Though many of us could see through the mask well before the election, the true nature of Trump was in full display. Sadly yes, the current regime are the baddies. Their only goal is to enrich themselves, their families, and their friends.
It’s unfortunate that your colleagues at Newsmax continue to drink the Kool-Aid. Every American should be ashamed of what happened.
I know that you stated that you’re apolitical, but at some point, you need to make a choice, least you live the last line of Pastor Martin Niemöller’s poem…
It should crystal clear to NATO that they are now on their own.
God Bless Ukraine, Europe, and the American People… screw the orange clown and his sycophants…
There is a pattern here.... Separating Europe and America promotes "Eurasianism", a socio-political movement which Putin and Aleksandr Dugin promote as a standalone Russian civilization, and the West and capitalism poised as the enemy.
During Trump's first term, he threatened to stop funding NATO while Europeans played games with Russian natural gas and assumed we would defend everyone if needed. That SCARED THE SH*T OUT OF EVERYONE so they kicked in one-half % of their GDP and claimed they were equal NATO partners. (An additional 4% for ten years would just about make up the deficit they had racked up but who's counting?????) Trump is saying the same things again and MAYBE this time he does mean to quit NATO, but I don't think so. If I was President of Poland when Russia invades, I would expect the US to be there first and France to come along in seven or eight months with two squads of Special Forces and a couple of planes.
Biden and the rest played at defending Ukraine for three years, doing just enough to avoid being voted out of NATO. They did not ever want Ukraine to win.
Trump is a net negative for American foreign policy. He's eroding our soft power by allowing USAID to be erased and eroding our hard power by putting Hegseth (manifestly unqualified and leading a culture crusade) as SECDEF, and destroying the trust that our allies have in us, which will have an enormous cost in loss of sales, interoperability in NATO, and loss of credibility in foreign affairs.
Stepping in for Dale since they are not feeling well, and no, you will not be spared.
Yeah, we're the baddies. No way to sugar-coat it. We used to be The City on the Hill - a beacon of freedom - although imperfect. Neville Trump further cementing his place in history.
Anyone that didn't see this coming is an idiot. Now myself, my father, and my brother have spend a good portion of our lives standing toe to toe against Russia only to have a petulant child flush it all down the toilet.
Ryan, you're a man of integrity and grit in a time when it seems like those two attributes are as rare as common sense. I sincerely hope you recover as quickly as possible and can rest as much as possible...
In a short time, I will be 39. I've seen enough overseas conflicts, and political intrigue to become quite fatigued by the never ending roller coaster of it all.
However, as hyperbolic as this may sound, I cannot remember such a moment as this occurring out in front of the cameras from our commander and chief...
Our nation has a momentous amount of issues and challenges ahead of us. If we are going to stand ANY chance of succeeding at this mission, our leaders must stop acting like *insert explicative here* children running a nation like a media circus!
Maybe that's the long game. Hate to be devil's advocate but maybe the idea is to cozy up to RU, send our troops over to "train" as we do with other allies, and get within striking distance. LOL completely not serious, but might make a good plot for a book.
I felt sick to my stomach watching that exchange. It was clearly a political assassination. The US administration has fully taken Putin's side, so they set about to weaken Zelenskyy and give themselves an excuse (domestic political cover) to pull the plug on US support.
As a Brit I am praying for European unity now and hoping our leaders realise the extreme danger we are all now in.
I know that most of the people of the USA are not on Russia's side but if your government is, then our survival in Europe depends on 3 things:
1) the ability of Ukraine to fend off the Russians long enough for us to rearm
2) our leaders waking up and committing properly to rearming
3) the survival of American democracy and the constitution, so that in 4 years time the American people will have a real choice in a fair election, so that morality can reassert itself and the cavalry might come over the hill for us.
It terrifies me that I really believe all three of those things to be in doubt.
I expect that the Canadian contract for the F35 is also in jeopardy if tariffs are imposed as planned. It's early days so the cost is probably manageable and I think the Canadian gov would take a "screw you and sue me" attitude toward the vendors. The Swedish Grippen was the #2 and it would be the choice.
That ship has sailed. Who wants fighters that America CONTROLS? We'll get European aircraft, thank you very much for waking this Polar Bear from its slumber. Trump KILLED a ONE-TRILLION DOLLAR PER YEAR, BALANCED TWO-WAY TRADING RELATIONSHIP, with his LIES about Canada being "subsidised" and "can't defend itself" , and his "51st state" CRAP. We're done with the US, YES....the US "are the Baddies"....and now....time to pay.
