Pretty much what daily mail snapshot that Nail showed. No mention of the 800 mile buffer with EU/British troops? That will be key and will not happen without Trump guaranteeing we have their back if Russia trips the wire. And Trump has no leverage with Putin unless he threatens escalation behind closed doors. Those troops will be forced on Putin. He will not say "oh yeah great idea. My whole plan to make Ukraine a vassal state has just been thwarted. Great, the resources go to Europe and the profit to Kiev. My declining demographics will get worse and the plan to double my serfs... uhm population is out the window. This empire thing is hard work. "
You going to be fine when Trump stays in NATO, backs EU troops in Ukraine with America's promise to go to war if tripped?
The consequences of further adventurism must be real to ensure that the chinless bastard stays in Moscow and off the world stage.
I didn't want to see Putin get an inch but I will be ok if the plan is as described. Its his last bite at that apple and he looses Ukraine as an independent country aligned with Europe with a "big beautiful wall" manned by European soldiers to keep him out. " The biggest in Europe almost as big as the one we are going to build which will be the bigliest most beautiful wall ever. I mean Yuge."
Bad news for the war apparatus.
They are going to be in high gear restocking from Ukraine and Israel. The bad news is the time it takes. The good news, maybe, is that it might get the NGAD and the drones back into high gear. Cheaper, mass produced , stealthy, expendable and hopefully quickly built. Also this lights a fire under them to start using our own rare earth minerals instead of letting China control the market and our security. I read where we have a ton of untapped lithium in several states. Mine baby mine and drill baby drill. Oh and if Trump gets them to finally pay their way it will mean more sales of our weapons to Europe. I think the war apparatus will be just fine.
Question is will America be fine? Color me skeptical because both sides are blind. The left have their global socialist dreams. Its unsustainable, brings about poverty and is frankly evil in it seeks to enslave. Our side wants to blame our debt on global engagement and our military. Pat Buchanan would be proud. Reagan not so much. Well Trump isn't Buchanan nor is he Reagan so I see both of us being a little disappointed but also mostly happy.
Its domestic spending on the welfare state, bailouts at every economic hiccup and entitlements that is killing and will kill us. 30T+ of our 36T of debt is due to the welfare state. 2T of debt based unconstitutional spending on domestic programs is almost 3x the amount spent on the constitutionally mandated 700B in military spending aka the war apparatus. I am looking forward to seeing the tangible assets of my tax dollars again this summer. Blue Angels come to town again.
But we can both agree and hope that Trump brings peace to Ukraine and Israel while getting us back on track economically. We sure as hell knew that the dems could not do it.