'America has Turned' | Drudge Retort

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Historian Heather Cox Richardson writes about how recent days will be viewed in history from the perspective of Europe. This time "will live in infamy" Richardson quotes the London's Financial Times editorial board: "[i]n the past ten days, [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership." Instead, it has become an "unabashed predator," allied with Russia and other countries the U.S. formerly saw as adversaries.

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I expect to be explaining this all to some German shortly. Among the things that I will tell him.

1) I didn't vote for that bastard, Trump. A lot of us didn't.

2) I am sorry that this wasn't enough. If it's any consolation, the people who support Trump are already paying through their noses.

3) Keep NATO and expand it. At this point just assume that the United States isn't part of it. Stop sharing intelligence information with us.

4) About a dozen NATO countries including Germany could acquire nukes. Do that.

5) You need a much bigger fleet.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 10:45 AM

At home, on Veterans Day. let's stop showing "Saving Private Ryan".

On the 4th of July, stop showing "The Sands of Iwo Jima".

Neither film represents this country any more.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 10:48 AM

I would say to that German: At this point in time Germany is a much better country than the USA.

I would say: keep your democracy as an inspiration to those of us in America who have not given up hope.

I would say: No thanks. I don't wan to emigrate, though I could. I'm going to help ride this thing out and maybe the next time I speak with you I can look you in the eye again.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 10:52 AM

You still alive?

#4 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-02-25 11:02 AM

You still alive?

#4 | POSTED BY FORTFISHER

You still getting your welfare, er, Social Security checks?

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 11:16 AM

#4 | POSTED BY FORTFISHER

You know, when I talk to these Germans they are bound to ask me about people like you.

Would you like to say a word in your defense that I can pass along?

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 11:17 AM

The hand wringing is off the charts.

All will be right if the Democrats can get off the racist train.

#7 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-25 11:20 AM

SIG HIEL!

#8 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-02-25 11:21 AM

Elon Musk is apparently our unelected co-President. He is a racist piece of filth who left his own country because the black majority rule and the abolition of apartheid. He hopes to reignite racism here in the U.S. Donald Trump is exactly the same.

#9 | Posted by danni at 2025-02-25 11:24 AM

We have entered some ugly times, and this is just the opening act. The general trajectory of the arc is probably the predictable one (leading to terminal flame-out); it's the particulars lying ahead, as yet undiscerned, that could be pretty horrific.

#10 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-02-25 11:24 AM

SIG HIEL!

#8 | POSTED BY FORTFISHER

Great. I will pass that on, although I'm pretty sure it's what they already expected from you.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 11:28 AM

The hand wringing is off the charts.

#7 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

So it's all like business and usual and nothing bad has happened?

When do you start to be upset? Is there any red line at all or are you just awaiting your appointment as Party Block Monitor?

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 11:31 AM

-I expect to be explaining this all to some German shortly.

some German?

You mean your Adolph Hitler doll?

You realize nobody here thinks you're going to actually talk to an actual German, right?

#13 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 11:33 AM

"The hand wringing is off the charts."

The attack on the rule of law is "off the charts".

The chaos and confusion are "off the charts".

Trumpy's attacks on American Citizens is "off the charts".

Your lack of concern for fellow Americans is "off the charts".

The Gulf of Mexico is now "off the charts".

Just as Ukraine will soon be "off the charts".

#14 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-25 11:37 AM

You realize nobody here thinks you're going to actually talk to an actual German, right?

#13 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Has some large animal kicked you in the head recently?

Searching for a theory here.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 11:37 AM

"Yesterday the European Union imposed more sanctions on Russia. Today the United Kingdom announced a sweeping package of sanctions rivaling those of the war's early days. They include sanctions against companies in various countries that supply components like tools, electronics, and microprocessors for Russian munitions. The sanctions also include Russian oligarchs, ships transporting Russian oil, and North Korea's defense minister No Kwang Chol, whom the U.K. holds responsible for deploying North Korean soldiers to help Russia."

Why did they wait until now to do these things?

Why not do this shortly after the initial invasion?

Can anybody in Europe wipe their ass without relying on the US for the toilet paper?

#16 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 11:40 AM

Can anybody in Europe wipe their ass without relying on the US for the toilet paper?

