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Posted on 06/13/2026 9:02:28 AM PDT by USA-FRANCE
A sanctioned Russian LNG tanker from the Portovaya project idled near Singapore in May 2026 with no buyer. At the same time, Ukrainian drones had already knocked roughly 700,000 barrels per day of Russian refining capacity offline across 16 major facilities. Europe had locked in a binding legal phase-out of Russian gas. And just four months earlier, U.S. forces had captured Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
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Thank you Trump for enabling America to help resisting NeoSoviet Russia and all its anti-American Islamic friends (Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, China). Now, let’s hope for a real ceasefire deal with Iran, and not a rushed deal… which would soon backfire on the entire West, Israel and our allies in the region. Let’s never forget that the Iranian leadership is a terrorist organization. America’s long-standing doctrine has always been to not negotiate with terrorist organizations. Thus, any “deal” with Iran must be done with the knowledge that it will not be respected by them. Anyway, it doesn’t look like Iran has agreed on giving up the enriched Uranium to America. They seem still 100% willing to implement a Hormuz passage-fee, they still insist on receiving 12 or 24 billion dollars from America from frozen accounts, they still have a rather potent missiles capacity ready to hit Israel and other allies in the region, and they still have their Mosquito-fleet largely intact. So we shall see.
Lastly: Post Reagan era, contrary to appearances at times, Trump has been the most anti-Kremlin president in US history. Now please do Cuba as well - that would be the death-knell for Russia.
Season 5, episode #43 of the popular Netflix Series: “Putin - We’ve Got Him This Time!”
If the US had provided thousands of expensive Patriot type missiles to Ukraine Ukraine would not have had the incentive to develop far cheaper drones.
Funny how things work.
“”””Post Reagan era, contrary to appearances at times, Trump has been the most anti-Kremlin president in US history.””””
So many times over recent years I have posted a version of that, that while the media hears Trump talking sweety pie to Putin, that in reality Trump has been gutting Russia and strengthening NATO and our defenses, and working internationally and tightening the noose around Russia, not helping it.
The Western forces, and even global forces that Russia faces today are vastly harsher than what he was looking at in February of 2022, and most of it has been shaped, forced, and stimulated by President Trump’s first term and second term workings.
“If the US had provided thousands of expensive Patriot type missiles to Ukraine Ukraine would not have had the incentive to develop far cheaper drones.
Funny how things work.”
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Indeed, that decision saved Ukraine and made it a technological powerhouse.
Yes indeed, Trump forced America’s allies to be more self reliant and pay more for their own defense. Which is a sane logic. It probably saved Europe’s future.
It’s good to know though that post WWII, before the Trump era, America (Republicans and Democrats) did all it could to kill every single EU initiative for a self-reliant European army…
Capitalism, free market at work. The funny thing is that in the long run, no matter how much we try, the dynamics of economic reality pop out.
Viking descendants, why the surprise?
The hardest part of Russian Three Day Wars are the first 5 years.
OK, that there is funny. Good one! 😄
Ah so Putin’s a traditionalist. :)
After the still unfolding Iran fiasco, why does Putin, or NATO, even care what Trump thinks - about anything?
“Viking descendants, why the surprise?”
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Yes.
Kyiv was a major city and the capital of Kievan Rus’, ruled by the Norse (Varangian) dynasty, about three centuries before Moscow first appeared in the historical record. (The Scandinavian Vikings occupying Eastern Europe are usually called Varangians.) There are still people speaking old swedish in Ukraine. And a village called Svenskbyn (The Swedish village).
Today (for the anecdote) :
In terms of religious practice (attending church regularly), Ukraine is about twice as observant as Russia: roughly 12% versus 6% weekly attendance at Orthodox services. In terms of belief in God, the gap is also significant: about 86% in Ukraine compared with 75% in Russia. Russia remains overwhelmingly Orthodox Christian in terms of cultural identification, but studies show that a large proportion of Russians identify as Orthodox without practicing regularly. Therefore, when it comes to actual religious practice, Ukraine generally appears to be 1,5 to 2 times more observant than Russia, depending on the indicators used.
And yes... the Vikings became Christian in the 11th century.
“Someone has to ask...
After the still unfolding Iran fiasco, why does Putin, or NATO, even care what Trump thinks - about anything?”
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Well it’s not a fiasco yet...
We have to wait and see what the US-IRAN deal is all about.
If Iran gets what it wants in that deal, then yes, it would be a fiasco and a defeat for the West in general.
But I still HOPE a good deal can be signed.
We shall see.
To be honest though, I think the war will continue, and that the deal to be (supposedly signed “tomorrow”) will collapse due to absolute Iranian intransigence.
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