Summa Perplexitas
@sperplexitas.bsky.social
Increasingly intolerant of the intolerant.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
“It shows us that Trump and those around him really think the US is not part of Nato,” said @cerianbond.bsky.social, deputy director of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social think-tank.
Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan
Elements of US peace proposal would give Russia sway over continent’s defence arrangements
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“It shows us that Trump and those around him really think the US is not part of Nato,” said @cerianbond.bsky.social, deputy director of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social think-tank.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
But critics argue that Ireland, awash with cash from a corporation tax bonanza paid by global firms with big operations in the country, is using its neutral status to duck its 21st-century responsibilities.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
But critics argue that Ireland, awash with cash from a corporation tax bonanza paid by global firms with big operations in the country, is using its neutral status to duck its 21st-century responsibilities.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
Don’t miss today’s fascinating Big Read by @judewebber.bsky.social and @helenwarrell.bsky.social on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/4ikI6EN
How Ireland became the weak spot in Europe’s defences
With few ships and limited intelligence-sharing, some say the country cannot hope to protect itself or its infrastructure
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Don’t miss today’s fascinating Big Read by @judewebber.bsky.social and @helenwarrell.bsky.social on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/4ikI6EN
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
Archaeologists examine Franco-era mass graves for possible identifications
Video. Archaeologists examine Franco-era mass graves for possible identifications
Video. Archaeologists in Spain say many victims of the Franco regime may never be identified, as mass graves continue to surface decades after the dictatorship ended.
www.euronews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Archaeologists examine Franco-era mass graves for possible identifications
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
“Seamos claros: si Europa no abandona urgentemente su religión del libre comercio, se arriesga a un desastre social e industrial sin precedentes”. By Piketty
Thomas Piketty : « Si l’Europe n’abandonne pas sa religion du libre-échange, elle court le risque d’un désastre social et industriel »
CHRONIQUE. Dans sa chronique, l’économiste appelle l’Union européenne à instaurer des droits de douane en vue de taxer le CO₂ du transport de marchandises et de contrer les ravages du dumping chinois.
www.lemonde.fr
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Seamos claros: si Europa no abandona urgentemente su religión del libre comercio, se arriesga a un desastre social e industrial sin precedentes”. By Piketty
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
This is totally unfair. Witkoff and Kushner had extensive help from the Russian foreign ministry, and they are trying to hog all the credit. SMH.
One man -- Marco Rubio -- serves this country as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is totally unfair. Witkoff and Kushner had extensive help from the Russian foreign ministry, and they are trying to hog all the credit. SMH.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
I say it every day but every day there’s a Trump scandal that would be the biggest scandal for like 43 Presidents that swallows the entire term. Every. Single. Day.
A convicted fraudster paid two right-wing lobbyists $960,000 for "seeking a federal pardon" for him. Months later, Trump pardoned him. @postkranish.bsky.social Aaron Schafer www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I say it every day but every day there’s a Trump scandal that would be the biggest scandal for like 43 Presidents that swallows the entire term. Every. Single. Day.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
Once in a while I remember Harold Brown was the secretary of defense
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Once in a while I remember Harold Brown was the secretary of defense
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
💔 A woman bids farewell to her family’s dacha as the front advances. Her parents packed quickly, taking only the most precious items — including postcards she once sent to her late grandparents.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
💔 A woman bids farewell to her family’s dacha as the front advances. Her parents packed quickly, taking only the most precious items — including postcards she once sent to her late grandparents.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
Trump ne fait confiance qu’à un petit cercle de conseillers, issu comme lui du monde des affaires. Poutine aussi. La négation de l’expertise est la marque de notre époque, pas forcément la garantie du succès. Ma chronique Géopolitique du 7/11 @franceinter www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Sur l’Ukraine, le climat ou la santé, Donald Trump écarte l’expertise
« La paix ne sera pas construite par des diplomates ou des politiciens en échec, vivant dans un pays imaginaire », a tweeté le vice-président Vance pour expliquer la mise à l’écart des professionnels,...
www.radiofrance.fr
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Trump ne fait confiance qu’à un petit cercle de conseillers, issu comme lui du monde des affaires. Poutine aussi. La négation de l’expertise est la marque de notre époque, pas forcément la garantie du succès. Ma chronique Géopolitique du 7/11 @franceinter www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐎𝐌𝐒𝐀 | 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇵🇱🇺🇦
Bloomberg: Trump’s “peace plan” was secretly written in Miami by Witkoff, Putin’s envoy Dmitriev, & Jared Kushner.
This is how Moscow hijacked U.S. policy.
Bigger than Watergate.
Bloomberg: Trump’s “peace plan” was secretly written in Miami by Witkoff, Putin’s envoy Dmitriev, & Jared Kushner.
This is how Moscow hijacked U.S. policy.
Bigger than Watergate.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐎𝐌𝐒𝐀 | 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇵🇱🇺🇦
Bloomberg: Trump’s “peace plan” was secretly written in Miami by Witkoff, Putin’s envoy Dmitriev, & Jared Kushner.
This is how Moscow hijacked U.S. policy.
Bigger than Watergate.
Bloomberg: Trump’s “peace plan” was secretly written in Miami by Witkoff, Putin’s envoy Dmitriev, & Jared Kushner.
This is how Moscow hijacked U.S. policy.
Bigger than Watergate.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
For those still in the dark: russian occupation is not peace — it is detention camps, torture, sexual violence, mutilations, and killings.
