When Trump lied and slandered European troops by saying that they avoided the front lines in Afghanistan, it was no mistake. It was a deliberate attempt to run down NATO in American eyes, to try and condition the American people to accept the end of the alliance.

If you don't admit that the Trumpian Board of Peace is likely a vehicle to corruptly funnel funds between dictators, authoritarians and their wannabes, you are wilfully refusing to understand the era we are living through. Its all about who controls the money and where it goes.

This u?

US government now run by the kind of people who make clickbait YouTube thumbnails about how the latest Marvel movie sucks because it has a woman in it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Expect Trump to try and bully Ukraine into giving Putin everything he wants. Europe needs to step up and fully support Ukraine

457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan. Trump avoided military service 5 times. How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.

Here is a key part of President's Zelensky's address in Davos yesterday. What he says outwardly and implicitly is key. Trump actually hates Europe today, will not change, Europe needs to accept that and look after itself. Bravo!

It is now more than two weeks since we were told that Trump had "greelit" the Graham-Blumenthal sanctions bill on Russia. I thought a vote was going to be scheduled right away. Where is it? Looks like we might have to wait another two weeks....

Perhaps Nigel Farage would like to explain to the families of British soldiers killed in Iraq why he’s such a good pal of Donald ‘bonespurs’ Trump?

Lessons from this farrago: 1. He rules by whim. Be ready for anything, however absurd 2. Things said yesterday are irrelevant today 3. Favours will not be repaid. Sucking-up gets you sweet FA 4. ”Friends” & ”allies” = meaningless terms* 5. A strong United front works 6. Hurt the markets, hurt him**

Who is going to tell him

#Carney... providing the leadership the West needs...

Zelensky is entirely justified in speaking bluntly like this to Europeans. Too many seem willing to see Ukrainians suffer to provide Europe greater time and security, without acknowledging that Ukraine’s fight is their own.

🚨🚨"Our American Dream is dead": European governments have reached a difficult conclusion: The Americans are the baddies now. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...

Trump's speech included a line that any non-US NATO policymakers breathing a sigh of relief today should note: he doesn't see the point of defending territory the US doesn't own. Which would seem to rule out Article V.

And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.

Meanwhile, Britain finds itself lost between two worlds. We were told we didn’t need Europe, we could rely on the transatlantic relationship. They couldn’t have been more wrong.

The last few days have provided Europeans with an important lesson on how to handle Trump. Don't beg, don't bluster, but do use the leverage you have to impose costs of him for his reckless behavior. European Greenland actions should inform their Ukraine policy. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Very, very different to what Trump wanted and has been implying.

Kellogg: “Russia is not winning this war. They’re not… “Right now, I think he does not want to become Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia. I think he's trying to figure out a way to get out of this thing, because he knows he is not going to end up winning this war.”

Former Trump envoy Keith Kellogg: “If Ukraine survives this winter – January, February – and reaches March, April, the advantage will be on the side of Ukraine.”

When Europe shows its true strength, dictators back down. Apply this lesson to Russia.

I understand the logic of providing Trump an off-ramp so he can back out with some dignity, but I think it's dangerous to do so. Each time these issues are resolved this way, he will be tempted to conduct himself this way again. What he needs is a public spanking.

Mark Carney has delivered one of the most important speeches of our era. There is a better future waiting for Britain if we dare to follow his example. inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

lol Mark Rutte isn't empowered to offer Trump a hug, let alone anything approaching what he's been demanding on Greenland. This is TACO so pure ICE is going to Kavanaugh Stop it.

Trump drops his European tariffs threat.

TACO Trump strikes again.

It's clear Trump is a deranged nutcase. At which point, it is no longer about him but about everyone still surrounding and supporting him. It is those people who need to be in the dock at the eventual 'Nuremburg trial'.

All it takes for Trump to change his mind is for some journalist to ask him whether he really means it. The problem with Trump is that journalists have incredible policy formation power now that a single leading question can give him an idea, which then becomes policy instantly in a live interview

Folks, blanket blaming of USAmericans is precisely the kind of behaviour we should be avoiding. I had a witty way to put it, but this isn't funny. Please desist.

I felt the clarification useful precisely because a misreading of it could aid complacency about or inaction towards the threat of totalitarianism.

Ok fine it's a no.

Time for some geopolitical home truths. Starting with the new liberal darling Mark Carney. "building coalitions". But rejecting reopening trade talks with the UK because Canadian farmers object to the UK banning hormone treated beef.

I just hope he holds to this and follows Carney’s lead

Western leaders tiptoeing around hoping things can be patched up are making mistake. Appeasement doesn’t work. Starmer should make clear to British public what’s at stake and prepare them for rough road ahead. I believe Brits wd respond positively, and be willing to accept some costs. Self respect.

Quite irritated by this Love Actually description about UK-US relations. It is not about having a tantrum in public then getting twatted for it. It's about taking concrete action to reduce UK dependency on a country which no longer respects us or shares our values.

‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump

Eloquently articulates damage US is doing to world order. Refuses to elaborate further. Leaves.

Don't know if this sort of rhetoric has caught up with the fact that Reform's base are the most dependent on welfare of any party's

Satire often relies on exaggeration having some sort of comic effect. How do you exaggerate this?

Fascinating how tone deaf US political elites have been towards European anger. From Newsom among Dems who failed to beat Trump berating Euro diplomacy, Schumer rattling out domestic guff to Graham and Bessent telling Euros to stop being hysterical. Just speeds up European rejection of America

Not just Chairman for life but with a veto, and rights to designate his successor, to wind the body up, and to appoint/dismiss all members of the Executive Board, which controls the accounts (and so could allow transfer of assets, such as the $1bn entry fees, to a certain individual’s bank account).

Can we speak the truth on this? Trump has been "unable to end the war" because he has failed to bully and threaten Ukraine into accepting a deal that would make Putin happy.

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows

🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them: "We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be." "What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)

This is why solidarity is everything. If you vote for the bigot to persecute the people you’re bigoted against, don’t be surprised if he comes for you

Mark Carney gave the best speech at Davos by far. He understands the situation with clarity while others prevaricate, appease, and send late-night “Dear Donald” texts or call him “daddy.”