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19.04.202514:40

Global ‘Trumped Xi’ Economy is Hanging by a Thread

The global economy hinges on a phone call that hasn’t even been scheduled.

As the Trump administration escalates its trade war, and as China retaliates, the American president and his aides say they are expecting Xi, the Chinese leader, to call.

“I have great respect for President Xi,”

Trump said at a cabinet meeting last week.

“He’s been a friend of mine for a long period of time, and I think that we’ll end up working out something that’s very good for both countries.”

But Xi is ghosting Trump. He has flown instead to Southeast Asia this week to meet with leaders there to try to persuade them to stand with China in the trade war.

A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman earlier this month posted a video of Mao Zedong speaking in 1953, during the Korean War, in which China fought the United States:

“No matter how long this war is going to last, we will never yield. We’ll fight until we completely triumph.”

A bromance with Xi that Trump has desired for years is slipping out of his reach.

With that goes a quick resolution to Trump’s trade war, tipping the American economy closer to a recession and vaporizing trillions of dollars from the U.S. stock market since he took office on Jan. 20.

The trade conflict also threatens to inflame military and diplomatic tensions between the two superpowers.

With Xi, Trump’s standard playbook of escalating conflict between two nations to get to a leader-to-leader summit has not worked so far.

Trump asserts that China has cheated on trade with the United States for decades, but that the world’s two most powerful men can reset relations once they talk on the phone and meet.

It is the kind of high-stakes, man-to-man, prime-time moment that Trump craves. In his view, the end goal of diplomacy is to have leaders parley to reach deals and secure splashy headlines.

Trump is especially drawn to the idea of becoming partners with Xi and other autocrats.

But in Xi, he has encountered an authoritarian leader who steered his nation in a much more nationalistic direction years before Trump ever took office, and who sees an advantage in fueling those sentiments among Chinese citizens, whether it is on issues of international trade or Taiwan or U.S.-China relations.

#Xi #Trump #Global #economy

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18.04.202513:59

Donald Trump suddenly makes concessions in the trade conflict with China

Unexpectedly, US President Donald Trump is the first to make concessions on the tariff policy between the United States and China. During a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni, Trump, among other things, touched upon the topic of this trade dispute and spoke about the prospect of ending the escalation.

He also spoke for the first time about the fact that the US and China are talking to each other.

The US President expressed optimism that an agreement will be reached, but stressed that there is still enough time.

“There will be a trade deal, 100 percent,”

he said, although it was not clear if he was referring only to China or other countries.

Trump was noncommittal when asked if he had spoken directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping by phone. He called it "inappropriate" to comment on the case.

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17.04.202521:59

Trump is beating his own record for rapidly annoying American voters - The Economist

Now, almost one in five of his 2024 voters disapprove of the approach to inflation and prices.

"The very ones that gave him victory are now turning against him."

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17.04.202519:59

Trump wants to remove the Fed Chair

President Trump renewed his attack on Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell Thursday for not cutting interest rates, even as Trump's own trade war makes rate cuts more difficult.

In a social media post, Trump complained that Powell is "always TOO LATE AND WRONG," and he insisted the Fed chairman's "termination cannot come fast enough!"

The president was evidently frustrated that the European Central Bank was preparing to lower interest rates for the seventh time, while the Federal Reserve is in a holding pattern. Of course, European leaders have not imposed triple-digit tariffs which threaten to rekindle inflation.

Trump's post came a day after Powell warned that the tariffs from the Trump administration are likely to cause both higher prices and slower economic growth.

"Tariffs are highly likely to generate at least a temporary rise in inflation,"

Powell told the Economic Club of Chicago, noting that Trump's import taxes were higher than most forecasters had expected.

"The inflationary effects could also be more persistent."

As a result, Powell said, the central bank is "well positioned to wait for greater clarity" before considering any reduction in interest rates.

Powell intends to serve out his term
In his social media post, Trump called Powell's report a "complete mess," arguing "Oil prices are down, groceries (even eggs!) are down, and the USA is getting RICH ON TARIFFS."

