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We are actually on contract to receive new subs, Trudeau signed up with some European countries (Germany I think) like 2 weeks ago to piggyback on their contract. They take a long time to build though.
It seems to me that they want to make Zelensky and thus Ukraine look self entitled and weak. They want to be able to treat him like a teenage brat who took the car without asking and crashed it.
Then they can walk away, hand Ukraine over to Russia who's much more responsible.
America is imploding. Chances are they will recover but it's going to take time. Europe better take this opportunity to pull it's shit together, realize it should have stopped resting on the American security backstop long ago, stop bickering and become a unit for good.
Canada too on our own scale.
The markets aren't going to like it.
lol...the markets along with this Administration is completely detached from reality. Wheeee!
Olga Tokariuk, an academy associate at the Ukraine Forum of British think tank Chatham House, said President Donald Trump was “siding with the aggressor” following his tense Oval Office exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Total bully tactics by the US president and VP. This is not diplomacy. This is not neutrality. This is siding with the aggressor and trying to finish off the victim,” Tokariuk said in a post on X.
100 percent. Trump is Putin's bitch. Putin must have some great leverage on Cheeto to make President Dumbass be a bully against Zelensky.
Zero diplomacy skills. 100 percent "skills" of a bully.
lol...the markets along with this Administration is completely detached from reality. Wheeee!
The US falling out with Ukraine is gonna be globally destabilizing. How can the market think instability is good for the US?
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The whole world has gone down a road no one can recover from, and it's nothing to do with governments, it's because so much of the general public is so fucking stupid.
Markets might think that US getting out of Ukraine is a good thing. Small number of Republicans have always balked at the billions thrown in that direction and threatened not to vote in support of more funding to Ukraine.
Imagine an American president threatening World War 3 as an ally to Russia. Like what the actual fuck is going on?
Feel free to tell me I am wrong, but at least in his exchange with Zelensky, I wouldn't say Trump was threatening to start WW3?
He was accusing Zelensky would start WW3 if he doesn't sign the mineral deal with the US, and if he keeps on fighting Russia.
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The whole world has gone down a road no one can recover from, and it's nothing to do with governments, it's because so much of the general public is so fucking stupid.
BREAKING: TRUMP STANDS ALONE: After Trump and Vance's disgraceful Oval Office ambush of President Zelensky, major world players just came out to DEFEND Ukraine and Zelensky:
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: “Dear Zelensky, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.”
- President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausea: “Ukraine, you’ll never walk alone.”
- Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen: “Dear Zelensky, Denmark proudly stands with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.”
- French President Emmanual Macron: “There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a people being aggressed: Ukraine. We were all right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago and to continue doing so. We, that’s the Americans, the Europeans, Canadians, Japanese, and many others... Because they are fighting for their dignity, their independence, for their children, and for the security of Europe.”
- President of Moldova Maia Sandu: “The truth is simple. Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia is the aggressor. Ukraine defends its freedom—and ours. We stand with Ukraine.”
- Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson: “Sweden stands with Ukraine. You are not only fighting for your freedom but also for all of Europe’s. Slava Ukraini! ”
- Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Mer: “Dear Zelenskyy, we stand with Ukraine in good and in testing times. We must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war.
- Crotia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković: “Croatia knows from its own experience that only a just peace can last. The Croatian Government stands firm in its belief that Ukraine needs such a peace - a peace that means sovereignty, territorial integrity, and a secure Europe.”
- Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo: “Finland and the Finnish people stand firmly with Ukraine. We will continue our unwavering support and work towards a just and lasting peace.”
- Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal: “We stand united with
Zelenskyy and Ukraine in our fight for freedom. Always. Because it is right, not easy.”
- Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris: “Ukraine is not to blame for this war brought about by Russia’s illegal invasion. We stand with Ukraine.“
- Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkevics: “Ukraine is a victim of the Russian aggression. It fights the war with the help from many friends and partners. We need to spare no effort for just and lasting peace. Latvia stands with Ukraine”
- Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof: ”The Netherlands supports Ukraine as firmly as ever. Now more than ever. We want a lasting peace and an end to the war of aggression started by Russia. For Ukraine and its people, and for Europe.”
- Prime Minister of Luxembourg Luc Friedsen: “Luxembourg stands with Ukraine. You are fighting for your freedom and a rules based international order. ”
I'm hearing more and people harp about "realism" and that Trump is simply an extension of that ideology.
The idea being that his inner administration truly believe that America is weak in relation to China, and that being stuck in a quagmire funding Ukraine, feuding with Russia, dabbling in the Middle East, is merely weakening them from the primary objective, that being China.
