American Primeval.... watch it.. just sayin.. 😟

Can they shapeshift?

They turn all their enemies into gefilte fish...

I responded 🥺 and only partial tongue in cheek….

gross!

Russia Wants to Erase Ukraine’s Future—And Its Past
The memory of Soviet-era famines, mass killings and other traumas makes Ukraine determined not to return to Russian rule.


https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/russia-wants-to-erase-ukraines-futureand-its-past-f47fe98c?mod=hp_lead_pos2 


Sickening...

but Robert, I'm being told that they attacked Russia!

Anybody willing to send US troops to Ukraine yet or launch nuclear missiles at Russia?

nope.

anyone willing to hand over land to Putin as a way to appease him...anyone other than Neville Chamberlain that is?

Well that leaves a quandary. We aren’t willing to engage our people but sure do not want it to end. Let the meat grinder continue! We should send in some NATO troops to up the ante.

Seeing as how the EU is getting their money back via a loan...they can send their "national treasures" to go play GI Joe. I say **** em. They'd all be speaking German twice over if it wasn't for the USA. We don't need to get involved in a war over there. At all. NATO can get bent.

or...demand half of their natural resources for no charge, in perpetuity, while they are especially vulnerable.

Ironic humor aside, what are you saying should be done in Europe other than hand over our allies to Putin?

Yeah DMV, tell us what zerohedge thinks...

You're not going to like it.





US Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed in a televised interview that President Trump is "personally very upset at President Zelensky" over Ukraine's reaction to discussions on access to Ukraine's mineral wealth, for which Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was dispatched to Kiev last week.

"We discussed this issue about the mineral rights, and we explained to them, look, we want to be in a joint venture with you — not because we’re trying to steal from your country, but because we think that’s actually a security guarantee," Rubio explained to Canadian journalist Catherine Herridge.

He described that Zelensky expressed openness to such a deal before apparently reversing course. Rubio said the Ukrainian leader conveyed that "sure, we want to do this deal; it makes all the sense in the world — the only thing is I need to run it through my legislative process, they have to approve it."

"I read two days later that Zelensky is out there saying: I rejected the deal; I told them no way, that we’re not doing that. Well, that’s not what happened in that meeting. So, you start to get upset by somebody — we’re trying to help these guys," Rubio continued.

That's when the top US diplomat emphasized, "We're trying to help these guys. Ukraine doesn't directly impact the daily lives of Americans, there should be some gratitude here."

"When you see him accusing the President of disinformation, that's highly counterproductive. President Trump isn't going to take that. He's not going to get gamed," Rubio added. "He hopes Zelensky isn't trying to hustle the United States, that's not going to be productive here."

"I think President Trump is very upset with Zelensky, and rightfully so."

Watch:https://tinyurl.com/mekr23tw

President Trump "wants this war with Ukraine to end. And he wants to know: Are the Russians serious about ending the war, or not serious about ending the war?" Rubio said in the Thursday interview.

"The only way is to test them, to basically engage them and say, okay, are you serious about ending the war, and if so, what are your demands," he added.

While explaining he's "not a fan of most of what Vladimir Putin has done" - Rubio made clear that "We ultimately have to be able to talk to a nation that has, in some cases, the largest tactical nuclear weapons stockpile in the world, and the second largest, if not the largest, strategic nuclear weapons stockpile in the world."

Watch: President Trump spoke to Zelensky right after he hung up with Putin. Rubio was present for both phone calls. "To say that we have not consulted with them is not accurate, it’s not true."

The State Department recently described that such talks are ongoing, saying Trump and Putin appointed "respective high-level teams to begin working on a path to ending the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible," according to a statement.

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Watch the full interview below:

https://tinyurl.com/4ctp564z 

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-acted-two-faced-trump-personally-very-upset-him-rubio 

Keep on believing your guy is a saint. He's not.

At least this administration is trying to end the war not fund it.

Other than French military support in the Revolutionary War, what has any European country, including Ukraine, ever done for the American people?

How much money have they sent? How many roads and bridges have they built? How many schools & universities?...............

(European governments shouldn't have given up their sovereignty to the EU & NATO, and the citizens shouldn't have given up their firearms.)

France's support was really more a dig back Germany and England than it was a true nation to nation goodwill. We did gain some great military strategies from the French.

I hear what you're saying though. Trump told NATO to their faces that they should pony up more for NATO and Angela Merkel laughed when he handed her a white flag. Trump is a lot wiser than the posters here ever give him credit for. They have to still prop Biden around. Legacy and all.

Zelensky is biting the hand that feeds him
And burning bridges...


Not too smart.

Does anything need to be done? Russians and Ukrainians want to kill each other. Neither is an ally. Russia hasn’t attacked an ally. Ukraine is just useful as a thorn to Russia.

They're Russia lite with a Nazi twist.

Ukraine isn't getting anymore US arms or money.

Game over little dictator. His own people will take him out.

"We discussed this issue about the mineral rights, and we explained to them, look, we want to be in a joint venture with you — not because we’re trying to steal from your country, but because we think that’s actually a security guarantee," Rubio explained to Canadian journalist Catherine Herridge.


This is gonna sound like I'm being provocative, but I mean it when I say that the above quote sounds exactly like Mafioso talking to a shopkeeper when talking about "providing Protection".

Only thing missing is what the interest rate will be...HA!

Anyone who knows the real guy's business history behind the Art Of The Deal also knows how he got 90 or 100% discounts when contractors fulfilled their ends of the contract to build/remodel places like Atlantic City Casinos and were looking for payment.

They bought the story of how much the job would change their lives and basically threw all resources into working for Trump's project (thus taking no other customers) which put them in the position to be told "I'll give you 10%, NOW, but not later".

When they would threaten to sue, they were told, correctly, that they didn't have the resources to make it worth the ungodly expense it would take to chase him endlessly through the courts

Most of them never recovered from the "opportunity. It just feels the same as that.