#16 | POSTED BY EBERLY

When I get there I'll ask them.

#17 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 11:43 AM

Yesterday the European Union imposed more sanctions on Russia. Today the United Kingdom announced a sweeping package of sanctions rivaling those of the war's early days. They include sanctions against companies in various countries that supply components like tools, electronics, and microprocessors for Russian munitions. The sanctions also include Russian oligarchs, ships transporting Russian oil, and North Korea's defense minister No Kwang Chol, whom the U.K. holds responsible for deploying North Korean soldiers to help Russia."

Why did they wait until now to do these things?

Why not do this shortly after the initial invasion?

Can anybody in Europe wipe their ass without relying on the US for the toilet paper?

Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 11:40 AM | Reply

Maybe because America was doing the sanctions so they didn't feel the need to until Trump sold our country out to Putin. You understand??

#18 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-02-25 11:48 AM

-You understand??

understand what? That you typed "maybe" in front of a sentence so that they aren't really your words? Drop the maybe or just admit you're guessing.

We all question why the US is counted on to the world's policeman.

When we get our friends to get off their asses and do something for themselves to solve a problem in their own damn backyard.....you call that "selling our country out".

I'm not going to call it anything at this point. I know...that makes me a traitor. Have fun attacking me. But it doesn't solve anything.

But you're acknowledging that all of Europe does nothing and counts entirely on the US for their security.

It seems......

#19 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 11:57 AM

We all question why the US is counted on to the world's policeman.

#19 | Posted by eberly

No one with a brain asks that.

Everyone knows the US polices where doing so benefits us somehow more than the cost of policing.

#20 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-02-25 12:00 PM

"We all question why the US is counted on to the world's policeman."

Let me answer: commerce.

Same reason the robber barons hired the Pinkertons.

The US military greases the machinery of world trade.

#21 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-02-25 12:02 PM

you misspelled "everybody" with a brain....

It gets asked by everybody when we're bringing back dead soldiers and there is a political argument over it.

#22 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 12:04 PM

22 | POSTED BY EBERLY

The recently murdered world order was designed to prevent another World War.

It's been doing it's job.

This fascist radicalism has made everyone much less safe.

Including you happy-go-lucky folks in Kansas.

#23 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:11 PM

It's interesting how some posters are totally fine with Trump creating a rift between America and the nations we considered allies.

The shortsightedness is baffling.

A lot of you don't realize what Trump's actions will mean for your kids and grandkids.

Best of luck!

#24 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-25 12:12 PM

-When I get there I'll ask them.

going on a trip?

#25 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 12:13 PM

I'm not totally fine with anything.

But it's interesting to be lectured about how to worry about my kids and grandkids from a childless person.

#26 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 12:17 PM

25 | POSTED BY EBERLY

A couple, actually.

Going to see Loch Ness for the first time in the Fall.

Want a postcard?

#27 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:17 PM

But it's interesting to be lectured about how to worry about my kids and grandkids from a childless person.

#26 | POSTED BY EBERLY

I think that he expects you to respond as a person with children.

#28 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:17 PM

"The recently murdered world order was designed to prevent another World War.

It's been doing it's job."

Does anybody want to take a crack at interpreting this from Zedspeak into English?

I've been kicked in the head by an animal....I'm a little off today.

#29 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 12:18 PM

" Going to see Loch Ness for the first time in the Fall.

Want a postcard?

#27 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2025-02-25 12:17 PM | REPLY | FLAG:"

Be careful. Nessie bites.

#30 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-25 12:19 PM

I've been kicked in the head by an animal....I'm a little off today.

#29 | POSTED BY EBERLY

We are making allowances.

What didn't you understand?

#31 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:20 PM

-I think that he expects you to respond as a person with children.

I don't think my children is symbolic that I'm more of a forward thinking and patriotic American than he is.

I might actually be a more forward thinking and patriotic American than you all.

but my kids aren't why

#32 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 12:22 PM

" Has some large animal kicked you in the head recently?

#15 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2025-02-25 11:37 AM | FLAG: "

His eyes aren't crossed any more!

#33 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-25 12:23 PM

In related news:

LA County sent an email that they have just completed debris clean up on the first property.
One down, 10,000 more to go!

