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@DCandtheUTBand you know it’s bad when even the socialists are calling out the Ukraine war for being the catalyst for the war on the dollar and subsequent decline.

So that “cost” you keep mentioning has quite a bit of nuance outside of just looking at money spent (as reported by the liars in DC). The true cost, could be the domino that topples it all.

Hope Ukraine is worth it. SMDH. Just keep sending money.

“ Trade tensions with China are growing and the weaponisation of the dollar after the outbreak of the Ukraine war—when the US and the European powers froze the financial assets of Russia’s central bank—had “quickened moves in many countries, especially China, to sell Treasury bills and buy gold as a hedge against America’s financial might.”

“ There are moves by a number of countries, not only China, to make trade payments in their own currencies and bypass the dollar.”

After Joes support of Ukraine, and attempts to cripple Russia financially…countries are sprinting away from the Dollar.


 
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@DCandtheUTBand you know it’s bad when even the socialists are calling out the Ukraine war for being the catalyst for the war on the dollar and subsequent decline.

So that “cost” you keep mentioning has quite a bit of nuance outside of just looking at money spent (as reported by the liars in DC). The true cost, could be the domino that topples it all.

Hope Ukraine is worth it. SMDH. Just keep sending money.

“ Trade tensions with China are growing and the weaponisation of the dollar after the outbreak of the Ukraine war—when the US and the European powers froze the financial assets of Russia’s central bank—had “quickened moves in many countries, especially China, to sell Treasury bills and buy gold as a hedge against America’s financial might.”

“ There are moves by a number of countries, not only China, to make trade payments in their own currencies and bypass the dollar.”

After Joes support of Ukraine, and attempts to cripple Russia financially…countries are sprinting away from the Dollar.


Oh the dollar concerns me way more than helping Ukraine. I find sanctions to be a very weak form of coercion. If they have any effect at all its due to the dollars power. But the move away IMHO was due to world wide inflation. We export our inflation to the world when we export out dollar. The worlds reserve currency is the dollar. China and Russia were already pushing BRICs before we smacked sanctions on Putin. I am sure world gubmints are thrilled to subsidize our SS and Medicare as our inflation wrecks their economies. Imagine how much worse it would be here if the world was NOT absorbing some of that inflation. Greece is how bad.

Now as to Ukraine :
6T is 60x greater than 100B

“Why isn’t Europe giving more money to help Ukraine? Why is it that the United States is over $100 Billion Dollars into the Ukraine War more than Europe, and we have an Ocean between us as separation! Why can’t Europe equalize or match the money put in by the United States of America in order to help a Country in desperate need? As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than to us, but it is also important to us! GET MOVING EUROPE!” - President Trump

I totally agree Europe needs to pony up with cash and weapons. BUT we can sit here and b*tch about it while Ukraine gets clobbered and at some point its too late.

You see I don't think Trump abandons Ukraine if elected. I see him getting the offsets and requiring accountability. I I see him on the phone getting the slackers in Europe to pay their share. Until he is re-elected, for the 3rd time, we are stuck with the incompetent corrupt perve FJB.

For Ukraine, Jan 2025 is forever and a day away. In other words its probably too late.

"Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and retired U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane on Thursday backed the effort by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to provide foreign aid to Ukraine."

 
Oh the dollar concerns me way more than helping Ukraine. I find sanctions to be a very weak form of coercion. If they have any effect at all its due to the dollars power. But the move away IMHO was due to world wide inflation. We export our inflation to the world when we export out dollar. The worlds reserve currency is the dollar. China and Russia were already pushing BRICs before we smacked sanctions on Putin. I am sure world gubmints are thrilled to subsidize our SS and Medicare as our inflation wrecks their economies. Imagine how much worse it would be here if the world was NOT absorbing some of that inflation. Greece is how bad.

Now as to Ukraine :
6T is 60x greater than 100B

“Why isn’t Europe giving more money to help Ukraine? Why is it that the United States is over $100 Billion Dollars into the Ukraine War more than Europe, and we have an Ocean between us as separation! Why can’t Europe equalize or match the money put in by the United States of America in order to help a Country in desperate need? As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than to us, but it is also important to us! GET MOVING EUROPE!” - President Trump

I totally agree Europe needs to pony up with cash and weapons. BUT we can sit here and b*tch about it while Ukraine gets clobbered and at some point its too late.

You see I don't think Trump abandons Ukraine if elected. I see him getting the offsets and requiring accountability. I I see him on the phone getting the slackers in Europe to pay their share. Until he is re-elected, for the 3rd time, we are stuck with the incompetent corrupt perve FJB.

