Iulia Burghiu

@RpsAgainstTrump Good luck, JD, you will need it when you are under the bus!

Trump: Vice President JD Vance is now in charge of “FRAUD” in the United States…Raids have already started in L.A. Good Luck JD!

@RpsAgainstTrump Maybe Graham likes the taste of the US going it alone, after seeing in the Iran war what it’s like to be without allies. Perhaps he thinks it’s time to let Europe figure out a system that actually works without the US.

Lindsey Graham: “I would ask President Trump to do a force posture reevaluation of our presence in Europe…I would be looking at reducing the number of troops we have in Europe…I never thought I’d hear myself say that.”

@Maks_NAFO_FELLA The US doesn’t want alliances, it wants vassals. Bases abroad become convenient real estate, allies host US forces with zero say in their use, expected to fight on Washington’s whim, while the US can ignore their threats, like in Ukraine. A landlord fantasy with imperial overtone

🇺🇸 "I think I would use Article 13 and say, we give you a year, and then we're out of this. We're going to reshape the defense alliances that we have, maybe create a new one, with Japan, Australia, and those European countries that are willing to fight, including Germany, which has been very active again, and Poland, and even Ukraine, which has also proven to be a reliable ally," — General Keith Kellogg said on Fox News, commenting on the possibility of the United States leaving NATO.

@wartranslated This isn’t an alliance, it’s a Swiss cheese. If you make a ‘Swiss cheese’ alliance, with geographically scattered members and conflicting interests, defensive effectiveness drops dramatically.

Kellogg floated replacing NATO with a new defense alliance and said Ukraine could be part of it. He called NATO “cowardly” over the Iran conflict and suggested using Article 13 to exit and “reformat” alliances, naming Japan, Australia, Poland and Germany as possible partners too.

@jurgen_nauditt If NATO wants to deter Russia, it must rely on Eastern Europeans, the ones who know best how to keep Russia away. Arm them, back them logistically, and honor collective commitments. Their experience matters far more than the West’s, as Ukraine proves.

The Baltic states were to be sacrificed. Stoltenberg admitted the "sacrifice" of the Baltic countries: He was prepared to create a "buffer zone" with the Kremlin – Media. Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has revealed facts about secret negotiations with Russia in his memoirs. In particular, in 2021 he was prepared to discuss the withdrawal of NATO troops from Eastern Europe with Russia and to create a "buffer zone" with the Baltic states. Ukraine Now The Europeans are so pathetically weak and hypocritical.

@JenniferJJacobs @SecWar @CBSNews Hegseth’s “warrior ethos” and his flashy Army visions are worthless on the battlefield. Ousting the Army Chief of Staff in the middle of a war makes Hegseth a laughingstock for Iran and Russia.

Scoop: @SecWar Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, sources familiar with the decision told @CBSNews.

@Daractenus Anyone around Trump knows what they’re signing up for, they’ve seen him humiliate allies. It’s a risk they take for influence and visibility. Take Hegseth, for example, he never dreamed of running the DOW from a TV podium, and for that, he’d praise Trump in his sleep.

Burned down her career and committed political suicide just to be remembered as the trash who did everything in her power to defend a clique of rich pedophiles and an insane president. To everyone around Trump, watch and watch well, because you’ll all eventually share her fate.

@RpsAgainstTrump Anyone on Trump’s team should expect Bondi’s fate. Loyalty gets you in the game and keeps you there, but it guarantees nothing about how you leave. Loyalty is the entry fee and the price of staying. Your exit is decided only by how useful you are in the moment, not by your past.

Pam Bondi “begged” Donald Trump not to fire her in an “explosive showdown” at the White House. Trump informed her shortly before his prime-time Iran war address, a senior administration source told the Daily Mail. Bondi pleaded for more time in the role, but Trump made it clear her time leading the agency was over. “She was unhappy and tried to change his mind,” the source said.

@actingliketommy If you hate capitalism, you’ve never lived under communism. You don’t just get debt, you get shortages, misery, and lack of freedom. “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”-Churchill

I'm sorry, but capitalism is a total fucking failure. The US holds 30% of the entire world's wealth and still... we're $38 trillion in debt, have 1M homeless, and 25% of all households make less than $3k a month. Those are bottom feeder stats. Replace capitalism.

@brand_arthur Thank you! Where can more details be found?

BREAKING: The golden Romanian helmet of Coțofenești, which was stolen last year from a museum in the Netherlands, has been recovered. Great work by the Dutch police!

@anneapplebaum So this is the US strategy: start a war with Iran, and then if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz, just count on it opening ‘naturally’. No wonder they don’t have allies willing to join this war.

“It will just open up naturally,” Trump says about the Strait of Hormuz. He also once said, at the beginning of the pandemic, that COVID would end by itself. "One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear"

@BBCSteveR Maybe Putin will suggest to Trump that the U.S. should join the CSTO. Knowing Trump, he’d probably jump on that ‘brilliant proposal’ with full enthusiasm.

A Russian headline the Kremlin will love: “Trump declares he’s ready to pull America out of Nato.” Another paper concedes “US law limits [Trump’s] ability to take a unilateral decision” on this, but suggests he can still “cause a lot of problems for the Alliance.” #ReadingRussia

@RpsAgainstTrump We know, some J6 protesters ended up working for ICE, and drug traffickers and tax evaders have gotten presidential pardons.

