The escalation continues and unfortunately there are few indications the people around President Donald Trump are advising caution.
The U.K, German, French, EU, NATO and ‘western’ intelligence control agents are pushing for expanded conflict with Russia. The latest development comes as the new leftist German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives the greenlight for Ukraine to launch long-range Taurus cruise missiles directly into Russia.
(Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Ukraine has been given permission to use weapons supplied by its allies to launch strikes deep inside Russia.
“There are absolutely no range limits anymore for weapons delivered to Ukraine, not from Britain, the French or from us — also not from the Americans,” Merz said at a conference in Berlin on Monday. “That means Ukraine can defend itself by attacking military positions also in Russia.”
[…] Ukraine’s Western allies are trying to intensify pressure on the Kremlin after Moscow launched its biggest drone barrage against Ukraine since the full-scale invasion over three years ago. European leaders have condemned what they call Russia’s foot-dragging as efforts to lock in a ceasefire have gone nowhere.
[…] Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that, if confirmed, a decision to allow long-range strikes could undermine efforts toward reaching a political settlement, according to Interfax. He called such a decision “dangerous.” (read more)
The proxy war between the U.S/NATO and Russia is now entering its fourth year.
In some ways these efforts by the ‘coalition of the nervously willing’ only solidify the previous position of Russian President Vladimir Putin that any western move toward a diplomatic handshake was generally duplicitous and not to be trusted. Hence, Putin has instructed the armed forces of the Russian Federation to continue building out an expanded ‘buffer zone’ between Russian held territory and NATO within Ukraine.
Factually, as previously admitted and outlined by reporting from the New York Times, it is U.S. military and intelligence assets in the region who are leading the attacks from bases in Germany and the front lines within Ukraine.
The New York Times published two articles {HERE and HERE} revealing: 1) that U.S. military boots are on the ground in Ukraine. (2) The U.S. military is actively involved in the ongoing targeting of strikes into Russia. (3) The CIA is operating in Ukraine and conducting targeted strikes into the Russian Federation mainland.
The sourcing for the New York Times outline of American leadership against Russian Federation troops was transparently generated by U.S. military and intelligence leaks intended to stop any negotiations between President Trump and President Putin. Since the release of those articles two months ago, they have succeeded in exactly that.
President Trump may not want to engage in the conflict with Russia, but the NATO alliance is not willing to allow him any independent retreat. The recent Romanian election outcome solidified their stranglehold on the geopolitical interests at stake.
Romania is currently building the largest NATO base in Europe, and Vladimir Putin can see the intention therein with very clear eyes. Unfortunately, American students are no longer taught geography or history in school, because one simple look at a map tells us the motives and intents.
Previously Germany offered to send military forces through Poland to march into Ukraine and confront the Russians.
The last time Germany marched through Poland to confront Russia; things did not exactly end well for the rest of the world.
History rhymes!
As we have outlined for several years, including our own research by driving through Ukraine, the CIA has been operating on the ground in Ukraine from the outset of the conflict. Over time the CIA took over most of the strategic operations, and as it currently stands the United States CIA is organizing the majority of the Ukraine war against Russia.
This is where you need to understand how CIA authorization takes place.
In order for the CIA to operate in Ukraine, Joe Biden had to sign a “presidential finding memo” authorizing the CIA to conduct covert operations. This New York Times article is describing the outcome of those “finding memoranda.”
Which brings me to this Tweet I sent in response to the NYT article:
Dear President Trump, if this NYT article is accurate (it is), there has to be a “Presidential Finding Memo” authorizing the CIA to coordinate attacks into Russia.
You might want to have CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and DNI Tulsi Gabbard pull it out of the authorization library for your review, prior to the next call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Also, to avoid embarrassment, as your team are likely aware – and possibly willing to admit, that “finding memo” was also briefed to the former Gang of Eight in congress. Which means Secretary of State Marco Rubio as vice-chair of the SSCI and Go8 member, already knew of this CIA operation, authorizing their involvement in targeting Russian Federation territory.
You might want to ask Secretary Rubio about that, and organize a way to discuss it, prior to Rubio coming face to face with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov at the next meeting.
Warmest possible regards, and deepest appreciation for your ongoing “ceasefire” efforts.
Good luck
The motive is clear for the New York Times to outline how the CIA is operating inside Ukraine to target the Russian Federation.
The operatives who leak to the NYT want distance between Trump and Putin. This admission of CIA involvement puts Trump in an awkward place.
The awkwardness expands, when you understand how the CIA is authorized to conduct these operations. The President, Biden, signed a “finding memo,” authorizing the CIA to conduct missile strikes into the Russian Federation.
Senator Marco Rubio as SSCI vice-chair and a Gang of Eight member, was ‘read in’ to that CIA authorization.
Senator Rubio is now Secretary of State facing Sergey Lavrov, and the Russians know exactly how these things are done.
On one hand, the NYT article spills the beans and informs the public. On the other hand, their reason for purposefully spilling the beans is to create a problem for Trump and Rubio, and possibly between Trump and Rubio.
It makes sense now why Secretary of State Rubio was the first Trump official to publicly say the United States was in a proxy war against Russia using Ukraine as the justification.
Many people keep asking if the “new Rubio” is the real Rubio, or if he has been positioning as a neocon stealth influence. I think we are about to find out.
Keep watching closely.
Werz speaks for America? Did Trump make any statements about this?
