“Every time Trump or members of his administration have lashed out at Europe, including Ukraine, Europeans have absorbed the blow with a forced smile and bent over backwards to flatter the White House.” (…)

“While a systemic answer to Europe’s security conundrum is not in sight, Europeans do have the levers to prevent Ukraine’s capitulation and create the conditions for a just peace.”

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    I’ve said this before, but please read American Kompromat by Craig Unger. It details the string of circumstantial evidence that Trump has been a Russian asset since 1986 at least.

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      Trump has been a Russian asset since 1986 at least.

      Why have the US intelligence agencies done nothing? At least Trump is a double agent, or tripple.

      There must be a story of complicated alliances of which we know almost nothing. I am just sure that American billionaires have not handed over the keys to the US to Russia.

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      CNN Portugal tonight was already distorting the current situation, claiming that Costa’s recent statements about Europeans not being subject to US interference were due to Trump saying that Europe would collapse civilizationally in 20 years because of its immigration policies, which is false or at least not the whole truth. Costa said what he said because the USA now considers the dismantling of the EU and support for Eurosceptic parties a priority in its defense strategy.

      Europe, betrayed, is under attack.

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        I would also like to point out that Europe’s migrant crisis is largely a result of ISIS and Iraq. Guess who helped cause that clusterfuck? The same country which endless meddled in South America, which has resulted in a lot of migration to said country.

        But hey, the US has always been good at sniffing its own farts and avoiding history books. What else is new?

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        The media are not up to task for this…it’s all a reality show to them.

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      TIL about Craig Unger goodreads has some nice reviews:

      “One of the things I found valuable about House of Trump, House of Putin is that Unger makes clear—if such a thing can be made clear—what a strange, amorphous organism Russian/Ukrainian organized crime can be: equal parts legitimate business and human trafficking, government influence and illegal money laundering, threats of blackmail whispered in darkness and bold murder on the daytime streets.”

      I think many (should) know most of the story though. But like you say it’s circumstancial. You know what I’ve been thinking lately; what if it was FSB who ordered to off Epstein, afraid he might blow the whistle on this scandals? Wouldn’t be entirely wild anymore.

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        My bet is it was Trump himself who ordered Epstein to be killed. In the mid-November email leak, Epstein talked about having a “silver bullet” that could take down Trump. Nine months later, dude was dead.

        Could be FSB though. We might never know.

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          We might never know

          It’s the interests of US democracy and western democracies to find out though. I hope someone like a journalist finds out. Trump must go.

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      Trump, the most USian man doing most USian things, is russian. Because only Russians can be evil!

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        Leave it to the .ml to rush to Russia’s defense because the Kremlin can do no wrong. Sad.

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          Leave it to a lib to rush to US defense because Washington can do no wrong

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            I’m not even a liberal you dunce, find a better word to describe people who think differently than you do lmao

            I’m well aware and pissed off at of how fucked up America is and the awful things they’ve done and continue to do, that does not make it any more okay for Russia to do the same awful things. Two wrongs don’t make a right, and I can and will criticize both. Whether it be genocide, imperialism, attacks on its own people, or any other harm they cause.