John
@jbthomjohn.bsky.social
3'd gen. Union member, retired public servant, current non-union factory employee, Progressive.
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This one was in April. If your job required you to look at Trump admin policy Russia at all in the last year, none of this should be remotely surprising. bsky.app/profile/ruth...
3. Trump has, for years, appeared to be far more interested in political and economic alignment with Russia than with good relations with Europe, let alone Ukraine. Many of those around him seem to think the same; those who don't are either silent or marginalized.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This one was in April. If your job required you to look at Trump admin policy Russia at all in the last year, none of this should be remotely surprising. bsky.app/profile/ruth...
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If you've spent 20, 30, 40 years in roles that were grounded in assumptions about the US and US-Europe relations, adjusting to the fact that the world that gave birth to and sustained your professional self is gone, is incredibly hard. Denial is often more appealing than reality.
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
If you've spent 20, 30, 40 years in roles that were grounded in assumptions about the US and US-Europe relations, adjusting to the fact that the world that gave birth to and sustained your professional self is gone, is incredibly hard. Denial is often more appealing than reality.
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I'm not actually that surprised that some European officials are surprised the Trump admin is prioritising economic relations with Russia. It's clear that some people in Europe's policymaking communities simply can't get their heads round the fact that the post-1945 US-Europe relationship is over.
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm not actually that surprised that some European officials are surprised the Trump admin is prioritising economic relations with Russia. It's clear that some people in Europe's policymaking communities simply can't get their heads round the fact that the post-1945 US-Europe relationship is over.
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2/ According to the WSJ, talks between Trump's golfing friend Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev have bypassed the US national security and diplomatic apparatuses to focus on economic benefits for well-connected American companies.
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
2/ According to the WSJ, talks between Trump's golfing friend Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev have bypassed the US national security and diplomatic apparatuses to focus on economic benefits for well-connected American companies.