Reality may be hitting President Donald Trump like a ton of bricks after Trump admitted Tuesday his threats against Russia "may not work."
President Trump says he's disappointed with Putin and would shorten the 50-day deadline he gave the Russian leader to reach a deal with Ukraine cnn.it/3GLhDlP
-- CNN (@cnn.com) Jul 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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There's this with Russia ...
Medvedev warns Trump's new deadline to end Russia-Ukraine conflict is a step towards war'
www.foxnews.com
... 'Each new ultimatum is a threat,' Medvedev said Monday
President Donald Trump's new deadline for Russia to end the conflict with Ukraine is an additional "step towards war," according to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Medvedev, now the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, cautioned that Trump's announcement Monday that Russia must end the conflict with Ukraine in 10 to 12 days would not end well for the U.S.
"Trump's playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10 ... He should remember 2 things: 1. Russia isn't Israel or even Iran. 2. Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country," Medvedev said in a post on X on Monday. "Don't go down the Sleepy Joe road!" ...
A tune from Humble Pie, a group that seemed to write about, I'll say, another side of life ...
Humble Pie - 79th And Sunset (1970)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
...
Underneath her red sweater
She's a big-deal go-getter
There'll be some dramas inside your pajamas tonight, oh yeah
Yes there's red eyed Ruby with her built up hips
She's got nut crushing ----- and jam tart lips
Says her angle is connections downtown L. A
When you know she's just a hustler from the boys' brigade
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Yeah, that's Humble Pie.
Trump has no hand.
Europe is cheating on the sanctions.
China is cheating on the sanctions.
There is no leverage.
Brandon let Putin waltz right into Ukraine without even a fake effort to mitigate it.
This is true.
Putin just asked Ukraine not be admitted to NATO, among other things.
But the US was stubborn, arrogantly said that countries have a right to choose their own alliances and NATO has a long-standing "open door policy" for potential membership.
www.npr.org
Now 1 Million people gotta die.
All of a sudden clowns like JPW now want results.
This is only one of the hypocritical stances of Trumps policies by the Lumpers. Ones they agreed with before he was elected.
BaFin to Deepen Deutsche Bank Money Laundering Investigation (Feb 2019)
www.financemagnates.com
...Deutsche Bank released a statement on Friday saying that BaFin, the German financial regulator, has extended the remit of an independent auditor examining the lender's role in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal.[emphasis mine]
The case stems from an ongoing investigation into the Danish bank's Estonian division.
After a whistle-blower sounded the alarm about the activity of certain customers, most of whom were from Russia and the former Soviet Union, in late 2018, it became apparent that Danske Bank's Tallinn-based operations were doing business with some less than scrupulous individuals.
It is alleged that the bank laundered around $225 billion from 2007 to 2014. If that is the case, it would potentially be the largest instance of money laundering ever uncovered.
Deutsche Bank falls into the mix as it acted as Danske Bank's main correspondent bank. According to the Financial Times, the German bank was responsible for facilitating $180 billion in suspicious transactions....
Deutsche Bank Offices Are Raided In Money Laundering Probe (Nov 2018)
www.npr.org
...In recent years, Deutsche Bank has been in the news not only for its prominence in the Panama Papers, but also for its ties to President Trump, in a tumultuous relationship that goes back some 20 years.[emphasis mine]
Trump and the bank once sued each other after he failed to repay a $300 million loan. And the author and reporter Luke Harding has described a "shuffle of money" between the bank's dealings with figures in Russia and its business with Trump. ...
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From what I've heard over the years...
In the late 1990's, early 2000's, it seemed that citizen Trump had blown through his final inheritance. In spite of that, he apparently came up with 100's of millions of $$$ from somewhere (or someone?) to build golf courses in Scotland and buy another one.
It was reported that he ultimately spent 100's of millions of dollars on those golf courses.
But where did all that money come from?
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