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It's all interconnected. Of course it is:

"As JD Vance touched down in Greenland, the Trump administration received an unlikely endorsement for the US’s first potential territorial expansion since 1947: Vladimir Putin. …

It does not take a Kremlinologist to understand why Putin has come out in support of Trump’s annexation plan."

~ Andrew Roth


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theguardian.com/world/2025/mar

The Guardian · Putin’s endorsement of Trump’s Greenland takeover reflects their vision of a new world orderBy Andrew Roth

"As US power recedes in Europe, the Kremlin is seizing its chance to establish its long-awaited 'multipolar world' in which it holds dominion over a sphere of influence, particularly in Ukraine and Belarus. Putin has railed against US hegemony since his Munich speech of 2007, and he finally has a US president who is just as derisive of the postwar order as he is."


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William Lindsey :toad:

"At some point, we need to get the message. Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy and pal, did his best to say it loud and clear this week when he dismissed Starmer’s plan for an international 'reassurance' force to support a ceasefire in Ukraine as 'a posture and a pose', calling it the 'simplistic' result of the PM and others thinking 'we have all got to be like Winston Churchill'."

~ J. Freedland


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theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Trump is upending everything. The world’s leaders must tell the truth about what that meansBy Jonathan Freedland

"In that same interview, Witkoff said how much he 'liked' Putin, whom he praised as 'gracious', 'super-smart' and 'straight up', before revealing that the Russian leader had commissioned a portrait of the US president as a gift.

The penny should be dropping by now."


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