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Texin

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7. Trump can't dictate demands to sovereign nations and expect them to just obey him. He's posturing.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 12:19 PM
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Pootin must be so proud of his puppet SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #1
What a miserable greedy asshole. 😡 Dave Bowman 13 hrs ago #2
I prefer sadistic greedy bastard vapor2 21 min ago #26
Trump has been such a good friend to Europe Johonny 12 hrs ago #3
Europe should tell him to FOAD. MLWR 11 hrs ago #14
Europe likely to tell trump to pound sand vapor2 22 min ago #25
Trump is on the wrong side history... What about the 20 to 90 K of Ukrainian kids that Putin has kidnapped? Botany 12 hrs ago #4
Pedonold doesn't care about US kids going hungry, so... Justice matters. 10 hrs ago #18
He really is a hideous person. Cruelty is the point. Botany 10 hrs ago #19
Corrupted pedonold thinks he won the mega-billions lottery Justice matters. 10 hrs ago #21
"What about the 20 to 90 K of Ukrainian kids that Putin has kidnapped?" OldBaldy1701E 5 hrs ago #22
Ukraine's European allies know very well what Trump and Putin are up to Emrys 12 hrs ago #5
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission thought crime 11 hrs ago #12
And she's not alone PatSeg 11 hrs ago #13
Good. She shouldn't. MLWR 11 hrs ago #15
I don't believe Trump has a mechanism for blocking the use of funds that are deposited in European banks. Martin68 12 hrs ago #6
Trump can't dictate demands to sovereign nations and expect them to just obey him. He's posturing. Texin 11 hrs ago #7
After "conquering" the U.S. SergeStorms 11 hrs ago #10
His one gift is finding and exploiting leverage and vulnerabilities. If he doesn't get his cut, he can threaten wiggs 10 hrs ago #16
Often true, but just as often Trump's threats prove to be empty and he just moves on to a new target. Martin68 10 hrs ago #20
Luckily...... SergeStorms 11 hrs ago #8
Putin has something on him, come on folks let's be real ashredux 11 hrs ago #9
Putin may well have something on Schlump. ShazzieB 10 hrs ago #17
He has a lot of 'something' on him. sheshe2 8 min ago #27
And stupid MAGA who already lost business, medical services, their SS and Medicare won't see a dime but will back this ChicagoTeamster 11 hrs ago #11
MAGA Moscow Agent Governing America MissouriDem47 5 hrs ago #23
We expect nothing less Old Crank 2 hrs ago #24
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