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The Trump administration might revoke the refugee status of 240K Ukrainians, essentially triggering a mass deportation at a time when the situation on the ground is going to become much more dangerous. Whatever this administration goals are with its Ukraine policies, they can now no longer pretend in good faith that their primary concern is to save lives.

Wait, they are already walking back the tariffs?

They don't really have much choice, a Russian victory in which the map is redrawn along the current front lines is much more of an issue for Europe than the current stalemate. For one thing, it would open up Crimea as an effective launch pad, in which case the entire Black Sea comes into play. The real question is how much appetite Ukraine has left for something that keeps on going for several more years. I'm guessing not too much.

Kind of expected this. Not sure what it means in the long term. The problem is that Europe cannot provide for everything the U.S. did, so it's not just a question of money. The Europeans do seem finally ready to cough up enough money as the Ukrainians might need but it's really equipment and operational capabilities they require right now and some stuff is near impossible to do without the U.S. One military expert I saw talk on this issue yesterday said it will take a committed Europe that is determined to do it and pours enough money into it 3-5 years to recreate a modest version of the kind of command structure and intelligence gathering apparatus that the U.S. takes for granted. Obviously Ukraine does not have that much time, they might only have months if the U.S. does indeed close the military aid valve completely.

Seemed to me it went off the rails when Zelensky mentioned the fact that Putin has never respected ceasefires and without any guarantees to prevent that, what is stopping him to do so now? Vance seemed to have no immediate answer ready for that and instead went for the "why have you never thanked us?" nonsense. In any case, the theater in the Oval Office wasn't very interesting to me. I think everything was already articulated in Vance's Munich speech. That was the real reset of the transatlantic relationship. Nothing new has been revealed since then.

The Democrats aren't going to win any elections in the near future. In any case, a NATO that depends on what party is in the White House is worthless to begin with.

Meh, NATO was already over after Vance's Munich speech, this was just the final nail.

Who is that with Mella in the third pic?

I don't think they are looking at any of this logically, it's all vibes at this point.

Loved the first one but never finished it. I haven't really finished any game in the last few years that requires a lot of gameplay time. I enjoyed Baldur's Gate III a lot but also kind of lost interest after playing it for 40+ hours.

Apparently Elon files for divorce in Texas because that state is most friendly to the dads in terms of financial responsibilities. He pays less than 3K a month for Grimes' three kids, in spite of his great wealth.

Also aren't they mostly all boys? So gender selection? Unless I am mistaken, he only has one daughter and she is the trans child?

@Cult Icon Do you like Noa Maureen? She seems like she'd be your type. https://www.instagram.com/noa.mnk/

Got my wish, sort of.

Hope to see more of Emily in this dress soon!

So a bit of a modelizer?

Oh, okay, I'm guessing it's probably also a fairly common first name in Morocco. Though Zinedine Zidane was of Algerian descent. Since googled her husband and saw he was married to Yfke Sturm at one time.

Her son is named Zinedine? Like the French football legend? Is her husband French?

Source: Emily's Instagram account

She is working more again! Yay. Still gorgeous.

I'm not sure Russia is winning, even if Ukraine might be incapable of pushing them out of the country. Russia gained around 3800 square kilometers of territory this past year. That might seem like a lot, but that translates to around 0.6% of the Ukrainian landmass. Ukraine is a big country. Certainly by European standards. Around 93% of the land mass of France. The status quo now seems a de facto stalemate, with very slow marginal gains made by Russia. At a huge economic cost. The forecast for their economy beyond 2025 is not great and this isn't just the opinion of biased Western commentators.

Doing what?

https://www.instagram.com/puckmoonen/p/DEiCs78Mjca Puck got engaged

Source: Instagram