“There are no more range limitations for weapons delivered to Ukraine. Neither from the Brits, nor the French, nor from us. Not from the Americans either,” Merz said at the WDR Europaforum in Berlin on Monday. He added that Ukraine must be allowed to strike back “by attacking military infrastructure on Russian territory.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-merz-lifts-range-limits-ukraine-weapons-russia-taurus-missiles/
I despise Europeans more than anybody.
I’ve come to dislike them even more, always with their greedy little paws out. None are grateful to the USA in the least.
So, how much authority does John Ratcliffe maintain as Director of the CIA?
He may command his desk…bill
The real question is how much authority does President Trump have regarding Ukraine?
President Trump must do something because the CIA and Nato are eventually going to put US troops on the ground.
Another generation of Americans will be killed in another senseless war.
This better not happen.
Sundance said in this article that boots are already on the ground over there and have been for a while!
Very little it appears. CIA is a rogue agency.
2023
Why Germany is rattled about sending its Taurus missile to Ukraine
The fuss about the Taurus is about its fuze — which makes it a bridge-killer.
https://www.politico.eu/article/why-germany-scholz-rattled-sending-taurus-missile-ukraine/
Taurus is a cruise missile that must be launched from a fighter jet
Western Fighter Deliveries
Ukraine has begun to receive Western fighter jets, notably F-16s and Mirage 2000-5s, in 2024 and 2025:The Netherlands has delivered all 24 of its pledged F-16s as of May 26, 2025Denmark has committed 19 F-16s; Norway is donating at least 6, and Belgium has pledged 30 (with delivery expected by 2028)France has delivered an unspecified number of Mirage 2000-5 jets, with reports suggesting up to six were planned5
Which of course means the aircraft must survive long enough to both fly the mission and to release the missile while in range…
The video leaked with the German
military officers after the Kerch
Bridge attack…..discussing Taurus…..
Revealed that even if there were 5 Taurus
at once, they doubted would destroy Bridge.
And only German personnel can be involved….
not anyone else.
Informative discussion 😉
When the first taurus missile crosses into Russia, Russian needs a plan ready to eliminate these missiles across Ukraine no matter where they are stored – even in civilian areas.
Russia just happens to have a new larger faster missile. Something tells me some interest connected to Germany may become acquainted in an up close and personal fashion.
I think that’s exactly what they (EU, NATO) wants.
They’re certainly not the brightest bulbs in the drawer.
The Germans don’t have the greatest track record with maniacal leftist dictators in the throes of stimulant psychosis provoking the Russian Steamroller do they?
Nope.
Excellent with machine and tool design / manufacturing but lousy on politics.
Aye. I am quite fond of German firearms, gas powered sports cars, roads, dirt bikes (RIP KTM/Husqvarna) and Chainsaws and weed eaters.
The overdevelopment of one region of the brain seems to drastically rob other higher functions in these people.
Perzactly..
KTM got a reprieve, $900M lifeline from I believe an Indian motorcycle outfit.
Thanks for curing my ignorance, buddy. I can still fantasize about a sweet dirt bike or four wheeler I can’t really afford or have any business riding in my renewed mobility, but it’s fun to dream..
I’m the same way with motorbikes.
Have no business on one.
Still look at them.
They are committing a classic blunder, entering into a land war in Asia.
Yep. Stupid is as stupid does.
“Inconceivable”
FA…FO….?
Re “Many people keep asking if the “new Rubio” is the real Rubio, or if he has been positioning as a neocon stealth influence. I think we are about to find out.”
The only “real Rubio” is the one who aspires to become president of the USA despite his not being a natural born citizen, the most important presidential requirement mandated by the Constitution. Everything he has done, is doing, and does in the future centers around that aspiration.
There is no “new Rubio,” just new opportunities and tactics he hopes will convince enough gullible conservatives that his good works and pretense of being a true Constitution loving conservative himself is more important than a president having 100% natural allegiance to America.
That has been my opinion of Rubio since his nomination as SoS.
He has serious connections to globalist ideologues and has raised money and support abroad when running for president.
A leopard doesn’t change its spots.
He needs to appeal to MAGA focused conservatives in order to pull off the 2028 nomination and election.
I don’t trust guys with a longstanding network of globalist players.
I emphatically disagree. Secretary Rubio has been loyal to the President and now has an extensive track record of carrying out the President’s program.
As was Nikki Haley in her role, and what happened after?
Nikki Haley had nowhere near as consequential role as does Rubio. UN Ambassador is a Walmart Greeter compared to SoS.
Nikki was placed as Ambassador of the UN; a near useless position to clear her out of the governor’s office.
The two are nothing alike.
This doesn’t mean Rubio couldn’t be duplicitous, just that the situation of Nikki and Rubio in their roles under President Trump are nothing alike.
Hers was very limited. Speeches. That’s it.
He has an extensive track record that goes back all of four months. What about the previous 14 years? What he has done so far has been encouraging, but what matters is what he will do when a real do or die issue is on the line. How he reacts in this situation will go a long way toward telling me if he is for real or not. Same with Vance. Same with any supposed MAGA politician.
Rubio seems a great person for the job. Godspeed.
Fred Merz was Lucy and Desi’s next door neighbor. He was a bumbling fool. His current German namesake seems to be one as well.
“They” absolutely want WWIII…..
