The more we hear, the more like betrayal this sounds. But, of course, Trump knows nothing about these things. He hits with other people's fists and talks with their mouths. That way he keeps plausible deniability.

Congress knows these things, but is doing nothing. Not even talking about it.

It's like west Europe changed, but Russia stayed the same.

Actually, all the way back to Ivan the Terrible, Russia has been attacking countries... or being attacked by them. It was the way of Europe until modern times.

This is what we hope.

I have the feeling that Ukraine, given the chance, will take the US's place in the near future when it comes to making weapons. It is something they did in soviet times, and seem to be very good at it now.

He has made his love of Russia apparent in other posts he has written. I get the feeling he has an idea of a romanticized Russia -- the kind we see talked about on X -- and isn't familiar with its actual history.

Russia had a seat at the table -- G8, UN, etc., but chose attacking Ukraine, instead.

And Russia is famous for slaughtering people with Polish names living in Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltic states during Stalin's reign.

This was as much America's fault as the US. It actually worked well as long as NATO acted as a single entity. American factories were like Europe's. But then came Trump.

I agree. The Trump years have shown that Europe can't depend on the USA. America flips back and forth. It was convenient for the US to make the weapons for NATO. Europe didn't have to invest in plants and the US made a lot of money. It was a win/win until Trump. He put allies in a losing position.

Maybe it would be good to write what you believe their motives are, instead of attacking a post of someone you probably don't know.

When Muchnoy is hopeful, we're all hopeful. His updates today brought hope, except maybe Myrnohrad, which was worrisome. Liman, though -- the enemy had already claimed it as theirs. Ukraine had some other thoughts. BAM!

It was telling today that some of the people that came into Ukraine on a train were people who specialized in recycling destroyed building materials into new building materials. Maybe they can build a plant in somewhere like Bakhmut when the war is over and Donetsk is resurrected.

This could be a FAB-1500 bombs that Russia is using to clear buildings to make a path for Orc advancement in Myrnohrad. It is what Russia does, accomplishing 2 things: clearing a path for their ground troops and pulverizing the city.

Sometimes it feels more like everyone is hiding behind them.

Trump wants so badly to be holding hands with Putin and Xi as they survey their spheres of influence.