The Trump team’s newest proposal/plan for Ukraine has leaked.
From The Financial Times: (emphasis mine)
The US is pushing for a sweeping new deal to control Ukraine’s critical minerals and energy assets, while offering Kyiv no security guarantees in return, in an aggressive expansion of its previous demands.
The new draft deal sent to Kyiv on Sunday and seen by the Financial Times goes well beyond an initial joint economic accord hammered out last month, as part of US President Donald Trump’s efforts to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and recoup billions of dollars’ worth of military assistance.
Senior Ukrainian officials said the proposal could undermine their nation’s sovereignty, route profits abroad and deepen its dependence on Washington.
The draft deal marks a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s efforts to seize control of Ukraine’s lucrative natural resources as it presses to bring the conflict to an end.
It would apply to all mineral resources, including oil and gas, and major energy assets across the entire Ukrainian territory.
Washington is demanding that Ukraine and the US set up a supervisory board to oversee a joint investment fund to split the income from Ukraine’s oil, gas and mineral projects between the two countries.
The US would appoint three of the five board members, giving Washington full veto power over the fund.
The draft also says that “the contributions of the United States following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022” would be “deemed as contributions to the partnership”.
US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Wednesday he believed the deal could be signed as soon as next week.
But three senior Ukrainian officials told the FT that was unlikely to happen. One said the new US draft proposal was “unfair”, while another likened it to “robbery”.
A third official said a team of legal advisers had been brought in to help the government examine the document as it prepared a counter-offer.
Ukrainians have expressed frustration at the increasing pressure from Trump to compromise to secure a ceasefire and lasting peace, even as the Kremlin shows no sign of stopping its invasion.
In Paris on Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the US was “constantly” changing the terms of the agreement. But he added that he did not want Washington to think Kyiv was against the deal.
Under the new proposal, projects covered by the fund would include those carried out by the Ukrainian government itself, as well as by companies approved by Kyiv or state-owned organisations.
The deal also covers infrastructure connected to the exploitation of natural resources, such as roads, railways, pipelines, ports and processing plants.
Funds generated under the latest proposal would be converted directly into foreign currency and routed abroad, and Ukraine would be liable for compensation in the event of delays or disputes.
The US would receive royalties from the fund before Ukraine, at a 4 per cent premium, and would retain priority rights on infrastructure projects as well as veto power over third-party sales of resources.
Much more at the link!
There’s no way President Zelenskyy can agree to this, nor the Verkhovna Rada.
I want to emphasize an additional point: the funds the US provided to Ukraine were not predicated on some sort of post-war deal requiring the Ukrainians to provide recompense. Even those portions designed as developmental loans were, like they almost always are, to be forgiven when they come do. What this is, plain and simple, is a shakedown.
From the nation that brought us the Marshall Plan, we now have this proposal for the “Trump Plan” for #Ukraine. Where the Marshall Plan embraced enlightened self-interest by America, the Trump plan is predatory, and basically an extortion bid against the people of Ukraine. 1/7
— Mick Ryan (@warinthefuture.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
2/ Where the Marshall Plan was extended in scope to push back on Communism and Soviet influence and Europe, the Trump Plan basically employs Russian & Chinese economic coercion measures, and will negatively impact U.S. reputation in Europe.
— Mick Ryan (@warinthefuture.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
3/ Where the Marshall Plan rebuilt infrastructure in Germany, France and even the UK, and ensured those nations had functioning, sovereign manufacturing and transport sectors, the Trump Plan aims seize Ukrainian assets.
— Mick Ryan (@warinthefuture.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
4/ Where the Marshall Plan was part of a larger strategy to rebuild a secure and integrated Europe that could also be trading partner for America, and a bastion against Soviet expansion, the Trump Plan has no strategy.
— Mick Ryan (@warinthefuture.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
5/ It is however part of a three year American approach to this war that has eschewed any strategy other than a loose concept of ‘we don’t want Russia to lose and start WW3’. That isn’t a strategy – it’s a risk aversion technique.
— Mick Ryan (@warinthefuture.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
6/ And for those who think that there is some grand plan where giving America an economic stake in Ukraine will make the U.S. more likely to help Ukraine with its security, why then is there no accompanying security guarantees?
— Mick Ryan (@warinthefuture.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
7/ Is this part of the new operating model for America’s alliances and partnerships? If so, what will be the price countries like Australia and Japan will be asked to pay for American presence and security partnerships in the Pacific? End.