Yes they do. They have run out of funds for their social engineering programs.
This is absolute and total bulls#*+. If President Trump wants to STOP the involvement of our military and the 3 letter renegade agency from providing aid for targeting and coordinated actions, JUST DO IT. He has the absolute authority to cease these operations. The half azzed discussions about having discussions seems to be a ruse. I presumed it was more one by Russia so they could continue carving out their objectives until getting terms they found acceptable. But clearly President Trump has not been willing to HALT support for Ukraine actions nor the deep state EU/NATO cabal.
WHY?
I sense there are imposed limits on our great President’s power from those who generally control the world. WHY? HOW?
If not, then I ask the same question I’ve been asking for months; WHY ARE WE STILL GIVING MILITARY SUPPORT TO UKRAINE? The President threatened to yank it away, and appeared to get some swift cooperation towards peace talks. But that just got muddled down into the scrum, and nothing of substance ever since. Now Trump blares out that Putin is acting crazy, followed by Germany scum chancellor unlocking the big gun cabinet for the fairy dingo piano player. WTH?
This is the ultimate test of presidential power and authority. Does he have it or doesn’t he? And if not, who wields such power to drag us into a war that we neither need nor desire? That’s the question. I pray for President Trump every day. Today I pray a little harder.
RIGHT THE HELL ON!
Yeah that was pretty effin’ good.
It makes me wonder which wars we’ve had that we ‘need.’ (The ‘desire’ part can always be whipped up by the powerful and their friends in the media.)
The older I get, the more I think it’s pretty damn few.
Totally agree. Perhaps, hopefully, there are machinations afoot that we don’t see.
Trump doesn’t want WW3.
Do we really know what Trump wants? It seems to be the last person he talks to. Today it is Kellogg. Putin gave Trump an off ramp with the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. He did not take it. Then called Putin crazy. Ukraine (UKpravda) news today 5-26-2025 said there were no casualties from Russia’s drone and missile strikes. And Trump did not know there were drone attacks on the helicopter flight Putin was on in Kursk. So other than blowing his lips off his face constantly without forethought, what has he done regarding that conflict that meant anything?
Congratulations and thanks for providing the POTD.
Your points are legitimate and concerning.
Reasonable people are made increasingly anxious by reading SD and other respected, highly informed political commentators state that PDJT is limited in his control of the IC as it shapes and implements an agenda that is incongruent with his.
It’s going to be Trumps war if he keeps feeding the Ukrainians weapons. He needs to nip it in the bud.
I, too, would like to know the answers to your questions. Is President Trump in charge – or not?
Not a lot is known about the CIA and if they actually listen when their director speaks but its been said time and time again that President Trump is the commander in chief and, if there are military boots, he knows and is either letting it continue or has his hands tied. Frankly its upsetting and not giving a strong look to President Trump. He asked what is Putin doing. That question could be asked of him.
How would his hands be tied?
President Trump’s hands are constantly being tied by congress, judges, etc.
True and that has nothing to do with the Ukraine/Russia conflict.
How about “timing” is everything ?
Be positive. Be optimistic.
Row and then row again in the lifeboat we are in.
What else do we have except faith in God ?
(And maybe that’s all we need.)
But I think we need to be Instruments of God .
Do your best, influence your confused lefty neighbors.
Every minuscule advance we make advances the general goal.
When 80+% of American Govt and its contractors are corrupt – there is no easy or straight line to obvious answers – PDJT has to work in a manner that he unravels the right string at the right time -dangerous times . Pulling the wrong thread at the wrong time can destroy any chance of taking down the house of cards . Imho
What advances have we made? Just curious! I believe that we here were “all in” with Trump and his campaign promises. One was to end this war on day one. So about 120 days ago. And the conflict is getting worse. Trump could have cut off weapon supplies shoveled in before Biden left office, but did not.
The truth is that Russia/Putin has not deviated from the “root causes” issues re: Ukraine and NATO for years. Only recently have they started expanding into a buffer zone scenario. It is basically intended to thwart any future Ukraine from launching weaponry into Russia.
This whole war ….in my opinion should be handed directly over to EUROPE This is their baby now. They can support it. We need to wash our hands. DONE.
Unfortunately the Taurus contains US made parts, and US needs to give (and apparently has given) approval to launch strikes in Russia.
The missiles can not fly without such approval, they need US intelligence / satelite ISR to fly to their targets in Russia
Therefore it’s the US war. Nothing new there though, the British have been needing the same for their Storm Shadow and French for Scalp missiles.. They are all derived from US technology.
I wouldn’t put much stock in the German’s statement .
That’s a false statement. The missiles are designed to be able to work in completely degraded GPS environments and can reach their targets purely through terrain following.
Not a false statement.
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/whats_the_us_provided_data_so_essential_for_unrestricted_storm_shadow_strikes_on_russia-11861.html
It is a pretty well known fact that Scalp and Storm Shadow do not have the accuracy without satelite ground mapping.
That only the US satelites can provide in Russia mainland.
Russia has shown to be pretty adept in jamming GPS (there are reports documented from Ukraine that HIMARS and ATACMS are pretty much useless in current day in Russia, they pretty much “fall out of the sky”)
So “degraded” GPS is really => impossible to use GPS in Russia mainland.
Now if you say that the SS, Scalp and Taurus can still fly without ISR, then sure.
They can fly. But will they hit anyhing.
