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raumdeuter:
Monsieur.coder Temporary.Hansel Lord.Adam16

What do you think of this

https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/8433903/2027-ill-run-labour-party

Until negotiations and coalition agreements are finalized, he remains an LP member.

2027 is two years out.

If negotiations fall through, 2027 will be a wash.

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Matter of fact, Obi does not need the coalition.
When Tinubu and Shettima are through with Nigeria, bandits on TikTok will campaign for him in 2035/2039.

I care about a coalition primarily because I despise the prospect of a Shettima or Kwankwaso Presidency.

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That's not all.
We're about to start Year 3 of 4.
No one knows Tinubu's economic plan.
Heck, a Trumpian concept of a plan does not exist.
He is content with sending prayers to the mailboxes of politicians to secure his reelection.

We've wasted two years.
The next two years are practically written off.
What incentive would Tinubu have to perform after his re-election, if he couldn't be bothered to do so anytime in the last two years?

If you're keeping count, that'll be a cumulative 8 wasted years. Make that 16. Shettima and Kwankwaso are Buhari Pro Max.

Why does this matter? Economic cycles!
Over the next 12 years, it is inevitable that we will have to contend with external shocks.
If the economy remains comatose for an extended period, those shocks will send us into a tailspin.
The sacrifices Nigerians made over the last 2 years will be for naught.

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Tinubu is a political wizard. But he is a very average .
We've seen his best. We're living through it. It is odious!
I it he notched wins with the elimination of subsidies (gasoline, currency, electricity).
But his economic performance is inexcusable. A finance professional with the experience to boot.
His heir apparents will be worse.
Atiku/Obi will carve their names in gold if they can rescue the nation from the doomed path it's on.
If for whatever reason they fail, well, good luck to Nigerians.

Buhari-Tinubu-Shettima.
24 years in a death spiral.
The best thing to do is gtfo and watch this slo-mo train wreck from afar.

-Lord

Lost
Linkin Park

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Experience
Ludovico Einaudi

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Leave Me
Rord Kelly

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Heart of Gold
Abraham Alexander

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Stay Schemin
Rick Ross

-Lord

raumdeuter:


Inseating an incumbent takes combining all efforts together

The best time was in 2023 when Tinubu was not president, it will be harder in 2027 but not undoable
They need all the rsources, I think this is still initial shakara like when you are toasting a babe

By 2026, you will see most of the Obidients fronting now will become staunch Atiku/Obi posters

Truly the pathway to Aso Rock for Obi might run through Atiku, Just like Tinubu knew his path to Aso rock might have to go through Buhari and swallow all the bad things about Buhari he might not personally like

The key thing for Tinubu now is to find a way to make Obi insist on being the head of the ticket or scatter coalition and run solo like in 2023

I guess I'm jaded because Obidients have a troubling track record.
Obi was to be a protest ticket in 2023; like the Green ticket in the US. If you wanted to win, you had to pick either Tinubu (continuation) or Atiku (take a different path).
But then we had the Obidient groundswell and the rest is history.

So perhaps, they're been coy. That's probable.
But that narrative is fuel for the not insignificant bloc in the Obidient movement who are Obi maximalists.
They WILL sit out an election with Atiku/Obi on the ballot and encourage others to do the same.

Depending on their efficacy, that could become a real issue that'll potentially sink an Atiku-Obi coalition.
It is a given that Tinubu will exploit the rift.
If by late 2026, there are doubts that the coalition can clear the 10m bar, no astute politico will stake their career on the ticket.
We'll know the result weeks before election day.

-Lord

GloriousGbola:



in what universe are governors buying votes at 50k per vote?

It's an hypothetical that demonstrates how easily Tinubu can find the votes to run up the score.

-Lord

raumdeuter:


No need to stress yourself

If Obi agrees to be Atikus VP, 70% of Obidients will follow, they will rationalize and vote that ticket

All they are doing now is shakara, when push come to shove they get to polling station and see Tinubu/Shetima vs Atiku/Obi. They will vote Atiku/Obi

Most of them that voted in 2019 voted the ticket already

If the objective is to unseat an incumbent Tinubu, there is no margin of error.

