Well, well, well: President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to sign a landmark mineral deal Friday that represents a breakthrough in their relationship, but leaves the work of hashing out the financial details for a later … Continue reading →
And if so, why? Commenter “mkent” offers this idea: Trump has said as a part of the ceasefire he’ll lift Western sanctions against Russia. It’s these sanctions which have ground Russian war production to a halt. They are having great … Continue reading →
I realize that Trump actually said a great many things about Ukraine and about Zelensky, some of them contradictory. That’s par for the course for Trump. I think I’ve made it clear that I find some of those things alarming, … Continue reading →
I find some recent Ukraine moves of Trump’s potentially alarming. Are we looking at an example of Trump’s mutable opening negotiation positions, meant to make Putin think he’s with him all the way, but expected to change? Or is Trump … Continue reading →
Many people expect him to abandon the country, throw it to the Putin wolf. I’ve never thought that would happen. But I do think that, in characteristic fashion, he’ll change our relationship to Ukraine in accordance with his own priorities … Continue reading →
Lots of the back-and-forth can be found here. As far as I can tell, it seemed quite cordial. Remember that they have a history and know each other. Of course, we don’t know what they said behind closed doors. But … Continue reading →
This: The House of Representatives on April 20 rejected another border security bill. A person might be forgiven if, on reading that, he or she concludes that Republicans didn’t favor it. After all, the GOP controls the House (although barely), … Continue reading →
Last night there was a horrific massacre at the start of a concert in a large venue in Moscow. The fog of war is still operating, but it appears that at least a hundred people were killed and that the … Continue reading →
A discussion of the topic in today’s open thread has convinced me to write a separate post about Trump’s position on aid to Ukraine. Hungary’s Orban – Putin’s closest ally in Europe – has started a rumor that Trump won’t … Continue reading →
Prigozhin’s plane has crashed, apparently killing everyone onboard: Prigozhin, an ex-convict turned billionaire, was to leave for Belarus as part of an amnesty deal offered by President Vladimir Putin to him and his mercenary force. While thousands of his armed … Continue reading →
Joe Biden’s bragging about his threats to withhold aid to Ukraine unless the prosecutor Shokin was fired always had a strong stench of corruption and protection of his son Hunter. Always. And yet the MSM and many others insisted it … Continue reading →
Yesterday the big news was that Hunter Biden’s former business associate Devon Archer testified before Congress and said that Joe Biden talked to Hunter’s business associates at least 20 times, but they all just chatted about stuff like the weather. … Continue reading →