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Again read forum rules. I assume you're aware trump is placing tariffs on the Australian steel and alumina products. Last time trump was in power he cost Australian industry tens of billions dollars in lost revenue.

So far as I know Harris did not publicly call for billion dollar donations promising specific support for the donor's industry.

It isn't unless legislation is passed to enable.

More than half of the over 1.8 million electric vehicles Tesla globally delivered last year came from the Shanghai plant. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202401/04/WS65964e5da3105f21a507a908.html Tesla opens $200m battery factory in China despite trade war tensions https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/tesla-factory-battery-china-trump-trade-war-b2696663.html

Leading up to the election trump requested $1 billion from oil industry execs and promised to take care of them: "Drill baby, drill"...Now we see trump trying to help out Musk with payback in the pipeline. trump bibles printed in PRC etc. trump is the swamp, astonishingly corrupt and MAGA doesn't seem to even raise an eyebrow!

More than interesting Musk is now donating $100 million to a trump PAC - MAGA corruption in full sight! https://www.axios.com/2025/03/12/musk-trump-100-million-donation-political-operation

Lets see the outcome of the current Administration actions in four years time. My guess, with the overwhelming hubris of the MAGA movement, US will be on a downhill trend.

Proof?

No. A ghost writer wrote the book. Got to question who actually is in the drivers seat for Ukraine negotiations, 'cause trump isn't there. He will turn up to sign stuff when negotiations are completed. For the meantime Russia has to agree with the temporary ceasefire. Obviously gives time for both sides to rearm etc. But trump withdrawal of support provided some leway for Russia to regain some territory in Kursk thereby weakening Ukraine's negotiating position

I'm always rather astonished the amount of trust trump supporters place on his claims. So far as I know trump personally hasn't closed any international diplomacy deals to end conflicts (surrendered to Taliban) and very few trade deals. Trump's renowned for unilaterally withdrawing from / cancelling international agreements, but otherwise....

Interesting clarification on the use of Starlink and Starshield use in Ukraine, one has to assume there are Top Secret T&Cs Ukrainian officials have acknowledged their over-reliance on Starlink but could not find an equivalent in terms of coverage or quality of service.[42] A US Department of Defense official said in 2022 that other entities existed to provide communications on the battlefields in Ukraine as an alternative to Starlink.[77] A contractual arrangement with SpaceX for Starlink in Ukraine, as well as Starshield, a separate military-focused version of Starlink, seem to have been the solutions chosen by the DoD and SpaceX against the restrictions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russian-Ukrainian_War#:~:text=SpaceX said that to the,doesn't work in Russia.

OK. I had understood imagery was cut off after Zelensky WH meeting. We do know trump has ceased supply of military intelligence which one assumes has more 'value' than Starlink. Musk has now promised to keep Starlink available for Ukraine, For sure Musk would terminate at trump's instruction; for the meantime... https://www.voanews.com/a/after-poland-spat-musk-vows-ukraine-can-keep-starlink/8004518.html

No need to be rude; are you a MAGA supporter? As I understand currently Starlink and a few others are temporally banned. I assume. unless the talks in KSR progress more bans will be applied. Some more detail below as of 7 March... https://breakingdefense.com/2025/03/nga-suspends-ukraines-access-to-commercial-satellite-imagery/

Trump's Halt on Ukraine Military Aid Puts U.S. Defense Contracts, Palantir at Riskhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-halt-ukraine-military-aid-175735755.html

Yes, unprovoked. It's not Russia's legal prerogative to dictate what a sovereign state can or cannot do within their own territory.I suggest you might learn some truths by not condoning BS from trump and Co or other pro Russian propaganda outlets.

Starlink and other US associated services withdrawn at the behest of trump Admin.

Your immersion in MAGA world is extremely annoying. Would be great if you did some fact checking before posting your drivel. e.g. https://apnews.com/article/usaid-funding-trump-musk-misinformation-c544a5fa1fe788da10ec714f462883d1

No: Russia has killed tens of thousands and some hundreds of thousands of their own people have been killed. Since at least 2014 Russia has been acting illegally by attacking a sovereign nation. How about changing your tune and acknowledge the truth. Putin is at fault for the insurgency and invasion, thereby creating god knows how many dead and injured and destruction of infrastructure.

No mention of extortion a la trump... https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-ukraine-sign-landmark-100-year-partnership-to-deepen-security-ties-and-strengthen-partnership-for-future-generations

Firstly it isn't "my war"; it's Putin's unprovoked and illegal invasion, Prior to this it was Russian insurgency that generated approx 10,000 deaths in the Donbas region commencing 2014. Ukraine was losing territory in Eastern Ukraine during trump's first Presidency due to the Russian insurgency. It's been reported hundreds of Ukrainians have been killed since trump stopped providing satellite intelligence and arms resupply. Please stop your nonsense and apologist crap for trump and Putin. Shame NZ isn't being invaded by PRC, then you could keep occupied lobbying for surrender for "peace".

Don't you think Zelensky, representing the Ukrainian people and Cabinet, should be the one outlining the rules for disengagement. As has been said, for some unfathomable reason trump has handed over the "cards" to Russia by enabling Putin's military to kill even more Ukrainians and take over more territory prior to finalising an agreement. Why has trump made these decisions, one would think isn't so stupid not to know the outcome of his recent decisions. So again I ask why as I can only conclude he is a traitor to Western democracy or utterly stupid.

As required by forum rules please provide link to Biden cancelling delivery of Javelin missiles. As I understand Biden lifted sanctions on a new pipeline to Germany for their energy needs, not to appease Russia.

Churchill gave some advantages to USSR at Yalta and prior. Stalin occupied a number of countries, contrary to agreements to hand back (remember Iron Curtain). Sure terrible number of casualties mainly due to Stalin's tactics. But this OP is not about WW11 so no more from me on this matter.

No. Russia is the aggressor, it's for Russia to pull out from a sovereign country territory, though we know it not going to happen whilst trump is supporting Russia.

Have the Ukrainian indicated they want to surrender - NO.