Sospensione del supporto statunitense per l’Ucraina una “battuta d’arresto grave”, afferma Taoiseach

I hope he does not get paid a dime for stating the obvious every time something happens in world politics ~ he must be the biggest React Andy in the modern politics. But while it works for streamers the bar should be hire for MM.

I’m sure with a bowl of shamrock, a handshake and some serious brown-nosing, he’ll come around.

We should be calling for Ukraine and Russia to agree to a ceasefire. That’s what we all want surely

Edit: never thought someone would be down voted for calling for a ceasefire in a war. Kinda fucked up.

The US is now the paramedic who steals your watch while you have a heart attack.

Not only the suspension of Ukraine aid, but there are talks that he is looking to withdraw sanctions on Russia. At the same time, is imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China and the EU, which will most likely destabilise the US economy and put them in a recession. His antics are not only destabilising the world but there are shifting power dynamics occurring as a result of what’s happening- it seems the US is somewhat aligned with Russia at a minimum, the other power is china, and the only competition to their dominance is the EU.

It is vital that we increase trade and cooperation with non-EU friendly countries like Canada. It’s also vital that we cooperate on increased preparedness for a things to get messy with cyberattacks, misinformation warfare, and more. It is also probably a good time to move away from US products and US digital services (severely lacking thanks to our un-strategic dependence on the US) but hopefully EU leaders move fast.

It seems quite obvious at this stage that Trump is a Russian asset. Or at the very minimum, the Russians have dirt on him that he doesn’t want exposed.

Bit of an understatement there. The world is rapidly going to have to make some tough choices which hopefully will be not giving Putin what he wants which would lead to the eradication of Ukraine and embolden him for furthering his mad fantasy of restoring the USSR. Unfortunately the relative peace and prosperity of the last 80 years brought about by post WWII geopolitics, is coming crashing to an end. The alternative is to fight to stabilize the European position in this new reality in the face of an expansionist Russia and a rapidly destabilizing and compromised US. Unfortunately we are living in interesting times.

I may possess a complete lack of understanding but if other countries continue to fund one side of this war is it going to continue endlessly with however many more deaths and destruction or if Ukraine is left on its own it has no choice but give up and stop. The people dying on the ground, will they be any better off whatever way it pans out ?

People commenting on this thread might want to read a book or two 🥴

Maybe it’s just me but the ‘Irish American’ Trump supporters seem to have gone quiet, my circle anyway.

That’s just great. If we the EU taxpayers were already footing a massive bill for this Ukraine war business – and I’m talking real taxpayers here, not the other half who munches on what we pay – I’m expecting now my finances to be choked to death by Mr Von de Leyen & Co. We, the taxpayers, are officially and royally fked.

I’m seriously thinking of uprooting myself and the family over somewhere far away from all this. This is all going to get much, much worse.