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candide

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  1. Well, this one is not a trade deal. As to the deal with India, the EU will also sign a deal this year. Do you think the UK deal will be more advantageous than the EU deal?
  2. 99% of UK trade deals are continuation deals of deals previously made by the protectionist racket.... 🤣
  3. From your link! "For years, automakers have been throwing billions into US assembly plants, but mostly for electric powertrain production. BMW has invested $1.7 billion in US production, Ford $11.2 billion, GM $9 billion, and Toyota $13.9 billion – all to build battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, or mild hybrid vehicles. This means each company's newly-minted factories will pump out millions of battery-powered cars to American shoppers." Say thank you to Biden! 🤣
  4. Maybe simply try to access it on the browser? There are sometimes compatibility issues with AN on specific environments. For example, until recently I was not able to click on any AN banner in the lower part of my Samsung tab's screen. For example, I had to reload to see new messages because I couldn't click on "see new messages". It was ok a few months ago, then it did not work, and now it seems to be OK again. Probably related to updates on either AN or my tab. You can report your problem to them.
  5. Isn't your phone is a bit old so the OS is not updated any more? Or are you still using the Thaivisa app?
  6. To start with, it's Russian propaganda. I also previously commented and linked a CSIS analysis debunking this claim with facts. But maybe you would trust this one? 🙂 "On Feb. 5, 2025, General Keith Kellogg, President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, reaffirmed that the $174 billion of U.S. aid to Ukraine is accounted for and being distributed through a transparent process: “The United States, the American people, the U.S. citizens have given Ukraine over $174 billion. And we have put inspector generals on the ground in Ukraine and here to track that money. So, we have fairly good reporting on where it’s going,” Kellogg said on the Newsmax TV channel. Kellogg also confirmed that part of the allocated funds has been used to produce weapons in the U.S. before being sent to Ukraine, while other parts were spent on replenishing and expanding U.S. weapons stockpiles." https://www.voanews.com/a/false-russian-allegations-that-ukraine-stole-100-billion-of-us-funds/7967072.html
  7. When people make claims they cannot support with reliable evidence, they "have nothing". That includes you!
  8. As usual you reply with a lame conspiracy theory (the media hide it). It's so convenient! 🤣
  9. Are you kidding? It's not possible to prove a negative. I posted a CSIS analysis showing facts discrediting the claim made by jas007. May I remind you that it's the person who makes a claim who needs to provide evidence? 🤣
  10. That's right. The other factor is: which of the two leaders is subject to more short-term poliical pressure to end this mess?
  11. More baseless claims from you! Where is your evidence that hundreds of millions of dollars missing? You have nothing!
  12. I quoted your own words. You repeatedly used Zelinski's statement as a justification for alleging massive corruption, and even corruption by Zelinski himself. Another quote from a previous post (fully quoted above to allow checking the context), in which you claimed the aid was stolen. "And they want the USA to ignore the fact that half the aid previously furnished was stolen. They want the USA to ignore the fact that Ukraine has already lost the war. And with Trump's latest move, perhaps Zelenskyy succeed in his scam."
  13. Quote from your post: "Wasn't it Zelenskyy himself who said that half the aid supposedly furnished by the US was never received? To be sure, there was some question as to where the money went, but if Ukraine didn't receive it, where did it go? Who is lying?" It seems you are reproducing baseless MAGA propaganda. Zelinski did not claim that $100 billion vanished. Just that Ukraine actually did not receive it. The premise of your whole reasoning is flawed. Several reasons for not receiving, in particular: - 60% of the money was spent in the U.S, and not only on weapons, also on training, logistics services etc... - not all what had been pleged had been actually sent at that time. There had been frequently long delays between decisions and deliveries. Here's the conclusion of a detailed analysis made by the CSIS: "Regardless of how Zelensky did the math, the bottom line is the same: no money is missing. Also important is that most of the money is not delivered directly to Ukraine but handled by trusted agencies, mostly the U.S. military, the Department of State/USAID, and the World Bank. The image of pallets of cash being sent to Ukraine is inaccurate. This doesn't say whether the United States should or should not provide more aid, but it does provide better information for making that decision." https://www.csis.org/analysis/where-missing-100-billion-us-aid-ukraine
  14. “We don’t do much business with Canada from our standpoint. They do a lot of business with us. We’re at like 4%,” Trump said. That “4%” figure is wrong. Official US data shows that Canada bought about 17% of US goods exports... 🤣 https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/politics/fact-check-trump-mark-carney-imports There are only two possible explanations: 1. He is a shameless liar. 2. He's not even able to remember basic numbers and orders of magnitude about one of his hottest topics. Question to MAGAs: what's your explanation? 1 or 2? 🤣
  15. It's more than mismanagement. It's the whole economic model becoming obsolete. In particular about energy, industry and defence.
  16. CSU is the Cristian Democrat party in Bayern. They've been together since 1949.
  17. No. Not like UK. In Germany, seats are allocated according to the percentage of votes for each party. AfD lost, and the CDU/CSU won, accord8ng to their respective number of votes. https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-results-explained-in-graphics/a-71724186
  18. Here's the archived article. https://web.archive.org/web/20241009153553/https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2020/10/22/how-the-bidens-earned-167-million-after-leaving-the-white-house/
  19. It would be a death sentence for the next Emily in Paris season. Well, I must admit that Trump policies can sometimes have a positive impact! 😆
  20. How deep is that hole you're digging? 🤣 You still have nothing to substantiate your lame claim, which has been contradicted by facts in the linked Forbes article.

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