Along with Gen Kellogg having to unpack his bags, there’s this bit of reality from Trump, cited by Moonofalabama, which should give us hope:
“So, you know, a big part of the problem was Russia for many, many years, long before Putin, said, you could never have NATO involved with Ukraine. Now they've said that -- that's been like written in stone. And somewhere along the line Biden said no, they should be able to join NATO. Well, then Russia has somebody right on their doorstep and I could understand their feeling about that.”
Nearly lost my rice krispies reading that. Moon thinks Trump really does want to end the Ru-Uk war for good, and all the Greenland-Panama-Canada talk is meant as a sort of light comedy or distraction. His column is definitely worthwhile as we seek to discern Trump’s way ahead…
Musk and the impact of his tweets on the UK and German governments is amazing.
Germany I don’t expect major policy changes. Another unstable coalition government that excludes the afd.
Uk I doubt there will be early elections. I wonder if Trump will end the special relationship. There may be a major financial crises that destroys the government. Starmer is playing with fire.
Fb rolling back censorship is another huge story. Censorship and narrative control seems to be a key pillar of establishment control in the Eu. Romania is not getting better.
Israel, I expect lots of rhetoric from Trump and no action. Israel needs to decide what it’s going to do. Trump is not going to war with Iran, his focus is fixing the U.S.
Gaza, is hell on earth. I’m not sure what is Tump talking about ?
Maybe I missed it but I didn't see Saudi Arabia mentioned as once of the countries that must take Palestinians.
Along with Gen Kellogg having to unpack his bags, there’s this bit of reality from Trump, cited by Moonofalabama, which should give us hope:
“So, you know, a big part of the problem was Russia for many, many years, long before Putin, said, you could never have NATO involved with Ukraine. Now they've said that -- that's been like written in stone. And somewhere along the line Biden said no, they should be able to join NATO. Well, then Russia has somebody right on their doorstep and I could understand their feeling about that.”
Nearly lost my rice krispies reading that. Moon thinks Trump really does want to end the Ru-Uk war for good, and all the Greenland-Panama-Canada talk is meant as a sort of light comedy or distraction. His column is definitely worthwhile as we seek to discern Trump’s way ahead…
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/01/to-avoid-fighting-large-conflicts-trump-is-creating-smaller-ones.html#more
Musk and the impact of his tweets on the UK and German governments is amazing.
Germany I don’t expect major policy changes. Another unstable coalition government that excludes the afd.
Uk I doubt there will be early elections. I wonder if Trump will end the special relationship. There may be a major financial crises that destroys the government. Starmer is playing with fire.
Fb rolling back censorship is another huge story. Censorship and narrative control seems to be a key pillar of establishment control in the Eu. Romania is not getting better.
Israel, I expect lots of rhetoric from Trump and no action. Israel needs to decide what it’s going to do. Trump is not going to war with Iran, his focus is fixing the U.S.
This is major:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/vacationing-idf-soldier-flees-brazil-hes-pursued-gaza-war-crimes
Russia / Ukraine even more rhetoric, but the U.S. and Europe has limited leverage. The weapons larders are empty.
I want to believe it.