God speed.

#34 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-25 12:29 PM

But it's interesting to be lectured about how to worry about my kids and grandkids from a childless person.

#26 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Gold! This is gold, never thought about this.

Now that we know which (mostly) posters are female, we should also know their kid kount.

#35 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-25 12:31 PM

I might actually be a more forward thinking and patriotic American than you all.

#32 | POSTED BY EBERLY

A patriotic American whom Donald Trump has made your children and your grandchildren more likely to die in a war.

#36 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:34 PM

He is a racist piece of filth who left his own country because the black majority rule and the abolition of apartheid.

Actually he left to avoid being drafted.

#37 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-02-25 12:34 PM

" A patriotic American whom Donald Trump has made your children and your grandchildren more likely to die in a war.

#36 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2025-02-25 12:34 PM | FLAG: "

One of the things I liked about his first term was no new wars.

#38 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-25 12:38 PM

One of the things I liked about his (Donald's) first term was no new wars.

#38 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Only if you toss certain things down the memory hole.

#39 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:40 PM

Why not do this shortly after the initial invasion?

#16 | Posted by eberly

I'll take a stab at this. Perhaps it was because they were afraid Russia would cut of their main source of fossil fuels? Although, they should probably be equally concerned that Trump could do the same.

#40 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-02-25 12:40 PM

One of the things I liked about his (Donald's) first term was no new wars.

#38 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

A war is coming.

#41 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:41 PM

-A patriotic American whom Donald Trump has made your children and your grandchildren more likely to die in a war.

I have a 17 year old son.

Who's considering an academy appointment.

This hits close to home......

#42 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 12:43 PM

Hey Zed, after you change your underwear just move out of the country for God's sake. The country made it loud and clear in November that your kind just plain sucks. Do everyone a favor and hide in a cave and suck your thumb.

#43 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-25 12:44 PM

All will be right if the Democrats can get off the racist train.

#7 | Posted by oneironaut

Bigotry is largely an American cultural issue that should not be attributed to a specific party. Although, it's generally one party that is constantly trying to erode civil rights. And it's not the Democrats.

#44 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-02-25 12:44 PM

" A war is coming.

#41 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2025-02-25 12:41 PM | FLAG: "

Based on what happened during first term? If history is a guide your prediction is likely wrong.

#45 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-25 12:45 PM

Hey Zed, after you change your underwear

#43 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

I'll be glad to send it to you. Please post address.

#46 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:46 PM

" A war is coming.

#41 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2025-02-25 12:41 PM | FLAG: "

No new wars during his first term. That is a statement of fact.

#47 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-25 12:47 PM

" Bigotry is largely an American cultural issue that should not be attributed to a specific party. Although, it's generally one party that is constantly trying to erode civil rights. And it's not the Democrats.

#44 | POSTED BY WHATSLEFT AT 2025-02-25 12:44 PM | FLAG: "

Tell that to girls and women and then duck.

#48 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-25 12:48 PM

#45 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

A war is coming based upon Trump gutting the security apparatus.

That's just fro a start.

The man is weak and stupid; and all of his weaknesses are better understood by our enemies than they are people like FORTFISHER.

#49 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:48 PM

This hits close to home......

#42 | POSTED BY EBERLY

I know that you are proud of your son. I hope he accepts that Academy appointment.

But we have to admit reality: The chances for a war, for a big war, have increased in the last five weeks.

Unconventional warfare in the form of successful terror attacks first.

#50 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:51 PM

" A war is coming based upon Trump gutting the security apparatus."

That's not what I'm witnessing. But, I'm a humble man and don't own a crystal ball, so ...

#51 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-25 12:52 PM

The country made it loud and clear in November that your kind just plain sucks.

#43 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

The country didn't expect to get what it got.

I know that's just damned stupid, based on Trump's history of behavior.

But we live in an era where stupid is king.

Enjoy royalty while you can.

#52 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:52 PM

No new wars during his first term. That is a statement of fact.

Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-25 12:47 PM | Reply

Wrong. Trump attacked Syria in retaliation for the suspected chemical attack. While not an officially declared one. It still was an act of war. Just sayin

#53 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-02-25 12:54 PM

That's not what I'm witnessing.