While oil prices have fallen in response to fears of a global economic slowdown, grocery prices actually rose last month, according to the latest inflation report from the Labor Department. Egg prices jumped nearly 6% between February and March, thanks to the lingering effects of bird flu.

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17.04.202519:59

DHS threatens to revoke Harvard’s eligibility to host foreign students

The Trump administration has significantly dialed up its pressure on Harvard University, not only freezing $2 billion in federal funding but now threatening its eligibility to host international students after school leaders refused to make key policy changes the White House also is demanding of other elite US colleges.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sent Harvard “a scathing letter demanding detailed records on Harvard’s foreign student visa holders’ illegal and violent activities by April 30, 2025, or face immediate loss of Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification,” her agency said Wednesday in a news release that refers to antisemitism but does not detail specific incidents.

It accuses Harvard of creating a “hostile learning environment” for Jewish students. “It is a privilege to have foreign students attend Harvard University, not a guarantee,” reads the letter, which a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson gave CNN after some of its details first were reported by the student-run Harvard Crimson.

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17.04.202517:59

Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.

Musk's rocket and satellite company is partnering with software maker Palantir (PLTR.O), opens new tab and drone builder Anduril on a bid to build key parts of Golden Dome, the sources said, which has drawn significant interest from the technology sector's burgeoning base of defense startups.

In his January 27 executive order, Trump cited a missile attack as "the most catastrophic threat facing the United States."

All three companies were founded by entrepreneurs who have been major political supporters of Trump. Musk has donated more than a quarter of a billion dollars to help elect Trump, and now serves as a special adviser to the president working to cut government spending through his Department of Government Efficiency.

Despite the Pentagon's positive signals to the SpaceX group, some sources stressed the decision process for Trump's Golden Dome is in its early stages. Its ultimate structure and who is selected to work on it could change dramatically in the coming months.

The three companies met with top officials in the Trump administration and the Pentagon in recent weeks to pitch their plan, which would build and launch 400 to more than 1,000 satellites circling the globe to sense missiles and track their movement,

sources said.

A separate fleet of 200 attack satellites armed with missiles or lasers would then bring enemy missiles down, three of the sources said. The SpaceX group is not expected to be involved in the weaponization of satellites, these sources said.
One of the sources familiar with the talks described them as "a departure from the usual acquisition process. There's an attitude that the national security and defense community has to be sensitive and deferential to Elon Musk because of his role in the government."

SpaceX and Musk have declined to comment on whether Musk is involved in any of the discussions or negotiations involving federal contracts with his businesses. |

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17.04.202515:59

The 25 U.S. cities where a $100,000 salary still isn't enough to get by

Reaching the six-figure salary threshold may be considered a financial victory for many Americans, but in a many big U.S. cities the once aspirational milestone just doesn't cut it anymore.

In one out of four large metro areas in the United States, a family of three with a household income of $100,000 will still struggle to get by, a LendingTree analysis reveals. That's a stark realization for many Americans, who continue to face rising household expenses on everything from a dozen eggs to a bag of coffee. The average median household income in then U.S. was $80,610 in 2023, according to the most recent estimate from the Census Bureau.

"For generations of Americans, $100,000 has long been a magic number. It has been seen as a level of yearly earnings that says: You've made it. You're successful,"

according to the report.

"However, that has changed dramatically in many of the nation's biggest metros. In 25 of the 100 largest metros in this country, a six-figure household income isn't enough to handle the basics."

In determining the metro areas where a $100,000 salary wouldn't stretch far enough, LendingTree considered eight different spending categories a typical family of three might face — such as two-bedroom apartment and infant daycare — and then subtracted the total cost from the $8,333 in monthly income the family would be earning on a salary of $100,000. That left a slew of large metro areas, from Los Angeles to New York, with negative monthly income estimates.

In 25 of the 100 largest U.S. cities LendingTree looked at for its report, researchers found that monthly expenditures – which ranged from food to childcare and health insurance costs – outweighed net monthly income. The analysis didn't factor in debt payments.