10 million votes bought at 50K per vote is N500B.
At 100K, it's N1T.
Tinubu will not sweat that bill.

The opposition only stands a chance if they can retain as many of their combined voters from 2023 and peel off disaffected Tinubu voters.
This "VP Obi is undesirable" narrative runs counter to that. It is a thrilling gift for Tinubu.

-Lord

BlueRayDick:


I am not an Obidient. I am a Nigerian who voted for Obi in the last election and will note vote for Atiku if he's on the ballot whether Obi decides to contest or not.

No be u go tell me who I go vote for. When u said u will only vote Atiku or Jonathan, did u see me fighting with u over ur personal political decision ? Did I gaslight u and start calling u names? If u don't want to be drawn into diatribes , then u will respect my own decision not to vote the 81 year old Dubai resident in 2027.

I will complain about Tinubu's istration like every other person when he's taking decisions that can 4ck the country up. I'm sure Atiku too will continue to complain if and when he loses the election again. Nothing spoil.

That is your right.

Let me recap.
In 2023, you voted for Obi when he had no chance of winning. Tinubu benefits.
In 2027, you will not vote for an hypothetical Atiku/Obi coalition ticket that Obi personally touts as the best path forward. Tinubu benefits.

It is also my right to tell you both actions taken together make you a closet Tinubu er.
And that your harsh comments about Tinubu's istration should at best be taken with a grain of salt.

Larride has complained about some Tinubu missteps.
Larride will vote for Tinubu in 2027, as is his right.
Larride is a Tinubu er.
Na you dey turn amala say you no be Tinubu er after potentially delivering for Tinubu both times when it mattered.
Talk is cheap. When the rubber meets the road, we all now know you will work for Tinubu directly or indirectly.

-Lord

izzou:


You seem to be flogging this matter more than the contestants

Atiku and Obi have confirmed there's a coalition. Why not wait to see if they would stick together or not?

After all, it was Atiku that ditched Obi for Okowa in 2023. Maybe he didn't also know the power a VP has.

Relax. Make dem draw lineup first.

Dem never draw lineup before our resident Obidients start dey talk say Atiku/Obi ticket no dey viable.
Shey u no see their comments ni.

Until raumdeuter start dey argue say d lineup make political sense.
An avowed Tinubu or nothing er pushing back at an Obidient saying he will not vote for an Obi VP ticket.

E no dey bother me personally.
If we're using Buhari as a yardstick, Tinubu has earned a second term.
And I say this as a person who'll never vote for him. Worse case, I'll stay home.
But you cannot be a vocal critic of Tinubu apparent mishandling of the country, simultaneously tout Obi's excellence, then publicly declare that an Atiku/Obi pair is a non-starter.

Dem still dey forward lineup list, you don already dey tok say d lineup no get chance.
But you queue under hot sun in 2023 to vote person when get 6,000 votes for Katsina.
Opposition dey build ship, you don already start dey drill hole.

Wike is a PDP member in a Tinubu government getting N1.5T budget every year. But Atiku will sideline Obi as VP and he'd have no say.
Why person go dey yarn easily trashed opata?
Tinubu openly. Nobody go beat you.

-Lord

BlueRayDick:


This one u are crying more than the bereaved, it appears as tho u have seen a revelation that Atiku will fail once more(Like he usually does). Shebi Atiku has what it takes to unseat Tinubu with his so called northern votes in the bag, let him go and win the election na. Is it a must that we vote for him with his numerous baggage?

The so called north that should be Atiku's strong forthe, he was flogged there in 2023. So what exactly is he bringing to the coalition ? At least Obi swept the South east, did well in the south south and fairly well in the south west .

