"messianic clichs."

Like Trump himself.

Vlad may have missed the new Office of Faith in the WH, I s'pose.

Sounds like he's declaring Victory over the US to distract from his debacle in Ukraine.

China is not impressed; there's parts of Siberia they may just decide to take back.

- FDR charged

I see you still have that awful Whataboutism Tourette Syndrome problem that stops you from ever forming an actual Retort that's on Topic.

It was congenital, apparently. Perhaps a second lobotomy would help.

Yeah... Trump doesn't have until 2028 to finish his continuing Coup... he needs to do it before the Mid-Terms when he looses the Congress.

Those nasty Dems might "Lawfare!" him again for illegally trying to stay in power... again.

- talking to the wind just to hear themselves talk

Said the straight man to the late man
Where have you been?
I've been here and I've been there and
I've been in between

Trump Is Never to Blame

"One Republican moderate, speaking on the condition of anonymity to give candid thoughts about political concerns surrounding their party's marquee legislation, told Axios: "It could be trouble."

"We saw what happened in 2018," the lawmaker said, referring to the midterm year in which voter anger over the GOP's legislative efforts helped Democrats flip more than 40 House seats.

Democrats' House Majority PAC is circulating a memo on the vote, first shared with Axios, titled:

"House Republicans Ignore Constituents, Vote For Trump-Musk Agenda."

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Blue waves are so much better for America than Red ones.

Zekensky may have pulled off the Big Con on Trump this time, and that would be hilarious if true:

"7:01 PM EST, Thu February 27, 2025

Trump's promise of very big deal' with Zelensky undercut by officials' widespread doubts over Ukraine's resources

President Donald Trump's claim that the potential "trillion-dollar deal" he is on the cusp of signing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would offer the US easy access to a bonanza of rare earth minerals is at odds with the widespread assessment of current and former US officials who say there's little actual evidence of great rare earth and other mineral wealth in Ukraine and much of what does exist will be difficult, even impossible, to exploit in the eastern war-torn part of the country.

The agreement expected to be signed Friday at the White House could be seen as a coup for an embattled Zelensky, who is giving Trump a deal he can trumpet at a time that US support is faltering.

"It's an important political undertaking that binds the two countries together," a senior US official said. "The deal is bigger than subsoil. And it's politically important for the Ukrainians at this juncture."

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"From Zelensky's perspective what else can he offer the US or the West?" asked the second senior Biden administration official. "They correctly gauged this would be something that would pique the interest of the Trump team."

"There's nothing wrong with the US doing a deal," the former official said. "I just don't think there's all that much too it."

In addition to the uncertainty and impracticality of extracting Ukraine's minerals, the Biden administration didn't pursue it because, according to a third Biden official, it felt "very colonial."

excerpts, more at the link

#9

Perhaps if the right hadn't promoted a liar a rapist a criminal and a traitor to the swing voters as being a legit candidate, the left wouldn't be calling them out on it when their Leader does things like firing more American citizens from their jobs than they deport migrants.

Ya think?

"Is A Mutiny Possible? Russia's Z-Community Is Outraged At Putin For Making A Deal With America!

Russia's Z-Community is in an uproar after Putin's latest shocking deal with America! In this video, we dive into the details of the agreement that has sparked outrage among Russia's Z-Community, a group known for their unwavering support of Putin. W

hat does this deal mean for Russia's future, for the war and why are Putin's most loyal supporters turning against him?"

INSIDE RUSSIA

"But knowing who's behind the seismic cuts is apparently not a priority for conservatives, who would seemingly rather keep DOGE's operators in a literal deep state."

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"But despite DOGE's mandate, some experts believe that the organization's haphazard work chopping the government into nonfunctional bits will actually add to the deficit.

On Tuesday, The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait argued that DOGE's "inflated" savings thus far had amounted to little more than a "rounding error" and that the group's decision to take a metaphorical chain saw to the IRS had effectively decimated the government's ability to collect revenue (taxes)"moves that could actually increase the nation's debt.

"There's a reason that none of the innumerable budget experts who have studied the deficit have proposed anything resembling what DOGE has come up with," Chait wrote.

"By almost any ideological standard, it is the worst possible approach."

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"the worst possible approach" is totally Donald to a T. Ax' any of the women he's raped and abused. Or any of the banks or clients or anyone he's promised money to and reneged.

Ask his swing voters today.

Trump: "Did I say that?".

"Security agreements for Ukraine are only obliquely referenced.

However, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said, "This agreement is directly tied to security guarantees. Neither the President of Ukraine nor the Ukrainian government will consider or sign this agreement separately from Ukraine's security guarantee."

If so, then we are not in Kansas anymore. Trump's global approach to defending democracy is radically different from past administrations. It is becoming transactional " a "what's-in-it-for-me" foreign policy.

The U.S., seemingly, is in the business of franchising democracy, and it is now charging franchise fees to allies.

Self-interest, in this case Trump's America First agenda, has become the driving force. The U.S. is no longer a "reluctant sheriff," but rather a loan shark or hired hand " a mercenary power."

"The move increases Musk's many conflicts of interest regarding SpaceX and the FAA, and proves that Musk can get whatever he wants from the Trump administration, while claiming to overhaul government agencies in favor of greater efficiency.

"Who's looking out for the public interest here when you get the person who's cutting budgets and personnel from the FAA, suddenly trying to benefit from still another government contract?" John P. Pelissero, who directs an ethics center at Santa Clara University, said to the Post."

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Musk is the greedy Fox in the People's Henhouse, stealing all their eggs while pretending to count them.

Yeah... signing a 'framework' of a deal with Hair Fuehrer is like signing a blank piece of paper as far as he is concerned.

#8

I worry about 1NumbNut... really I do. He must be shell shocked by all the comments that fly over his head SO fast. Perhaps it keeps the fleas offa his head, though.

Trumpers on cracks!

Herr Musk better bring his chainsaw.... and his best Nazi salute!

He actually seems to enjoy all the pain and suffering and deaths he is causing here and around the world.

No one could have predicted....

Trump will likely offer to reinstate these programs that save lives... just as soon as they grease his palm.

Because that's just the kind of guy that he is.

We live now in the, 'whatever is profitable is legal' world of crass capitalism.

Which only gets worse from here.

Shocking, I know.

The rumor around the WH is that he eats Big Macs while on the toilet.

But that's only one reason why Malaria's Code Name is now Major Flight Risk.

- the left cannot abide disagreement.

The right CAN abide a lying criminal rapist traitor as not only Leader of their Party, but as President of their Country.

Which is undeniably a much worse crime.

It also appears that this is part of an ongoing US vs China trade war over certain minerals... including Gallium, which China controls and Ukraine is also a source.

btw.... the strip mining in the video is on a yuge scale.