from ZeroHedge:
For a brief moment there, it seemed that the performative threat of an “imminent invasion” by Putin would make the European Union less dysfunctional than it always is (and indeed, when it comes to agreeing to have German debt fund everyone’s prosperity for a few years, if it meant agreeing that “Putin man bad”, with hundreds of billions in new debt issuance, there was shocking agreement across Europe). It didn’t last however, and on Thursday EU leaders tussled over weapons deliveries to Kyiv and who would represent them in US-led diplomacy as the bloc struggled to formulate a strategy on Ukraine.
If Trump is serious about creating meaningful, lasting change, the pardons must keep coming.
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