OT: World Politics
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anne25
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hockeylover
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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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More fucking morons voting for the Face Eating Leopards Party.Greenland's opposition wins election dominated by independence and Trump
Greenland's opposition wins election dominated by independence and Trump
The voting was dominated by US President Donald Trump's pledge to take over Denmark's autonomous territory.www.yahoo.com
Trump doesn't even know where Greenland is or why he wants it except that his boss Putin wants it just like he wants the Canadian arctic.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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"I can't see any reason why it would be Russia"
worm
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Not if Ukraine just gives everything to Russia
Cal Gal
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MindzEye
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Honestly, this is "good".
We need one of two outcomes here. Obviously the best outcome is the US aid firehose to open back up, especially in conjunction with a renewed seriousness from Europe. Or the US to further show themselves as a deeply unserious advocate for lasting peace, that is as best a stealth ally to Russia. Putin spitting in Trump's eye publicly will push us towards one or the other quicker.
Russia recently released their public budget and it's ugly looking. 32B USD budget deficit (on the books), down to 38 billion in liquid assets in their national wealth fund (~135B total). They were only able to secure ~40B in bond issuances in 2024 as well despite an average interest rate of 16.5. For comparison, a similar sized economy....Canada....was able to pull 370B out of the bond market in 2020 when the world was melting down, at a ~1.05% average yield. Russia is going to start cannibalizing soon, probably seizing/nationalizing assets from private companies as they default on corporate debt.
Putin spent almost 20 years preparing the Russian economy and military for this moment and it's very nearly spent. The West, in whatever configuration that looks like, just needs to push Ukraine over the finish line.
We need one of two outcomes here. Obviously the best outcome is the US aid firehose to open back up, especially in conjunction with a renewed seriousness from Europe. Or the US to further show themselves as a deeply unserious advocate for lasting peace, that is as best a stealth ally to Russia. Putin spitting in Trump's eye publicly will push us towards one or the other quicker.
Russia recently released their public budget and it's ugly looking. 32B USD budget deficit (on the books), down to 38 billion in liquid assets in their national wealth fund (~135B total). They were only able to secure ~40B in bond issuances in 2024 as well despite an average interest rate of 16.5. For comparison, a similar sized economy....Canada....was able to pull 370B out of the bond market in 2020 when the world was melting down, at a ~1.05% average yield. Russia is going to start cannibalizing soon, probably seizing/nationalizing assets from private companies as they default on corporate debt.
Putin spent almost 20 years preparing the Russian economy and military for this moment and it's very nearly spent. The West, in whatever configuration that looks like, just needs to push Ukraine over the finish line.
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