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- 👏👏👏👏👏👏 @AlexCrawfordSky
This is how you report Israeli attempts to demonise the journalists they murder. The contrast with @BBCNews extraordinary. @SkyNews rightly leading with the story.
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Mike Mitchell
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I actually think that this is one of the very few decent proposals he has come up with. But that money should not be spent on American weapons.
Olga Nesterova@onestpress
Trump is reportedly considering tying NATO’s Article 5 protections to defense spending. Under proposal, allies not meeting 5% GDP threshold could lose access to collective defense guarantees. Factcheck: No country currently meets a 5% defense spending threshold. That would redefine what NATO is. What does 5% mean in NATO terms? ~3.5% core military ~1.5% broader security (cyber, infrastructure) No ally is there yet.
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Mike Mitchell retweetledi
NATO members are obliged to support one another if attacked, not to join wars of choice. That stipulation was made at the demand of the US, which also insisted that the commitment be territorially limited.
“The treaty does not cover the entire world,” said Dean Acheson. “It applies only to the North Atlantic area.”
He made clear that this had been the key American condition. “We deliberately avoided any implication that we were undertaking a global military commitment.”
The Senate, worried about being dragged into European colonial wars, had threatened to refuse ratification unless the limitations were explicit.
As John Foster Dulles put it: “If it were made global in scope, it would not be acceptable to the United States.”
Despite all this, the only time that NATO has gone to war was indeed out of area, at the request of the US after 9/11.
Rapid Response 47@RapidResponse47
.@POTUS: "This was a test for NATO... if you don't [help us] we're going to remember."
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I’m not a “high priest of nuclear theology” (whatever that is) but can still explain the purpose of the UK’s nuclear deterrent; it is to stop your country - Russia - from engaging in nuclear blackmail against us.
Pavel Podvig@russianforces
The UK would have arguably been much better off in many ways had they ditched their program ca. 2007, when they discussed it. One needs to be a high priest of nuclear theology to explain (still unconvincingly) what's the purpose of UK nuclear weapons is.
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Explains a great deal about his Cabinet choices.
Acyn@Acyn
Trump: I hang out with losers because it makes be feel better. I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories. I like people that like to listen to my success.
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As a British MP I can tell you what “showing up” looks like.
It looks like 457 British soldiers who died in Afghanistan.
NATO has only ever gone to war for one country. Yours.
The question isn’t whether NATO showed up, it’s whether we forgive you for pretending otherwise.
Department of State@StateDept
PRESIDENT TRUMP: NATO wasn’t there for us. We send billions of dollars to them every year to protect them. We would have always been there for them. But based on their actions, I guess we don’t have to be, do we? Why would we be there for them if they’re not there for us?
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I will again not be endorsing Reform in the upcoming holyrood elections.
During the General Election I pointed out the number of independence candidates within Reform especially within its leadership ranks.
After speaking to people within Reform I was assured these candidates would be weeded out and they are a pro UK party.
This has not happened in fact there’s more independence candidates than there was in the General Election.
Their stance is still they are a pro UK party but are not ruling out a second referendum so I cannot back Reform in Scotland and never will.
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That should go down well across the United Kingdom.
Mikey Smith@mikeysmith
BREAKING Liz Truss announces CPAC is coming to Britain. Says she wants to start a “MAGA movement” - or a “MEGA movement, Make England Great Again” - in the UK To take place 16-18 July this year in London. Tickets on sale next week
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@GrahamSpiers I'd have to agree Lundin is spectacular. That 18th green has seen its share of three putts! The vibe is very similar to Hopeman.
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Among my top-5 favourite golf courses in Scotland. Such a joy.
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Mike Mitchell retweetledi
Assuming Vance’s people leaked this to distance him from a war deeply unpopular with his isolationist and conspiracist base, it also has the secondary effect of making Trump look a gullible moron.
Daily Mail@DailyMail
JD Vance in tense call with Benjamin Netanyahu as he rips Israel's PM for selling 'easy' Iran war to Trump trib.al/B80u2UK
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Mike Mitchell retweetledi
Trump today announced a 10 day ceasefire on civilian infrastructure.
Israel broke it within 4 hours.
They are prolonging the war on purpose to force an American invasion.
Seyed Abbas Araghchi@araghchi
Israel has hit 2 of Iran's largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites among other infrastructure. Israel claims it acted in coordination with the U.S. Attack contradicts POTUS extended deadline for diplomacy. Iran will exact HEAVY price for Israeli crimes
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I can help you, sir
I can say the following because I am not in the US
Putin has compromat on Trump that will end Trump's
career overnight
He used this to force Trump to make decisions against
America's best interests
Simple as that
Sadly
Dr. Fred Hoffman, Lieutenant Colonel (ret.)@InfoAgeStrategy
I remain mystified by President Trump's continual deference to Vladimir Putin, who: - Is a dictator - Is a terrorist - Hates the West in general and the U.S. in particular I have no plausible explanation for President Trump's inexplicable behavior towards Putin (the aggressor) and Zelensky (the victim).
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GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERZ: US AND ISRAEL HAVE NO STRATEGY ON WHAT THEY WANT
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Israel is an absolute liability. They continually escalate with no thought to the consequences.
*Walter Bloomberg@DeItaone
ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS IT HAS STRUCK THE HEAVY WATER PLANT IN ARAK IN CENTRAL IRAN A SHORT WHILE AGO
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Mike Mitchell retweetledi
Starmer didn't destroy the relationship. He tried very hard to maintain it, even when he should have told Trump where to go.
There is only 1 person responsible for the ending of the "special relationship" & that's Trump, who cannot & should not be trusted.
Queen Natalie@TheNorfolkLion
TRUMP: “I DON’T KNOW IF WE’LL BE THERE FOR THE UK ANYMORE” Donald Trump just questioned whether the US will still be there for the UK in the future: "We're always going to be there. Well, at least we were. I don't know about anymore, to be honest with you." Keir Starmer has destroyed the special relationship that Britain and America have shared for decades.
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Goodbye and good riddance to the dismal, dishonest 2021-26 Holyrood parliament newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
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Totally inadequate forward planning has a high price tag in blood and treasure.
David Pyne 🇺🇸@AmericaFirstCon
The New York Times is reporting that Iran has largely succeeded in destroying 13 US military bases in the Middle East. No US adversary has ever been this successful in striking so many US military bases simultaneously since Imperial Japan during the Second World War. Yet Trump told us over a week ago that the US had destroyed 100% of Iran's military capacity. To call him a pathological liar would be an understatement. He makes Bill Clinton look like a Boy Scout in comparison.
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The sad truth is that even with the protection of their carrier groups the effectiveness of these vessels is significantly curtailed in the drone and modern missile age. Until countermeasures are developed they are vulnerable.
MonitorX@MonitorX99800
🇺🇸⚡️– BREAKING: Pentagon reports that the aircraft carrier Ford is facing problems much deeper than just the incidents of fire and laundry room. There are concerns about the capabilities of the Ford aircraft carrier's systems, especially the aircraft launch system and radars. Source: Bloomberg.
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Mike Mitchell retweetledi
Worth remembering that when @HRwritesnews broke this story on Sunday, the SNP's first response was to threaten her with an IPSO complaint about her reporting
heraldscotland.com/politics/20582…
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Trump: We're going to bomb your energy facilities if you don't open the Strait of Hormuz in 2 days.
Iran: F off.
Trump: OK, you have 5 more days.
Iran: F off.
Trump: Fine, we'll give you 10 days like you asked.
Iran: We didn't ask for anything. F off.
Kaitlan Collins@kaitlancollins
President Trump issues a new deadline for Iran.
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