#salary #prices #inflation

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17.04.202513:59

Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Draw Massive Crowd To Rally In Red State

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) appeared convinced their brand of progressive politics is resonating in traditionally Republican states as they spoke at a filled-to-capacity arena in Idaho.

For weeks, the Vermont senator has been drawing large crowds to his nationwide Fighting Oligarchy tour, with the New York congresswoman often featuring as a guest speaker.

While it might be expected that the duo could sell out venues in their Democratic heartlands, both indicated they believe it’s notable that they’ve also been drawing huge crowds in red states.

On Monday night, the crowd at Nampa’s Ford Idaho Center was at full capacity of 12,500, the Idaho Capital Sun reported, as Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez attacked the economic damage caused by the Trump administration and championed universal healthcare.

The night before, they spoke to a crowd of 20,000 to the south in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In any case, attracting thousands of people to a Monday night political rally in a non-election year is no mean feat.

But President Donald Trump won Idaho by 36.5 percentage points in 2024, and no Democratic presidential candidate has taken the state since President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, underlining the scale of the fight in the Gem State.

And yet, despite the record suggesting Idahoans wouldn’t be very interested in what Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are selling, both were in a bullish mood.

“Alexandria, they told us this was a conservative state,”

Sanders said after being introduced by his touring partner to huge cheers from the crowd.

“They got it wrong.”

#Sanders #OcasioCortez #rally

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16.04.202522:59

President Donald Trump is maintaining a slightly positive approval rating, according to the latest polling, though his numbers have continued to slide as consumers come to grips with the reality of lingering inflation colliding with the president’s massive tariff rollout.

According to a poll of 2,286 registered voters released Monday by Harvard’s Center for American Political Studies, The Harris Poll, and HarrisX, at least 48% of voters still think Trump’s doing a good job. That’s compared to 46% who disapprove of the president’s work, and 6% who reported they “don’t know” how to feel.

“Trump’s approval is still above water but has dipped four points,”

pollsters wrote, noting

“Trump’s highest approval is on his handling of immigration and reducing (government) costs, while his lowest is on tariffs and inflation.”

While just over half of polled voters approve of Trump’s take on immigration — 51% — and precisely half approve of his work at “reducing the cost of the government,” the pollsters didn’t find majorities in favor of any other policy they asked about. Under half — 49% — approved of Trump attempts at “returning America to its values,” while just 43% approved of his handling of the economy, and only 41% agreed with the job he’s done on inflation or his tariff policies.

The poll also found voters are most concerned about “price increases/inflation” or “economy and jobs,” with about two in three saying they’re “the most important issues facing the country today.” Immigration was down by three points from last month, at third among voters’ top concerns, at 26%, while healthcare landed at fourth, with 21% of those polled listing it as top of mind.

Pollsters found that “inflation remains the top issue for voters across party lines.”

The president’s immigration policies found strong support, while voters were split on his tariff policies.

Three out of four voters said they are in favor of “deporting immigrants who are here illegally and have committed crimes,” and seven out of 10 would approve of “closing the border with added security and policies that discourage illegal crossings.”

By contrast, just half approved of Trump “placing tariffs on goods from China, Mexico and Canada to encourage U.S. manufacturing.”

A plurality of polled voters, or 43%, think that Trump is “doing worse than expected” overall, while just 27% think he’s “doing better” than expected. For 29% of those polled, Trump is performing to expectations.

A majority of voters, or 52%, think Trump is doing a better job than was done by former President Joe Biden.

#Trump #Poll

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16.04.202520:58

News keeps getting worse for Kamala Harris in new poll

Former Vice President Kamala Harris may have some competition if she wants to make a bid for the 2028 presidential election.

A new poll from Echelon Insights found that Harris’s lead in a hypothetical 2028 Democratic presidential primary race has narrowed since the poll was last taken in March. The poll found that 28% of Democrats would vote for Harris in a hypothetical primary contest, which is down from the 33% who said they would vote for her in March.

The poll did find that support for New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) jumped up in April after he delivered a speech on the Senate floor for more than 25 hours to protest President Donald Trump. Booker followed Harris’s lead with 11% of support among Democrats in the new poll, which is up by 9 percentage points since the March poll.

