SawkTong

@OPFORPio @johnkonrad How droll. Smart as a whip.

@SawkTong @johnkonrad Bye loser

Dear Europe, I know you feel outrage. I have talked to many of you on the phone. I know politicians and media on both sides of the Atlantic are furious. I attended a conference with mostly Europeans. The worry and frustration was palpable. I get it too. You are dependent on Middle East oil and aluminum and fertilizer and shipping and LNG. Dubai is a vital travel hub for you. Vital. But don’t worry. Trump will lose the midterms and Congress will flip and side with you. Or maybe not… I live in the bluest town in the bluest state, where protests are practically a seasonal sport. I drove over eight hours across New England this week past the usual corners where outrage normally lives. This time? Nothing. Left, right, center. I’m hearing almost no one talk about this war. MAGA doesn’t even care. Ask someone and you’ll get the expected talking points. But in coffee shops, kitchens, real life? Silence. Hard truth: most Americans just don’t care. And since the weather warmed, not a single keffiyeh in sight. So when Trump says you need to go protect the ships and airports that are vital to YOU, I think he means it. Because the vast majority of Americans don’t care. And it’s not that we want to see you spin into an energy and food shortage. It’s that even the most TDS-inflicted liberal American is getting tired of your BS. Hating Trump is one thing. Almost half of America is OK with that. But your anti-American vitriol and arrogance and weakness is exhausting. Nobody likes a needy person who is angry and thinks they are better than you. It’s literally the worst combination in a person. And you might not want to admit it, but you are needy. You need us to reopen Hormuz. You need our banks and our markets. You need a lot. “We will not participate in this war” is fine. Nobody is asking you to bomb civilians. What’s weak is you won’t surge defensive missiles and planes to protect European-owned ships and property. When exactly did defense make you a participant? Defense of innocent life and property isn’t a “war crime.” And you DO own the majority of ships getting attacked. Ships that you are unwilling to defend maybe because you outsource the labor to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Ukraine. You are the wealthy lords who abandoned the mansion but told the help to stick around and defend it. So you might want to send a few warships and missile defense units to protect YOUR property. Or at least leave them at anchor and send the innocent crews home. You want us to defend the Strait because we started this mess? That’s reasonable. Problem is the reaction from most of America to your demands is: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@OPFORPio @johnkonrad Ok. Glad you’ve shown your view & grasp of history; so that I needn’t waste any more time engaging. Enjoy your day. 👍🏼

@SawkTong @johnkonrad World Wars America 2 Rest of world 0

@OPFORPio @johnkonrad Of course you wouldn’t… I imagine that like many Americans you labour under the impression that the only way to do things “right” is “The American way!” and others only do things differently because they haven’t yet seen how “America does it”.🙄 How’s that going right now?

@SawkTong @johnkonrad I wouldn't expect Singapore to understand

@RepMikeLevin @anneapplebaum Same as it ever was?? … seem to recall reading similar corruption in “The Halliburton Agenda” Dan Briody regarding Lyndon Johnson and Brown&Root??

A three-year-old company operating out of a WeWork with reportedly fewer than five employees is being considered for up to $25 BILLION in nuclear energy funds from a trade deal Trump brokered with Japan. The company has never built a nuclear plant or completed a nuclear project of any kind. What does this company bring to the table? The father of its CEO donated $2 million+ to Trump and the GOP, and one of its advisors is a former RNC co-chair and Trump appointee. In this Administration, that’s apparently all you need.

@KathrynPorter26 @AssaadRazzouk @emberclimate I tend to agree.. although Assaad profile states he’s in Singapore. For a small well connected country, I can see the possibilities of EVs over petrol in Singapore. (Not sure how you’d go driving over the causeway for very far mind you.) Horses for courses??

@AssaadRazzouk @emberclimate I'd buy a petrol car over an electric one any day Because I understand how they are made, and that oil shocks are rare compared with the ongoing issues with EV charging infrastructure

One has to be out of their mind to buy a petrol car - or bus, or scooter, or heater - today if they're even remotely cognizant of the reality around them ➡️New @EmberClimate report shows 75% of the world is currently held hostage by fossil fuel imports, bleeding $1.7 trillion in 2024 alone THREAD

@Schizointel @TrentTelenko The way this is going it looks like everyone will end up getting involved - but have you seen the agreement that Obama had with the Iranians that yer bud Trumpy threw out? This is of his making.. so when it comes to the bill (financial AND butchers) it’ll be on him.

