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  • Vladimir Putin's chilling seven-word comment after taking NFL owner's Super Bowl ring

    02/09/2025 7:32:35 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 70 replies
    Express UK ^ | 2/9/2025 | PATRICK AUSTEN-HARDY
    On February 9, the players, coaches and owners of either the Philadelphia Eagles or Kansas City Chiefs will win a coveted Super Bowl ring. The rings, which are understood to cost between $30,000 (£24,000) and $50,000 (£40,000), are widely considered to be one of the most iconic and beautiful awards in sport today. Few people are more familiar with the gleaming pieces of jewellery than New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who watched his iconic side win six Super Bowls. Yet, the multi-billionaire only has five rings, as Russian president Vladimir Putin has the other one. Kraft, 83, visited Russia...
  • Key takeaways from Trump’s press conference:

    02/13/2025 11:54:07 AM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 57 replies
    X.com ^ | 1:42 PM · Feb 13, 2025 | Libs of TikTok✓@libsoftiktok
    - Will be looking at the IRS - Car tariffs are coming soon - Would love to have Russia back in G7 - Elon Musk’s DOGE is doing a great job - Deadline to ban TikTok could be extended - Taiwan took our chip business—we want it back - Not concerned about countries shifting business to China - Wants talks on military spending cuts with Russia & China - No need for producing or stockpiling new nuclear weapons - BRICS nations playing with the dollar could face 100%+ tariffs
  • Scoop — Zelensky to Trump: Putin pretends to want peace because he's "afraid of you"

    02/13/2025 10:48:53 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 26 replies
    Axios ^ | 2/13/2025 | Barak Ravid
    Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky told President Trump during a phone call on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is only pretending to want to negotiate a peace deal because he is "afraid of you," a Ukrainian official and three other sources with knowledge of the call tell Axios. -snip- Behind the scenes: Three sources said the call between Trump and Zelensky was positive and went on for about an hour, longer than the call Trump had with Putin immediately before. Trump told Zelensky that he understands his concerns about him talking to Putin, but stressed there is no way around...
  • Europe warns Trump against Ukraine deal 'behind our backs'

    02/13/2025 9:30:16 AM PST · by Mariner · 80 replies
    AFP (france) via Yahoo ^ | February 13th. 2025 | Max DELANY
    Blindsided Europeans warned Thursday that a "dirty deal" between US President Donald Trump and Moscow on ending the Ukraine war was doomed to fail -- insisting they and Kyiv must have a seat at the negotiating table.Meeting NATO partners the day after Trump revealed he had agreed to start peace talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth denied it meant a betrayal of Kyiv's three-year war effort.But Trump's move stunned European allies -- several of whom openly called his strategy into question.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected any "dictated peace" and his defence minister called it "regrettable" that Washington...
  • Russian rouble, stocks surge after Trump-Putin call

    02/13/2025 10:09:32 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 5 replies
    Reuters Investing ZA ^ | 2/13/2025 | Gleb Bryanski
    The Russian rouble and stocks surged on Thursday after a telephone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in which the two leaders discussed ways to end the Ukraine war. Hit by Western sanctions, Russian assets plummeted after the start of the war almost three years ago. Once a favourite play in emerging markets globally, most of them are now off-limits for Western investors. The rouble closed up 3.7% at 90.50 against the dollar, the highest level for the Russian currency since September 2024, according to data from the over-the-counter market. The rouble briefly touched the...
  • Germany protests 'regrettable' Trump 'concessions' to Putin on Ukraine

    02/13/2025 7:58:30 AM PST · by Mariner · 18 replies
    ABC GMA via Yahoo ^ | February 13th. 2025 | DAVID BRENNAN
    Germany's defense minister criticized President Donald Trump for what he called "regrettable" concessions to Moscow, after the president unilaterally announced an immediate start to direct peace talks with President Vladimir Putin to end the Kremlin's war on Ukraine.Trump said in a post to social media on Wednesday that he spoke with Putin by phone, adding the two leaders "agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately" to end the fighting in Ukraine after nearly three years of Russia's full-scale invasion.Trump's announcement came shortly after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told allies that Ukraine cannot liberate all territory occupied by Russian...
  • NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere

