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There aren't proven mineral reserves in Greenland either.
If the sanctions lifted Russia would become a major oil and gas supplier once again. Over decades those numbers would be trillions...after the infrastructure is rebuilt. Which they will need imports they can't get now to accomplish.
Couldn't read the article because I'm not paying for a WaPo subscription. Their movie reviews are sus.
me neither, but the numbers are absolutely pie-in the sky, as Russia's GDP is only 2 trillion in total. So these must be asset sales trumped up to appeal to real estate developers who seem to have a tenuous grasp on the workings of the real economy.
The real news here is not the size of the deal, but the fact that Russia is once again leading the Trump administration by the nose to further its aims in Ukraine. And Trump is falling for it. Again. Democracy or US national interest be damned.
Two other stories. The Ukrainians are so worried that the US and Russia are carving up Ukraine behind their back, that they begged European states to join the talks. And, finally, Trump told a bald-faced lie about India stopping all purchases of Russian oil, and it was shamefully reported.
(Note: there are not $12 trillion worth of deals to be done in Russia) Anne Applebaum
There aren't proven mineral reserves in Greenland either.
If the sanctions lifted Russia would become a major oil and gas supplier once again. Over decades those numbers would be trillions...after the infrastructure is rebuilt. Which they will need imports they can't get now to accomplish.
Couldn't read the article because I'm not paying for a WaPo subscription. Their movie reviews are sus.
What motivates Trump? The answer is simple: racism. You might also say ego and raw self-interest, but the two are connected. Racism, among other things, is a kind of chauvinism, a belief in oneâs inherent superiority, based on nothing other than a meaningless accident of birth. Itâs an ideology that papers over feelings of inadequacy, that tells you that â no matter what you have or have not accomplished in your life â youâre still better than someone, some group.
What motivates Trump? The answer is simple: racism. You might also say ego and raw self-interest, but the two are connected. Racism, among other things, is a kind of chauvinism, a belief in oneâs inherent superiority, based on nothing other than a meaningless accident of birth. Itâs an ideology that papers over feelings of inadequacy, that tells you that â no matter what you have or have not accomplished in your life â youâre still better than someone, some group.
Trump has long been a vocal critic of Obama. He amplified false allegations that Obama wasnât born in the U.S., and demanded that the then-president release his long-form birth certificate. Trump later conceded that Obama was born in the U.S.
Trump posted on Truth Social more than 30 times late Thursday night and early Friday morning. The posts questioned the results of the 2020 election, which Trump lost, and attempted to distance himself from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, among other things.
In an interview with NBC News this week, Trump was asked whether he believes the things that he has reposted on Truth Social about the 2020 election, including discredited claims that Italian military satellites were used to hack into voting machines. âNo, no. No. Noâ¦.I sometimes will retweetâ¦Iâll retruth,â Trump said.
Trump has long been a vocal critic of Obama. He amplified false allegations that Obama wasnât born in the U.S., and demanded that the then-president release his long-form birth certificate. Trump later conceded that Obama was born in the U.S.
Trump posted on Truth Social more than 30 times late Thursday night and early Friday morning. The posts questioned the results of the 2020 election, which Trump lost, and attempted to distance himself from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, among other things.
In an interview with NBC News this week, Trump was asked whether he believes the things that he has reposted on Truth Social about the 2020 election, including discredited claims that Italian military satellites were used to hack into voting machines. âNo, no. No. Noâ¦.I sometimes will retweetâ¦Iâll retruth,â Trump said.
and everyone goes "yeah, that sounds like him: racist and inappropriate and shameful"
except for the sycophants who will excuse it somehow or try to deflect "why would you post it, then?"
Reminder: the topic is trump. He is a senile racist felon rapist, and everyone - even his supporters - are fully aware of it.
My what a selective memory you have. 2008 wasn't all that long ago. But then again, it didn't bother you then, so why should something that might be the same thing that hasn't actually happened yet bother you now ?
You really go out of your way sometimes to scream "I am brainwashed". Did you think to look up the incident a bit further?
You're trying to use an isolated incident with 600 voters as a justification for something run by the POTUS!!!! Sorry Mr. Whatabout...but your posting of that image only weakens your position...and reinforces the constant suggestion that you aren't truly honest and considerate of the positions you take.
Note the Trump commentary from 2016 in that video.... nothing has changed.
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My what a selective memory you have. 2008 wasn't all that long ago. But then again, it didn't bother you then, so why should something that might be the same thing that hasn't actually happened yet bother you now ?
Big surprise that you would post the image, but not the link to the story, because that would clarify that the one man who was being verbally intimidating (and was carrying a billy club) was asked to leave - and he did without incident. https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/05...
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and everyone goes "yeah, that sounds like him: racist and inappropriate and shameful"
except for the sycophants who will excuse it somehow or try to deflect "why would you post it, then?"
Reminder: the topic is trump. He is a senile racist felon rapist, and everyone - even his supporters - are fully aware of it.
That's funny because it's patently illegal in every county I've lived in. No one is allowed to stand within 100 feet of a polling place entrance and they take that to mean cops too. In San Francisco I had to encourage some hoboes to move along but also some "poll watchers" which is now a sort of official thing but even here in MAGALAND, the election deputies tell uniformed officers to disperse (they were just standing in the lobby visiting with people in line, but good on our clerk's office for getting involved.)
I know, MAGA doesn't care about laws, but still, I bet they get some flak.
My what a selective memory you have. 2008 wasn't all that long ago. But then again, it didn't bother you then, so why should something that might be the same thing that hasn't actually happened yet bother you now ?
I know, MAGA doesn't care about laws, but still, I bet they get some flak.
It's only "necessary" in democratically run cities in swing states, so the "own the libs" crowd has no issue with it. Others complaining is a feature, not a bug.
That's funny because it's patently illegal in every county I've lived in. No one is allowed to stand within 100 feet of a polling place entrance and they take that to mean cops too. In San Francisco I had to encourage some hoboes to move along but also some "poll watchers" which is now a sort of official thing but even here in MAGALAND, the election deputies tell uniformed officers to disperse (they were just standing in the lobby visiting with people in line, but good on our clerk's office for getting involved.)
I know, MAGA doesn't care about laws, but still, I bet they get some flak.