I would say they wont be able to hit with enough accuracy and too little of a payload to ensure destruction of a target. Making them pretty useless (maybe as a generic “fear inspiring weapon” like the Germans used the V2 for for shooting at London, they didnt really care where it landed)
At a price of 3.2 million USD per Storm Shadow its also not cheap to just lob over and hope it hits.
There’s also not many of them to waste them like that.
Now fully 100% inertial maneuvering systems might get you more success, but these are factors more expensive as well.
One other thing why they are useless (nothwistanding tech limitations above) : there’s the ISR mapping required for not flying expensive cruise missile over a battery of Pantir air defense systems and S400’s and such.
These locations are always changing.
The discussion was of the Taurus missiles – not the rest…piss poor try there Bob.
Storm Shadow/SCALP and Taurus both use terrain contour mapping system to remain on course in GPS-compromised environments. Berlin worries that Taurus missiles would need topographical mapping data to its targets programed into their guidance systems by Germany.
Gustav C. Gressel, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said: “Ukraine would need more geodata for launching Taurus than for SCALP or Storm Shadow.” He added that “training Ukrainian soldiers on the process takes more time, because it is more sophisticated.
https://www.politico.eu/article/why-germany-scholz-rattled-sending-taurus-missile-ukraine/
Or if you wish, the creaters of it…
https://taurus-systems.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/TAURUS_KEPD_350E-EN-Aug2014.pdf
TAURUS KEPD 350E is designed to penetrate dense air defences by utilizing very low level terrain following flight and neutralizing high-value stationary and semi-stationary targets with its highly effective 480 kg dual stage warhead system MEPHISTO. It combines excellent penetration capabilities for hard and deeply buried targets (HDBT) as well as blast and fragmentation capabilities against high-value point and area targets.
Note: Trusting anything from Ukraine isn’t a good proposition.
They still need to know the target. And my understanding, the target has to come from the US military. Just wondering.
Not sure why anyone would think that only the US could provide target information or that Ukraine couldn’t pick out their own targets, but let’s test the hypothesis a bit with some questions.
Ukraine sent hundreds of drones in a single attack against their recent target. Said target was the Moscow airport.
Why would the US pick a commercial airport for such a large scale attack? Why would Ukraine need anyone’s help to pick such a low value target?
How about these:
Do any EU countries have satellites that could provide information? (that’s a yes) Do any EU countries likely already have major targeting data as a result of shared intelligence over the years via NATO and 5 eyes partners? (that too is a yes) Do any of the drones used by Ukraine have cameras that can send data back to their ‘home base’ and be used for surveillance and spotting? (again a yes)
Yes! Absolutely get out and let Europe handle it. But he will not. As I noted before, the tone here has changed significantly from Trump’s campaign and his early days. Just that should give us all pause to reflect. Since he has not done what he promised, many are making excuses or rationalizing his actions.
Internationally, pundits are constantly saying that Trump’s Truth Social posts and public statements change like the wind. They couch their commentary with “that is what he said today, but tomorrow is a new day”.
Trump is lucky that he still carries a big stick (the US economy-even if weak-it is large). Without it, Trump might be the King with no clothes.
If Rubio does indeed know this would he not inform President Trump?
Or, in his previous job in knowing this would he be in violation of some law
if he shared it with President Trump?
And, if President Trump knows, why would he not rescind the order or put in another order cancelling the first?
Most Americans do not support this war nor do we support NATO, the UK and our tax dollars supporting it.
We don’t support having US troops on the ground either. Especially when they start drafting our young men – and women. It won’t be the sons and daughters of the traitors that are running this war, that’s for sure.
Send Lindsey Graham’s entire family to the front lines. See what he says.
Perhaps Justice Boesburg is running this shit show ?
Asking for a fiend.
Was the aid to Ukraine passed by Congress ? If so there in lies the problem ; stopping it will involve a bunch of effing lawyers and judges .
Then draft these stinking judges, arm them and send to the front!
When all is said and done, still don’t understand the diplomatic and intel communities’ antipathy towards Russia. Like Jeffrey Sachs said, Russia just wanted to be “normal”! Perhaps that’s the problem: Russia is veering away from psychotic socialism towards normal Christianity, while Europe is verging away from normal Christianity towards psychotic socialism.
When i was young and knew nothing, I had this same premonition. My young mind understood it as a “freedom cycle”
Know it as the Tytler Cycle: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.” ― Alexander Fraser Tytler
Just as the Bible states.
Basically the story of the entire Old Testament.
People who work for a living versus people who vote for a living.
“Fourth Turning”……
Russia stands in the way of their desire for world domination and homogeneity.
Russia is extremely rich in natural resources, something that the UK and EU have limited supplies of (particularly energy and metals).
The UK (COL) has wanted to conquer and subjugate Russia for over a century.
The deep state in America is a lapdog to those interests.
Try two centuries.
Jeffrey Sachs also points out that Russia wanted to join NATO. But NATO would have none of it. He stated that the whole construct of NATO was tonight the threat of Russian communism’s expansion, and perceived threats. If Russia had joined NATO way back when, there would have been no need to have a NATO at all. A Romanian blogger points out the countries that NATO attacked (Serbia is one). For several decades, NATO has been an attack dog for the US.
Talked with a social media analyst who said the Russians called NATO “HATO”. At first I thought that was ridiculous, but it, like so many things, increasingly makes sense.
