beautifulthailand99

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Not really it's sad then many things are sad 6 million have died in the Congo in the biggest genocide since WW2 and no one really cares about that. I'm a Brit on an island with nukes. I would prefer if we stopped pretenidng we rule the world any more and looked after ourselves. Switzerland has done well by staying out of wars we could do the same. Let the water find it's own level in the slav lands far away, what will be will be.

X is being flooded with MAGA/Russian disinfo at the moment. All amplified by Musk and his cohorts. It is in some respects quite astonishing. Truly a fall on empire.

The Grand Old Men of the GOP aren’t clueless newcomers chasing the MAGA wave—they know the game. Soon, Trump’s tariff lunacy and Putin appeasement will hit home, costing jobs and threatening Congress in its own backyard. When that happens, his support will evaporate. These veterans likely watch Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, and Steve Witkoff with dismay, but their real horror is Trump cozying up to Putin. Beyond Ukraine, what else is he giving away? You don’t become an elder statesman without surviving as a young one. These GOP powerbrokers will ditch Trump the moment he becomes a liability. With his reckless tariffs and the loss of lucrative Ukraine defense contracts, that moment is fast approaching. Their job is survival—staying in power, getting re-elected. Trump needs them more than they need him, but he doesn’t see it. And with the midterms on the horizon, politics remains a cash-driven business: no government contracts, no jobs, no votes. The wow factor of ditching DEI and Biden’s “woke” policies will fade fast. What Trump lacks is a plan to rebuild prosperity—he offers only destruction. He doesn’t understand manufacturing or its ripple effects. Alienating allies will backfire; “All American” is a myth in a global economy. In less than a month, he’s torched America’s goodwill. No sane foreign business will sign a U.S. contract unless forced to—and only if the U.S. company slashes prices to offset retaliatory tariffs. A $100 widget was competitive against a €105 one; at $120, it’s dead. Business runs on trust, and Trump just burned it. He’s also going to lose The Hill. His Senate majority is slim, his House margin paper-thin. He’ll need bipartisan deals, but he doesn’t know how Congress works—he’s never done the grind, never earned his stripes. This is purely transactional, and impeachment talk is likely swirling again—this time, it might stick. His real challenge? Surviving himself. Mu guess is the Republic will hold but only just !

No 1 post on Ukraine Redditt.

Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Draw Up Plans for Cuts - The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years https://archive.ph/QdRhs

I follow Boris Johnson ! Still no condemnation of Trump from him whearas Badenoch, Truss and many others have come out for Ukraine. At last Ukraine he was never your mate just pretended for the clout !

Like Asia don't bet against the Chinese - they effectively run many of the nations anyway and for the most part do it well.

Russian clown agrees with American Clown ! One can imagine Putin saying to Trump tone it down pal it's becoming too obvious.

Funny that I have lived in London for 40 years and haven't been or know anybody who has been stabbed. It's mostly thug on thug violence. That said in that respect Thailand is safer but they more than make up for it with the roads.

There's alot of truth in what you say - that said I firmly believe that China is fundamentally a mercantalist nation not an imperial one and we should work with that not knee jerk oppose it.

RUSI Britain's military think tank thinks it's not as bad as some would like to think. https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/russias-wartime-economy-isnt-weak-it-looks

We breathe fresh here in the UK - ut's expensive but worth it. Enjoy your mask.

Elon has huge assets in China which is he screws up will be taken in a breath. He never criticises them. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/01/trump-musk-soft-china/681313/

Crikey it's relentless. I'm not sure that Ukraine's going to have Starlink that much longer, unless Trump lets it continue.

https://archive.ph/RqLyS Now Donald Trump appears to have reached a fork in the road as he attempts once again to put Washington at the centre of ending the largest land war for generations. Will he go down in the annals of history, like Wilson, and win a Nobel Peace Prize? Or will Mr Trump instead undo the work of his predecessor and usher in a new Russian empire under the stewardship of Vladimir Putin?

The problem there is you need an extensive co-ordinated militray response in which the troops follows orders. MAGA spies will be everywhere and if you move and fail you are done.

It's quite easy to see the fotrsteps to civil war now - everything is breaking. In Moscow and Beijing they can't beleive their luck and palaces and parades will be arranged honoring him when he visits. If you think he is drunk on power we ain't see nothing yet. The only plus side is it's constant high intensity drama !

We are at he end of history as we know it. This is truly an inflexion point like the fall of the Brelin wall.I don't ase how the Republic can survive now without extreme violence. He and his acolytes have taken over the whole shebang and weaponised a violent SA type army that can enforce discipline. The problem with liberals which I count myslf as one is we don't like guns.

I woke up this morning mildy scared at the impact of what is going on. The world is being re-orderd but not in a good way.

It sure is - King of America - King Donald 1 successor to King George 111with a messy Republican period in between the heir apparent is Donald Trump Jnr so he will be Kind Donald 11 in due course. His oldest child is Kai so if we are to go with oldest child not male (how woke) so Queen Kai 1 if we go with male issue - a good idea that would be Donald Trump Jnr 111 so that makes it easy that would be King Donald 111. I have used AI to research this and I approve this message.

And make Ukraine pay for it.