The stupid thing is that the unified West had no reason to fear Putin's hollow threats until Trump started doing everything he can to destroy what makes the West strong. He wants to roll over in front of Russia and make the US Putin's bitch.

The West won't roll over like him though. They'll strengthen their alliances against Russia and will become something far stronger. It just won't involve the US anymore.

Putin may or may not have video proof of Trump raping a child but Trump sure acts like Putin might.

Mr Trump pledged to end the war on “day one” of his presidency. And as the conflict drags on, the giant question mark hovering over western Europe is how long it will take for the US to make good on its promise.

Why do journalists insist in taking Trump's "promises" seriously in any capacity? An otherwise good article tainted by these two ridiculous fucking sentences. He won't make good on his promise because he is incapable due to being fucking terrified of Putin the thing the fucking article is about.

However, she is equally scathing of European leaders for not coming to terms with this new reality sooner. “The fact that the Europeans are so shocked by his deference to Putin actually shows that they haven’t also done their homework,” she said.

She even literally spells it out later in the article but I guess the journalist wasn't listening.

How can the American elite suppress workers with ease but they are helpless now that their president is controlled by Russia?

Nobody with power is acting on this, or any of the policies that destroy the economy.

What is the compromat that Trump has on the thousand American billionaires?

One billionaire financing the organization of a general strike would be enough.

Why does that not happen?

I abhor Putin, but he is a legit badass hard motherfucker; whereas Trump is pudding by comparison.

Really, I’m shocked, daily, that so many Americans have rallied around this guy, McRib Bonespurs over here, as their populist “tough guy.” It’s so goddamned weird.

Putin, who has maintained the same “tight team” of top diplomats around him for the past 25 years, dispatched his Stanford-educated economic adviser Kirill Dmitriev, former ambassador to Washington Yuri Ushakov, and Sergei Lavrov, his comic villain foreign minister, to recent talks in Saudi Arabia.

“These guys are really skilled diplomats. They all speak absolutely excellent English,” said Hill. “They can talk the hind leg off a donkey. They can turn you around in circles. They’ve got an answer for everything.”

Batting for the US are Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, Mike Waltz, Mr Trump’s erstwhile national security adviser, and his special envoy Steve Witkoff, a former real estate dealer. Between them, they have less than a year’s-worth of cabinet-level experience.

So, what does the dancing Russian bear make of these three cotillion debutantes? “They’re eating the neophytes on the US side for dinner,” said Hill.

I saw Hill's testimony and she is extremely credible and intelligent. This is her bottom line, and it is that we are fighting global information and geopolitical warfare against a merciless and shrewd veteran with a clown car circus act.

Besides being Krasnov, what else does Vlad have on his Orange US Sock Puppet?

I have learned over the years, when this woman speaks - you should pay attention!

Tbf I'd be shit scared too.