So, how is it that the attempted assassination if Putin via a multi-pronged attack on his helicopter that almost succeeded just a few days ago has gotten virtually no coverage by Mainstream Media?
Lockstep agendas!
Why didn’t Trump denounce this a MAJOR reason for Putin’s uptick in retaliators bombings? None of it conducive to the outcome Trump desires. And if true that most attacks by Ukraine on Russia are coordinated with U.S. Intel support, its past time for the POTUS to put the hammer down on our complicity and brakes on this slow motion train-wreck with eventual U.S. casualties, either abroad or at HOME, as end result!
I hope President Trump doesn’t play to cute in threading the needle while weaving the tapestry of peace…
How is it that the Ukrainians’ assassination of a political enemy of their ruling junta in Spain has gotten no coverage by the Mainstream Media? Various long range drone and missile attacks on Russian civilians? Atrocities incurred on civilians in Kursk? Likely the same reason.
Then there is their hit list of those in other countries that are against their goals and actions…including many Americans.
Yes, you are correct of course. And we here all seem to have drifted to the conclusion that he will not. Will Trump apologize for vomiting into a microphone about Putin being crazy? Of course not! His arrogance shine brightly through.
has there ever been a non-duplicitous go8 member?
doubt it
the dc cesspool would not allow it
tells all you need to know about rubio
hoping otherwise, but if it quacks like a duck…
I think Devin Nunes was the only GO8 not compromised.
US Voters voted, in part, to end this war.
Trump had a mandate to end this war.
That it continues, and escalates, means the losers of the election haven’t conceded yet. Not the majority is running things like a majority. The actual majority can’t just sit back and take the loss.
Nor will they concede until they are pounded into oblivion
Putin may have to reconsider his buffer zone. Taking out Kiev may be the only option.
That’s what NATO wants Russia to do so they can bleed them. Russia would be best served sticking to primarily to Russia speaking or ethnic parts of the country.
Indeed, such has been their righteous goal and their patience in the face of atrocious instigations has been remarkable.
It saddened me that Russia taking out a drone factory in Kiev was so easily represented as a crazy mindless attack without purpose; I swear, a dozen Treepers could replace the entire National Security Council and our nation would have a much clearer grasp of reality.
Unfortunately there are those who think we the people aren’t capable as such . Twelve treepers would have all of our problems solved before Independence Day .
Nailed it.
The buffer zone is to place a demilitarized area in Ukraine far enough away from the Russian border so none of there weapons could reach there. By the way, it all start as a protection of Russian heritage and Russian language speaking, and Orthodox Russian church members in eastern Ukraine. And there was an agreed to settlement in early 2022 that the west put an end to (Boris Johnson!).
Sniffy’s actions have consequences . I really could care less , they brought this on themselves .
If the finding memo was illegally authorized and signed by the auto pen using Biden’s signature, it is possible the finding memo to use long range missiles in Ukraine was never sent to the gang of 8 in Congress – but leaked to the NY Times on purpose. Therefore, Rubio was not aware of the finding memo, but certainly Ratcliffe is since he is head of the CIA. Just a thought!
A showdown is coming and I agree NATO is useless!
Are we not a sovereign nation? Get the HELL out of Ukraine NOW!
Pull all support, men, and matériels out now!!
Any American who chooses to stay are not part of the government, directly and indirectly. They are on their own.
If Putin wanted to present NATO with a FAFO moment he just has to Dresden Kiev. Why he hasn’t ended the war with Shock & Awe force only he knows. But he’s been dragging it out by not pressing the attack behind Ukrainian lines to include its critical infrastructure that would impose massive hardship on the Ukrainians to where they sue for peace. He’s had the advantage for years over the EU and US, in conventional warmaking and warfighting capacity. And his nukes remain a mighty deterrent to western nuclear threats. Even though the petulant adolescents with the nuclear codes in the west think they can win a nuclear exchange, they aren’t in charge now, or for the next three years. If I were Putin I’d say to Rubio/Trump, “you want to keep F’ing Around in Ukraine you’re about to Find Out there.
The reality is Putin could easily have a peace deal beneficial to Russia. He’s needlessly escalating.
um…sure thing there Frank.
Trump is against nato expansion, he would like to drop the sanctions and move forward to an actual functional relationship between the US and RU. He doesn’t care about Ukraines territory or “doing damage to the Russians”
Zelensky is a pos. So are the globalists. Putin isn’t the fetishized unshakable noble leader people on here act like he is.
So yes he’s needlessly escalating and inhibiting a negotiated peace, just as Zelensky is
Negotiated peace with the transgressors we’ve watched violate every ceasefire and shoot captives in the knees?
Negotiated peace that leaves Russophonic Russophilic peoples in Ukrainian territory to be tormented and murdered by those that already murdered them by the score in the Maidan?
By those that murdered 14,000 in the Donbass, that ignored the Minsk Accords and laughed that it was all a ruse they never intended to honor?
To be subject to the UkroNazis who crowed “We killed Mama Russia!” in social media posts as they displayed a grotesquely posed pregnant woman with their weapon still embedded?
There is no negotiated peace acceptable, we aren’t in a position to offer what would be accepted by Russia, we aren’t in a position of either carrot or stick to persuade Russia to end this war on terms that utterly ignore their purposes for the SMO; instead, everything we’ve offered and threatened only worsens the situation and strengthens their resolve.
