Wrote a short summary of how antagonizing Europe can backfire on the Trump administration, at the expense of US global power.

More on the European side of things when we know more about the results from Paris

Special European security summit in Paris tomorrow. Macron may surprise again and call for real action

US goes 100% realpolitik and hard power, also against Europe. Probably Europe deserves it, coming down from our pied de stalle in our special US relation. At least it's a moment of truth, so all in all it's probably a good thing. For Ukraine, it must be pretty scary.

The Associated Press needs a Tom Hanks solidarity moment

People who tried to talk around Vance's speech yesterday are denying the truth. Washington is trying to legitimize right-wing authoritarianism across Europe (think Orbanizing the continent). It would be the end of democracy. I pray Vance's move backfires.

The US has become so blatantly fascist it hurts. First I thought; every democratic nation deserves its government, so fuck them, goodbye and good riddance, I'll never go over there again.

Vance is so concerned about regression of freedom of speech...in Europe 😅

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

Thomas Mann

In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American politician, media personality and businessman, Donald Trump. He's best-known for serving as the 45th president of the US, and for promoting pro-Kremlin viewpoints regarding Putin and the Russo-Ukrainian war.
1/23

Lesson Number One:

A perfect distillation of politics today, unfortunately. Outstanding article / essay 👏🏼
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Pure gold from Norwegian cartoonist Børge Lund and translated by Petter Karal