Friday, February 28, 2025

The Detonative Impact of Donald Trump


Europe is like a son who has gotten into trouble, after having been babied by his mother his whole life.

And now, Dad takes over, and calls the boy to account.

Dad is the worst thing ever.

"What do you mean? I take care of myself. I have a job. I drive myself to work. I never ask you for anyting."

"Son, you work at a local hangout 10 hours a week, mainly so you can pick up chicks. You drive there in the car I bought you. You are going to school half-assed, and getting D's and C's, while I pay your hefty tuition. "

"IN SHORT, YOU ARE A CHILD, PRETENDING TO MAKE ADULT DECISIONS ON MY DIME. 

"YOU'RE SUCH A MAN? 

"OK, I'LL CONTINUE TO PAY YOUR TUITION, BUT FROM NOW ON, YOU'RE PAYING FOR THE CAR, 

"AND. YOU'RE GETTING A B AVERAGE. 

"OR YOU'RE PAYING FOR EVERYTHING. 

"GOT IT?"

TRUMP IS A BIG MEANIE.  

‘Everything has changed’: UK embarks on biggest arms drive since cold war

Sir Keir Starmer told MPs on Tuesday that Britain was confronting a “world where everything has changed”, as he shredded the country’s overseas aid budget to fund a rearmament programme not seen since the cold war.

There was a sense in a sombre House of Commons that what Starmer called the “great postwar order” was being redrawn, as Britain and the rest of Europe adjust to the detonative impact of Donald Trump.

The pace is accelerating. On Wednesday UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will meet EU finance ministers at a G20 meeting in Cape Town to discuss a new funding mechanism to rebuild the continent’s enfeebled defences.

On Thursday Starmer meets President Trump at the White House to plead with him to maintain the US security guarantee in Europe, while the UK premier looks to host a new round of defence talks with European leaders in London on Sunday.

Amid the flurry of activity, Britain’s foreign policy posture has shifted overnight. A country that once prided itself as an “aid superpower” that spent 0.7 per cent of its national income on foreign assistance is now going to be far less generous.

“It’s not an announcement I’m happy to make,” said Starmer, as he revealed that the aid budget, already cut to 0.5 per cent by former Conservative chancellor Rishi Sunak during the pandemic, would shrink to just 0.3 per cent in 2027.

Like the UK’s increase in defence outlay itself, the decision to raid the aid budget is likely to win the approval of Trump, whose administration has begun dismantling America’s own development programme, USAID.

ACE OF SPADES NOTES: 
Another point of contention: The communist poof Starmer wants to give back the Chargos Islands to whoever. Trouble is, there's a very important base there -- a little place called Diego Garcia -- which the US uses in many overseas operations. Trump is going to veto Starmer's give-away.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Keir Starmer signs 100 year partnership with Ukraine, hints at conscription in the UK
https://vladtepesblog.com/2025/02/28/keir-starmer-signs-100-year-partnership-with-ukraine-hints-at-conscription-in-the-uk/

Friday, February 28, 2025 6:09:00 pm
Pastorius said...

Thank you.

Saturday, March 01, 2025 6:09:00 pm

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