— Mick Ryan (@warinthefuture.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
President Zelensky was in Paris today for meetings. There is no posted address to the Ukrainian people. He did sit for a press conference after the meetings:
And while his address to the other heads of state has not been posted as a video, here’s the English transcript:
Sanctions Must Stay In Place for as Long as the Aggression and Occupation Continue – Speech by the President at the Leaders’ Summit on Support for Ukraine
27 March 2025 – 15:32
Dear friends!
I’m glad to see you all and grateful for your support of Ukraine and Ukrainians. Emmanuel, thanks again for hosting us here in France – and more broadly, for your commitment to this working format. Keir, I also want to thank you personally for your dedication and for the important meetings you’ve led in the UK – your support really matters.
First – let’s talk about the situation right now.
As you all can see, the war is still going – and it’s only happening because of Russia. Their position is simple – keep the war going, keep attacking, and delay diplomacy. Right now, there are U.S. proposals on the table – including one for a full and unconditional ceasefire. We agreed to it. But of course, Russia rejected it and threw in a bunch of nonsense conditions nobody asked for.
Same with the idea of a ceasefire in the Black Sea – Russia is trying to push their own conditions onto our partners, but those conditions are unrealistic. Lifting sanctions on Russia right now would be a disaster for diplomacy.
Sanctions are one of the few real tools the world has to pressure Russia into serious talks. What else is out there, apart from sanctions? If sanctions are weakened and Russia breaks the deal, bringing sanctions back will be incredibly slow and difficult. And by then, many will simply stop believing that sanctions actually work.
Russia breaks its promises way too often – we can’t take steps toward them unless they really change. Sanctions must stay in place for as long as the aggression and occupation continue. I’m asking all of you to stay firm and to work with our other partners to keep the pressure on Russia.
At the same time, we need continued support for our defense and resilience. That’s why all concrete decisions to support Ukraine are so important – both at the national level, like your national support packages, and through joint defense and financial initiatives especially at the EU level. Please continue backing these efforts, in line with our shared interests.
Every single day in Ukraine means Russian bombs, drones, constant missile threats. The situation on the front line is still very tough. Stabilization on the front is a solid base for diplomacy. We’ve managed to make things more stable in the Donetsk region, and we’re continuing operations in Russia’s Kursk region to protect our eastern areas. According to our intelligence, Russia is getting ready for new offensives against the Sumy, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions. They’re dragging out the talks and trying to get the U.S. stuck in endless, pointless discussions about fake “conditions” just to buy time and then try to grab more land. Putin wants to negotiate over territory from a stronger position. He’s thinking only about war. So our job – all of us – is defense in the broadest sense of the word. That means keeping military aid going, but also, we need investments, more joint projects, more co-production, more localization, all aimed at scaling up and developing our defense production – from shells to drones and missiles. Europe needs everything it can to defend itself. Let’s talk today about which defense directions in terms of support and production are the most useful. It’s 5 billion euros for artillery shells to ensure our defense this year. And this funding must be found now. Also, air defense systems and missiles. Next is our domestic production. There are things you can produce in your countries, and there are things we can localize in Ukraine. In Ukraine, our defense industry is underfunded by around 20 billion euros. We believe this gap can be closed using Russian assets. And it must be done.
Second point.
We need clear, operational decisions – and a shared vision for the future security system. It’s obvious that the strength and size of the Ukrainian army will always be a key guarantee of our security. So we need to build everything around that – our Defense Forces, their equipment, their technology, their effectiveness – this is the foundation. And on top of that, we need to figure out how our partners’ forces will operate on Ukrainian land, in our skies, and at sea. Our coalition of willing and capable partners is already working – politically and militarily. I’m thankful to France, the UK, and everyone involved for their sincere commitment to helping us build lasting security. And now – during this meeting – in the upcoming military talks, and in all our discussions here in Europe and with other partners including the U.S. we need to answer some very specific questions:
Which countries will be involved on the ground, in the sky, and at sea in Ukraine?
Where exactly will these forces be located?
What will the numbers and structure of these forces look like?
What will their response procedures look like if there’s a threat?
And when will our coalition actually deploy forces in Ukraine – when a ceasefire begins or once the war is fully over and a settlement is reached?
We need one clear plan – one that we all agree on and start implementing, based on the options and plans that have already been discussed with you and are available to you. We want to invite a small group of people – your representatives – to Ukraine to develop this plan together.
Thanks again to all of you for your support.
Glory to Ukraine!
European messaging today in Paris was exemplary. Strong message that Europe won’t prematurely lift sanctions for sake of a terrible Black Sea deal. Efforts to goad Trump into seeing he’s being played. Signals that Europe won’t accept caps on Ukraine‘s military. And pressing on w/ coalition planning.