What u call wailing about Tinubu's misgovernance , I hope u know Atiku ur god is an active participant in the wailing fest. He would always find his voice to wail but when it comes to speaking truth to power on what concerns the general populace like the religious extremism that ended the life of Deborah, he would lose his voice .

Whether u like it or not, we cannot be gaslighted to vote the perennial election loser in his 81st year on earth. Please advise him to spend more time with his grand kids and great grandkids and allow younger candidates who have the interest of this country at heart to chart a new course for the country

I will not be drawn into an extended exchange of diatribes.

The bottom line is that you are an Obidient but will not vote for Obi in a coalition he negotiated to be VP.
After complaining about Tinubu's istration.
That makes you an agent of Tinubu working for his second term.
Anything else you're saying is a load of horse sh*t.

-Lord

liveLongNprospa:


Atiku had 7m with the help of pdp structure in the last election.
That structure has been destroyed.
Just yesterday senators declared they were not with him.
PDP governors have not declared any for atiku.
His former vp has left him for apc so meaning he has no cash cow to fund his state.
Tinubu has already started working on finitri in adamawa.
Wike and the g5 are still fighting against atiku.

So again, what is Atiku guaranteeing us?
We all saw what obi has done without structure, why should we a ticket that puts atiku at the head when Obi is the one still active even after elections and his base growing stronger.


Between Obi and atiku, who is the politician that people will be ready to fight for?
I mean it's not like atiku has more money than Obi.

So truly why should Obidients a ticket with atiku at head when he is of no electoral value right now without the pdp structure.
If he wants to be vp candidate then sure, but any ticket that doesn't have Obi at the top after all the work he has put in.. Then you must be smoking kwale weed (and trust me I can recognize the effect of that particular strain😁)

Na you destroy the structure?
No b who first build house dey name street.
Leave the political tug-of-war to the politicos.
Players are holding their cards close to their chests. Much of what you're seeing are feints.

In late 2026, all that'd matter is if Atiku, or any opposition coalition, has the votes to unseat an incumbent.
Atiku and Obi to their credit are currently working on that.
While you are prematurely running around screaming the sky is falling 2 years before election day.

I don't know how your brain works.
Obi as VP to an octogenarian will be one heart attack away from the Presidency.
All he has to do is run out the clock.
Whether by divine providence or through the ballot box, a VP Obi is President-in-Waiting.
How is that bad?

This is not complex.
In 2019, Obi was given the VP slot.
In 2023, he left. Y'all claimed Atiku did not do enough to retain him.
In 2025, Atiku has reached out to iron differences, and if reports are accurate, Atiku has agreed to whatever Obi put forward.
But y'all are coming up with new BS.

An Atiku/Obi coalition is Atiku's silver bullet.
That's the golden ticket they'd tly present to the politicos and Northern Oligarchs to rally .
Tinubu can throw $ at everyone. It's not his money. The treasury will still be there if he is bundled out.

-Lord

BlueRayDick:


A lot of maybes, ifs and wishful "what could be" in this post with nothing really substantial.

1. For starters, Atiku has proven consistently oved the past 30 years that he does not have what it takes to win a presidential election.with him as the flag bearer of his party. Gaslighting any section of people in the opposition to him will.not make him the president..

2. It is 2025 and u can see most politicians in the north and south declaring their for Tinubu. Maybe you don't know these defection have implications particularly on areas where me and u do not have eyes and ears; places where we will only hear their results being read on the media. The voting results in these areas will be written and announced and there's nothing anybody will do about it.

3. Atiku claimed to have north in his political bag in 2023 when there was no Tinubu incumbencg power, we all.know how that claim tor to shreds by results trickling out of the north after collation.

4. The people Atiku had issues with in his PDP have not even been pacified yet; in fact he has made more adversaries and kept on losing his ers including his VP in the 2023 elections.

