If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.

LET THAT SINK

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

„If we are 100% committed, we (🇩🇪) will probably have up to 10 nuclear-equipped Taurus in 1-2 years. But then our highly enriched uranium stored for research purposes will be used up.

After that, we would have to look for where we can get fissile material from.“

Fabian Hoffmann

The best Ukraine can do today is two things:
1. Say no to Trump, the new adversary.
2. Call on European friends to mobilize financing and arms as fast as possible! Ukraine can produce much of the arms itslef.
Ukraine is much stronger than Trump understands.

We shouldn't take anything off the table before the negotiations have even started.

It is clear that any deal behind our backs will not work.
You need the Europeans, you need the Ukrainians.

Extracts from my doorstep ahead of NATO Defence Ministers meeting ↓

OTD in 2022 some people who make ice cream informed us the best way to stop yourself being attacked is not to threaten to defend yourself.

A take that has aged like one of the overpriced, pseudo-ethical ice creams left in the sun for a week.

“Gravity still works—if somewhat unreliably," writes Eliot Cohen. "Politicians who overinterpret narrow wins in a divided country get pulled back to Earth, usually by the midterms."