Post AvaAhBSS9ymqTW4sWe by Veza85UE@eupolicy.social
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(DIR) Post #AvaAZfkPeyGQ6Gtdp2 by randahl@mastodon.social
2025-06-27T21:08:57Z
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Trump has shared a private text sent to him by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.Trump shares it because he has an endless desire to prove that he is respected by the world. But in reality, the text reveals how world leaders are manipulating Trump, right down to using Trump's own phrases to please him.Here I have marked phrases which clearly have been chosen to sound like Trump. You can almost hear a Trump voice when reading this.Notice also how Rutte copies Trump's use of capital letters.
(DIR) Post #AvaAZgyz4HVtvkinAm by toriver@mas.to
2025-06-27T21:25:44Z
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@randahl Mark Ruttle should know better - Europe will not «pay». as in: to the US, it will increase national defense budgets (or cut GDP which also works) and what those budgets pay for can be from any country. Like when Turkey bought air defense systems from… Russia.
(DIR) Post #AvaAZhzjIzhj4M4tyS by Veza85UE@eupolicy.social
2025-06-27T23:33:51Z
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@toriver @randahl Not if EDIP/PDIE ever manages to emerge unscathed(ish) from the claws of member statelets who want to kiss the ring. 65% has to be EU-made, with limits on the rest (3rd countries like Ukraine, South Korea, Canada etc have to sign a defence agreement wth the EU to access EU funds). So far it's survived the Polish Council presidency, let's see if the Danes are serious about their new status as Atlanticists Mugged by Reality and get it passed through the Council.
(DIR) Post #AvaAh9DUUdd7WX3tvU by Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
2025-06-27T21:10:56Z
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@randahl True, but https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/114739980555264612
(DIR) Post #AvaAhAoOYukCTHKt5U by Veza85UE@eupolicy.social
2025-06-28T00:15:34Z
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@Sustainable2050 @randahl Do we have "strategic enablers" in 🇪🇺 ? Do we have air defence and sufficient targeting intel and intel of any kind to provide to Ukraine as of tonight? (I know France contributes, but it can't be sufficient). Do we have enough military satellites and joint intel collection for both 🇪🇺🇺🇦 ? If the Dutch government agreed to do eurobonds tomorrow so we could finance those things plus a couple of aircraft carriers and extra French nukes, do we have joint command and control?
(DIR) Post #AvaAhBSS9ymqTW4sWe by Veza85UE@eupolicy.social
2025-06-28T00:16:28Z
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@Sustainable2050 @randahl If the answer is No (it is and it will be for another 3-5-10 years) then I for one can only thank europatriot Teflon Mark for trying. It's a funny redemption arc given the role he played with his fellow frugals/Hansa League etc. in keeping the EU underfunded and vassalised. It might not work, it might not last, but until we build IRIS2, provide Ukraine with decent air support, change EU treaties to integrate further etc. etc., nobody in the EU can afford to judge him.