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Shankar Narayan's avatar

Just in: NATO countries will quickly deliver American weapons from their own stocks to Ukraine. And then they will go to the US to buy them to replenish their depleted arsenals, — Spiegel

❗️Germany, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Britain, the Netherlands and Canada will join the first wave of deliveries.

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Robert Jaffee's avatar

“Trump had seized control of the MAGA narrative. Any attack would now bounce off…..More importantly, he positioned himself to pivot in any direction from here—hawk or dove, victor or peacemaker—while still being able to claim strategic dominance if Putin loses.”

Shankar, how are you concluding that Trump has done a complete 180 degree turn and is now in Ukraine’s court? My take away from yesterday’s announcement was one of two things:

Trump is hedging his bet like you have so eloquently stated, or Trump’s playing a long-game to help Putin navigate this disaster in the making.

After all, Trump just gave Putin a 50 day reprieve to continue to wreak havoc on Ukraine with impunity. And this is the summer time when armies engage and fight, so……..

Bottom line, the news is great, but I’m still hearing conflicting reports and as for Russia’s ability to wage war? Russia is still fourth in the world when it comes to Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), so they aren’t running out of money anytime soon, and as far as munitions; you’ve said it yourself, N. Korea is supplying up to 40%.

Therefore, I’m still left conflicted and confused…:)

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