For Ukraine, Jan 2025 is forever and a day away. In other words its probably too late.

"Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and retired U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane on Thursday backed the effort by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to provide foreign aid to Ukraine."


Ukraine and the dollar are tied at the hip. That’s the point.

As for what is now easily over 200 billion in aid. The real numbers will never be posted in some government approved pie chart. Hell, the rebuild that WE will pay for alone…will be more than the 200 billion reported on “aid”

And as for comparing the money to domestic spending….

Again, when you overspend on YOUR budget, you don’t try to justify it by buying an overpriced car when you’re broke? But hey, continue ignoring it.

WE are the ones footing the bill for people in other countries while our own house crumbles. YOU or anyone else for that matter, cannot make that make sense.

But hey, use whatever establishment hack you need to justify selling America down the toilet.
 
Ukraine and the dollar are tied at the hip. That’s the point.

As for what is now easily over 200 billion in aid. The real numbers will never be posted in some government approved pie chart. Hell, the rebuild that WE will pay for alone…will be more than the 200 billion reported on “aid”

And as for comparing the money to domestic spending….

Again, when you overspend on YOUR budget, you don’t try to justify it by buying an overpriced car when you’re broke? But hey, continue ignoring it.

WE are the ones footing the bill for people in other countries while our own house crumbles. YOU or anyone else for that matter, cannot make that make sense.

But hey, use whatever establishment hack you need to justify selling America down the toilet.
America was sold down the toilet in 1913, again in the 30s and 40s, then the late 60s. Nixon took us off the gold standard. Clinton sold us out to the Chinese. We are not 34T dollars in debt because of Ukraine. When Ukraine wins, falls or ends in stalemate it will be but a blip in our financial picture.

I hope our fall is a slow one and we can bask in our glory. I think America can be saved but the welfare and administrative state have to be undone. I give that a slim chance. We need to pick our successor. India looks to be the best candidate. Radical Hindus give me pause. We sure as hell don't want to turn the world over to China.

Geopolitically the EU and USoA will be fine as long as we either westernize Russia or put her in a box. The former isn't happening with Putin.

As soon as we de-couple from Taiwan's tech sector, we will sell her out. It will for sure happen under a dem president.

President Sasha Obama will send China pallets of cash as their boots hit the ground.
 
America was sold down the toilet in 1913, again in the 30s and 40s, then the late 60s. Nixon took us off the gold standard. Clinton sold us out to the Chinese. We are not 34T dollars in debt because of Ukraine. When Ukraine wins, falls or ends in stalemate it will be but a blip in our financial picture.

I hope our fall is a slow one and we can bask in our glory. I think America can be saved but the welfare and administrative state have to be undone. I give that a slim chance. We need to pick our successor. India looks to be the best candidate. Radical Hindus give me pause. We sure as hell don't want to turn the world over to China.

Geopolitically the EU and USoA will be fine as long as we either westernize Russia or put her in a box. The former isn't happening with Putin.

As soon as we de-couple from Taiwan's tech sector, we will sell her out. It will for sure happen under a dem president.

President Sasha Obama will send China pallets of cash as their boots hit the ground.

When Ukraine wins…lol. Ukraine was never going to “win”

And yes, spending recklessly LIKE we have done in Ukraine is a big part of our downfall, and is THE main driver along WITH spending, for the dollars freefall.

Not sure how many times you have to be shown there is more nuance than JUST the media reported 200 billion.

The spending, and actions WE took that lead to this invasion, are gross.

And anyone supporting it, needs to do more research. It’s pathetic.

Some of y’all never made it out of the 80’s.

 
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So…A Ukrainian serving in Congress cares more about America First, than some “conservatives” on this board.

Truly amazing what MAGA has done exposing the One party system we have.

 
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She’s just trying to have it both ways and get re-elected, cause she sees that’s how you play the gravy train game.

In the meantime we have a loudmouth amateur nasty troll stirring up his sheep, pulling out Bible quotes from Google and making fun of people’s age…people who are younger than either of the two who will be the choice in November.
I gotta wonder if the sheep have noticed that?

Lost in the reporting of these bills is the fact that a lot of those dollars are going to replenish/restock our own supply of ammo and munitions which are flying out of the warehouses at a high rate of speed. If nothing else that is hugely important. Fire up the defense manufacturing lines in this country. And pray we don’t need them.