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Georgia:
Day 120. New, free and fair Parliamentary elections, and the release of the regime prisoners.
We won’t stop, and your sanctions and supporting our cause can help us avoid whatever costs can be avoided. #GeorgiaProtests
— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Georgia to ban the opposition.
— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
1/ The Executive Secretary of the Georgian Dream party, threatens to declare almost the entire opposition unconstitutional.
#TerrorinGeorgia
— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
2/ According to Mdinaradze, the final report of the investigative commission created in Georgian Dream parliament will provide a solid foundation for this:
— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
3/ “The final report of the Parliamentary Investigation Commission will provide us with a solid basis to appeal to the Constitutional Court regarding the unconstitutional status of the United National Movement and its satellite parties”- Mdinaradze stated.
— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
4/ Georgian Dream leaders consider all major pro-European opposition parties as satellites of the United National Movement in their rhetoric.
— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
5/ Mdinaradze also announces the extension of the investigative commission’s mandate to include the period after 2012.
— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
6/ By now the parliamentary commission established by Georgian Dream is tasked with studying “the activities of the regime in power from 2003 to 2012, as well as the political officials of that period”.
— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Coming soon to a United States near you.
The DPRK:
AP reports that Kim Jong Un is increasing military support for the Kremlin: in January and February, North Korea sent around 3,000 more soldiers to Russia.
Additionally, Pyongyang is supplying Moscow with more missiles, artillery equipment, and ammunition.
apnews.com/article/nort…— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
From the AP:
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea sent around 3,000 additional troops to Russia in January and February in continued support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, South Korea’s military said Thursday in its latest assessment.
The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea has also been sending more missiles, artillery equipment and ammunition to help Russia and that North Korea could increase its weapons supplies further depending on the war situation. Russia and Ukraine recently agreed on a limited ceasefire, though both sides have accused each other of violations.
The military equipment North Korea has sent to Russia includes a “considerable amount” of short-range ballistic missiles, 170 millimeter self-propelled howitzers and around 220 units of 240 millimeter multiple rocket launchers.
North Korea has sent approximately 11,000 military personnel to fight in the war against Ukraine in its first involvement in a large-scale conflict since the 1950-53 Korean War, and the Joint Chiefs assessed that around 4,000 of them have been killed or wounded.
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service previously attributed the high North Korean casualties to the troops’ likely struggles in adapting to drones and other elements of modern warfare. North Korean troops are further disadvantaged by the crude tactics of their Russian commanders, who have sent them into assault campaigns without providing rear-fire support, the spy agency told lawmakers in January.
Still, Ukrainian military and intelligence officials have assessed that the North Koreans are gaining crucial battlefield experience and have been key to Russia’s strategy of overwhelming Ukraine by throwing large numbers of soldiers into the battle for Kursk.
The South Korean military report came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his unwavering support for Russia’s war in Ukraine during a meeting with a top Russian security official, Sergei Shoigu, last week in Pyongyang. State media reports said Kim and Shoigu reaffirmed their commitment to uphold a major mutual defense treaty agreed upon last year. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko told Russian media on Thursday that the governments were discussing a potential visit by Kim to Moscow but did not specify when it might take place.
“We always talk to everyone about exchanging visits. We are always preparing,” he told RIA Novosti.
Kim’s military support of Russia has raised concerns that he may receive Russian technology transfers in return, further strengthening the threat posed by his nuclear-armed military. Experts say aircraft and drones are among the potential areas where North Korea might seek to acquire Russian technology and know-how.
Back to Ukraine.
Drones swarm Ukraine relentlessly, tearing through homes, burning families in their sleep, plunging entire cities into darkness. Day after day, night after night, this is the reality of deals with Russia that are worth less than the paper they’re signed on.
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
President Zelenskyy said Putin is preparing an offensive on Kharkiv and Sumy this spring. Will this become yet another tragedy in the long list of events the world could have prevented, or will it finally act before it’s too late?
— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Because Putin is feeling more confident than ever with the rise of Trump.
— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Southern Ukraine:
⚡ Russians are planning an offensive on Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia!
Their main strategic objective is to connect the occupied Crimean corridor with Transnistria, says AFU Major Valeriy Prozapas.— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🔥 They are preparing footholds for the offensive, but are advancing with heavy losses and limited resources.
“We shouldn’t hope for a miracle – we need to prepare for the worst!”— Vitalis Viva (@vitalisviva.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Kherson:
Russia heavily shelled Kherson’s railway station and energy infrastructure today, killing two people. Zelensky calls it a violation and says US must take action, as promised.
