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B.S. denial! The Wikipedia article shows several sources for this information.

As he did about elections, Trump is whining and making up fraud accusations when numbers are not good. Now it's about polls! 🤣 Trump's poll numbers are so abysmal he's crying "fraud" https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-poll-numbers-abysmal-hes-131930785.html Also attached the latest poll numbers https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating

Yet no missiles have been put closer to Russia after Eastern Europe countries joined NATO. They have been left where they were when the Soviet Union collapsed. On top of it, considering the missiles' range, it would make no difference if they were placed in Poland rather than in Ukraine.

You are right that European countries don't have the logistical means to conduct a war without U.S. capabilities, at least on short term. As to the EU, it wouldn't be able to do that in any case, as defense is not a prerogative of the EU. The only thing it can do is support initiatives by member States.

By truncating my post you altered its meaning, which was to reflect on a ridiculous conspiracy theory. The text of my full post was: "The reason you did not get any intelligent reply is likely that this conspiracy theory is irrealistic. Starting with the fact that, as I outlined in my post, European countries were completely unprepared to support Ukraine, as evidenced by the improvisation that characterised their initial response. No strategic stock of weapons, no sufficient weapon production capacity, and no established doctrine on how to support Ukraine. Not to mention the profitable economic ties with Russia. I talk about "European countries", because the EU has no defense prerogative and is not the institution in which military plans were discussed. The relevant institution is NATO. As to the U.S., it had the capacity to support Ukraine, but no clear doctrine about Ukraine, and also improvised. Actually, it was rather focused on Asia rather than Russia, since Obama's tenure. It was the neocons under Bush Jr. who were still focused on Russia."

The reason you did not get any intelligent reply is likely that this conspiracy theory is irrealistic. Starting with the fact that, as I outlined in my post, European countries were completely unprepared to support Ukraine, as evidenced by the improvisation that characterised their initial response. No strategic stock of weapons, no sufficient weapon production capacity, and no established doctrine on how to support Ukraine. Not to mention the profitable economic ties with Russia. I talk about "European countries", because the EU has no defense prerogative and is not the institution in which military plans were discussed. The relevant institution is NATO. As to the U.S., it had the capacity to support Ukraine, but no clear doctrine about Ukraine, and also improvised. Actually, it was rather focused on Asia rather than Russia, since Obama's tenure. It was the neocons under Bush Jr. who were still focused on Russia.

So much mismanagement by Biden! 🙂 Best economic recovery among developped countries with 2 to 3 times higher GDP growth rate than other G7 countries, lower unemployment, higher energy production and exports, and inflation finally controlled after the 2022 surge. Trump inherited a good economy from Biden and is now tanking it! 😆

The NATO threat argument is ridiculous! European NATO countries had been reducing their military budget for decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The EU was concentrating on what it's doing best: peace. The U.S. military presence in Europe also significantly decreased. Missiles and nukes have remained where they were before and have not been moved closer to Russia. There was no threat to Russia!

Good Russian propaganda! 🤣

Putin knows Trump is weak and will do nothing. Z should be careful. I wouldn't be surprised if Trump would start blaming him again

Trump can't stop winning! 🤣

Attested by tweets!

He's so ridiculous.... Not one has been announced yet. When are you going to announce them? I’ve made 200 deals. 😆 You’ve made 200 deals? 100%. 🤣 Can you share with whom? Because the deal is a deal that I choose. View it differently: We are a department store, and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it. (More B.S. follows...) https://time.com/7280114/donald-trump-2025-interview-transcript/

It's under pay wall... I found another one about Mexico. It shows it's peanuts. https://ig.ft.com/china-mexico-tariffs/

Source?

Actually there's already a trade deal with the EU, which eliminates duties on 99% of all tariff lines, https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/countries-and-regions/canada/eu-canada-agreement_en

Keep up to date! Trump declared he has already made 200 deals! 🤣

The art of the retreat! 🤣 He's too dumb to be tactical! From his perspective, it was stupid to put tariffs on such a high number of countries at the same time, representing more than 70% of U.S. foreign trade. He should have targeted them one after the other (at least for the largest economies).

By the way where is that client list touted by MAGAs? 🤣

It's getting worse for Trump every day. https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating

Core Trumpers may remain faithful, but the others are starting to see Trump as he really is! https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating

B.S. debunked MAGA propaganda! 🤣

Calling other posters broken record! 🤣

More American citizen arrested for robbery! 🤣 https://mpdc.dc.gov/node/1777666

It looks like it's UK bullying itself! 🤣 Reeves suggests UK trade with EU more important than US https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99p5nrr53mo