#51 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Then it's up to you to describe what it is you think is going on.

What I AM witnessing is the weakest, most unprotected, moment in the United States in five generations.

We are going to get hit, and it's going to be bad.

#54 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:54 PM

Why not do this shortly after the initial invasion?

Can anybody in Europe wipe their ass without relying on the US for the toilet paper?

Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 11:40 AM | Reply

Maybe because America was doing the sanctions so they didn't feel the need to until Trump sold our country out to Putin. You understand??

#18 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-02-25 11:48 AM | Reply | Flag:
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Laura, you're predictably useless in regards to foreign policy. If Trumps ends the war in Ukraine by getting concessions from both Putin and Zelinsky you will no matter what say Trump sold out to Putin. Pull a string on your back and the same thing comes out of your mouth everytime. If the war ends, people stop dying and we stop sending Ukraine billions every year you will still be pissed because it happened under Trump.

#55 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-25 12:54 PM

We all question why the US is counted on to [be] the world's policeman.

#19 | Posted by eberly

Because since 1919 or so the US has always wanted to play that role.

#56 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-02-25 12:56 PM

#55 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Trump is selling out to Putin.

Right now.

Jeez.

When there is another war it will take you people a solid year to admit it.

#57 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:58 PM

-Perhaps it was because they were afraid Russia would cut of their main source of fossil fuels

No question that's a factor.

#58 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 12:58 PM

" We all question why the US is counted on to [be] the world's policeman.

#19 | Posted by eberly

Because since 1919 or so the US has always wanted to play that role.

#56 | POSTED BY DBT2 AT 2025-02-25 12:56 PM | FLAG: "

Up until Pearl Harbor the mood of the nation was mostly isolationist.

#59 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-25 12:59 PM

we stop sending Ukraine billions every year

#55 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Looking for that Trump rebate?

There really is a sucker born every minute.

#60 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 01:00 PM

The man is weak and stupid; and all of his weaknesses are better understood by our enemies

If Putin offered to award him the "Hero of the Russian Federation" for pulling the US out of NATO, he'd do it in a heartbeat. Even Obama doesn't have one of those.

#61 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-02-25 01:01 PM

#55 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-25 12:54 PM | Reply

The only one who will have to concede anything will be Ukraine. Putin won't have to give up a thing. Mark my words.

#62 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-02-25 01:01 PM

The country made it loud and clear in November that your kind just plain sucks.

#43 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

The country didn't expect to get what it got.

I know that's just damned stupid, based on Trump's history of behavior.

But we live in an era where stupid is king.

Enjoy royalty while you can.

#52 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 12:52 PM | Reply | Flag:
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It sure did. Trump is doing what he said he would do. I know, you'll say the price of eggs didn't drop on day 1. Ok, I'll give you that one but the rest is moving in the direction he said it would. You can't defend Biden for 4 years and then say Trump is doing a ------ job after 1 month.

#63 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-25 01:02 PM

The only one who will have to concede anything will be Ukraine. Putin won't have to give up a thing. Mark my words.

#62 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-02-25 01:01 PM | Reply | Flag:
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And how much more will Ukraine concede if this war continues for another 10 years? How many more will die and how much property will be destroyed. You're already going with the Trump/Putin line. Someone pulled the string again.

#64 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-25 01:06 PM

Did anyone even know who Heather Cox Richardson was prior to reading the first line of this letter? Zeds out here acting like shes sixth cousins to Nostradamus.

#65 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-02-25 01:06 PM

Trump is doing a ------ job after 1 month.

#63 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Trump is failing.

Failing right now.

Failing bad.

You are going to have to suffer from some disaster before you know it.

Whatever that disaster is, it's what you voted for.

#66 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 01:06 PM

But it's interesting to be lectured about how to worry about my kids and grandkids from a childless person.

#26 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 12:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

Careful, that could be considered homophobic.

#67 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-02-25 01:07 PM

#2 ZED, Perhaps "Born On The Fourth Of July" w/Tom Cruise would be a better fit.

#68 | Posted by john47 at 2025-02-25 01:15 PM

Trump is failing.

Failing right now.

Failing bad.

You are going to have to suffer from some disaster before you know it.

