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts.
We are ready to work fast to end the war, and the first stages could be the release of prisoners and truce in the sky — ban on missiles, long-ranged drones, bombs on energy and other civilian infrastructure — and truce in the sea immediately, if Russia will do the same. Then we want to move very fast through all next stages and to work with the US to agree a strong final deal.
We do really value how much America has done to help Ukraine maintain its sovereignty and independence. And we remember the moment when things changed when President Trump provided Ukraine with Javelins. We are grateful for this.
Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be. It is regrettable that it happened this way. It is time to make things right. We would like future cooperation and communication to be constructive.
Regarding the agreement on minerals and security, Ukraine is ready to sign it in any time and in any convenient format. We see this agreement as a step toward greater security and solid security guarantees, and I truly hope it will work effectively.
Did Trump just fuck up America’s standing completely?
Because now Zelensky’s top guy — Andrii Yermak — says it’s time to arrange a meeting between Zelensky and Xi.
You know what that means?
When America abandons its friends, China steps in.
Trump didn’t just weaken NATO — he opened the door for China to become the new global power broker.
FAFO.
After 9/11, NATO's Article 5 was invoked for the first (and only) time ever by the United States.
Troops from the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, Spain, Poland, Norway, Romania, Turkey, New Zealand, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Finland, and many others joined the fight in Afghanistan.
More than one thousand of these soldiers paid the ultimate price.
JD Vance - Have you said 'thank you' once for their sacrifice?
@elonmusk Russia is bombing civilians in Ukraine daily. If elections were held then Ukraine can say bye to another couple hundred thousand of their civilians in a single day