Russia understands who is driving this war and why and doesn’t have the luxury of pretending; they will not abandon Russians to the fate promised them by the West.
I’m sorry but your analysis glosses over some glaring issues. Trump has offered no NATO, non aligned Ukraine, and essentially the Donbas.
Yes the Merkle screwed it up. Nuland screwed it up. Boris screwed it up. Yes z is a POS and the azov burning people alive in Odesa and the acts in maidan are criminal.
But Putin is not some saint savior of the western world. He’s used some very dodgy pretexts to do some things that if another country did this crowd would be up in arms. Moving children out of the war zone I get it, but let’s not gloss over the fact that they were essentially taken. Let’s not gloss over the fact that while western mercs fought in Ukraine, RU involved a 3rd party country officially.
The nuance regarding this is gone in the discord of this site. The azov are evil period but they’re the extreme and Putins push for cultural/constitutional change in Ukraine is impossible unless he took all of Ukraine
Allowing an aligned country to aid your forces free an occupied territory: Bad you sez.
Using Ukraine as a proxy for the dominant superpower and the dominant scheming power to wage war on Russia with far more than mercenaries and exceedingly perfidious tactics happily striving to provoke WWIII is honorable and upright: You sez.
But you have the dismissive glossing over terminology on your side so I’m a bit worried I might have it all wrong.
Not.
As far as “discord on this site,” you brought it, and Treepers don’t refer to the Treehouse as “this site.”
No im not saying it’s bad im saying it’s an escalation. Because it is. I fully acknowledged the dirty mercs in Ukraine but they’re mercs, RU used them too.
But your logic doesn’t make sense to justify an aligned countries deployment on RU territory but not on Ukraine territory (something I’m against) it’s inconsistent.
And proxy wars are ugly, the fact that the US got involved in this at least as far back as 2014 in a neighboring country is absurd and dangerous. But proxy wars against super powers are the way of the world. RU engaged in fighting US forces in Vietnam and Afghanistan
Frank, if you are correct, then Trump has a very different way of showing it. Calling Putin crazy was not a good look. Remember, Russia has almost 30,000 sanctions against them. The EU just put out their 17th sanction package, with the 18th being drafted now, and the 19th is in the planning stage. Russia does not care about any more sanctions. They now have a very strong international network through BRICS. If the trajectory stays the way it is, there will be 150 members of BRICS and 45 allied with the EU and the US. Good bye to the dollar being a world reserve currency.
Brics is crumbling because there’s no longer a psychopath in the White House. India would drop brics if it became an issue for essentially their neutrality. Brazil is an election away from doing the same. SA would side with the US if it became an issue.
More BS!
BS
Also, how many assignations o Ukraine diplomats and military personnel have we heard of? None. But plenty of Ukrainian assassinations bragged about by Zelenskyy and his political allies. No mention of that by Trump.
https://x.com/FernKartheiser/status/1927117606126780918
Some common sense from German politician
I don’t think this had anything to do with Rubio. This 100% has everything to do with PDJT. He should follow David Stockman’s advice and get the hell out of Ukraine, lock stock and barrel. He should tell our so called NATO allies that any aggressive military action against Russia is on their shoulders. Nothing of any good will come from involvement with Ukraine.
I doubt the CIA was only involved since Joe Biden
Maybe Joe wrote a memo to order more donuts for the CIA to hand out in Ukraine but color me shocked if the CIA are not in Ukraine since 2014 (Maidan Coup, Nuland handing out cookies in Ukraine) and likely even earlier
Therefore the significance of any “finding memo” can be questioned as having any relevance to this escalation.
If it escalates it escalates because Trump said it to escalate. Trump’s war.
Agree 👍
There is no doubt the CIA (and the State Department) has been deeply involved in Ukraine since Dopey’s selection in 2008 at least. That hardly makes it “Trump’s war.”
In regards to said CIA involvement, they don’t operate under an endless, open order to do whatever they want (even though they might at times do just that). Your attempt to dismiss the finding memo is akin to saying that a soldier given a weekend pass somehow allows him a decade later to bomb a city. Authorizations are given for specific, near term goals – not endless, undefined ones.
As far as escalation – the EU and Z are the primary reasons for escalation, from ignoring their treaties for decades to the moment they sent the buffoon to stop the peace agreement at the beginning of the current events to Z making absurd demands of Russia returning Crimea to sending hundreds of drones on an attack on Moscow after the troop exchange (before Russia made the decision to wipe out the drone factory in Kiev and military targets across Ukraine).
You little deleter, you :-p
How could Biden sign a “finding memo” when he could not remember what he had for breakfast. I think we mean Ron Klain or one of the other communists usurped power and signed the memo as Joe Biden.
Have the SECDEF close all military bases in Germany and the rest of Europe. Tell those cia aholes they are on their own. Cut off all weapons shipments. Let Europe fight their own war.
The world continues to underestimate our President!
How so?
He appears to be getting dragged around by his weenie.
How about getting us out of Ukraine like he promised
I guess you are in that group. We are still in the middle of this game. It’s not near over but you are making conclusions.
Someone should remind that stupid woman Friedrich Merz, she doesn’t speak for Americans and she never will.
The obvious lack of response by treepers to this perilous situation has to be a profound desire to not criticize President Trump. Where does that leave us?
Yeah, yeah that’s the ticket!