I truly felt that the 'spat' was the end of America's claim to be leaders of the free world. Trump, Vance and the republican party truly shocked and shamed themselves yesterday. Russia has taken over the whitehouse. It took them nearly 80 years, but they finally did it. It also begs the question of whether the American political system will go the same way. Fixed and rigged elections, authoritarian rule... It was a truly unbelievable sight. And it was ALL for ratings, which is Trump's need.
America has let down the world. Americans will no longer feel welcome in general. No longer trusted with anything whilst this man and his party are in power. Ukraine could never be dictated to. They will fight to the bitter end. This is their survival. As America would do the same, Ukraine will go down fighting. And the rest of the world will plunge into another night, only this time, it may never recover.
Trump accused Zelensky of gambling with World War 3. America could prevent it. Who is really gambling here, Zelensky or Trump? One man is fighting for the life of his country, the other is fighting for Putin and ratings. Who is the real cause of WW3?
The orange monkey and his hillbilly sidekick have put together a cabinet of simps.
The display I watched in real time was so disgusting I wished I could have reached in through the TV and slapped the piss out of vance.
trump is a basket case and wannabe dictator, his simp vice president is an opportunist and together they make America the weakest it has ever been. I thought biden was weak...trump and his cabinet are working for no one other than themselves.
trump wants a Nobel peace prize so badly he is willing to sacrifice anyone and anything to get it. I hope the Nobel committee has seen trump for who he is in that exchange. trump hates life so much since Obama got a Nobel prize and he cannot live knowing Obama has one and he does not.
That is the first issue. The second problem is that trump is a crooked businessman, convicted felon and is NOT a politician and certainly not a president.
I was really disgusted at Rubio whom I use to like. Rubio is as much a coward as trump and vance and the rest of their cabinet. Rubio could have spoken up and told trump and vance that Zelensky was explaining to them what they got wrong, instead, he sat there, terrified to say anything.
The Republican party is now the kremlin and a clear danger to the United States.
America has never looked weaker and more like russia or china than it has now. Republicans are cowards and only concerned about their own personal comfort and keeping their careers than doing the right thing. This is the height of living on the backs of those that sacrificed and thinking that free ride will last forever.
Trump and vance are a prime example of ego and betrayal and a person elected by fools that is now making the world a far dangerous place. trump, vance and the Republican party have no business representing the USA. The simps that are part of trumps cabinet are also shit stains and cowards.
I have to wonder what our military will do when ordered to take Greenland or attack Ukraine.
Ryan get well soon or maybe it is best to stay in bed until the endless loop of Sopranos episodes ends. This was an ambush plain and simple a mob hit if you will, down to the right wing influencers pretending to be reporters and the criticism of Zelensky's clothes (never mind President Musk wearing a t-shirt to the cabinet meeting!). A little paraphrase from "WTF is going on in Politics" blog which I recommend for some humor! He is still raving about the frigging laptop! Sadly, Putin is not lucky, this is all part of the plan.
I believe that even if Ukraine ceded all gains to Russia now for a ceasefire that ceasefire would last as long as it takes Putin to develop a lie that Ukraine breached it. WWIII has started but not by Zalensky or Ukraine but by Putin.
I think the solution for Australia is:
1. Massively increase our defence spending.
2. Review all planned military expenditure with the US with a view to cancelling everything we can get elsewhere or make locally.
3. Develop a nuclear deterrent.
4. Review the US joint defence facilities in Australia.
5. We're single and need to get back in the aliances market. The EU and UK obviously, our Asian and pacific neighbours, Canada, Mexico, and Ukraine. Fortunately Trump is helping develop a new alliance.
We can review all of the above in say 4 years.
God bless America and help her through this difficult time.
Though many of us could see through the mask well before the election, the true nature of Trump was in full display. Sadly yes, the current regime are the baddies. Their only goal is to enrich themselves, their families, and their friends.
It’s unfortunate that your colleagues at Newsmax continue to drink the Kool-Aid. Every American should be ashamed of what happened.
I know that you stated that you’re apolitical, but at some point, you need to make a choice, least you live the last line of Pastor Martin Niemöller’s poem…
It should crystal clear to NATO that they are now on their own.
