[PIF]

47 readies another very harsh slap on the wrist for Putin, his friend who is just not behaving as he’s supposed to act.

[BroJoeK]

PIF: "47 readies another very harsh slap on the wrist for Putin, his friend who is just not behaving as he’s supposed to act."

My understanding of Pres. Trump's priorities here are:

1. Preventing nuclear war

2. Working a peace deal between Russia & Ukraine

3. Forcing Europeans & other Western allies to provide Ukraine with more aid

4. Pivoting US military posture more towards dealing with China in the Indo-Pacific.

I can find no confirmed reports of any additional US aid delivered to Ukraine since January 20, 2025.
I have seen where there are just a few $billion left "in the pipeline", but even that, when delivered, is just a drop in the bucket compared to previous amounts.

So I'm not saying my understanding is necessarily correct, only that I've seen no reports to contradict it.

[datricker]

I don’t know it hasn’t been a good year to be on the Russian side of the ledger. Syria and Iran went down with hardly a peep. Russian influence is being eliminated around the world as putin is bogged down with a war he started. I suspect we have quantum sensors that can see his nuclear submarines. This means the Russian triad no longer exists. Putin is increasingly isolated and gets weaker by the day. Unless he comes to his senses I doubt we have the pleasure of him on the world stage much longer