Posted on 01/15/2025 6:29:38 AM PST by MtnClimber
In 2018, President Trump addressed the United Nations in the annual presidential welcome to that body.
In his speech, he said, “Reliance on a single foreign supplier can leave a nation vulnerable to extortion and intimidation. That is why we congratulate European states, such as Poland, for leading the construction of a Baltic pipeline so that nations are not dependent on Russia to meet their energy needs. Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course.”
The German delegation laughed.
Did I ever tell you about how Connie Francis came to record Who’s Sorry Now? The song was 34 years old at the time. She thought it was too old-fashioned but her father insisted. After having released 16 flop songs, she thought what the heck.
The song not only became her first hit but her signature song as well. This video should jog a few memories.
Hey Germany, wem tut es jetzt leid?
Depending on Russia for the natural gas to keep themselves warm in the winter was as stupid as dumping Biden for Cackling Kamala. Nonetheless, the German delegation laughed at President Trump’s warning.
And then the Fourth (or is it Fifth?) Reich doubled down on stupid by imposing economic sanctions on Russia, their supplier of cheap heat. That was as dumb as picking Tampon Tim as a running mate.
Right to the end Just like a friend I tried to warn you somehow You had your way Now you must pay I’m glad that you’re sorry now
Allow me to point this out again for the umpteenth time that economic sanctions do not work. If they did, North Korea would be a democracy, Cuba would be a vacationland again, and Iran would stop being an Islamic hellhole. Let Iranian Women Wear Miniskirts Again.
Dictators don’t care about their people. If dictators cared, they would not be dictators; they would be helpers. Economic sanctions are a gift to dictators by giving them a huge alibi for failing to deliver prosperity.
Not only did the Germans insult their energy supplier but they tried to hurt Putin who could not care less about the people of Russia even if he tried.
That is not all. The Germans tried to cut off a nation that has abundant natural resources.
And for what? Ukraine? We are sacrificing billions for a country that shut down its churches, banned the opposition and suspended its elections. This is a bad dream—and the backlash is a German nightmare.
But the laughing Germans and other NATO allies embraced Ukraine saying they had to save democracy.....SNIP
Trump tried to warn Germany, but the leftists just laughed. They are not half as smart as they imagine they are.
My grandpa Frank’s observation on a local businessman convicted of fraud —
If he was half as smart as he thinks he is, he’d be twice as smart as he actually is.
Reagan had warned Europeans about them getting into bed with Russia on energy, about how Russia would try to use it as leverage in matters against western European interests.
that economic sanctions do not work
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Biden threatened Russia with sanction to prevent it to invade Ukraine. Did not work then either.
Economic sanctions may work, if used against countries and governments who care to some degree about its people.
But, those countries are usually not going to be targeted.
Otherwise, the sanctions may be used to hurt the targeted country, so they may not threaten us.
E.G. during cold war, it would be foolish to sell communist advanced technology, which could be used against us, but it would be also foolish to think, that this would change commie politics.
Of course the effect is the same as if it was Russia that cut it off.
Either way, Trump was right about relying on a single supplier, especially in an area historically volatile.
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