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Bluetus

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13. Frankly, I'm surprised this didn't happen a long time ago.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 09:48 AM

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I guess the Europeans trusted that we would come to our senses, and we did stabilize things for 4 years with Biden. But they are looking at 3 more years of this -- and I mean this in the most literal of senses -- insanity. And it is not just Trump who is out of his mind. I can't identify a single person in his cabinet who has any sense of the importance of alliances.

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