God Bless Ukraine, Europe, and the American People… screw the orange clown and his sycophants…
Slava Ukraini!
There is a pattern here.... Separating Europe and America promotes "Eurasianism", a socio-political movement which Putin and Aleksandr Dugin promote as a standalone Russian civilization, and the West and capitalism poised as the enemy.
During Trump's first term, he threatened to stop funding NATO while Europeans played games with Russian natural gas and assumed we would defend everyone if needed. That SCARED THE SH*T OUT OF EVERYONE so they kicked in one-half % of their GDP and claimed they were equal NATO partners. (An additional 4% for ten years would just about make up the deficit they had racked up but who's counting?????) Trump is saying the same things again and MAYBE this time he does mean to quit NATO, but I don't think so. If I was President of Poland when Russia invades, I would expect the US to be there first and France to come along in seven or eight months with two squads of Special Forces and a couple of planes.
Biden and the rest played at defending Ukraine for three years, doing just enough to avoid being voted out of NATO. They did not ever want Ukraine to win.
I, like Ryan, am not feeling well and do not have the energy to tell you how wrong you are about some things... You would likely not listen anyway...
Thanks for sparing us
Trump is a net negative for American foreign policy. He's eroding our soft power by allowing USAID to be erased and eroding our hard power by putting Hegseth (manifestly unqualified and leading a culture crusade) as SECDEF, and destroying the trust that our allies have in us, which will have an enormous cost in loss of sales, interoperability in NATO, and loss of credibility in foreign affairs.
Stepping in for Dale since they are not feeling well, and no, you will not be spared.
Get well soon Ryan, we need your reasoned analysis.
Yeh, I don't know how our Ryan feels... But he looks dead!
(Does anyone know how much his watch costs?)
Doc, Out.
Yeah, we're the baddies. No way to sugar-coat it. We used to be The City on the Hill - a beacon of freedom - although imperfect. Neville Trump further cementing his place in history.
Anyone that didn't see this coming is an idiot. Now myself, my father, and my brother have spend a good portion of our lives standing toe to toe against Russia only to have a petulant child flush it all down the toilet.
Are we the baddies? We elected a freak'n criminal. Need more data?
Get well. Ryan.
Ryan, you're a man of integrity and grit in a time when it seems like those two attributes are as rare as common sense. I sincerely hope you recover as quickly as possible and can rest as much as possible...
In a short time, I will be 39. I've seen enough overseas conflicts, and political intrigue to become quite fatigued by the never ending roller coaster of it all.
However, as hyperbolic as this may sound, I cannot remember such a moment as this occurring out in front of the cameras from our commander and chief...
Our nation has a momentous amount of issues and challenges ahead of us. If we are going to stand ANY chance of succeeding at this mission, our leaders must stop acting like *insert explicative here* children running a nation like a media circus!
Lose and lose more. The only winners should be the freedom loving people if (when) Ukraine survives and Putin doesn't get what he wants.
What's the end-game? When does the war end? When Putin is dead.
Maybe that's the long game. Hate to be devil's advocate but maybe the idea is to cozy up to RU, send our troops over to "train" as we do with other allies, and get within striking distance. LOL completely not serious, but might make a good plot for a book.
Just a quick correction Ryan, it's That Mitchell and Webb Look. I'll let you off since you're semi-delerious rn.
Thanks for the analysis, and get well soon!! Even if the white house is choosing Russian propaganda, I'm glad you've informed all of us of the truth.
Thank you Ryan.
I felt sick to my stomach watching that exchange. It was clearly a political assassination. The US administration has fully taken Putin's side, so they set about to weaken Zelenskyy and give themselves an excuse (domestic political cover) to pull the plug on US support.
As a Brit I am praying for European unity now and hoping our leaders realise the extreme danger we are all now in.
I know that most of the people of the USA are not on Russia's side but if your government is, then our survival in Europe depends on 3 things:
1) the ability of Ukraine to fend off the Russians long enough for us to rearm
2) our leaders waking up and committing properly to rearming
3) the survival of American democracy and the constitution, so that in 4 years time the American people will have a real choice in a fair election, so that morality can reassert itself and the cavalry might come over the hill for us.
It terrifies me that I really believe all three of those things to be in doubt.
I expect that the Canadian contract for the F35 is also in jeopardy if tariffs are imposed as planned. It's early days so the cost is probably manageable and I think the Canadian gov would take a "screw you and sue me" attitude toward the vendors. The Swedish Grippen was the #2 and it would be the choice.