It's a fascinating thought, but it's also odd to completely ostracize yourself from your allies, fundamentally another tenant of that realism thought process is that allies simply don't matter, power does, and allies are irrelevant.
It's quite the pivot from a foreign policy perspective.
That was an appalling and disgusting display by Trump and Vance. Made me sick to my stomach seeing how they were treating a guest and leader of another country.
I used to feel sorry for russian neighbours and now I need to feel sorry for the rest of us living next to US under their term based on their behaviour over the last month.
Hopefully it will end in 4 years but who knows what those deranged fucks are going to do.
You keep acting as if there is some sort of procedure in place to the cuts they're making, and they are highly scrutinizing every decision they make. Have you not been paying attention at all?
I’ll 100% admit I’m pretty niece in what is actually happening down south. I started out saying I can’t possibly believe everything in regards to clearing out inefficiencies is pure evil. That’s where it ends. I’m only carrying on as 68 keeps trying to call me out. 99.5% is likely now irrelevant to the conversation. lol
I worked in Finance for a really big fed department for the last 7 years and everything you’re saying is, at worst, dead wrong / inaccurate or, at best, an extremely poor understanding of how it actually works.
You should never “assume” anything unless you have firsthand experience. That’s how we end up with Trumpalumps and trucker ding dongs convoying to Ottawa, they all think everything is so simple and it’s all broken and they know exactly how to fix it.
Well I won’t deny you have a much deeper knowledge of the subject. My opinion is correct for situations that I know. Whether they are one off or otherwis, you may not know everything.
Edit: I should say it was an oversimplified statement, but I don’t “think” I was missing the point, at least in my head.
How does one request extra funding? If you have a senior director/head, beg/plead/prove your case through them. If you have new initiatives, you present to counci request funding.. If it’s a yearly increase based on inflation/or payroll contracts? I have no idea…. Perhaps explain your process, as unless you want to get into the nit and gritty I don’t think it’s all that complicated. The point is, people don’t want to decrease their budget unless they have reason too.
They trapped Ukraine and invited Zelenskyy only to make a fool out of him. But, just when you think it can't get any worse, it does with this administration.
Pretty sad to watch. But really no surprise. Bully his way around to try and get his way. When ihes finally convinced it’s not going to work anymore look the other way and pretend it never happened. Or blatantly lie and say it was someone else’s fault. There is going to be many books written on this guy, and hopefully many based on psychology lol. It really is wild.
I think this moment will be written in history books... America is no longer "the" world power. They are just something everyone else has to deal with.
The thought has just crossed my mind, and I'm sure it must have come up in some of yours as well -- I'm sure nobody would consider the current outcome to anywhere close to being good for Ukraine and Zelensky. But in retrospect, could Zelensky have conducted himself any differently to obtain a more favourable outcome for Ukraine?
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The whole world has gone down a road no one can recover from, and it's nothing to do with governments, it's because so much of the general public is so fucking stupid.
The thought has just crossed my mind, and I'm sure it must have come up in some of yours as well -- I'm sure nobody would consider the current outcome to anywhere close to being good for Ukraine and Zelensky. But in retrospect, could Zelensky have conducted himself any differently to obtain a more favourable outcome for Ukraine?
Of course he could have acted like Keir Starmer etc, analysts were saying Marco Rubio would have given Zelensky a rundown on how to act with Trump but Zelensky was antagonistic instead
I think this moment will be written in history books... America is no longer "the" world power. They are just something everyone else has to deal with.
I keep coming back to the same thought, or maybe just hope, that this will be little more than a temporary glitch in the US' long and storied history. Trump has 4 years, and while we have already seen how much damage can be done in a mere 4 weeks, he would still have to go soon enough. This isn't Putin ruling for 25 years, nor the Communist Chinese Party being in power for 100+ years. The World could be a drastically different place when Trump steps down in 4 years' time, but that time would still come.
So let's not lose hope. If we can ride out the pandemic, we can ride out this Trump-demic too.
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The whole world has gone down a road no one can recover from, and it's nothing to do with governments, it's because so much of the general public is so fucking stupid.
The thought has just crossed my mind, and I'm sure it must have come up in some of yours as well -- I'm sure nobody would consider the current outcome to anywhere close to being good for Ukraine and Zelensky. But in retrospect, could Zelensky have conducted himself any differently to obtain a more favourable outcome for Ukraine?
No because Trump wants him to cede sovereign Ukrainian land to Russia
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