As a white man, it means nothing to me when someone uses my race against me. The historical context of oppression doesn’t accompany the insult. However, there have been times in my life when minorities have excluded me or shunned me for my race, which sucks, but it doesn’t mean I’m going to internet war over it.
Yes, since the 80s when the FSB took an interest in him. They likely have tons of kompromat on him. I can’t believe so many people in America cannot see it for what it is.
I believe he is beholden to him by way of blackmail. Remember the Steele Dossier.
Steele was first to warn that Russia was mounting a covert operation to elect Donald Trump. Fusion GPS – his partners in Washington DC – have called this the dossier’s ‘foundational initial assertion’ and it was correct. Much later, the Mueller inquiry would state that ‘the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome.’ Steele wrote about what was happening as early as June 2016…The US intelligence agencies…did not publish their findings until December 2016, too late to prevent the effort to influence the election.
Yeah, compensation was too high to turn down. I was happy where I was and going in the right direction.
Let’s just say I was morphing into something in my career, then was made a ridiculous offer for more money doing something I wasn’t fully qualified to do with the promise that there would be plenty of time to ramp up and develop. I took it, the timeline constricted, I got laid off (might as well have been fired), and it derailed my career from the trajectory I was on. Then the entire tech sector went into downturn, everyone’s doing RTO, every job has 487261884 applicants, and I’m about ready to cash in my chips.
Oh boy, I wish I could tell you a story about this without doxxing myself. Holy fuck does it hit hard.
I assume you would be operating VNFs in the context of using these parameters, which implies that any security concerns would be mitigated through the use of the same.
It wasn’t my intention to condescend; I just figured you might not understand that the US’ strength is primarily due to the fact that the USD is the currency the world trades in. Weakening the USD has a lot of implications for changing the world order, which would benefit Russia.
Many years ago, Russia and china tried to develop an alternative currency to use in the global energy market. Weakening the US is a major goal for Putin, and so it is for Trump.
Yes, it does. As does weakening the USD by pumping crypto. Look into how the world order works.
It is blatantly a means to draw us close to Russia and alienate our NATO allies.
Because of the separation of powers and checks and balances we have in the US, he doesn’t have unilateral power to do whatever he wants. He can typically only inch toward Putin’s goals. Why do you think he is trying to weaken our relationships with our allies through tariffs and talk of land grabs?
Trump says a lot of shit. He also said Ukraine shouldn’t have fought back.
Actions speak louder than words.
It’s only the first week.
In his previous term, he had to be forced by Congress to keep sanctions against Russia in place. Getting rid of them was one of his first priorities.
Putin didn’t tell him to pound sand. Putin holds the leash. Everything Donald Trump says and does is to advance Russian interests.
That is what will happen.
Ok I read it.
Here’s my take.
This is a set up. Putin now has to say “ok, ok, we’ll make a deal!”
Then he says he’ll end the operation in Ukraine but only if they retain taken territory.
Then Trump gets to say that’s reasonable, and Zelenskyy becomes the disagreeable one for saying no.
Trump then turns on Zelenskyy.
I give it 3 months before this chain of events becomes reality.
Lmao, so accurate.
A genius wouldn’t post something this pointless and idiotic in the first place. If they felt inclined to, they would likely not think it worth the time.
Same. What an awful day to be a sane American.