Israel has a better military than we do and I admire them but they honestly have plenty of weapons so I just am more reluctant to give them even more.

Europe is finally starting to step up their efforts to help Ukraine and that’s a benefit that Trump started pushing. They weren’t paying their dues to NATO as they had agreed. He told it like it was and I give him huge credit for that. The Germans have been sitting on their butts just taking and taking and that’s our fault for not cutting back.
Few are alive who haven’t always seen Americans protecting them so they could spend their hefty taxes on free healthcare while the vets who served over there have trouble getting VA benefits.
 
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I love it when “conservatives” want to support Ukraine, like the entire Democratic party, but don’t want to help Israel. Also like the Democrats.

They ALWAYS tell on themselves.

Also, our reserves of munitions are depleted because….Ukraine.

The ability to use logic is freaking absent.
 
I love it when “conservatives” want to support Ukraine, like the entire Democratic party, but don’t want to help Israel. Also like the Democrats.

They ALWAYS tell on themselves.

Also, our reserves of munitions are depleted because….Ukraine.

The ability to use logic is freaking absent.
What’s freaking absent is your ability to veer off towards any truth that differs from what you’re programmed to spout.
Exhibit A of where AI shows it’s not quite ready for prime time.
Unplug. Reset. Reboot. 👍
 
Reminder…there are “conservatives and Pubs” that support funding Ukraine endlessly. Meanwhile, the border? Nothing. Vets? Nothing new. Hawaii? 600 bucks. Pennsylvania? Zip. Your dollar? Becoming worthless. Groceries? Will now cost you more. Let’s keep those wars going.

Those Trojan horse dems posing as pubs, keep doing the work of the left for them. The Uniparty telling on itself. Business as usual.











 
The Republican party is either filled with the dumbest people on the planet, or dems. Because this is why they continue to lose. If you are going to be Democrats and do their bidding for them, then why would the right vote for you?

This isn’t difficult.

 
Wow. They loaded you up with a ton of frantic 💩💩💩 over in Beijing, huh?
Somebody pull this bot’s plug! 😂😂😂
 
"As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than to us, but it is also important to us! GET MOVING EUROPE!” - President Trump

Well Trump may not support this particular bill. I don't know. Unlike a lot of his supporters he supports Ukraine and says its important to us. Well some of us. That's his words.

There is a lot of hate for the Speaker.

I am still on the Trump train.

Any of the F* Ukraine guys ready to disembark? Or is Johnson's support different?

Would you like cheese or mustard with those pretzels?
 
"As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than to us, but it is also important to us! GET MOVING EUROPE!” - President Trump

Well Trump may not support this particular bill. I don't know. Unlike a lot of his supporters he supports Ukraine and says its important to us. Well some of us. That's his words.

There is a lot of hate for the Speaker.

I am still on the Trump train.

Any of the F* Ukraine guys ready to disembark? Or is Johnson's support different?

Would you like cheese or mustard with those pretzels?

Cheese or mustard? How about Truth. You care for that? Here is what Don Jr, the guy closest to Trump says about the bill that was passed. I mean, I hate to get in the way of your gaslighting, but Trump doesn’t support funding this war. But I get it, you need to conflate him saying he supports Ukraine with funding the war.

FWIW. NONE of Trumps current closest allies support funding this war. ZERO. But you do you. The Mitt part of the party meeds your support.

This tweet and the others from above, ARE THE people Trump is surrounding himself with, and you have been shown that multiple times in this thread. Yet you keep attempting to reeeeeeaaaach as far as you can to find something that says trump supports funding ukraine. Guess what, you have yet to find it for some reason.

As for Johnson, he is a weak speaker. And has been an abject failure.

 
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Cheese or mustard? How about Truth. You care for that? Here is what Don Jr, the guy closest to Trump says about the bill that was passed. I mean, I hate to get in the way of your gaslighting, but Trump doesn’t support funding this war. But I get it, you need to conflate him saying he supports Ukraine with funding the war.

FWIW. NONE of Trumps current closest allies support funding this war. ZERO. But you do you. The Mitt part of the party meeds your support.

This tweet and the others from above, ARE THE people Trump is surrounding himself with, and you have been shown that multiple times in this thread. Yet you keep attempting to reeeeeeaaaach as far as you can to find something that says trump supports funding ukraine. Guess what, you have yet to find it for some reason.

As for Johnson, he is a weak speaker. And has been an abject failure.

