The UK and Canada have been hanging on to the old defence relationship with the US like grim death. The whole thing needs a hard, long look...

NGL, I'm legit concerned for those other planes that have been labelled "damaged."

It's 25th Amendment time for the demented man in the White House. .

Hey there a war crime

The absolute inability to say *anything* negative about Trump and the US detracts from this statement's gravity. Why are the straits closed in the first place? www.gov.uk/government/n...

The right wing of the CPC is composed of religious nuts, Maple MAGA and conspiracy crazies. Want proof?

News flash Trump can't change a fucking thing about NATO. Nothing. Not even a change in the parking arrangements in Mons. Fuck all the way off with this shit and stop humouring his stupid "ideas". Holy fuck.

I'm off comms a bit, but I see things are still just peachy with Trump's idiotic war.

This dork is second-in-line to the presidency of the United States. LOL

Not that Dems need to be more hawkish or anything but they should absolutely run on “they wasted billions of dollars, munitions, and lives to produce one of the greatest strategic failures in American history”

Amazing. But it seems that the US is *assuming* that Iran will emerge from the war vastly stronger. able to either dictate or seriously contest sovereignty over the strait, exact tolls, etc.

This is my shocked face.

This obviously benefits Canada too.

Pete Hegseth removed 4 decorated Army officers—2 Black, 2 women—from a promotion list. The Army Secretary refused, calling their records exemplary. Hegseth overrode it. Possibly illegally. They gave decades to this country. He erased them & called it meritocracy. This is white Christian nationalism.

Who talks like this? The language out of Trump's administration - at all levels - is almost illiterate. I got used to the US military's "isms", but the ones lately are beyond parody.

These are insane numbers. Trump was denying this just a week or so ago. And a lot of the interceptors were used to down $50k drones. What a mess.

They're utterly stupid. I mean, Patel is another frat boy appointed waaay above his abilities.

🎯🎯

A *Special* Military Operation??

Leavitt: "What's best for the United States is what's best for the whole world." "The President is the leader of the free world." The arrogance and self-centeredness is stunning.... #cdnpoli #ukpol #auspol #ukpol

American hubris writ large… “We’ve defeated you, dammit!”

As I said about USCENTCOM a few days ago…buyer beware.

Iran building up defenses of Kharg Island to protect against potential US ground attack, sources say https://fascinating.news/r/Qv8AJCae

Trump’s “fuck it all up and declare victory“ strategy seems to have been a masterful gambit.

*spit take* LOL

This is what happens when you lean far too much on technical means to generate actionable intelligence, something that isn’t new for the US.

Is this part of the Golden Dome? Because it has the same chance of success.

Remember, nothing Trump says is true. Not a word.

He's a nut job. And he lies as often as he blinks

This means more than people realize. When command staff deploys, shit can happen.

Aaaaaand here come the troops:

This is absolutely correct. Especially as Trump lies constantly.

France’s army chief, Fabien Mandon, warned that the United States is becoming “increasingly unpredictable,” affecting France’s security and interests.

Operation what? 🫩

I like how we’re just openly discussing plans and units to be involved, very clean on OPSEC

I never did see any independent confirmation of this strike. If someone has, please let me know. The US would have all the launch data if this was a real thing.

The International Energy Agency has announced that this energy crisis caused by Trump and Netanyahu’s war is worse than the 1970s oil crisis and the one following Russia's invasion of Ukraine combined. Record-breaking work for all involved.

What time did the NYSE open this morning?

When Iranian media is more credible than the President of the US, America is in *deep* trouble.

I guess Rutte thinks he's executing some clever appeasement strategy. But not only is this pathetic, it is also utterly foolish: We have plenty of evidence that the only thing that works to curtail Trump is proper pushback. Pitiful groveling only helps to constitute the world order Trump desires.

So, Trump makes up imaginary talks with Iran, gets the market to surge, cancels his “strikes”, only to have the market tank when Iran denies it. TACO. Who could have foreseen…oh never mind.

*facepalm*

Rutte is the worst possible person to be NATO Secretary at this moment in its history, as he has demonstrated repeatedly. A perfect storm right now set up for NATO’s demise. bsky.app/profile/atru...

I thought the US had won the war?

“Tells allies”. I know how this went. “Since you are too cowardly to participate in our war, we are “forced” to conduct land ops. It’s all YOUR fault!”

“Forced”