I thought the same. He was subtly talking down to him, even while complementing him. He should have done a subtle hand thing, from back when Trump bullied the disabled guy and then denied it.
Vance sees insults everywhere, so I wonder if he caught it.
America, not the world
Asset may be a bit strong. Theres every chance he’s simply in their pay for some issues/events and there’s nothing to stop him ignoring them when it suits him. I’d imagine he’s rinsing them for money and believing that he’s getting the best of the situation. America and the American people only pawns in trump’s latest scams.
If they’re saying it out loud they’re certain and they consider it expedient to make it common knowledge.
How many English speakers are there in the world. Are they considered English? Don’t be stupid.
Churchill kept fighting Nazis when it was hopeless and parliament was trying to force him to surrender because he said that 1. Surrender would get the UK no better terms (true here, also) and 2. Countries which go down fighting survive as countries. (I mean in the hearts and minds of people, not just on a map). Countries which surrender, don’t.
Putin can’t be trusted. Without security guarantees, it’s surrender. Even with security guarantees from this current US administration, I wouldn’t trust any agreement, since trump isn’t trustworthy either. There needs to be troops from all over the EU in UKraine, as well as US troops. Either that or give Ukraine nuclear weapons.
I say that too. Pure theatre for Putin and for trump’s crappy ratings. It’s exactly what Putin does to boost his ratings - start a war.
I think trump is doing all this to force Ukraine into giving up the wealth of their country for nothing. In short, trump is raping a country which is already on it’s knees. They’ll be a vassal state of the us rather than Putin, unless Putin makes a better offer. Then he’ll crow about how great he made America.