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It’s a holiday..people are on vacation and with family. Not checking site…I just checked and still reading…be patient…who ever you are.
Literally no confirmation that’s even the case. Merz can say whatever he wants that doesn’t make it us policy
From 30,000 feet.
Pay attention to the Putin background. He was a KGB agent in East Germany when the wall came down and the Soviet Union fragmented into the Russian Federation, Putin vowed to resurrect the Soviet Union from the fragments, including Ukraine. His chance is now to get Ukraine back in the Soviet tent or lose it forever. He won’t stop until his dream is realized. All else is playing for time. Look over his long statement at the 2007 Munich Security Conference.
Two outcomes: Putin overwhelms Ukraine and succeeds. He’s taken out and fails.
Hardly.
We haven’t had this pitch offered here for quite some time now.
Welcome back?
So easy. Zelensky is sticking to his guns, Putin is sticking to his. Trump says a pox on both of you…fight it out. Nato hasn’t the power to do anything, except provoke a wider conflict they are unable to win.
You call the outcome.
nuked out of orbit?
It won’t be “taking out Putin.”
The “his dream is reconstituting the Soviet Union” is so Lindsey Graham it’s cringe.
The very people waging the war on Russia are the very people that created the Soviet Union in the first place, and they are pissed they lost their Communist paradise.
pitch
I came 4 the lulz.
Everything Woke Turns To Lulz
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-did-it-for-the-lulz
These are air-launched missiles. Taurus launch platforms are PANAVIA PA-200 Tornado IDS, SAAB JAS-39C GRIPEN, McDonnell Douglas F-15K Slam Eagle, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A+ Hornet, Eurofighter Typhoon EF-2000, according to Wiki.Ukraine has F16’s. Trump, at a recent tarmac news event, said he wasn’t happy with Putin, and the killing had to stop. There are 1.3 million Ukraine KIA’s and about 130K Russian KIA.This slow grind is just giving NATO opportunities to escalate. It’s way past the time to complain about the killing. Russia hasn’t even started yet, as Putin said recently. NATO/CIA must think it can best or stalemate Russia with conventional arms. It can’t. Trump is being misled, and that deal for nothing (there are no commercial available rare earths or anything else) is just partnering with Ukraine. The CIA/NATO are hellbent on boxing in Russia.USA can’t demand a ceasefire to save their proxy army while they supply that army and do all the surveillance and targeting. Walk away.Do they think they can use ”tactical nukes? They must.Are we going to wake up one day to all our devices broadcasting a national emergency? Duck and cover doesn’t work
Note the toy rifle the boy has…
It’s a book bag, a fabric briefcase if you will.
Prolly has a tommygun inside it though!
This is the time for the new pope to demonstrate his commitment to peace.
WWII historians frequently wonder why in 1941 Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Soviet Russia. After all, Germany had already subdued France and Western Europe, and Hitler was planning to invade England as well. Stalin likely would have left the German Army alone, as long as his territorial integrity wasn’t violated. Well, well, history sure rhymes (as Sundance noted). Makes one wonder who was REALLY making the decisions back in ’41. I don’t see how any of this ends in anything but disaster for Europe (once again!), and it gives me great relief to know that WE have President Trump to guild the world through this mad chapter.
Let’s not kid ourselves. Most in our bought and paid for Congress are fully behind and support this insane strategy. It’s time to call their bluff.
Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution grants the president authority to call both houses or either house of Congress into session in extraordinary circumstances. Being on the brink of WW3 qualifies as an extraordinary circumstance.
Congress flees DC every August for vacation because the location is also a literal swamp. DC is a putrid hot mess in August. Force them back to the swamp in August and demand they debate and vote on whether a war with Russia is what they want.
By August it may be far too late…
Sadly I admit I considered that myself but posted it anyway. Prayers sometimes get answered.
They do indeed and we should never stop praying – was only pointed out that there may be time constraints.
Why is everyone so certain the CIA is running Project Ukraine?
This is a nearly 300 hundred year old mission for Albion, and the primary mission of Chatham House and MI6 since their creation. It was BoJo the Clown that restarted the SMO after Istanbul I was agreed to by both immediate parties to the war.
And it was Chatham House that created and runs the Council on Foreign Relations (Hillary’s “Mothership”). MI6 that created and trained the CIA who has been joined to its hip ever since.
And it is the Square Mile that is existentially threatened by its ill-advised investment in Project Ukraine.
I’m not certain of anything, since I am not in the loop.
Quite frankly, I’m tired of speculating this, that and the other thing.
President Trump can rescind any previous Presidential Finding and can order the DNI and CIA Director to cease all CIA operations in Ukraine. Who is telling him otherwise?
What makes you think he is being “told” otherwise?
Do you really believe he is that disabled; that he cannot think for himself?
Can President Trump stop the Ukraine war without pulling the plug on CIA operations there? If not, why doesn’t he pull the plug?
To repeat what ICTHEMATRIX said earlier:
“If President Trump wants to STOP the involvement of our military and the 3 letter renegade agency from providing aid for targeting and coordinated actions, JUST DO IT. He has the absolute authority to cease these operations.”
Time to step up to the plate and put an end to this nonsensical proxy war. Fire the damned CIA!
Based on his recent commentary, at least one such person is Kellog.
Also a minor coincidence that is not a coincidence:
This story comes out on Memorial Day weekend when America’s patriot genes are stoked up.