Whatever that disaster is, it's what you voted for.

#66 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 01:06 PM | Reply | Flag:
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Man, you would think his approval numbers would be lower than 53% if that was the case. What was Biden's when he left?

#69 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-25 01:27 PM

If Trumps ends the war in Ukraine by getting concessions from both Putin and Zelinsky

#55 | Posted by fishpaw

If your neighbor forcibly takes your kitchen, and the Mayor of your city says that your neighbor should just be able keep it, is that a fair solution to you?

#70 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-02-25 01:28 PM

Man, you would think his approval numbers would be lower than 53% if that was the case. What was Biden's when he left?

#69 | Posted by fishpaw

And that's with fascist media working full time to invent successes and downplay crimes.

#71 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-25 01:29 PM

Did anyone even know who Heather Cox Richardson was prior to reading the first line of this letter? Zeds out here acting like shes sixth cousins to Nostradamus.

#65 | Posted by lfthndthrds

We know who she ISNT - which is a lying talking head who said the 2020 election was stolen when it wasnt - like the russian puppets you get your "news" from.

#72 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-25 01:30 PM

-is that a fair solution to you?

for the Ukranians who are still alive and can get back to their lives because nobody is trying to kill them anymore?

#73 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 01:32 PM

America attacked Al Qaeda on 9/11.

~ Putin's butt ---- ~

#74 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-25 01:35 PM

Man, you would think his approval numbers would be lower than 53% if that was the case. What was Biden's when he left?

#69 | Posted by fishpaw

And that's with fascist media working full time to invent successes and downplay crimes.

#71 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-25 01:29 PM | Reply | Flag:
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I don't think you want to talk about media right now considering the media you get all your news from is firing their staff because of crumbling ratings. And you know why their ratings have crumbled? Because people have woken up that they have been lying to them continuously. Maybe someday you will get it as well.

#75 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-25 01:36 PM

is that a fair solution to you?

for the Ukranians who are still alive and can get back to their lives because nobody is trying to kill them anymore?

#73 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 01:32 PM | Reply | Flag:
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Or to keep Putin from forming an alliance with China?

And if we got access to the minerals in Ukraine that Zelinsky agreed to Ukraine would have a pretty strong ally that Putin wouldn't f with.

#76 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-25 01:41 PM

#65 | Posted by lfthndthrds

I've known who she is for several years. You should read her daily letters. You might learn something factual.

#77 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-02-25 01:49 PM

#73 | Posted by eberly

So you'd give up part of your home in the name of a tenuous peace? I damn sure wouldn't!

#78 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-02-25 01:52 PM

Want to know how much America has turned? This is what the US Department of State website had to say about the American position on Ukraine on Jan. 20, 2025 ( note the date ):

"The United States, our allies, and our partners worldwide are united in support of Ukraine in response to Russia's premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war against Ukraine. We have not forgotten Russia's earlier aggression in eastern Ukraine and occupation following its unlawful seizure of Crimea in 2014. The United States reaffirms its unwavering support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, extending to its territorial waters."

Link:www.state.gov

As a European I have for many years supported the position that reliance on the US should be drastically reduced. It suited the Europeans to let the US do the heavy lifting, but it is also the case that the US was, for the most part, happy to do so. That Europe will now have to stand on its own 2 feet is fine by me.

But any sane US administration with a strong will to decouple from Europe, should have been capable of doing so without pursuing such a dishonourable, back-stabbing, untruthful approach. It was certainly possible to decouple without bending the knee to Putin. For Trump and his apologists, there traits are badges of honour; to millions of Americans, they will be just the opposite - a national stain that will last a very long time.

#79 | Posted by Foreigner at 2025-02-25 01:53 PM

And if we got access to the minerals in Ukraine that Zelinsky agreed to Ukraine would have a pretty strong ally that Putin wouldn't f with.

#76 | Posted by fishpaw

As you were typing, did it occur to you how -mafia protection racket- that sounds?

#80 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-02-25 01:54 PM

-So you'd give up part of your home in the name of a tenuous peace? I damn sure wouldn't!

Is there a gun to my kid's heads?

I get your point....but aren't we trying to save lives?

Or is the argument this deal going to cost more Ukranian lives in the future? As well as Russian lives.....