In a head-to-head matchup, the poll showed Harris leading Booker, with 54% supporting Harris and 34% backing Booker.

#Poll #Harris #Democrats

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16.04.202518:59

Voters No Longer Blame Economy on Biden

A growing number of Americans are blaming President Donald Trump, rather than former President Joe Biden, for the state of the economy, according to two recent polls.

Trump emphasized his economic plan on the campaign trail, pledging to bring down inflation faced by Americans after the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020. However, economists warn that his plans, including tariffs, could lead to higher prices for U.S. consumers, and his efforts at implementing the policy caused stocks to drop.

The economy remains a top issue for most voters, and Trump's handling of it will be on Americans' minds heading into the 2026 midterms, as well as a handful of off-year gubernatorial races later this year. Democrats are hoping that growing dissatisfaction with his economic plans can carry them to victory in key races.

A new CBS News/YouGov poll showed that Americans are increasingly critical of Trump's handling of the economy, and that more people are blaming him than a month earlier. It surveyed 2,410 U.S. adults from April 8 to 11.

When asked whose policies are more responsible for the state of the economy, 54 percent said they believe Trump's policies are more to blame. Only 21 percent said they believe Biden's policies are to blame. Twenty percent said both of their policies are equally to blame, while 5 percent said neither are to blame for the state of the economy.

This compares to a March CBS News poll, when 38 percent of respondents said they blamed Biden for inflation, while only 34 percent blamed Trump.

A poll from YouGov and The Economist also showed that more Americans are blaming Trump for the economy.

Their latest poll, conducted among 1,741 adults from April 5 to 8, showed that 50 percent of Americans blame Trump for the economy, compared to 32 percent who blame Biden. Six percent said neither, while 13 percent were unsure.

That marks a slight shift from two surveys from the pollster in March. A March 16-18 Economist poll, among 1,618 adults, showed 48 percent blamed Trump, while 32 percent blamed Biden. A March 9-11 poll of 1,699 adults showed that 44 percent blamed Trump, while 34 percent blamed Biden.

On April 2, Trump rolled out tariffs on dozens of countries across the globe during his "Liberation Day" celebration, but the following week he put a 90-day pause on most tariffs, with the exception of China, a major global manufacturing hub.

The trade war has seen 145 percent tariffs imposed on Chinese imports, threatening to increase the prices of the cheap goods brought into the U.S. from manufacturers based there. There are, however, some items that will be exempt from the tariffs.

Stock markets initially plunged following the tariff announcement, with the Dow Jones Industry Average falling 9 percent from April 2 to 4. It has rebounded a bit since then but still remains 4 percent lower than before the tariffs were announced.

Others, however, believe the tariffs will benefit Americans. Kara Deniz, assistant director of communications for the Teamsters, a key labor union, previously told Newsweek that the tariffs will bring back good, union manufacturing jobs.

#Trump #Biden #Poll

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16.04.202517:19

Trump will destroy a world economy

Judging by the results, the United States should be the last country that wants to re-order the world economy.

We’ve thrived in recent decades, while other advanced democracies have fallen behind.

If we’ve gotten “ripped off” as President Trump and supporters of the trade war like to say, the supposed thieves have gained little and the purported victim has continued to march ahead.

That doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t seek to change unfair trade practices, and to gain more independence from Chinese supply chains.

Yet it’s foolish to disrupt willy-nilly a system that has us at the apex, and getting stronger rather than weaker.

We’ve been outpacing the rest of the advanced world since the early 1990s.

As the Economist magazine noted in a cover story last year,

“In 1990 America accounted for about two-fifths of the overall GDP of the G7 group of advanced countries; today it is up to about half.”

We roughly doubled the gap in our per-person output over Europe and Japan across those decades.

Since 2020, we grew three times as fast as the G7. Overall, whereas we were 21% of global GDP in 2012, now we are 26% — right about where we were in 1980.