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
For those still in the dark: russian occupation is not peace — it is detention camps, torture, sexual violence, mutilations, and killings.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
Witkoff should be declared persona non grata in EU. Trump won't like it? Fine, tell him the EU also doesn't like it that the US sanctioned key personnel of the International Criminal Court. He will simply find another ignorant person, but it will be a good signal by the EU.
Putin launched Europe’s biggest war since WWII — killing civilians, kidnapping children, and eliminating political opponents. Yet Mr. Witkoff says he’s “not a bad guy.” Diplomacy requires engaging with dictators, but that doesn't mean we have to check our values at the door.
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Witkoff should be declared persona non grata in EU. Trump won't like it? Fine, tell him the EU also doesn't like it that the US sanctioned key personnel of the International Criminal Court. He will simply find another ignorant person, but it will be a good signal by the EU.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
"We have built factories that could start making equipment tomorrow. But we can’t until an order is placed”
Worked with @estwebber.bsky.social on a sad tale about Britain's defence industry, waiting to hear if the government will ever pour money into the sector
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Worked with @estwebber.bsky.social on a sad tale about Britain's defence industry, waiting to hear if the government will ever pour money into the sector
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Starmer promised to spend big on defense but Britain’s arms industry is still waiting
Six months after a major inquiry into how the U.K. would meet geopolitical threats, many in the industry complain they haven’t received the certainty they need about where the British government pl…
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"We have built factories that could start making equipment tomorrow. But we can’t until an order is placed”
Worked with @estwebber.bsky.social on a sad tale about Britain's defence industry, waiting to hear if the government will ever pour money into the sector
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Worked with @estwebber.bsky.social on a sad tale about Britain's defence industry, waiting to hear if the government will ever pour money into the sector
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
Moscow is aiming for the political destruction of NATO and the EU. By eroding trust between member states, sowing economic instability and undermining democratic institutions, it seeks to fragment European unity, writes Nicu Popescu @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/47X57dA
https://bit.ly/47X57dA
Europe's two wars: The danger of the comfort zone | ECFR
Europe's focus on Ukraine's perilous “kill zone” obscures a second front: a hybrid war into the continent's “comfort zone”. Europeans must confront this second
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Moscow is aiming for the political destruction of NATO and the EU. By eroding trust between member states, sowing economic instability and undermining democratic institutions, it seeks to fragment European unity, writes Nicu Popescu @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/47X57dA
https://bit.ly/47X57dA
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
Former digital czar Vestager urges the EU to stand firm on its digital rules as US pushes for softer enforcement in exchange for tariff relief. 'Defending rules vital for single market and European consumers'.
EU must ‘stand by the promises made’ on digital rules, Vestager says
Former digital czar Vestager urges the EU to stand firm on its digital rules as US pushes for softer enforcement in exchange for tariff relief. 'Defending rules vital for single market and European consumers'.
l.euronews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Former digital czar Vestager urges the EU to stand firm on its digital rules as US pushes for softer enforcement in exchange for tariff relief. 'Defending rules vital for single market and European consumers'.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
I found this 'Europe-Russia power balance' from IFRI really interesting on that. Shows that despite the economic imbalance Russia does have the stronger baseline on some, but certainly not all military aspects:
www.ifri.org/en/studies/e...
www.ifri.org/en/studies/e...
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I found this 'Europe-Russia power balance' from IFRI really interesting on that. Shows that despite the economic imbalance Russia does have the stronger baseline on some, but certainly not all military aspects:
www.ifri.org/en/studies/e...
www.ifri.org/en/studies/e...
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
Yes, but it is also a fact now that there is a pattern to it.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
The Trump cycle on Russia-Ukraine. Some pro-Russian plan emerges. Instant commentariat renew their "Trump as Russian plant" stories. Plan is amended under EU (and US) pressure. Putin rejects it. Instant commentariat is puzzled. Rinse and repeat. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
How Rubio Tried to Bring a Pro-Russia Peace Plan to Middle Ground
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Yes, but it is also a fact now that there is a pattern to it.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
"Trump and his ilk do not care about NATO, which they see as a scheme by free-riding Europeans to make the US pay for their defence...Trump does care very much about the EU, though: bc he is opposed to its very existence. He is not seeking a new relationship with the EU – he wants to get rid of it".
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Sven Biscop
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
"Diplomatic Pursuits"
#EuropeanStrategy #EUForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #GreatPowerCompetition #Diplomacy
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/327eszhc
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
"Diplomatic Pursuits"
#EuropeanStrategy #EUForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #GreatPowerCompetition #Diplomacy
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/327eszhc
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"Trump and his ilk do not care about NATO, which they see as a scheme by free-riding Europeans to make the US pay for their defence...Trump does care very much about the EU, though: bc he is opposed to its very existence. He is not seeking a new relationship with the EU – he wants to get rid of it".
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
You're blocking the way to peace, my friend Putin; you are truly an example of a great peacemaker to me. With you, democracy is guaranteed in civilized countries.
Crush that Zelensky, who is a real plague and prevents us from dominating as we would like in this world of idiots...
Crush that Zelensky, who is a real plague and prevents us from dominating as we would like in this world of idiots...
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
You're blocking the way to peace, my friend Putin; you are truly an example of a great peacemaker to me. With you, democracy is guaranteed in civilized countries.
Crush that Zelensky, who is a real plague and prevents us from dominating as we would like in this world of idiots...
Crush that Zelensky, who is a real plague and prevents us from dominating as we would like in this world of idiots...
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
💔 Kyiv residents took to metro stations and bomb shelters as Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack against the capital overnight.
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
💔 Kyiv residents took to metro stations and bomb shelters as Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack against the capital overnight.
Reposted by Summa Perplexitas
SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”