Trump

[leedswolf]

Starmer is still trying to argue that he does not have to choose between the US and Europe, but in trade at least that is dangerous cakeism.

He may have been promised some unspecified preferential treatment by Trump during his visit to the White House last week, but Trump was careful to make no specific promises at all. He was playing Starmer’s weak hand in negotiations. A classic negotiating tactic is to make your next victim feel special before presenting some unpalatable fait accompli - and, say what you like about Trump, he is a master of these things.

Here we see a glimpse of reality that should be enough to show those who are alert that the only way is Europe. The headline may talk about the EU, but Trump is actually talking about ALL imported foods

#FoodStandards #UKTrade #Trump2025 #exports #EUReset #SingleMarket

Trump claims US food safety superiority, promises tough times for EU

No agricultural product from outside the US will be able to compete with locally produced goods, according to Donald Trump, who anticipates a new tariff regime for food imports starting in April. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

 

[Keef]

Not trump but relevant, couple of newspapers have reported it, so assume it’s true

 

[leedswolf]

There's shock over America's decision to stop sharing all its sensitive information with Ukraine, although the warning signs of limited intelligence have been there for some time now...

#hignfy

 

[EdgeOfTheAlps]

Fucking hell. Impossible to categorise that as anything other than rancid spite.

Evil is as evil does

 

[leedswolf]

Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.

The senior Trump allies held talks with Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a remorselessly ambitious former prime minister, and senior members of the party of Petro Poroshenko, Zelenskyy’s immediate predecessor as president, according to three Ukrainian parliamentarians and a U.S. Republican foreign policy expert.

 

[leedswolf]

Not trump but relevant, couple of newspapers have reported it, so assume it’s trueView attachment 13139

BREAKING: Donald Trump has announced that most goods imported from Mexico are to be exempt from his trade tariff regime for at least four weeks, just days after the charges were imposed...

 

[Keef]

Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.

The senior Trump allies held talks with Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a remorselessly ambitious former prime minister, and senior members of the party of Petro Poroshenko, Zelenskyy’s immediate predecessor as president, according to three Ukrainian parliamentarians and a U.S. Republican foreign policy expert.

Kyiv news reported that trumps team was told basically to fuck off, we don’t hold elections in wartime

 

[Walshes Wolves]

Russia say any EU troops in Ukraine will be seen as act of war.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-medvedev-mocks-macron-warning-says-french-leader-wont-be-missed-2025-03-05/

 

[visage]

Some would say invading your neighbour is also an act of war. Fuck em.

 

[sycophantia]

Went to one of our local open mics tonight. Guy I've known for years did a UK Subs song...Warhead. 45 year old song, pretty close to what's happening now. Fucking grim.

 

[visage]

Ignorant cunt.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com%2Fpost%2F3ljqfhl75bt2z

 

[Keef]

Been arguing on twitter with someone that said America always comes to help when asked, they’ve never refused help, I answered how about 1914-17 and 1939-41? When we asked for help in world wars, that didn’t count for some reason that was never explained

 

[Del Woppio]

I heard someone say that history shows America does eventually do the right thing, after it's exhausted every other possible option. I'm not sure that works now

 

[BillyDee]

Is stopping because they realise they can't win "doing the right thing"?

 

[AndyWolves]

Been arguing on twitter with someone that said America always comes to help when asked, they’ve never refused help, I answered how about 1914-17 and 1939-41? When we asked for help in world wars, that didn’t count for some reason that was never explained

I wouldn't bother, no way of knowing if you were even talking to a real person or a bot linked to chatgpt

 

[Mel Evo]

I heard someone say that history shows America does eventually do the right thing, after it's exhausted every other possible option. I'm not sure that works now

Well, in fairness, you’ve got to say they’re going all in on the ‘exhausting any other option than the right thing’ bit.

 

[leedswolf]

Kyiv news reported that trumps team was told basically to fuck off, we don’t hold elections in wartime

From the Guardian;

Ukraine’s opposition leaders have confirmed they have held discussions with members of Donald Trump’s entourage, but denied on Thursday they were part of a reported White House plot to remove Volodymyr Zelenskyy from power.

The former president Petro Poroshenko said he had held talks with US representatives but added that he opposed Trump’s demands for wartime elections.

Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s former prime minister, said she also opposes elections while fighting continues. She said her team was “talking with all our allies who can help in securing a just peace as soon as possible”.

 

[AndyWolves]

I really think trump has something personal against zelensky so wouldn't be surprised if he offers us support to zelenskys political opponents

 

[sycophantia]

Doubt the opposition want the leadership of Ukraine while this shitstorm is going on.
Once Trump has sold them down the river and facilitated 'peace' by bullying Ukraine into giving up chunks of their land to Putin, then the vultures will circle.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Doubt the opposition want the leadership of Ukraine while this shitstorm is going on.
Once Trump has sold them down the river and facilitated 'peace' by bullying Ukraine into giving up chunks of their land to Putin, then the vultures will circle.

I can’t help but think that within a relatively short time - months not years - Ukraine will be a puppet state and we’ll be back to a Cold War with huge amounts of troops along the borders of Belarus and Ukraine. Hungary, Slovakia and Moldova next up in the recreated USSR soon to be known just as Greater Russia.