— Maria Avdeeva (@mariainkharkiv.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“Today, the energy infrastructure in the city of Kherson was damaged by Russian artillery. This is how it works with Russians. U.S. believes that the ‘ceasefire regime is working.'” – Zelenskyy.
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Kharkiv:
Massive russian drone attack on Kharkiv turned another night into chaos, leaving 13 people injured, including two children.
— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine showcased the aftermath of a massive Russian drone attack on Kharkiv. The occupiers targeted the city’s civilian infrastructure and residential areas, resulting in four fire outbreaks, destruction, and damage to buildings.
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Poltava:
Russia attacked Poltava with drones, leaving the city without electricity.
Where is infrastructure ceasefire??
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Zaporizhzhia:
The enemy has attacked Zaporizhzhia. An infrastructure facility and several houses are on fire. Currently, there is no information regarding casualties, reported Fedorov, the Head of the Regional Military Administration.
What infrastructure ceasefire doing?
— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Donetsk Oblast:
Rare Russian TOS-2 220mm MLRS targeted by the Birds of Magyar unit
— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Russian occupied Crimea:
Some more drone strikes by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine on targets in the deep Russian rear. Crimea.
— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Toretsk:
Twenty Russian soldiers, including a platoon commander, surrendered to the National Guard brigade “Azov” in the Toretsk area.
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Belgorod Oblast, Russia:
Airstrikes by Ukrainian aviation targeted bridges in Grafovka and Nadezhdovka, complicating Russian logistics in the Belgorod region.
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
That’s enough for tonight.
Your daily Patron!
There are no new Patron skeets or videos today. There is a new slideshow, but those won’t embed here. Here is the machine translation of the caption:
I was at the vet clinic🏥 Now I wear this thing on my head that turns me into a satellite dish and catches cat sneers within a radius of 30 meters. And if you think that the biggest danger in my life is explosive things, then… well, in principle, you’re right. But here’s a nuance. Do you know what set me up? No, not mines, not shells, not some complex mechanisms. And a prick😤 It’s such a small spikelet🌾 He took it like that – and pricked me right in the cheek! At first I didn’t want to tell you, because it’s somehow not courageous at all. I can already see these headlines: Patron the dog received a combat wound with a spikelet🤥 But then I thought that I wanted you to know this. Because it turns out you can be ready for a big explosion, and still trip over a small thorn. And I’m not Grigoriy – I’m not made of steel. And I want to support all the people and animals who are sick right now❤️🩹 I’m sending you a lick of health. It’s sweet, like a vitamin👅 #песпатрон
Here is some adjacent material.
Today’s Ukrainian cat says, “It was Putin who started the war.”
— The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat (@lorenzothecat.bsky.social) March 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Open thread!
Gin & Tonic
My dear wife likes to have CNN on most of the day as background noise (the things we tolerate from those we love…) and today she pointed out an interesting fact: their correspondent Clarissa Ward was in Odesa, interviewing pseudo-random people in the street, and *everyone* she had on responded in Ukrainian. If you know Odesa, that’s a really remarkable development. Five years ago, nearly everyone would have responded in russian.
Jay
As always, thank you Adam.
Adam L Silverman
@Jay: You’re welcome.
Adam L Silverman
Everyone is preemptively welcome.
I’m going to get cleaned up and rack out.
Westyny
‘Night, Adam. And thank you, as per.
Steve Crickmore
Yes, Trump is at base a thief. It is wonder he didn’t ask for posession of Zelensky’s wife, as he has in his past with other men’s wives, as he is now demanding the property of other countries. He is also Shakespearean. From the Merchant of Venice: You will answer
’The slaves are ours.’ So do I answer you.
The pound of flesh which I demand of him
Is dearly bought. ‘Tis mine, and I will have it.
AlaskaReader
Thanks Adam
Mike in DC
Kseniaa Petrova detained by ICE, in danger of being deported back to Russia, where she would likely be killed due to her outspoken criticism of the war. Harvard prof.
Steve Crickmore
@Mike in DC: Very sad, yes, it seems like the ICE is acting like an extended arm of the Russian FSB. From the Guardian,
‘Petrova’s boss, Leon Peshkin, said in an interview on Thursday that the researcher had good reason to fear being returned to Russia because she had publicly protested the Russian invasion of Ukraine in its first days, called for the impeachment of Vladimir Putin, and was arrested. She managed to flee, first to the former Soviet republic of Georgia and then to the United States, to continue her research on genomes.