    02/13/2025 8:02:45 AM PST · by Mariner · 37 replies
    The Associated Press via Yahoo ^ | February 13th. 2025 | LORNE COOK
    BRUSSELS (AP) — In just one speech by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week, the most powerful member of NATO has thrown the world’s biggest military alliance into disarray, raising troubling questions about America’s commitment to European security.Hegseth told almost 50 of Ukraine ’s Western backers on Wednesday that he had joined their meeting “to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe.”“The United States faces consequential threats to our homeland. We must — and we are — focusing on security of our own...
  • Ukraine to participate in peace talks 'one way or another', Kremlin says

    02/13/2025 8:28:00 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 9 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | 2/13/2025 | Reuters
    Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Ukraine would participate "one way or another" in any talks to end the war, but there would be a separate US-Russian track to the talks, Russian state news agency TASS reported. Another agency, Interfax, quoted Peskov as saying that preparation for a meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump could take up to several months, but both sides agreed the Saudi capital Riyadh was a suitable location.
  • EUROPE IN PANIC MODE: CUT OUT & BLINDSIDED BY TRUMP-PUTIN CALL

    02/13/2025 7:50:18 AM PST · by hardspunned · 25 replies
    Sputnik ^ | 2/13/25 | Sputnik
    After the leaders of Russia and the US discussed a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine crisis, a panicky reaction from European leaders was not long in coming
  • Turncoat Mike Pence Attacks President Trump Again – This Time as Trump Works to Bring Peace to Ukraine

    02/13/2025 7:13:10 AM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 51 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | February 13, 2025 | Jim Hoft
    The last time we heard from Turncoat Mike Pence he was urging Republican Senators to block Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Senate confirmation. Before that, Pence said he was “literally praying” that Trump would not pardon the innocent January 6 political prisoners. Now, Pence is spouting off trashing President Trump for working to bring peace to Ukraine. Who’s paying this guy? President Trump held calls with Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky on Wednesday. Trump is expected to hold meetings with Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia. And there is talk that Trump was invited to Russia for talks. Mike Pence...
  • Bolton: ‘Trump Has Effectively Surrendered to Putin’

    02/13/2025 4:13:44 AM PST · by kevcol · 49 replies
    Breitbart ^ | February 12, 2025 | Pam Key
    Former National Security Advisor John Bolton said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Source” that President Donald Trump “has effectively surrendered” to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Host Kaitlan Collins said, “You’ve previously said that that you believe Putin sees Trump as what you described as an easy mark. You were there for their first meeting in Helsinki. What are your expectations for this one?”
  • China Tries to Play the Role of Peacemaker in Ukraine

    02/13/2025 5:28:00 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 12 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 2/13/2025 | Lingling Wei, Alexander Ward, Laurence Norman
    As President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin signal they are prepared to start negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, China is pushing to play a role. Chinese officials in recent weeks have floated a proposal to the Trump team through intermediaries to hold a summit between the two leaders and to facilitate peacekeeping efforts after an eventual truce, according to people in Beijing and Washington familiar with the matter. -snip- Part of China’s proposal to assist a Russia-Ukraine peace deal involves Beijing acting as a “guarantor” by sending peacekeeping troops to the region, the people familiar said.
  • Bolton: ‘Trump Has Effectively Surrendered to Putin’

    02/13/2025 5:41:01 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 90 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/12/2025 | Pam Key
    Former National Security Advisor John Bolton said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Source” that President Donald Trump “has effectively surrendered” to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Host Kaitlan Collins said, “You’ve previously said that that you believe Putin sees Trump as what you described as an easy mark. You were there for their first meeting in Helsinki. What are your expectations for this one?” Bolton said, “Well, I don’t have any expectations anymore. I think we know exactly what’s gonna happen. President Trump has effectively surrendered to Putin before the negotiations have even begun. The positions that Defense Secretary Hegseth announced in...
  • Now Putin is poised to invade Europe as Trump casts Ukraine aside: Spy chiefs warn Russia is preparing for large-scale war by 2030