"As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than to us, but it is also important to us! GET MOVING EUROPE!” - President Trump

Survival requires weapons which requires money. I said I don't know if Trump supports this particular bill. Its funny some of those you posted are complaining that its funded until 2025.

This will hamper Trump from doing a peace deal? How? I guess if the plan is to make Ukraine surrender to Putin then maybe DJTjr is right. But hopefully Trump can negotiate from a position of strength and read Putin the riot act. One thing for sure, not aiding Ukraine now will leave Trump nothing to negotiate in 2025. They will not survive the summer without new weapons. They might not even then.

I would like to see Trump do his best Eastwood and say "Get Out."
 
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She’s just trying to have it both ways and get re-elected, cause she sees that’s how you play the gravy train game.

So you know for certain she knew the bill would pass regardless of how she voted based on what?
Israel has a better military than we do and I admire them but they honestly have plenty of weapons so I just am more reluctant to give them even more.
😂😂😂😂😂😂.

No.
 
So you know for certain she knew the bill would pass regardless of how she voted based on what?

😂😂😂😂😂😂.

No.

You can’t make this up.

We are seeing self proclaimed “republicans” that are chomping at the bit to fund Ukraine, but let Israel go it alone.

What a time to be alive.
 
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You can’t make this up.

We are seeing self proclaimed “republicans” that are chomping at the bit to fund Ukraine, but let Israel go it alone.

What a time to be alive.
Israel buys our fighters, tech and weapons, and they make pretty decent weapons themselves. They saddle up and ride anytime we need their help, they as dependable as our cousins across the pond.

And they have courage and love of country and people.

They are also surrounded by their enemies and when trouble finds them it's always in their neighborhoods and the the skies over their homes and businesses and synagogues.

So it's all men/women on deck. The problem is courage and love don't trump training, and faith and love of country doesn't help you against an implacable enemy that doesn't follow any sane rules. Not every person trained to shoot a rifle is a warfighter.

The military of the United States of America is a 100 percent volunteer force of highly trained professionals. Our reserves do the same training cycles as our active components just less frequently. We control the largest air and sea forces in the world and it's not even close, and our logistics and maritime shipping /prepositioning are the envy of the world.

If we won't help our allies because we're too busy fighting proxy wars with our enemies, what good are we? You can't claim to be the shining beacon of freedom if your alliances aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
 
Israel buys our fighters, tech and weapons, and they make pretty decent weapons themselves. They saddle up and ride anytime we need their help, they as dependable as our cousins across the pond.

And they have courage and love of country and people.

They are also surrounded by their enemies and when trouble finds them it's always in their neighborhoods and the the skies over their homes and businesses and synagogues.

So it's all men/women on deck. The problem is courage and love don't trump training, and faith and love of country doesn't help you against an implacable enemy that doesn't follow any sane rules. Not every person trained to shoot a rifle is a warfighter.

The military of the United States of America is a 100 percent volunteer force of highly trained professionals. Our reserves do the same training cycles as our active components just less frequently. We control the largest air and sea forces in the world and it's not even close, and our logistics and maritime shipping /prepositioning are the envy of the world.

If we won't help our allies because we're too busy fighting proxy wars with our enemies, what good are we? You can't claim to be the shining beacon of freedom if your alliances aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
Interesting little note. when they buy many of their fighter planes from up...they buy them "bare". (avionics) They develop their own to fit their mission. We shoot from far away...they shoot MUCH closer in.
 
Israel buys our fighters, tech and weapons, and they make pretty decent weapons themselves. They saddle up and ride anytime we need their help, they as dependable as our cousins across the pond.

And they have courage and love of country and people.

They are also surrounded by their enemies and when trouble finds them it's always in their neighborhoods and the the skies over their homes and businesses and synagogues.

So it's all men/women on deck. The problem is courage and love don't trump training, and faith and love of country doesn't help you against an implacable enemy that doesn't follow any sane rules. Not every person trained to shoot a rifle is a warfighter.

The military of the United States of America is a 100 percent volunteer force of highly trained professionals. Our reserves do the same training cycles as our active components just less frequently. We control the largest air and sea forces in the world and it's not even close, and our logistics and maritime shipping /prepositioning are the envy of the world.

If we won't help our allies because we're too busy fighting proxy wars with our enemies, what good are we? You can't claim to be the shining beacon of freedom if your alliances aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
I agree 100% with our total support for Israel.
It’s unfortunate that my remarks about them having resources was twisted to say I feel otherwise because I don’t.
I still make the assertion they are in a stronger place resource and weapon wise than Ukraine.
That does NOT mean that they don’t need some assistance.
I never said that. And I had you pegged as a bright dude who could see that. Am I wrong?
 
