Vice President JD Vance recently traveled to Bay City, Michigan to speak at a manufacturing plant to tout President Donald Trump’s economic agenda, and was welcomed by a crowd of protesters.
Vice President JD Vance recently traveled to Bay City, Michigan to speak at a manufacturing plant to tout President Donald Trump’s economic agenda, and was welcomed by a crowd of protesters.
Thank you for taking the time to provide the rest of us with an insightful local perspective on things. I try to keep appraised, but I think you’ll agree that there’s a lot going on all over the place at the moment. That just makes this kind of summary by a local all the more valuable.
Regardless, know that a lot of us hope that things turn out for the best for Romania. And by best, I naturally mean you guys being successful in resisting and rejecting the usual tiresomely predictable Russian manipulations. There’s no viable future to be found in that sphere of influence, such as it is.
I think it speaks to how effective Russian propaganda and bribery is that some politicians still look eastward to Russia when all they have to do is look at what happened to Armenia and Baathist Syria. They won’t have your back when push comes to shove.
Not only that, but every historical example I can think of clearly demonstrates that Russia have only ever considered any nation falling under their sway as vassals, at best - a resource to be exploited for Russian gain. I know of no evidence that Russia even understands the notion of win-win situations; they’ve always been transactional zero-sum gamers. No wonder Trump likes them so much.
Up until recently, that was - from the perspective of a minor state caught between large players - one of the primary differences between the US on one hand and Russian on the other, with China waffling somewhere in between. Sure, the US threw their weight around too, but at least they had the good sense to ensure that those on their team got sufficient benefits out of it that people wanted to stay on the team.
Then Trump went and fucked that up royally seven ways to Sunday.
Now, if someone wants free trade and a chance of peace and prosperity, there’s really only the EU left.
Yeah, I really hope EU steps up on fighting russian hybrid warfare, because at this point is more harmful than actual war: we let our countries be run over without a bullet flying.
Hope americans also wake up and pushback agains the ongoing shitshow Trump, Musk, Vance and Thiel are running.