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As expected, MAGAs whining and blaming others. 🙂

MAGAs reading books and philosophers' essays? 😆

How do they dare showing that Trump's decisions are completely incoherent! 🤣

The Big Lie. 🤣 You know, the case Fox News settled by paying $787.5 million and by acknowledging that the broadcast statements were false.

She just comes to get her check once a month!

Actually, had Hitler not been stupid enough to invade the USSR, it is likely that Stalin would have been quite happy to share the domination of European countries with Hitler, as they did in Poland.

I initially wondered how Bhumjaithai could have managed to get so many Senators from an selection process well controlled by the yellow-green network (they are certainly not the only ones who could be corrupt, so it cannot be the main reason). The explanation I got is that, as the ex-Junta's parties were too discredited, the yellow-green network switched to Bhumjaithai as the main party to defend its interests. If true, they shouldn't be too annoyed by courts. But then it also depends in which direction stratospheric winds are blowing.... It should be remembered that the Organic Act on the Installation of Senators does not prohibit vote swapping since the Senate election system requires the candidates to vote among themselves and encouraging other candidates to vote reciprocally is not considered illegal. Instead, the election system is inherently designed for vote swapping among the candidates. So it needs to be proven in court that those votes were made in exchange for a benefit (ex. Money or position). Another important issue is what happens if they are convicted. Replace them by BJT people on the reserve list, or nullify the whole election? If they are just replaced, it would be a good compromise for BJT, allowing to officially dislodge corruption, while keeping BJT's influence intact. It would be coherent with Anutin distancing himself from the 60 Senators (actually, he may get rid of competitors, so it may be beneficial for him)

Exactly. It's better to let Trump talk his usual B.S. and discredit himself! 🤣 For example: “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... .....Trump also repeated his frequent claim that the US is “subsidizing Canada to the tune of maybe $200 billion per year.”......Official US statistics show the 2024 deficit with Canada in goods and services trade was about $36 billion. Fact check: Trump claimed the US doesn’t do ‘much business with Canada.’ Canada is the world’s top buyer of US exports https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/politics/fact-check-trump-mark-carney-imports

The timing about the India deal is quite obvious. If they signed a deal first with the UK, it means there is nothing in it which can be used by the EU to get more concessions. Otherwise it would be easy for EU representatives to argue that if India granted a benefit to the smaller UK, they must also grant it to the EU (India's largest export market). So it can be assumed that it won't be better than the deal between India and the EU. At best, it may be as good.

Not an extensive one. Of very limited scope and maintaining 10% tariffs on UK imports (which is better than 25%, of course). Not comparable to the deal with India, for example.

Right, only around 80%. And not particularly better than the deals made by the EU with the same countries (ex. Japan).

Trump hails... 🤣

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?

99% of UK trade deals are continuation deals of deals previously made by the protectionist racket.... 🤣

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! 🤣

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.

Isn't your phone is a bit old so the OS is not updated any more? Or are you still using the Thaivisa app?

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

When people make claims they cannot support with reliable evidence, they "have nothing". That includes you!

As usual you reply with a lame conspiracy theory (the media hide it). It's so convenient! 🤣

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? 🤣

That's right. The other factor is: which of the two leaders is subject to more short-term poliical pressure to end this mess?

More baseless claims from you! Where is your evidence that hundreds of millions of dollars missing? You have nothing!

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."

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