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Trump administration 2024-2028

Czech_pivo said:
Putting on my tin hat - could all of this movement from the Trump camp with Russia be the price to be paid in order to get Russia to start backing the US against China and to bring the Russians 'over to our side' (whatever that means now)? Is Trump trying to angle this as a US against China showdown and he believes that by appeasing Russia it brings a potential weak spot to the Chinese rear areas by having Russia with the US?

And when Trump says that the US doesn't need Canada and its vast resources, well.....that's because he's going to give 'Most Favored Nation' trading status to dear old Vlad and have the Russian's sell them all their resources at pennies on the dollar when compared to Canada. This puts us, Canada, in a fine pickle. We won't be able to sell to the Chinese more than we currently do because then Trump will declare us a national security risk and poof, we're gone. I don't see us being able to sell enough to the EU, Japan or the rest of the world to make up the 80 +/-% of our current US exports. Our standard of living crumbles and our people clamor to be allowed 'to be Americans' - when in fact the best they will give us is the status of a Puerto Rican - citizenship but that's it - no equal representation in government.

Could all of this be the final game? US/Russia joined at the hip - Russia able to run rough shod against Ukraine, a fair number of former SU entities and sell all that they can to the US, thus vastly lining the pockets of their existing Oligarchs, with some tickle down improvements to the average Ivan/Ivanka in Russia and Tommy/Tammy in the US.

Well? Do I need to buy a new tin hat?
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A few weeks ago, I might have said you're way out to lunch.

Today, I have no fucking idea what to believe anymore. This is truly the most messed up timeline....
 
rmc_wannabe said:
A few weeks ago, I might have said you're way out to lunch.

Today, I have no fucking idea what to believe anymore. This is truly the most messed up timeline....
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Trump is always looking for a better deal.

Which 1 and only 1 country in the world has more overall natural resources than us - Russia. And they have it all at pennies on the dollar, weak to non-existent environmental legislation/controls, no indigenous rights to deal with - its all right there for the taking and by taking it you screw over your 1 and only 1 potential new big competitor coming up the ranks.

He doesn't give a crap about us, the US's past loyal supplier, always there, always dependable, even though they forget their subservient role from time to time. Screw them, its business, nothing personal.
 
Czech_pivo said:
Putting on my tin hat - could all of this movement from the Trump camp with Russia be the price to be paid in order to get Russia to start backing the US against China and to bring the Russians 'over to our side' (whatever that means now)? Is Trump trying to angle this as a US against China showdown and he believes that by appeasing Russia it brings a potential weak spot to the Chinese rear areas by having Russia with the US?
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This is being discussed in some circles in Europe, as they work to make sense of the last 48 hours.

Perhaps it might work. Perhaps then Russia gets a “yeah, things just aren’t working buttoned thought…buh bye.”

Who knows, at this point.
 
Trump wants to own the Western Hemisphere (well, really, North America, but he'll take South America as a lost leader) and his is will to sell out turn over sacrifice Europe and Asia to get it.
 
Interesting article from the folks over at SOFREP who are reporting that US SOF troops are operating in Mexico. So far, only 10 soldiers who will provide training to Mexican Navy’s Infantería de Marina (Marine Infantry) troops.

sofrep.com

US Special Forces Arrive in Mexico To Help Combat Drug Cartels

When U.S. Green Berets start training Mexico’s Marine Infantry, you know the fight against the cartels just got a whole lot more serious.
sofrep.com sofrep.com
 
Halifax Tar said:
I mean arguably it was the Democrats who weaponized the legal system, Trump has just escalated it and now its turned around on the Dems.

And I would like to say I warned that this would happen.
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Poor old Donald…he never did anything at all to merit prosecution by those evil lefty Demos. He never urged people to attack the Capitol building, he never raped women or did anything else illegal. It’s all lies. All he wants is to restore democracy to the U.S. and to Ukraine as well. Maybe, just maybe, with Trump’s efforts (and a little help from God) the U.S. will soon be as great a democracy as Russia.
 
Czech_pivo said:
Trump is always looking for a better deal.

Which 1 and only 1 country in the world has more overall natural resources than us - Russia. And they have it all at pennies on the dollar, weak to non-existent environmental legislation/controls, no indigenous rights to deal with - its all right there for the taking and by taking it you screw over your 1 and only 1 potential new big competitor coming up the ranks.

He doesn't give a crap about us, the US's past loyal supplier, always there, always dependable, even though they forget their subservient role from time to time. Screw them, its business, nothing personal.
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If Trump's brilliant scheme is to secure an alliance with Russia to get its resources then he might be sadly disappointed...

defence-blog.com

Hackers expose Russia’s critical raw material shortages

Hackers have obtained access to classified presentations outlining Russia’s mineral resource development strategy through 2035. The documents, published by the investigative community InformNapalm, expose Russia’s growing dependence on imported raw materials and its declining domestic resource...
defence-blog.com defence-blog.com
 
Trump is strange. And he may even be harmful.

But some of the things he does are not noteworthy even though he does them - like firing US Attorneys.

2025

www.foxnews.com

Trump orders all Biden-era US attorneys to be fired: 'We must clean house immediately'

President Donald Trump has directed the Justice Department to fire all U.S. attorneys left over from the Biden administration.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com

2021

www.nbcnews.com

Biden's Justice Department to ask nearly all Trump-era U.S. attorneys to resign

John Durham of Connecticut will remain to lead the investigation of the origins of the Russia probe, and U.S. attorney for Delaware David Weiss will also remain.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
 
Kevin will not like this...

A paragraph from the article:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon and throughout the U.S. military to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter — a striking proposal certain to face internal resistance and strident bipartisan opposition in Congress.

An 8% defence budget cut a year would have even made Chrétien blush.

Is it even constitutional for the executive to order such cuts to congressionally approved funds?
 
Remius said:
Approval ratings are dipping. Even Fox News is noticing…
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Wasn't all that popular anyway...

  • DECEMBER 3, 2024

New Poll Shows Jewish-Americans’ Overwhelming Support For Harris, Democrats In 2024 Elections​

www.jewishelectorateinstitute.org

New Poll Shows Jewish-Americans’ Overwhelming Support for Harris, Democrats in 2024 Elections - Jewish Electorate Institute

Harris’ share of Jewish vote declines, but still within recent historical range (Washington) – A new non-partisan survey by the Jewish Electorate Institute (JEI) released Thursday shows very high levels of Jewish voters backing Kamala Harris and Democrats in the 2024 elections. The poll...
www.jewishelectorateinstitute.org www.jewishelectorateinstitute.org

only 26 percent voted for Donald Trump.
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GR66 said:
If Trump's brilliant scheme is to secure an alliance with Russia to get its resources then he might be sadly disappointed...

defence-blog.com

Hackers expose Russia’s critical raw material shortages

Hackers have obtained access to classified presentations outlining Russia’s mineral resource development strategy through 2035. The documents, published by the investigative community InformNapalm, expose Russia’s growing dependence on imported raw materials and its declining domestic resource...
defence-blog.com defence-blog.com
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And thus Vlad's interest in Ukraine.
 
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