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IcyPeas

(25,503 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:15 PM Mar 19

French NATO Gen. Yakovleff "He'll drop us the minute it suits him"

(Video has English subtitles)

FRENCH NATO GEN. YAKOVLEFF:

“.. [Trump] wants to share the political risk, not the military risk. .. He’ll drop us the minute it suits him. .. This isn’t the time to buy a promo ticket on the Titanic.”

Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T19:58:30.477Z




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French NATO Gen. Yakovleff "He'll drop us the minute it suits him" (Original Post) IcyPeas Mar 19 OP
Smart guy! SheltieLover Mar 19 #1
Love the bit on selling cheap tickets to a dinner dance on the Titanic after hitting the iceberg!!! pat_k Mar 19 #2
Boy do the EU and everybody else have his number. leftyladyfrommo Mar 19 #3
just like he did with, well, everyone................ twodogsbarking Mar 19 #4
I said the same thing D_Master81 Mar 19 #5
I'm glad someone understands that. SergeStorms Mar 19 #6
They refuse to admit theyve been screwed and not kissed. BattleRow Mar 19 #7
There's much truth in that assumption. SergeStorms Mar 20 #10
Gen. Yakovleff: you couldn't be more right in your assessment of Krasnov. MLWR Mar 19 #8
Brilliant because it's true. Hassler Mar 19 #9
A must watch. dalton99a Mar 20 #11

pat_k

(13,394 posts)
2. Love the bit on selling cheap tickets to a dinner dance on the Titanic after hitting the iceberg!!!
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:34 PM
Mar 19

leftyladyfrommo

(20,009 posts)
3. Boy do the EU and everybody else have his number.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:37 PM
Mar 19

I saw where standing up to him has really improved their numbers.

D_Master81

(2,588 posts)
5. I said the same thing
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:54 PM
Mar 19

NATO and all our allies better be careful about getting into this war. The minute that strait is open he will go back to shitting on them. Don’t make any deal with him.

SergeStorms

(20,600 posts)
6. I'm glad someone understands that.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:01 PM
Mar 19

40% of the the voting U.S. population, and a fair number of wishy-washy "independents," don't.

They refuse to believe what Trump is, even though they've been shown countless times. Trump is out for Trump.

End of transmission.

BattleRow

(2,473 posts)
7. They refuse to admit theyve been screwed and not kissed.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:14 PM
Mar 19

They aren't defending Trump,but defending their own egregious ,self centered choices.

SergeStorms

(20,600 posts)
10. There's much truth in that assumption.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 12:10 PM
Mar 20

Like their hero, they're loathe to admit mistakes.

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