"All the rest" confirmed that Trump made a lucky shot. He showed that even an idiot can sometimes say smart things. Most Europeans knew that Germany was stupid, you don't have to be a genius to see the stupidity. To me Merkel was too much pro Putin and used her power to force Nordstream 2. They almost made Nordstream 2 operational, against the will of most Europeans. Merkel damaged Germany, and Trump damaged the US.
Ukrainians are very creative and inventive, but Western specialists in tactics helped probably. Rocket David destroyed ship Goliath. One of the many times that Ukraine outsmarted Russia.
I heard from a friend in Moscow that Russia sent a “huge amount of weapons” to Ukraine and the second wave is going to be incomparable to the first one as a response to NATO loaning weapons to Ukraine.
If the "idiot" says something smart, and all of the "smart" people laugh, but it turns out to be true, and the "smart people" couldn't see it, perhaps its time to re-evaluate the definition of "idiot" and "smart" that you hold.
The fact that the "smart" people laughed shows that they were not smart. They were made "smart" to make idiot Trump look less stupid. They just had to look more idiot than Trump. I live in Europe and I never noticed people laughing . I saw alot who were angry instead of laughing. The biggest pusher for Nordstream 1 and 2 was Gerhard Schröder (Gas-Gerd), a corrupt German politicain who is on the paylist of Putin with seats in different Russian companies (Gazprom & Rosneft) and making millions. Nobody was stupid, those who pushed Nordstream 1 and 2 were corrupt.
This whole thread is good for a tidy quick update on what to expect in the next couple of weeks but I wanted to point out this particular piece showing… 1. Recognition of Ukrainian veterans. These guys have a lot of experience fighting now and they know their weapons and… 2. The military aid we (and I mean NATO and allied countries together) is built around a “game plan.”
Russian Ministry of Defence REALLY hated to release this. Postponed it as much as they could. Lied like crazy about it being fine, and being towed to repairs. Finally announced that the cruiser that was told to f*ck off, reached its destination. At the bottom of the sea.