Hey, they’ve pulled it off before.
The E.U. leaders and
maCInAtions are insane idiots.
Frigging Germans are at it again. We always end up being nice and where does it get us?
Fred Mertz? Really? Trump should tell that moron that if one of those missiles is launched, Trump will pull the US out of NATO.
Under 50 U.S. Code § 3093, covert actions by intelligence agencies must be based on a presidential finding.
A new president can revoke or amend such findings at any time, as long as legal notification requirements to Congress are met.
Is it just me or does the European Union acually believe thay can defeat Russia in an all out war without US help ? And solve their economic issues with such a win ? There is no way Russia falls to Europe under any circumstance of all out war. History will repeat and this time there will be nothing left of Europe. No one really wins this war, but Russia will absolutely destroy what ever semblance of civilization is left in the European countries that support and fight it. What lunatics actually think they can win this, Macron, Merz, the Prime Minister of England ? Seriously delusional morons. And this is all because of a knucklehead/actor/piano player/dictator in Ukraine ? Make it make sense.
Of course they know they can’t do it without us.
Seems they are trying to screw up the courage to screw things up so bad they can force us to save them.
Again.
I don’t think President Trump will ever fall into that trap. He’s way to smart. We, the US, can sit back and watch.
Didn’t congress pass a law forbidding president withdrawal of NATO without congressional approval?
Yes, they did.
Clearly the goal is to trick and scam the US down a one way chute, beyond a point of no return, into a direct war with Russia.
Ukraine is not NATO.
Pull all US assets out of Ukraine now. Inform SACEUR & EUCOM no involvement in Ukraine on pain of courts martial.
Remove all CIA assets out of NATO now for enhanced “training and evaluation”. No congressional input required.
They are trying to get us on the ground to become a tripwire, regardless of the ground our men die on, they expect that to be the trigger for the wider conflict they pray for.
Were we dumb enough to deploy “peacekeepers,” they would be in far greater danger of a false flag by the Global Derp State than by Russia.
Failing that, they may finally put enough of their own people on the ground hoping to provoke, or portray, an assault that simply cannot go unanswered by their guarantors and partners in war for so long.
These crazy Euros are insane.
After watching Memorial Day services today, I was prompted to read up on General Dan Caine, Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff.
Curiously, he was the Associate Director for military affairs at the CIA from 2021 to 2024.
In addition, in May 2025 he went to the summit for the United States military alliance of nations at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Putting this together, doesn’t lead me to believe that President Trump will get support from him regarding stopping the Ukraine war.
General Caine will do exactly what he is ordered to do by the Commander in Chief or he will face the consequences.
Don’t underestimate President Trump.
I can’t say definitively how the Ukraine situation would play out.
However, there were situations in his confirmation hearings where he said there would be “hard pushback”, against President Trump.
dangerous – if one or ore of those Taurus missiles hits, say, an electric substation complex in RUS will RUS launch some cruise missiles from Kaliningrad and hit a similar German target, say on the Baltic Sea? That way the RUS doesn’t have to overfly POL. This could get out of hand. Better to limit targeting to purely RUS military targets. Ammo dumps, comms sites, airfields, etc.
The CIA has been in Ukraine since at least Obama and likely W. Bush. Ukraine is more a Neocon dream than socialist Democrat operation.
And soon, Biden will be no more and we’re stuck with this dog poop on the bottom of our shoes.
He can’t take all that laundered money from Ukraine with him, but it certainly cements any legacy he foresaw, and it’s not positive.
Pray for our President and his safety!
The EU is trying to force the US to keep playing along.
The only way out now is to pull out of NATO and tell the EU to go to hell. Their economies are failing, so they have nothing to lose at this point. But the US can still survive this if we disconnect now.
No American blood or treasure.
Just say no to more escalation.
The M.I.C. just got a big payday to research, design, build, the “golden dome”, plus a budget for conventional stuff.
Maybe they will back off starting a real war.
Maybe be content with collecting checks for operating the next gen “skunk works” military toys.
Not actually using them fer reelz.
Putin has hypersonic missiles that could get through and hit us.
Kind of a new “mutual assured destruction”
Cheers!
Rubio was approved by the US Senate 99-0. Tells you all you need to know.
CHYNA
Back in 2019, Trump met with Putin PRIVATELY in Helsinki with only a State Dept interpreter, Marina Gross. Needless to say the intel peeps lost their minds over it. WHY?
Dare to imagine a grand bargain where the REAL enemy, operating illicitly out of a rogue institution, finally gets pulled up by the roots.
…it takes a thug to know how to get rid of a thug.
uh oh
this post was a reply to Bob Thomas about NATO
my bad
If a NATO country gets attacked by Russia the US is obligated to join the fight. Does POTUS Trump care that his CIA is coordinating attacks against Russia?
I agree. The seeeyea needs to get out and this Presidential memorandum must be withdrawn. On the other hand, anyone willing to bet that a Judge Boasburg type of nutjudge wouldn’t place an injunction against?
Back in 2019, Trump met with Putin PRIVATELY in Helsinki with only a State Dept interpreter, Marina Gross. Needless to say the intel peeps lost their minds over it. WHY?
Dare to imagine a grand bargain where the REAL enemy, operating illicitly out of a rogue institution, finally gets pulled up by the roots.
…it takes a thug to know how to get rid of a thug.