    02/13/2025 5:31:44 AM PST · by dennisw · 247 replies
    UK DAILY MAIL ^ | 13 February 2025 | ELENA SALVONI
    With president's 'peace talks' compared to Chamberlain appeasing Hitler Donald Trump's concessions on Ukraine have played into the hands of Vladimir Putin, experts have warned, at a time when intelligence chiefs say Moscow is preparing its military for a major war in Europe. US defence chief Pete Hegseth told European counterparts on Wednesday that Ukraine's dream of returning to its pre-2014 borders was an 'illusionary goal' and that Kyiv's wish for NATO membership was 'not realistic'. His statements are widely seen as a major victory for Putin and a devastating blow to Kyiv, which as a result could be forced...
  • China proposes Putin-Trump summit to end Ukraine war, WSJ reports

    02/13/2025 4:16:47 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 9 replies
    Reuters MSN ^ | 2/13/2025 | Mei Mei Chu and Ryan Woo
    China has floated a proposal to hold a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump to help end the Ukraine war, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Chinese officials in recent weeks have raised a proposal with the Trump team through intermediaries to hold a summit between the two leaders and to facilitate peacekeeping efforts after an eventual truce, according to people in Beijing and Washington cited by the newspaper. Asked about the newspaper report at a regular news conference on Thursday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said he had "no...
  • Putin’s troops are getting so desperate they’re using donkeys to supply ammo

    02/07/2025 7:40:57 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 91 replies
    Metro UK ^ | Jasper King
    Russia has got so desperate it has had to go back to one of the most old-fashioned ways to carry bullets and guns during a war. The Soviet army had to start using donkeys and horses to carry ammunition in Ukraine – something that hasn’t been done for over a century. Military blogger Kirill Fedorov wrote on his Telegram channel that Putin and his soldiers have started to send the animals to the front line. He said that an official government transport list says these animals include horses, camels and deer. He wrote: ‘The fighters were given a donkey to...
  • Putin’s war-mad deputy governor killed in mine blast as ‘Tiger’ unit commander becomes highest-ranking war casualty

    02/03/2025 7:46:13 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 36 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 2/3/2025 | Elizabeta Ranxburgaj Will Stewart
    ONE of Mad Vlad's war criminal deputy governors has been blown up by a landmine. Sergey Efremov, 51, has become the highest ranking Russian official to be killed in the conflict. -snip- The 51-year-old reportedly died after his military vehicle was blown up after hitting a mine in the Kursk region of Western Russia. Efremov, and another pro-Putin politician, died after attempting to help wounded Russian soldiers.
  • After Months of Using Them as Cannon Fodder by Putin, North Korean Troops Are Pulled From the Front Lines

    01/31/2025 4:55:32 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 22 replies
    Hotair ^ | 01/31/2025 | John Sexton
    Starting last last year, North Korea sent a total of about 11,000 highly trained troops to fight in Ukraine on behalf of Russia. But after months of being used as cannon fodder for Putin's war machine, Ukrainian sources say the North Koreans have been pulled off the front lines in recent weeks.The North Korean troops, sent to bolster Russian forces trying to push back a Ukrainian offensive inside Russia’s borders, have not been seen at the front for about two weeks, the officials said after requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive military and intelligence matters.The arrival of around 11,000 North Korean...
  • Trump says he and Putin could do something ‘significant’ toward ending Russia’s war in Ukraine

    01/31/2025 2:37:37 PM PST · by marcusmaximus · 13 replies
    AP ^ | 1/31/2025 | AAMER MADHANI AND WILL WEISSERT
    President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration has already had “very serious” discussions with Russia about its war in Ukraine and that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon take “significant” action toward ending the grinding conflict. “We will be speaking, and I think will perhaps do something that’ll be significant,” Trump said in exchange with reporters in the Oval Office. “We want to end that war. That war would have not started if I was president.” Trump did not say who from his administration has been in contact with the Russians but insisted the two sides were...
  • Biden White House's most recent departure revealed as architect of 'Putin price hike' talking point

    03/02/2023 7:35:49 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 4 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/1 | Houston Keene
    The architect of one of President Biden’s panned talking points has been revealed. "Putin’s price hike" became a frequent talking point throughout 2022 during the Ukraine War and earlier this year. It was often used to deflect criticism away from President Biden's economic policies and instead blame Russian President Vladimir Putin for high rising inflation in the United States. On Wednesday, it was revealed in a profile piece that the architect behind the talking point was: now-former White House communications director Kate Bedingfield.