#Trump #economy #Trade

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16.04.202515:59

Beijing fires extraordinary trade war broadside following JD Vance's slur

Beijing has fired an extraordinary new broadside at America amid growing trade war anger - with a senior Chinese official declaring 'Let those peasants in the United States wail in front of 5,000 years of Chinese civilisation'.

Xia Baolong, a top Chinese official who oversees Hong Kong affairs, branded the US tariffs as 'extremely shameless' and warned that bullying has never worked on Chinese people in a televised speech today.

The comments by Xia, the director of Beijing's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, follow JD Vance's controversial 'Chinese peasants' slur.

'The Chinese people do not cause trouble, nor are they afraid of trouble. Pressure, threats and blackmail are not the right way to deal with China,' Xia added.

The comments came after China hiked its levies on imports of US goods to 125 per cent, hitting back at Trump's decision to single out the world's No. 2 economy for effectively raising tariffs on Chinese goods to 145 per cent.

Vice President Vance said this month that the US borrows and buys from 'Chinese peasants', a remark that drew condemnation in China.

Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, is subject to US tariffs imposed on China as it is no longer considered a separate trading entity by Washington amid a years-long crackdown under a sweeping national security law.

Unlike the mainland, Hong Kong, as an international free trade hub, is not planning to impose any retaliatory tariffs on the US right now, its leader John Lee said last week.

Beijing has dismissed the US president's sweeping tariff strategy as a 'joke' and factories across China are seemingly mocking Trump by urging Americans on social media to buy from them directly at knockdown prices.

#Tariffs #China #Vance

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16.04.202514:03

Trump Presses China to Make Tariff Offer to Calm Trade War

President Donald Trump called on China to reach out to him in order to kick off negotiations aimed at resolving the escalating trade fight between the world’s two largest economies.

“The ball is in China’s court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don’t have to make a deal with them,”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday, reading what she said was a statement Trump dictated.

“There’s no difference between China and any other country except they are much larger, and China wants what we have, what every country wants, what we have — the American consumer — or to put another way, they need our money,”

the statement continued.

The comments are a fresh sign the US and China continue to dig in their heels, indicating there is no end in sight to fight that has seen both sides raise trade barriers to staggering levels.

When asked about the US’s stance at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said that “if the US truly wants to resolve the issue through dialog and negotiation, it should stop using maximum pressure and stop threats and blackmail.”

“For any dialog to happen, it must be based on equality, respect and mutual benefit,”

Lin said.

China ordered airlines not to take further deliveries of Boeing Co. jets, according to people familiar with the matter. It marked Beijing’s latest move to retaliate against Trump’s decision to hike levies to as high as 145% on Chinese goods.

The US president criticized China in a social media post earlier Tuesday, saying the government “just reneged on the big Boeing deal” signed during his first administration.

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16.04.202501:59

Elizabeth Warren: Congress Has to Take Tariff Authority Away from Trump 🏛⚖️

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union that Congress had to take away the tariff authority from President Donald Trump. 🗣💼

Warren said,

“It is a mistake to have the President of the United States out there just playing red light, green light 🚦 and saying, oh, this morning I woke up and think the tariffs should be this big. Now, I think they should be this big; now, I think they should be somewhere else. And I got to say, saying, well, I will continue to make those decisions and I’m going to hold off on these tariffs for 90 days ⏳, that doesn’t put the economy 💸 in a better place. That doesn’t put investors 💼 in a better place.”

She added,

“Congress has a job right now, and that is to step up and take this authority away from Donald Trump. He has proven how he will use it. But remember the statute that he’s now using starts with a declaration of emergency 🚨. And in that same statute, Congress has the responsibility to decide: is it really an emergency or not? Are we really in an emergency with Belgium 🇧🇪 right now? Are we really in an emergency with South Korea 🇰🇷? Congress can say no, there’s no emergency. It’s a resolution 📝. And if we do that, it takes Donald Trump back to the trade as we had it before. Tariffs are then decided with Congress having an important say in it. That’s an important signal to the rest of the world 🌍. Right now it’s a no curbs on Donald Trump 🚫 and that means chaos and corruption 💥💰. We have an opportunity in Congress to vote that down and to say, no, we are going to use tariffs in a far more targeted way 🎯.”