You didn't have to help the US. You could have just helped your own allies in the Gulf countries. This is half the problem with you lot. You just assume that none of the Gulf countries have their own agency and whose navies is it right now that are protecting 20,000 mariners across 4,000 ships that are sitting in the region. Sailors from every country on the planet that could be taken hostage or killed by the Iranians and what is the European response. Spitting in all there faces saying Europe would rather see them killed so long as it makes America look bad. While ignoring the calls for aid by Gulf Nations. India has deployed now over half a dozen warships to the Gulf of Oman. You'll notice that they're doing their own thing, it's not part of a US operation but the result is the same. Getting ships to start moving and to protect ships. Pakistan has deployed a couple ships as well and again not part of a US operation with end result being the same getting ships moving.

@jonburkeUK @EdConwaySky Aren’t we seeing the results of years and years of lack of investment and (what have proved to be) poor decisions? Is doubling down on those not a bit foolish? Whatever personal beliefs are re: NetZero etc (bollocks) maintaining North Sea production would have surely been smart?

Dear @EdConwaySky: 1/ The U.K only has refinery capacity for 20% of North Sea oil, however much is pumped. 2/ Short term increases in North Sea extraction due to lower taxes will leave us more exposed to imports, reduce revenue for public services, and do nothing for prices.

@dbs_care why has my transfer from an overseas bank not been credited to my account - 4 working days.. Overseas bank can see it’s been credited to DBS. Where is my money?

@NUCLRGOLF @Skratch I’m sure the club manufacturers just love this!! How do they sell their next “New Shiny Thing!!”..??? 🤣😆

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@dbsbank Electronic transfer still not credited in my account after 5 days. How to trust banks when they can play with customers money with glib, nonsense chatbot answers to where their money is?

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@dbsbank Electronic transfer from my overseas bank left my account 5 days ago - still nothing credited in to DBS account. Where is my money? This is electronic transfer, not a sack of coins delivered by donkey. Why 5 days and still nothing?

@DNIGabbard @shaneharris Another of the Orange Clowns dullard groupies. History will not treat any of you well.

Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief. As our Commander in Chief, he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat, and whether or not to take action he deems necessary to protect the safety and security of our troops, the American people and our country.  The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is responsible for helping coordinate and integrate all intelligence to provide the President and Commander in Chief with the best information available to inform his decisions.  After carefully reviewing all the information before him, President Trump concluded that the terrorist Islamist regime in Iran posed an imminent threat and he took action based on that conclusion.

@atrupar So Trumpy & his idiot cabal have spent a year denigrating all & slapping tariffs everywhere, never mind threatened invading a NATO partner, and are now asking for help - when the Orange clown also boasted “we don’t need anyone else”? I guess they’re finding out. Historic lunacy.

KUDLOW: China is the number one consumer of Iranian oil, so they have a huge stake in the Strait or Hormuz. Would they join the coalition to open the strait? We haven't had any luck with NATO GREER: I don't know if they'll join, but I agree with you. Our hope is they'll be cooperative

@JSchanzer As a supposed expert on “democracies and foreign policy”; quite surprised that you can’t see Trumps attack with no clear aim or end point as questionable at best and blatantly stupid at worst.

The lack of European engagement in the Hormuz crisis is neither new nor specific to Trump. The Euros have basically been bystanders since 10/7. As a herd, they’ve endeavored to stay onside with the Iranian regime and its proxies. Profiles in courage they are not.

@Ed_Miliband You’re the gouger-in-chief you dull twat!!

This Labour government is fighting people's corner. We're cutting energy bills. We're calling out price gouging. And just now the Prime Minister has set out further support for those who use heating oil. Affordability is the number one issue, and we're determined to act.

@Robert_E_Kelly @Martina History will not be kind to the current US administration.

20 years from now, no one will admit to having supported this, and our kids will be amazed we let these people govern the country - twice

@JohnHodnett @ChrisMurphyCT Re: “say something positive”… when there actually IS something positive, maybe? Rather than the muddled nonsense from Trumpy & the dullard acolytes in his cabinet??

What are you going say if he pulls it off? Eliminates the Iranian terror threat, opens the straight to full and free transportation, oil drops belie $70 per barrel and frees the people of Iran from years of oppression. If that happens, I know the answer. You will go quiet or move on to some other complaint. Can you ever say anything positive?

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

@RugbyInsideLine Really not what sure Wigglesworth provides tbh.. keeps getting moved around but seems like every department he moves to struggles.. am I missing something?? 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

Suspect a lot of Steve Borthwick’s review is going to involve his backroom staff, particularly Wigglesworth and El-Abd. Sacrifices may need to be made to save himself. England felt they were going places with Aled and Felix. Not quite so much currently…

@ShaneRyanHere @GolfDigest Lazy twat.

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