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White House says highly-anticipated Trump-Putin call ‘going well’

Call began at 10 am eastern time, and remains in progress, Dan Scavino, Trump’s deputy chief of staff, writes on X The White House said Tuesday that an ongoing call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is “going well” as the two nations seek to hammer out a deal to pause […]

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Enough carrots for Putin. For better negotiations, serve ‘maximum pressure’ instead.

I missed the carrots and thought that maximum pressure was already being applied all things considered thus far.. Sanctions, coup plots, instability at the border, NATO expansion etc.,Read entirely at the link provided From the Atlantic Council Trump may yet convince Putin to agree to an immediate, unconditional cease-fire. If he does not, the United […]

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Trump and Putin to Talk?

Tomorrow Negotiators working to end the Russia-Ukraine war have already discussed “dividing up certain assets,” US President Donald Trump said Sunday as he announced he planned to speak to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Trump’s comments come after he announced last week that Ukraine had accepted a US-proposed 30-day ceasefire, putting the ball in […]

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Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen

Financial Times The US on Saturday launched a wave of air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, as Donald Trump warned that “hell will rain down upon” the Iran-backed group if they continue to attack shipping in the Red Sea. The US president also warned Iran to halt its support for the militant group “immediately”. […]

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Ukraine’s Kursk Collapse & Washington’s Rush to Freeze Conflict Under “Minsk 3”

As Ukraine’s Kursk operations collapse and wider fears grow regarding the viability of Ukraine’s armed forces, the US is rushing to freeze the conflict, create a European-occupied buffer zone in Ukraine, and buy time to rearm and reorganize Ukraine’s forces for the next round of fighting. Do check all the links Mr Berletic makes available […]

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Stop with the cards & balls metaphor- Putin’s response below

Fairly decent article from Forbes- Surprisingly, so I’ve included some excerpts below; I’m going to use my own headline- Playing at a truce, is not a game, so stop with the card and balls metaphors- Two weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump said to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he didn’t have ‘the cards’. This […]

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Putin to Meet Witkoff Tonight in Moscow- Updated

Which should be soon as it’s nearly 7:00 pm in Moscow?? Politico Donald’s Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night in Moscow as the White House pushes the Kremlin to accept a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. “The meeting between Witkoff and President Vladimir Putin will take place in a […]

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Poland – Give us some nukes

We’ve talked previously on the subject of building up of Poland at the expense of Germany- To increase pressure on Russia. I’m pondering the possibility of their being a Turkish factor in all this. To reduce Turkey’s strategic importance in NATO? Defense news Straitstimes This is not a fear stance, this is an agressor stance […]

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“The Ball is In Russia’s Court”

So, here’s a comment I left on twitter when news of this “ceasefire agreement” broke yesterday It was that obvious the con was on and the spin was being readied. Recall my comment from two days ago? penny2says: March 10, 2025 at 11:31 am•Edit I’m still not grasping how it is that the Ukraine and […]

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Saudi/US/Ukraine Meeting; Minerals Deal, Intelligence gathering etc

Going to do a grab bag of news; Trump say’s they’ve just about lifted the restrictions on intelligence sharing- Whatever that actually means? Interesting too is that the US is claiming the minerals deal will be signed today, in Saudi Arabia. If so, that will confirm a number of my suspicions about Trumps “sincerity” for […]

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