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He talks of taking back the Panama Canal. Never mind that it’s been a Panama property since 2000.
He talks of all hell breaking loose if Hamas doesn’t give up the hostages still in its possession before he is installed as president.
And Canada should be our 51st state. A peaceful and loyal friend doesn’t deserve that.
And we ought to buy Greenland, regardless of what their people say.
The drug cartels in Mexico? We’ll put an end to them right away to protect our people. But what about helping our citizens deal effectively with the cravings for drugs in general — fentanyl being just one of them — and addressing all the societal dysfunction that goes into the vulnerability to substance abuse.
And Trump will put tariffs on everybody and their cousins. Regardless of the cost to our economy.
Talk, talk and more talk. And it’s all filling himself up with air.
From across the ocean, in Moscow, Putin smiles confidently. He’s got his man.
End the war in 24 hours? Sure, says Putin, if you do what I want you to do.
‘I know Vladimir,’ says Trump. He does not. But Vladimir does see right through him.
Will the war in Ukraine end in 24 hours? Of course not.
Will it end on terms favorable to Ukraine and the West? Not either.
Dealing with Putin will be the hardest test for Trump during his presidency.
Putin is a killer and will not yield.
At the beginning of the war with Ukraine, in February 2022, France’s Macron spent…