Trump: When someone's nice to me, I love that person. Even if they're bad people. I couldn't care less. I’ll fight to the end for them

@RpsAgainstTrump At least Judge Richard Leon shut down the whole monumental ballroom narrative. Maybe the midterms will also put a stop to this personality cult.

Trump: Tonight I'm making a little speech at 9 o'clock. And basically, I'm gonna tell everybody how great I am. Beyond parody

@RpsAgainstTrump If he thinks NATO is a paper tiger, why does he even need NATO? He should go to Hormuz with the countries of the Board of Peace.

Trump threatened to halt weapons for Ukraine unless NATO joined the Hormuz coalition—FT

@RpsAgainstTrump This ‘new president’ must be part of that strategic unpredictability. Not even Iran seems to know who he is, they haven’t even held a presidential election for a new one.

Trump: “We are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!”

@StateDept This ‘new president’ must be part of that strategic unpredictability, right? Not even Iran seems to know who he is, they haven’t even held a presidential election for a new one.

@Gerashchenko_en If Russia were to attack a NATO member, the U.S., under Trump, would likely not lift a finger. NATO allies should stop pretending otherwise and start planning for a U.S. that either walks away or simply stands still. The warning signal is already here.

Recently, President Trump publicly said that the United States doesn't "have to be there for NATO." US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to directly confirm the US commitment to Article 5, saying that it is up to President Trump to decide. Europe will likely have to realize that the moment when it finds itself facing its problems alone is much closer than it seems. I've tried to look at possible scenarios and critical vulnerabilities for Europe in case the US withdraws from NATO. From a legal point of view, the US withdrawal from NATO is a slow and complex process: under Article 13, it takes at least one year after notification. Additionally, starting from 2023, the US president cannot do this alone - a two-thirds majority in the Senate or an act of Congress is required. But the problem is that even without a formal withdrawal, Washington can already significantly weaken NATO politically, militarily, and psychologically. And that's exactly what is happening. At the same time, Europe is no longer where it was ten years ago: defense spending is rising rapidly. But this still does not replace the United States. Key dependencies remain - nuclear deterrence, command and control, intelligence, logistics, long-distance transport, missile defense, and ammunition stocks. There is no strategic autonomy yet. ◼️Scenario 1. Shock without withdrawal. Most likely, Trump will not formally withdraw the US from NATO. Instead, he undermines the Alliance through threats, humiliating allies, and doubting Article 5. NATO does not collapse, but begins to crumble from within due to mistrust. In this scenario, Europe frantically rearms itself but still counts on the American security umbrella. And for Russia, this is an almost perfect window of opportunity: not for a major war with NATO, but for sabotage, cyberattacks, provocations in the Baltics and the Arctic, and strikes against critical infrastructure. Moscow's goal is to prove that NATO is incapable of acting. ◼️Scenario 2. A de facto withdrawal without a de jure withdrawal. This is the most dangerous scenario: The US formally remains in NATO but effectively undermines the Alliance from within - reducing its presence, stalling decisions, and making security guarantees conditional. This is something Trump could do, as it does not require a complex legal procedure. For Europe, this is the worst kind of uncertainty: NATO seems to exist, but whether it is capable of acting is unknown. For the Kremlin, this is also very convenient, especially if Russians are confident that the US will not respond. ◼️Scenario 3. The formal withdrawal process is initiated, but resistance emerges in the US. Trump attempts to turn threats into legal action. And this is where the resistance begins: the Senate, Congress, the courts, some Republicans, Democrats, the Pentagon, and the foreign policy apparatus. Formally, NATO will remain in place for at least another year. But the strategic blow comes sooner: the very initiation of the procedure undermines the basic assumption that the US remains the reliable core of the Alliance. ◼️Scenario 4. Europe becomes independent. This is a forced adaptation. Europe accelerates its rearmament, integration, and joint production. NATO does not disappear, but becomes less American: the US weakens as a political center, while Europeans become more influential. The problem is that this transition is slow and dangerous. The money is already there, but command, production, and nuclear gaps cannot be closed quickly. ◼️Scenario 5, the worst one: A crisis within NATO coincides with a Russian strike. Moscow is not waiting for the Alliance to collapse. It needs only a moment when trust in Article 5 has vanished, and Europe hasn't yet had time to get stronger. Then, rather than a major war, there will be a limited strike aimed at causing a split: sabotage, a cyberattack, or an attack on infrastructure. The goal is not necessarily to seize territory. The goal is to demonstrate that NATO is incapable of responding quickly, unanimously, and decisively. ◼️For Ukraine, the consequences are direct. Any erosion of the US role in NATO simultaneously reduces the predictability of support for Kyiv, increases the burden on Europe, and strengthens the Kremlin's temptation to expand the war as a tool to pressure the entire European order. The question of NATO's reliability directly affects Ukraine. It is a question of whether Europe can adapt quickly and maintain political stability and unity in the face of a real threat. Finally, it is worth mentioning President Trump's claims to Greenland, which, in light of his intentions regarding NATO, add further grounds for concern.

@WhiteHouse This ‘new president’ must be part of that strategic unpredictability, right? Not even Iran seems to know who he is.

"Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE! We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!" - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

@sentdefender Nissan has been producing a large share of its U.S.-market vehicles domestically, in Tennessee and Mississippi, since 1983. It hasn’t ‘moved most of its production’ to the U.S., it still produces extensively in Japan, Mexico, Europe.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump congratulated the Nissan Americas chairman, Christian Meunier, today, saying that Nissan has moved “most” of their production to the U.S., citing tariffs as the primary reason for the move.