Or is this peace actual peace?

#81 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 01:56 PM

Man, you would think his (Donald's) approval numbers would be lower than 53%

#69 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

They are.

I mean, they are.

#82 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 01:57 PM

#75 | Posted by fishpaw

I'll talk about media happily anytime.

Yours is a bunch of liars and billionaires who parrot russian propaganda.

Mine is suffering in ratings because people are too depressed to watch real news.

And you see this as a victory because you're a moron.

#83 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-25 01:58 PM

to keep Putin from forming an alliance with China?
#76 | POSTED BY FISHPAWN

Hey re tar d.

China and Russia are already allies.

Fkkk man. You're really stupid.

#84 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-25 01:59 PM

Man, you would think his (Donald's) approval numbers would be lower than 53%

#69 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

This is what I mean.

It's part of what you are not to credit ordinary reality until that reality bites you in the ass.

Further, you make it so that reality is required to bite you in the ass really hard.

#85 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 02:00 PM

Eberly is just fighting for peace!

Why should America get involved?

This country is fkkked

#86 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-25 02:00 PM

-This country is fkkked

because I'm talking?

You sure do think I'm pretty darn powerful, don't you?

#87 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 02:03 PM

| POSTED BY FISHPAW

"The six-day poll, which closed on Tuesday, showed 44% of respondents approved of the job Trump is doing as president, down from 45% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted January 24-26. Trump's approval rating stood at 47% in a January 20-21 poll conducted in the hours after the Republican's return to the White House"

REUTERS

This is what I found after burning ten seconds of my precious life finding information you won't pay attention to in the first place.

#88 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 02:03 PM

because I'm talking?
You sure do think I'm pretty darn powerful, don't you?
#87 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Don't belittle your efforts to create a safe space for white supremacists and wannabe Nazis.

Everyone is over reacting, right?

Hell the other week you were aghast that anyone stood up to Nazis marching in Ohio.

Why can't we just leave them alone?

#89 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-25 02:29 PM

----- the other week you were aghast that anyone stood up to Nazis marching in Ohio.

you're so cute.

I applauded those folks. I made fun of the morons here who think they're helping by screeching about it on a blog.

#90 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 02:34 PM

If ever there was a perfect time for China to in case and annex Taiwan, it is right now. While Trump is POTUS he will not allow the US military respond. Just as he advocated cleansing the Gaza Strip by Israel and converting it into luxory communities, a la the French Riviera. And Trump tacitly is giving Russia a green light to invade Lithuania and Estonian when it is finished with The Ukraine. To say nothing of trying to bully both Canada and Greenland to surrender their sovereignty to the US.

Trump is a horrible evil man. And as illustrated by the slaughter of Native Americans and the establishment of the cruelest institution of slavery the world has ever known, America has pretty much always been inhabited by evil horrible white people, Trump truly is representative of a large cross section of modern white American.

#91 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-02-25 02:36 PM

-And Trump tacitly is giving Russia a green light to invade Lithuania and Estonian when it is finished with The Ukraine.

You believe Putin will keep going? seriously?

This is key, IMO. Where could Putin go and not drag the UN or NATO into it?

#92 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 02:41 PM

Where could Putin go and not drag the UN or NATO into it?

If the US doesn't back the UN or NATO why would he care?

#93 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-02-25 02:44 PM

#52 | Posted by Zed a

#89 | Posted by ClownShack a

et al....

--suck it.

"FEBRUARY HARVARD CAPS / HARRIS POLL: 58% OF VOTERS ARE MORE SATISFIED WITH TRUMP'S JOB AS PRESIDENT THAN BIDEN

harvardharrispoll.com

#94 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-02-25 02:48 PM

#94 | Posted by shrimptacodan

This just in! Ice cream polls better than broccoli!

This proves ice cream is good for you!

#95 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-25 02:51 PM

Trump's approval ratings this week in polls " including the Post-Ipsos poll and others from Reuters, Quinnipiac University, CNN and Gallup " have ranged from 44 to 47 percent.

nymag.com

Watch the polls after Putin's demented bitch craters the economy again.

#96 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-25 02:52 PM

Good thread!

