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Trump, Putin Summit

As far as security guarantees it’s fairly obvious it would require some form of European / American physical presence in Ukraine.
Paper is useless overtime just has been proven in recent and long term history.

Or we can do nothing and just keep dumping money or just walk away.
 
As far as security guarantees it’s fairly obvious it would require some form of European / American physical presence in Ukraine.
Paper is useless overtime just has been proven in recent and long term history.
Agree on both counts.

Pays to remember that at this point the entire Russian political system is addicted to war - the same way your average junkie is addicted to fentanyl. If a ceasefire in Ukraine materializes (still a low-probability event IMO) then Russia will have to start another war in very short order, or be faced with insurmountable domestic issues of a socioeconomic character.

Trump may get his Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize, but none of what's happening right now points to any sort of durable peace in the medium- or long-term.
 
Going through my newsfeed, seems everyone around the world (sans the MAGA bubble, of course) is asking themselves the same question:

How badly is Trump going to f**k this up?
 

Several Cabinet members will accompany Trump on Air Force One​


Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among the Trump administration officials joining the president for his flight to Alaska.

Trump will also be accompanied on Air Force One by CIA Director John Ratcliffe and top White House aides, including Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Monica Crowley, a former Fox News commentator serving as Trump’s chief of protocol, also are making the trip.
That's a new one for me. I did not know we had a "chief of protocol."
 

Pope Leo XIV prays for peace ahead of US-Russia summit

Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars around the world as he celebrated a Catholic feast day on the same day as today’s summit in Alaska.

History’s first American pope didn’t explicitly mention the Trump-Putin meeting, but he has constantly called for dialogue and an end to the conflict, including in conversations with Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

On Friday, Leo recalled that the Aug. 15 feast day dedicated to the Virgin Mary was declared a dogma by Pope Pius XII at the height of World War II.

“He (Pius) hoped that human lives would never again be destroyed by wars,” Leo said. “How relevant are these words today? Unfortunately, even today, we feel powerless in the face of the spread of increasingly deafening violence, insensitive to any movement of humanity.”
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Going through my newsfeed, seems everyone around the world (sans the MAGA bubble, of course) is asking themselves the same question:

How badly is Trump going to f**k this up?
Well, we can only hope he will! Right?
 
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