I agree 100% with our total support for Israel.
It’s unfortunate that my remarks about them having resources was twisted to say I feel otherwise because I don’t.
I still make the assertion they are in a stronger place resource and weapon wise than Ukraine.
That does NOT mean that they don’t need some assistance.
I never said that. And I had you pegged as a bright dude who could see that. Am I wrong?
Nope, just an AI bot trying to make it in an analog world.
 
Trump on Johnson:

You guys are still debating policy as if that is the point. This government is set up to wash money out of the tax base and put it in the hands of the politicians’ financiers. That’s it. There are no more republicans or democrats. No more liberals or conservatives or whatever. Everyone within 1000 miles of DC is in line on this other than a few inconsequential agitators. This government is functioning exactly as designed. It won’t change with an election.

Probably we’re going to have to get our ass kicked in a war to open people’s eyes. Given the level of arrogance and cluelessness upon which our decision making is based, we might have to get our ass kicked very badly.
 
Trump on Johnson:

You guys are still debating policy as if that is the point. This government is set up to wash money out of the tax base and put it in the hands of the politicians’ financiers. That’s it. There are no more republicans or democrats. No more liberals or conservatives or whatever. Everyone within 1000 miles of DC is in line on this other than a few inconsequential agitators. This government is functioning exactly as designed. It won’t change with an election.

Probably we’re going to have to get our ass kicked in a war to open people’s eyes. Given the level of arrogance and cluelessness upon which our decision making is based, we might have to get our ass kicked very badly.
While I agree with EVERY bit of this...the last sentence needs some clarification. It will keep getting worse under the uniparty politicians. When Trump gets elected..it will be a setback that movement. He already has removed many from our party. But my Lawd..there are so many more that need to go. Someone has to keep chipping away at them, because THEY control US...not the other way around. WE the People are supposed to be in charge.
 
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Israel buys our fighters, tech and weapons, and they make pretty decent weapons themselves. They saddle up and ride anytime we need their help, they as dependable as our cousins across the pond.

And they have courage and love of country and people.

They are also surrounded by their enemies and when trouble finds them it's always in their neighborhoods and the the skies over their homes and businesses and synagogues.

So it's all men/women on deck. The problem is courage and love don't trump training, and faith and love of country doesn't help you against an implacable enemy that doesn't follow any sane rules. Not every person trained to shoot a rifle is a warfighter.

The military of the United States of America is a 100 percent volunteer force of highly trained professionals. Our reserves do the same training cycles as our active components just less frequently. We control the largest air and sea forces in the world and it's not even close, and our logistics and maritime shipping /prepositioning are the envy of the world.

If we won't help our allies because we're too busy fighting proxy wars with our enemies, what good are we? You can't claim to be the shining beacon of freedom if your alliances aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

Fantastic post. Spot on.

Also….

 
Trump on Johnson:

You guys are still debating policy as if that is the point. This government is set up to wash money out of the tax base and put it in the hands of the politicians’ financiers. That’s it. There are no more republicans or democrats. No more liberals or conservatives or whatever. Everyone within 1000 miles of DC is in line on this other than a few inconsequential agitators. This government is functioning exactly as designed. It won’t change with an election.

Probably we’re going to have to get our ass kicked in a war to open people’s eyes. Given the level of arrogance and cluelessness upon which our decision making is based, we might have to get our ass kicked very badly.


I don’t completely disagree, but Trumps defense of Johnson is a little taken out of context (purposefully by Fox to help the narrative). Trump also “supports” Lindsey, but calls him out as well.

We KNOW he didn’t support this Bill, but we also KNOW pubs have a 1 vote majority in the house (even though they really don’t). The truth of where he stands on Ukraine will come IF Trump is in office. Hell, anyone that can read between the lines already knows where he stands. His current closest allies are opposed to funding, and the crafty legislation to prevent Trump from defunding Ukraine should tell you where he stands.

I agree that 1 president won’t fix this nonsense. Only thing I am hoping for…is Trump to continue exposing this nonsense. Without Trump, more folks would still be in a slumber.

Supporting Funding Ukraine at this point is quite comical and asinine.
 
I support funding for Ukraine Israel AND Taiwan. And many of the $$$ in these bills are going towards resupplying our ammo stockpile.
I also support Speaker Johnson and MTG needs to return to her seat on the back row, sit down, and shut the he!! up.
 
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