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Mark Wauck's avatar

From a government that wants a new trade deal with the US:

LABOUR - Oops … X never forgets.

Here’s our foreign Secretary calling Trump a Neo Nazi and a KKK sympathiser.

How’s that trade deal shaping up Lammy?

J Stewart @triffic_stuff_

Now that Trump is President again here’s a little reminder of what leading politicians in the Labour Party think of him:

Prime Minister, Keir Starmer:

“An affront to humanity”

Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner:

“He’s an absolute buffoon, he has no place in the White House, is an embarrassment & he should be ashamed of himself.”

Foreign Secretary, David Lammy:

“Donald Trump is NOT welcome in our Country”

“A man full of such evil, such hatred, such bile”

“We’re marching with many many Americans & communicating our huge huge disapproval with this President”

“A President who has retweeted far-right hatred”

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Joe's avatar

"""but, to your point about what happens if he's not willing to do the hard leadership stuff and take the heat that for sure will come"""

What Trump should likely do is pass the buck

to reduce the heat

and he already planted the seeds

He says to EU We are done paying

you all put in immediately right now 5% each of your GDP

not a penny less

And we will cover if there is a shortfall, but this is a LOAN to EU

You pay us back the remainder

If you do not agree - your failure to all agree on the minimum 5 %

then as far as US is concerned

we are done, and we will settle on RUSSIA terms

If you do not like it, you can pay for it

========== No one in EU can afford it so they will accept it

Trump can say it was EU that balked EU was the one the dropped the ball

by refusing to anti up

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Mark Wauck's avatar

Whoa, that buck doesn't stop here! Works for me.

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Joe's avatar

Everyone in the EU wants the war

so long as Ukraine fills the body bags and US fills a good portion of the coffers

They were hoping for some of Ukraine's land and resources but that ship seems to have sailed with Russia already taking the best of it

The US arms companies want the war, but they have years of work to do

refilling the US stocks and ' getting ready for China ' though I think that is a mistake

as well as Israel Syria Iran etc. - So US military companies already have enough work

The time is ripe US is over extended ( as is Israel )

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Doug Hoover's avatar

What would keep Russia from giving Nukes to Iran.

To defend and deter the rabid enemy.

Even without nukes, Iran could bury their enemy with thousands of missiles.

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Sarcastic Cynical Texan's avatar

Until and unless the NATO-$$$ umbilicus attaching the USA (Useful Serfs Alliance), to Europe & Israel is severed, We the People will continue to be royally screwed, no matter who occupies the White House and/or holds the congressional majority.

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Francisco d’Anconia's avatar

I hope you’re right Mark

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The Elder of Vicksburg's avatar

God bless you for doing this, Mark. else i don’t know how I would keep up.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

Not sure I do, but I try.

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Kevin Flynn's avatar

Yup. This too is covered in my “Course”…

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susan mullen's avatar

It seems US taxpayers have been signed up for 100 more years in Ukraine: "UK leader Starmer signs ‘100-year partnership’ agreement with Ukraine during trip to Kyiv," 1/16/25, AP. "Zelenskyy... noted that “we do not consider security guarantees without the United States.”

Starmer agreed that Washington’s role in Ukraine is “vital.”...“We will continue to work with the U.S. on this,” Starmer said."... https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-starmer-putin-uk-britain-nato-c030b163628583a322f39729160646cc

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Nutmeg's avatar

https://brownstone.org/articles/russia-and-richard-cobden-1836/

Per the article...'There appeared in 1836 in Britain a guidepost in this Anglo tradition. It is a pamphlet by Richard Cobden. The top of the first page of text showed the title “A Cure for the Russo-Phobia.”'

Starmer extending the British hatred of Russia for another century...

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susan mullen's avatar

Absolutely, it started long ago. There seems to be a core belief that UK will sink into irrelevancy if US and Russia are on good terms. US says, fine, we have an idea. We'll claim Russia is permanent bad guy. This gives us an excuse to enslave US taxpayers to the endless war industry. Of course we'll share the cash with you--and both of us will be happy.

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D F Barr's avatar

The UK is close to irrelevance now, they just don’t know it yet.

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Paul Meli's avatar

"Or, put it this way. The Russians are serious. We’re not." +100

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Paul Meli's avatar

Funny, I find reading transcripts much easier than watching video. Maybe because I can scan transcripts…

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Mark Wauck's avatar

Not these youtube transcripts with all the stutterings and repetitions and wrong words.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

Will Schryver @imetatronink

As I understand its announced terms, the Russia / Iran agreement signed today provides for Russian air defense systems to be installed in Iran, and for the Iranian AD system to be integrated into the Russian systems.

I would characterize this as a significant development.

More than likely, Russian AD assets and their crews have already been in Iran for some time. The new treaty signing is simply the public announcement of their presence — and, as such, a formal warning to the US/Israel.

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

To sum this up, Trump seems to be screwed no matter what he does and the Anglo-Zionists win every time, and we, the American people lose. We are fighting the wrong enemies.

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Paul Meli's avatar

Always have been

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ML's avatar

Completely agree! The A/Z’s will weep and nash teeth whatever Trump does, so, as Lady M said, he should “screw [his]courage to the sticking point” and aim for greatness by ending the neuro—- oops! Neocons wars. He has Nothing to Lose and Everything to Gain.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

His statements did make me wonder in the same direction. The key would be to not screw around with any intermediate phase--go straight for the global peace.

But, enormous pushback from the Deep State--another reason why it needs to be done on the strength of the landslide without messing around.

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ML's avatar

Yes indeed!

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