#JDVance told a gathering of #GlobalSecurity officials in Washington that #Russia had determined that a 30-day #ceasefire with #Ukraine was not in its “strategic interest,” suggesting that was the reason the #Trump admin had changed its focus beyond an “obsession” with a 1-month pause.
#geopolitics #PutinsPuppet
nytimes.com/live/2025/05/07/us…
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#JDVance is speaking in Washington at the #MunichLeaders Meeting, a #GlobalSecurity conference. “I do still very much believe that the #UnitedStates & #Europe are on the same team,” Vance said. “The same *civilizational* team.” [whatever that means] #Vance said he thought it was “completely ridiculous to think that you’re ever going to be able to drive a firm wedge between the United States & Europe.”
#geopolitics #Trump #PutinsPuppet
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#JDVance appeared to be confronting the central question facing America’s relationship w/ #Europe right now: If the #US turns away from #Ukraine, could the US & other #NATO nations find themselves on opposing sides, w/the US moving toward a normalization of relations w/ #Russia? Vance argued that #Trump brought “strategic realism” [🤣that guy has no idea what realism is!] to the decision to seek a negotiated solution to the war.
#geopolitics #Earth2 #AlternateFacts
James Britt
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in reply to Nonilex • • •More unbelievable #gaslighting:
#JDVance made the argument that #Trump is “a genuine humanitarian,” & said “he just wants the killing to stop.”
Right, the guy deporting #children with #cancer who are #UScitizens, sending #asylum seekers to #CECOT & now #Libya, separating #families, canceling #funding to combat #InfectiousDisease & to make heart pumps for #babies w/ heart defects, yeah he’s a real #humanitarian. Go fuck yourself JD.
#FactCheck #VanceLies #TrumpLies #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#JDVance was asked whether he & #Trump were interested in “a strategic deal with #China, even maybe on #Taiwan.” Vance avoided giving an answer, apart from saying that there had been no discussions about Taiwan w/Beijing. Instead, Vance began spinning the tanking of the global #economy by the admin’s #TradeWars, saying “in a world of hypercomplicated supply chains,” the US “cannot be reliant on countries that don’t put our best interests at mind.”
#geopolitics #security #inflation #recession
lord pthenq1
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#JDVance said the #trade situation w/ #China was not sustainable. He said “Liberation Day”was only 30 days ago, & “we are in the early innings” of negotiations.
#Treasury Secy #ScottBessent, speaking at a #House hearing on Wednesday, declined to say which countries are close to reaching trade agreements w/the US & said that the deals would initally be agreements *in principle* that would be finalized in the coming months.
#geopolitics #security #inflation #recession
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#ScottBessent & Jamieson Greer, the #UnitedStates #trade representative, will be heading to #Switzerland for trade talks w/Chinese officials this weekend. He said that #PeterNavarro, #Trump’s White House trade adviser [& nut], will not be attending [lucky #China].
#geopolitics #security #inflation #recession
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Asked about #Iran’s #nuclear program, #JDVance did not directly answer the core question of whether Tehran can be allowed to continue to any ability to enrich #uranium, the core fuel for making a #NuclearWeapon. He said the negotiations were “so far so good,” & the #Trump admin’s bottom line was that “you can’t have the kind of nuclear enrichment program that allows you to get to a nuclear weapon.”
#geopolitics #security
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