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19.04.202514:40

“I have great respect for President Xi,”

Trump said at a cabinet meeting last week.

“He’s been a friend of mine for a long period of time, and I think that we’ll end up working out something that’s very good for both countries.”

“No matter how long this war is going to last, we will never yield. We’ll fight until we completely triumph.”

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15.04.202517:34

American Universities Against Trump

Harvard University refused to accept a deal with the Trump administration two weeks after the US government threatened to halt $9 billion in funding, vowing it won’t “negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights.”

“Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government,”

the school’s lawyers — Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and King & Spalding — wrote in a letter Monday to US agencies including the Department of Education.

Harvard president Alan Garber said in a post on the school’s website that the administration demanded new terms late Friday that went beyond prior requests.

These included reforming its governance, ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs and changes to its admissions and hiring.

The oldest and richest US university —with a $53 billion endowment — had emerged as a target as the government sought changes at the nation’s top colleges, which were roiled by pro-Palestinian student protests after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel and the Jewish state’s retaliatory response in Gaza.

“It makes clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisemitism in a cooperative and constructive manner,”

Garber wrote.

“Although some of the demands outlined by the government are aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority represent direct governmental regulation of the ‘intellectual conditions’ at Harvard.”

The White House has used instances of antisemitism on campuses to try and force changes at elite universities across the country, stirring concern among faculty and students that they’re violating free speech and damaging scientific research.

A group of Harvard professors suing the administration has accused it of exploiting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to “coerce universities into undermining free speech and academic inquiry in service of the government’s political or policy preferences.”

The Trump administration has already canceled $400 million in federal money to Columbia University in March, and has frozen dozens of research contracts at Princeton, Cornell and Northwestern universities.

It also suspended $175 million at the University of Pennsylvania because the school allowed a transgender athlete to compete on its women’s swim team several years ago.

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🔥 Emperor Zelensky Plays with Fire, While Congresswoman Spartz Does Color Commentary from the Sidelines

Ukraine’s capital burns in slow motion. Russian drones rain down like biblical plagues.
And somewhere between Kyiv and Indiana, Victoria Spartz — America’s only Ukrainian-born congresswoman — offers her tactical advice: “Give up and fire the president.”

“If they elect him, they’re going to lose the rest of the country.”

— Victoria Spartz, channeling her inner Cassandra with a Glock in her carry-on

🎻 Fiddle While Donbas Burns
Zelensky, once Churchill in a sweatshirt, now looks more like Nero in fatigues — torching what’s left of the country to keep the Western symphony playing.
But the orchestra is exhausted, the instruments are out of tune, and even the conductor is texting Trump.

🧑‍⚖️ Enter Victoria Spartz: Congress’s Ukrainian-American Contradiction
- Born in Ukraine, but calls Ukrainians “them”
- Once begged for aid, now rejects “blank checks”
- Calls for new leadership in Kyiv — from a town hall in Indiana
- Supports Trump, distrusts Putin, and accidentally packs heat at airports

She’s not just a congresswoman. She’s a one-woman ethics investigation wrapped in a real estate résumé, with a side of post-Soviet fatalism.

🎙 The War, According to Fox Sports
As Ukrainian troops die defending Bakhmut, Spartz does play-by-play like it’s the NFL Draft:

“Zelensky’s not playing well this season. Might need to bench him. Maybe trade Crimea for peace and a mid-range quarterback.”

She’s not wrong — just terrifyingly comfortable with collapse.

🪙 The Deal of the Century: Peace Through Surrender™
Trump wants to end the war.
Spartz wants to end Zelensky.
Putin wants to end NATO.
And Ukraine? It might just end.

🤡 Final Scene
The country that elected a comedian is now trapped in a tragedy.
Its former citizen heckles from Washington.
Its allies are running out of money, ammo, and patience.
And the only fire left is the one Zelensky is still dancing around — in prime time.

#Ukraine #Zelensky #VictoriaSpartz #Congress #Russia #Trump #WartimeTheater #GeopoliticalFarce

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