#97 | Posted by Karabekian at 2025-02-25 02:56 PM

This just in! Ice cream polls better than broccoli!

This proves ice cream is good for you!

#95 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-25 02:51 PM | Reply

LOL owned.

#98 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-02-25 02:57 PM

--suck it.

#94 | POSTED BY SHRIMPTACODAN

Online poll.

Not much here to suck.

I suppose you'll need someone to explain this to you? Just let me know.

I notice that you're working exceptionally hard to keep your spirits up.

People like you have taught me that you can postpone reality for extended periods of time.

But it bites you nonetheless.

#99 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-25 02:58 PM

Good thread!

#97 | Posted by Karabekian

Thanks. I had some help though....

#100 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 03:01 PM

More from the link in 94:

-42% of voters say the country is on the right track (less than half)
-31% of voters say their personal financial situation is improving (way less than half)
-Donald Trump's favorability stands at 50% (half)
-55% of voters support birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants, with 63% believing it is a requirement in the U.S. constitution (way more than half)
-40% of voters say Trump's policies will make them financially better off (less than half)
-58% of voters say DOGE employees should not have access to sensitive information on Americans (way more than half)

#101 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-02-25 03:03 PM

The ugliest garbage here enjoy attacking Zed. Clearly, his truth gets under their collective, bloated, skin.

#102 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-02-25 03:12 PM

This is key, IMO. Where could Putin go and not drag the UN or NATO into it?
#92 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Moldavia. He already has troops there.

The 5 countries 'at risk' of Vladimir Putin takeover if Ukraine falls

Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia's strategic target "is Europe".
By REBECCA ROBINSON
14:42, Tue, Feb 25, 2025 | UPDATED: 14:43, Tue, Feb 25, 2025

He said: "When you have Russian-speaking people, or their roots, or their families ... it's our history ... then you are at risk. At the very beginning, they said that they are not occupying our territories ... that they are defending Russian-speaking people.

"If we will fall down ... I think all such countries who I mentioned have this risk because of Russian policy, because their view of the Russian world."

Specifically, he picked out Poland, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, and Moldova as Putin's potential next conquests should he succeed in Ukraine.

#103 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-25 03:19 PM

Re 103

my spelling of "Moldavia" should be Moldova.

#104 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-25 03:21 PM

America has turned ...

Into a rotting banana republic.

#105 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-25 03:22 PM

103

Thanks....I wondered if there were more "opportunities" for Putin.

#106 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 03:43 PM

Normalize punching Nazis in the face.

#107 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-02-25 04:46 PM

"All will be right if the Democrats can get off the racist train."

OMG! Did anyone know that a Fox News LIAR was going to be posting here today?

#108 | Posted by danni at 2025-02-25 05:28 PM

You believe Putin will keep going? seriously?

#92 | Posted by eberly

Is Trump going to stop Putin? You sound like one of the people who believed Hitler would stop.

#109 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-02-25 05:52 PM

109

I don't know. It doesn't look that way.

But you're describing much of the world at one point.

#110 | Posted by eberly at 2025-02-25 06:06 PM

America, like Russia, Israel, North Korea, and Afghanistan, is joining the list of "Pariah States." Thank you Republican voters!

www.worlddata.info

#111 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-02-25 06:13 PM

Did anyone even know who Heather Cox Richardson was prior to reading the first line of this letter? Zeds out here acting like shes sixth cousins to Nostradamus.

#65 | Posted by lfthndthrds

I did, but I pride myself on being much more intelligent and informed than people like you.

#112 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-02-25 06:41 PM

Did anyone even know who Heather Cox Richardson was prior to reading the first line of this letter? Zeds out here acting like shes sixth cousins to Nostradamus.

#65 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Jesus wept...what a fuggin moron.

The answer is "yes" for anyone paying attention (with at least half 'a brain).

#113 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-02-25 06:55 PM

America is cooked.
McConnell and Trump packed the court with lazy idiots.
The courts gave the green light for a dictatorship.
Now, we have a corrupt, incompetent, and malevolent "government."
The rick are already exiting or making their exit.
The rest of us can only hunker down for the disaster that is unfolding.

#114 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-02-25 07:49 PM

Jesus wept...what a fuggin moron.