That ship has sailed. Who wants fighters that America CONTROLS? We'll get European aircraft, thank you very much for waking this Polar Bear from its slumber. Trump KILLED a ONE-TRILLION DOLLAR PER YEAR, BALANCED TWO-WAY TRADING RELATIONSHIP, with his LIES about Canada being "subsidised" and "can't defend itself" , and his "51st state" CRAP. We're done with the US, YES....the US "are the Baddies"....and now....time to pay.
Get well, your insights are greatly needed, especially now.
I truly felt that the 'spat' was the end of America's claim to be leaders of the free world. Trump, Vance and the republican party truly shocked and shamed themselves yesterday. Russia has taken over the whitehouse. It took them nearly 80 years, but they finally did it. It also begs the question of whether the American political system will go the same way. Fixed and rigged elections, authoritarian rule... It was a truly unbelievable sight. And it was ALL for ratings, which is Trump's need.
America has let down the world. Americans will no longer feel welcome in general. No longer trusted with anything whilst this man and his party are in power. Ukraine could never be dictated to. They will fight to the bitter end. This is their survival. As America would do the same, Ukraine will go down fighting. And the rest of the world will plunge into another night, only this time, it may never recover.
Trump accused Zelensky of gambling with World War 3. America could prevent it. Who is really gambling here, Zelensky or Trump? One man is fighting for the life of his country, the other is fighting for Putin and ratings. Who is the real cause of WW3?
The orange monkey and his hillbilly sidekick have put together a cabinet of simps.
The display I watched in real time was so disgusting I wished I could have reached in through the TV and slapped the piss out of vance.
trump is a basket case and wannabe dictator, his simp vice president is an opportunist and together they make America the weakest it has ever been. I thought biden was weak...trump and his cabinet are working for no one other than themselves.
trump wants a Nobel peace prize so badly he is willing to sacrifice anyone and anything to get it. I hope the Nobel committee has seen trump for who he is in that exchange. trump hates life so much since Obama got a Nobel prize and he cannot live knowing Obama has one and he does not.
That is the first issue. The second problem is that trump is a crooked businessman, convicted felon and is NOT a politician and certainly not a president.
I was really disgusted at Rubio whom I use to like. Rubio is as much a coward as trump and vance and the rest of their cabinet. Rubio could have spoken up and told trump and vance that Zelensky was explaining to them what they got wrong, instead, he sat there, terrified to say anything.
The Republican party is now the kremlin and a clear danger to the United States.
America has never looked weaker and more like russia or china than it has now. Republicans are cowards and only concerned about their own personal comfort and keeping their careers than doing the right thing. This is the height of living on the backs of those that sacrificed and thinking that free ride will last forever.
Trump and vance are a prime example of ego and betrayal and a person elected by fools that is now making the world a far dangerous place. trump, vance and the Republican party have no business representing the USA. The simps that are part of trumps cabinet are also shit stains and cowards.
I have to wonder what our military will do when ordered to take Greenland or attack Ukraine.
Ryan get well soon or maybe it is best to stay in bed until the endless loop of Sopranos episodes ends. This was an ambush plain and simple a mob hit if you will, down to the right wing influencers pretending to be reporters and the criticism of Zelensky's clothes (never mind President Musk wearing a t-shirt to the cabinet meeting!). A little paraphrase from "WTF is going on in Politics" blog which I recommend for some humor! He is still raving about the frigging laptop! Sadly, Putin is not lucky, this is all part of the plan.
Ryan, I hope that you recover soon.
I'm an Aussie who is concerned for our future.
I believe that even if Ukraine ceded all gains to Russia now for a ceasefire that ceasefire would last as long as it takes Putin to develop a lie that Ukraine breached it. WWIII has started but not by Zalensky or Ukraine but by Putin.
I think the solution for Australia is:
1. Massively increase our defence spending.
2. Review all planned military expenditure with the US with a view to cancelling everything we can get elsewhere or make locally.
3. Develop a nuclear deterrent.
4. Review the US joint defence facilities in Australia.
5. We're single and need to get back in the aliances market. The EU and UK obviously, our Asian and pacific neighbours, Canada, Mexico, and Ukraine. Fortunately Trump is helping develop a new alliance.
We can review all of the above in say 4 years.
God bless America and help her through this difficult time.
Get well soon, thanks for the video.