Yes, because Ireland thinks there are no threats, just rainbows.

Well said, Mr. President. I appreciate your strong commitment to ending this bloodbath in Ukraine. Making those like India pay a price for their war profiteering is a good place to start.

“Putin started it. Biden didn’t stop it. But now, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is becoming Trump’s war” - writes British journalist Nick Paton Walsh in his CNN piece. cnn.com/2025/08/04/eur…

The truth is, India needs the U.S. more than Russia ever will. America is India’s biggest ticket to global trade, technology, and influence. You don’t risk a relationship with the world’s largest economy just to keep buying oil from warlord Vladimir Putin. President Trump’s not

NYT: Putin gave up on US deals, seeing presidents as temporary and agreements as meaningless Moscow's elite live in a bubble, ignoring real problems while convinced nothing can harm them Russian leaders dismiss Trump's Ukraine threats, thinking he won't risk oil price hikes. 1/

Democracy and good governance won in Ukraine this week.

I don’t expect any serious peace talks before late autumn. Putin needs time — until the cold sets in — to seize more of Ukraine. He’s faking dialogue with Trump to buy that time, hoping the front collapses in 2–3 months. Why he suggests meeting Trump now ? For him, direct contact

So Vladimir Putin, who has an ICC warrant out for his arrest, gets a meeting with the U.S. president on U.S. soil without having to give up or even promise anything—after ignoring and insulting Trump. One more win for Putin, one more loss for Trump.

August 8. And just like that another Trump’s deadline on Russia has passed unnoticed.

Sadly, you won't see this clip on CNN but you should. The United States of America MADE A DEAL and a COMMITMENT to protect #Ukraine IN EXCHANGE for Ukraine giving up nuclear weapons. Donald Trump has aggressively breached this commitment and turned Ukraine into a garage sale.

Europe seems to be on vacation…

Yep.

Putin will never be satisfied just with piece of Ukrainian land especially already scorched and devastated Donbas. His goal is to destroy all of Ukraine. Alaska talks are, for him, a way to delay/lift sanctions, buy time, legitimize himself, gain access to bigger resources &

Russian attacks on civilians Ukraine have slowed this week as Putin tries to appear conciliatory before the Alaska meeting. But Russia hasn’t stopped producing missiles and drones — it has been stockpiling. The risk: a massive strike on Ukrainian cities right after the meeting,

Trump and Witkoff continue to fundamentally misunderstand Putin. He seeks to destroy Ukraine because he sees this as a historical war — an existential, imperial mission — not as a matter of practical economics. Trump seems to assume that most world leaders, including Putin, are