[House Atreides]

To what degree has Trump’s blockage of USAID’s money flows affected the ZEEPER community?

[blitz128]

So the story is about increasing sanctions on Russia and the first two comments have nothing to do with the story.
Putinistas are getting desperate.

[McGruff]

You mean Zelensky still has a chance?

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

---- "Sanctions enforcement on Russia are 'only about a three' on a scale of one to 10 on how painful the economic pressure can be, Kellogg said."

What might be the next SEVEN levels of sanctions? Or is this sales-speak.

Earlier this morning one found posted --

Trump has no official plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine, Zelensky says From Kyiv Independent, as posted to FR by Trump20162020, 2/7/2025, 4:23:28 AM

So "both Kyiv and Moscow will have to make concessions" says Kellogg. But the details....

Reading the comments after the NY Post article is suggested, to sample a broad range of opinion. And not one silly mention of a "putinista" among them, unlike this thread.

[SmokingJoe]

USAID Funded Ukrainians Who Doxxed, Harassed and Framed American Journalists w/ Sarah Bils

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhYJo6qqujY

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

If Keith really doubles down,
Three goes but to a six,
And not to ten, a different noun
And number in the numbered mix.

Pain, it's said, is relative,
Some gaping wounds are nicks.
And pressure in a leaky sieve
Is among the tricks of politics.

[bert]

sanctions on oil exports are unnecessary. By destroying refineries, pipe line junctions and port facilities, the task is already accomplished by the Ukranian drones

[Petrosius]

I do not know why anyone would be surprised by this. This is what Trump has been saying all along but there are some who have refused to hear it. In their wishful thinking they have convinced themselves that Trump is was just going to cut bait and leave Ukraine to the tender mercies of Russia. They are going to be disappointed. Trump may have no great love for Ukraine but such an action would not be beneficial to the US. And now that Trump has become aware of the rare earth minerals in Donbas his calculations may have drastically changed.

[Kazan]

There is nothing left to sanction that is coming from Russia except essentials like fertilizer.

And, there is no chance Trump is going to inflict inflation on Americans over Ukraine.