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slightlv

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6. I totally agree! But I'm afraid it's all to be lost if they can't "dumb down"

Reply to Pachamama (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 10:35 PM

Aug 2025

what they're saying. Honestly... do you really think trump understands what this sentence means? I doubt he even knows the word "arbiter" outside of business mediations!

Objectively, the new American leadership has strategically favored the Russian Federation (…) they have gone from being allies on one side, to arbiters of the challenge…”

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