This will force the EU to double (or more) it's defense spending and to raise armies prepared to replace US troops who have been on standby for 80 years. I see this as an unforeseen benefit.
However, rule by consensus does not work. There must be a way of bypassing Orban and others who stand in as Putin protectors.
We’re all groping in the dark here because it’s not just trump, but JD, Elon, Thiel and the P25 fascist cabal. Ukraine, Poland, Europe, and the British Commonwealth nations are still anti-authoritarian but the US has a lot of leverage and will use it. How I wish Europe could be free from US support.
How feasible is the theory that Thiel, Musk and the other billionaire's financing Trump's comeback want to do a backroom deal with Putin to access a chunk of Ukraine's $26 Trillion in rare earths, minerals and natural gas deposits within the occupied regions? Russia would keep the natural gas rights to block Ukraine from competing in the European market and the tech billionaires get access to the rare earths needed for industrial batteries and quantum computing.
I think you are vastly overstating the support from the Biden administration to date, and their desire to send everything possible while they still have the reigns of power, and completely ignoring the restrictions on how some of that support is actually used by Ukraine. It is even more imperative that the EU and G7 step up yesterday to cover for the lack of US support.
Also worth a look:
https://lesiadubenko.substack.com/p/oh-were-totally-ok-with-trump-zelenskyy
I’m rather more pessimistic. Trump is not a reliable player, he’s a user.
I agree. But I also don't blame the Ukrainians for attempting to make the best of the circumstances.
They’ll do what they have to do. Do you think they’ll cede Crimea and Donbas?
I don't see them permanently giving up chunks of their country.
Accepting a ceasefire before they're reclaimed them? I could see that.
This will force the EU to double (or more) it's defense spending and to raise armies prepared to replace US troops who have been on standby for 80 years. I see this as an unforeseen benefit.
However, rule by consensus does not work. There must be a way of bypassing Orban and others who stand in as Putin protectors.
We’re all groping in the dark here because it’s not just trump, but JD, Elon, Thiel and the P25 fascist cabal. Ukraine, Poland, Europe, and the British Commonwealth nations are still anti-authoritarian but the US has a lot of leverage and will use it. How I wish Europe could be free from US support.
How feasible is the theory that Thiel, Musk and the other billionaire's financing Trump's comeback want to do a backroom deal with Putin to access a chunk of Ukraine's $26 Trillion in rare earths, minerals and natural gas deposits within the occupied regions? Russia would keep the natural gas rights to block Ukraine from competing in the European market and the tech billionaires get access to the rare earths needed for industrial batteries and quantum computing.
I think you are vastly overstating the support from the Biden administration to date, and their desire to send everything possible while they still have the reigns of power, and completely ignoring the restrictions on how some of that support is actually used by Ukraine. It is even more imperative that the EU and G7 step up yesterday to cover for the lack of US support.