The answer is "yes" for anyone paying attention (with at least half 'a brain).

#113 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-02-25 06:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

Shut up raetard, as usual, you add nothing.

#115 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-02-25 08:15 PM

I've known who she is for several years. You should read her daily letters. You might learn something factual.

#77 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-02-25 01:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

Well look at you big brain, maybe you should go back and read Pat Buchanan.

#116 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-02-25 08:30 PM

Wonder what Macron is thinking here, clearly he doesn't have the insight of Corky, Gaslighter or TruthNLies.

Everything is possible, so let's do it together!
USA and France, with all our partners.
x.com

#117 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-25 08:56 PM

I did, but I pride myself on being much more intelligent and informed than people like you.
~TruthNLies

LOL Too bad your pride lies, much like you.

#118 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-25 08:57 PM

America, like Russia, Israel, North Korea, and Afghanistan, is joining the list of "Pariah States." Thank you Republican voters!
www.worlddata.info

#111 | POSTED BY C0RI0LANUS

Maybe you can add France and the rest of Europe to that list.

#119 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-25 08:58 PM

IAMRUNT, Putin's butt ---- sided with Iran and North Korea.

drudge.com

#120 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-25 09:01 PM

I actually feel sorry for the Ukrainians.

They Trusted an untrustworthy country. A country that has NEVER BEEN TRUSTWORTHY.

They should have known better given the history.

The Trump Phenomenan is totally AMERICAN. Not an Aberration. America First is just Business as usual.

The difference now is the willingness to openly be conniving and to turn on long time allies who depend on us.

Frankly I'm more concerned about Trump's domestic agenda of raping the public lands and cutting the government of anyone in a position to say NO to him make it stick.

Trump is an AUTOCRAT. He will push the envelope until someone stops him.

That could mean Assassination, Electoral defeat in the midterms rendering him impotent to enact his agenda. Or Military Defeat if he starts a War.

This is not the beginning of a New and better US.

It's the return of Naked Imperial behavior abroad and the development of a totally unaccountable Oligarchy at home.

President McKinley is the parallel.

History shows how his Presidency ended.

And it Worked.

Teddy Roosevelt reversed the Gilded age. He took back the country from the Robber Barons.

Just Sayin'

#121 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-02-25 09:26 PM

Or is this peace actual peace?
Peace is overrated. The Ukrainians don't want peace. I suspect if you were in their position you wouldn't want peace, either. They want justice. Justice for their dead friends. Justice for the wasteland that has been made of their country.
America is no longer a place capable of delivering justice and everyone else in the world knows that now.

Since the end of The War our real power was the confidence other countries had in our resolve and values. That confidence is why the Dollar is the reserve currency of the world.
The smart countries will divest themselves from America over the next few years. And the moment swapping the Dollar for some other reserve currency hurts us a lot more than it hurts them we're cooked. It will make WWIII look like a Philly block party after a throwball game.

#122 | Posted by BluSky at 2025-02-25 11:08 PM

hopefully leftist around the country and "you people" continue to be illiterate bigots and ignore

this democrat.

" Democrats could quickly turn things around if they focus on job creation, fairer trade deals, and not being weirdos. They may be past the point of no return, as they claim the work that President Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency are doing is unpopular"it's not. Now, we talk of oligarchies and other messages that are still clearly aimed for the elitist wing of the party.

What about trying to win back the working class? Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) gave the game away, admitting no plan. The Democrats are just waiting for Trump to fail"that's the grand strategy at the moment. It's an action plan Khanna doesn't like, and he ripped his party's leadership for it. Khanna made his opinions known on The Young Turks (via Daily Caller):

#123 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-02-26 11:17 AM

"Trump wants a world safe for autocracy"

The thing is: It isn't particularly unsafe for autocracy now, and never has been.

A better headline is: Trump wants a world free from Democracy.

#124 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-02-26 11:22 AM

A coincidence? I think not.. i.imgur.com

#125 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-02-26 11:25 AM

It hasn't taken long for the bankruptcy-prone orange pedo to turn the economy into a pile of ----.

www.theatlantic.com

#126 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-26 11:28 AM

A better headline is: Trump wants a world free from Democracy.

#124 | POSTED BY SNOOFY