Peshkin said that Petrova was a highly skilled researcher – “she is spectacular, the best I’ve ever seen in 20 years at Harvard,” – and had a visa that enabled her to work in the US and travel abroad freely. In February, however, when she was in Paris on vacation, her boss “made a huge mistake”. He asked her to pick up a box of frog embryo samples from colleagues in France and bring them back to the lab at Harvard.
The import of these samples, Peshkin said, was legal, but Petrova made some sort of paperwork mistake on the US customs declaration form and was stopped by customs officers on her return to Logan airport in Boston.’
Sister Inspired Revolver of Freedom
I know it’s probably impossible, with everything else going on. So please don’t flame me when I say, IMHO, that Ukraine has to break Crimea somehow. Blow everything up that they can, bomb everything else and FFS, drop that damn bridge. Because, never mind a potential offensive, the Murder Goblin has been handed back the Black Sea by the idiots running the asylum in DC. Before he can act on that, Ukraine must do as much damage as it possibly can. Flatten Crimea with relentless intensity.
Thank you, as always, Adam. Have a good night.
Jay
@Sister Inspired Revolver of Freedom:
There is no deal.
Ukraine has agency.
The EU has agency, notice the whole SWIFT Sanctions will remain until Ukraine is whole, bit.
Ukraine’s allies have agency,
DJTdiot’s are just huffing their own America Supreme farts.
Aka, Whiskeygate.
BTW a Canadian distiller just won “Best Whiskey In The World”
So sad, ( not) you will never get to taste it.
Jay
All the US has been maid plain for who they are.
Steve Crickmore
@Jay: Putin stabs Ukraine in the front. At the same time, the US stabs Ukraine in the back.
wjca
Thanks, Adam.
wjca
No, Trump is, at base, a mob boss. (Or, at least, a wanna be mob boss.) Theft is just one part of his operation. An important part, but far from the only part.
A straight up thief would be a lot less unpleasant to deal with. For one, thieves do not typically gratuitously teash the places they rob. They’ll break into any place there might be something valuable, especially if it speeds things up. But they wouldn’t bother to break every window in the building; it’s a waste of time for no benefit.
Gloria DryGarden
@Jay: not all of us.
Steve Crickmore
@wjca: Your description of Trump as a mob boss is more apt than a common thief, though Trump has the greed of the latter, but not the intelligence of the former. I was taking my lead from Adam’s heading, ‘Trump’s Plan is not Negotiation, not Mediation, just Theft through Domination’. Historically of course, this has all the makings of the rape and pillage of Poland, following the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, which divided up Poland, into their respective spheres of the Soviet Union and Germany.
Jay
@Gloria DryGarden:
Nope, USMarine LTC, supposed to observe, our maneuvers, confined to barracks, back to the US tomorrow, person Nona grata.
Best mgr. I ever had, on retirement, bed and breakfast, kayak tours, of the Salish sea.
Big nope for ‘Mercans.
Y’all never think of anybody else.
Y’all don’t really understand it, or are even aware.
NotoriousJRT
@Jay: wow.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Sounds like Dumbasses latest brain fart is to treat war like a reality TV show contract.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
It’s much worse, Trump thinks he is a Hollywood producer.
Steve Crickmore
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: Perhaps a reality show one? One silver lining, surely the Nobel Committee has seen through his gangster extortion pretensions, and he is no longer in the running, except in his own eyes, as a valid candidate for his coveted Nobel Peace Prize.
Sister Inspired Revolver of Freedom
@Jay: Thanks anyway, but I don’t drink whiskey.
Sister Inspired Revolver of Freedom
@Jay: You got that right. Stupidity and ignorance in one’s enemies is always useful. So is solipsism
PS No one, NO ONE, in Greenland is willing to allow the Vances to visit. JD Vance is so dumb he will probably consider it as just an insult when, in fact, it’s much more than that.
Butter Emails!
@Jay: I mean so has the rest of the planet. Western leaders all knew how much of threat Trump was, but essentially sat around polishing Trump’s knob for the last year and a half because they were stupid, selfish and short-sighted enough to believe this would give them and their countries some sort of advantage if he won.
YY_Sima Qian
OT: Great (but long) read from the Economist of the current state of Israel, & its attempt to assert regional hegemony by force of arms (gift link below):
Here is a thread summarizing the key points:
YY_Sima Qian
Unexpected reporting:
I guess ships dragging their anchors & severing cables is a much more frequent occurrence than commonly understood.
rikyrah
the title tells it all