5. Anybody u like u can , it is a free world and a democracy. But it is evident that a lot of people who had voted in 2023 with hope to see an Obi presidency will abstain from the elections the moment he decides to be an extra Tyre to Atiku. This is Nigeria and Nigerians have seen the "power" VPs carry

I specifically take issue with #5.
Only gen alphas will opine that VPs can't be powerful in Nigeria.
That's not a foreign concept. It happened before. Idiagbon. Recently with Atiku who Obasanjo had to beg to complete his second term and who scuttled Obasanjo's third team bid.

Also, it is quite interesting that in 2023, you all were adamant that Obi would win when the lack of core Northern votes made him unelectable.
But here you are, 2 years before an election, calling it quits and taking the time to come up with a long list of reasons why a coalition of Atiku and Obi that earned 13 million votes in 2023 does not stand a chance after Tinubu's performance.
How do you consistently make decisions that benefit Tinubu politically but want to gaslight critics with shalaye.

Somehow Obi who could beat Atiku and Tinubu in 2023 cannot tag team with Atiku to beat Tinubu after an ittedly disastrous half term.
Get a grip!
Politicians are defecting. That's your excuse. How many politicians defected to LP in 2021 for Obi to get 6 million votes?
How many politicians did Obi serenade in 2021 to get 6 million votes?
Atiku did have the Northern vote in 2023. Look at the vote tally. Tinubu did not win any KKK state.
That was not a fluke. If you all Tinubu agents hadn't voted for a political terrorist, Atiku will be president today.
And if in 2027, you shun an Atiku/Obi ticket to sit at home or vote Tinubu, accept wholeheartedly that you worked for Tinubu's second term.

We've had excessive wailing on this thread and elsewhere on social media about Tinubu's misgovernance.
You could swear that Tinubu was the worst President in Nigeria's history.
Then you get the opportunity to change things and you--ittedly one of his loudest critics--are coming up with a list of excuses why you will not vote a ticket with Obi on it.

Tinubu is a failure. But you will not vote for an Obi alternative.
I want y'all to go on the record. So we know any Tinubu complaints going forward are theatrics and mental gymnastics.
You cannot call an election 2 years early and forego a rescue ticket and coalition with your savior in it, and you want to play-act as a Tinubu critic.

-Lord

liveLongNprospa:



What is Atiku bringing to the negotiation table that should make him the presidential candidate?
All this blackmail won't work.

Tell us what atiku is offering?

He is bringing 7m primarily Northern votes.
Obi cannot unseat Tinubu at the top of a 2027 ticket.
2023 made that abundantly clear.

We're not even debating the composition of the coalition.
I'm taking issue with the declaration by Obidients that they, or fellow tyros, will not back a hypothetical Atiku/Obi ticket.
That is the clearest indication yet that the Obidient movement is crawling with Tinubu sleeper agents, if that wasn't already obvious.

All the objections do not hold water.
No one can sideline a VP Obi. Not even Buhari or Tinubu.
He has independent political clout. He'll be the most powerful VP since Idiagbon.
The 2031/2035 election will be a formality.

So Tinubu's hand would have to be so far up your behind it could touch your teeth for you to say a ticket that assures your MCM 12-16 years in the halls of power is not viable.
If you truly believe Obi can change this country, you cannot reject a 2019 ticket after decrying Tinubu's first 2 years.
After lamenting about Tinubu for 2 years, an Obidient is boldly saying Obidients would skip an election with Obi on the ballot or vote Tinubu simply because Obi is not at the top of the ticket.
Remove the mask, infinity agent. Let us see your real face.

-Lord

Amigoss:


Atikusexuals,una no go cry ke

Go outside and touch grass.
Did the Tinubulation spare Obidients?
Who complain ?

In 2023, you were willing to back Obi in the belief that he'd eke out a win.
In 2025, you are saying your ilk would ignore a 2027 ticket with your savior on it. Who you dey whine?
Obidients, you inclusive, should tattoo Tinubu and an infinity logo on their lower backs.

-Lord

Achilles100:
The Last Of Us

If there is anything I hate in a show is taking me back to what happened after a character has died off, I used to feel it's a waist of time and just a filler episode but boy this last episode was beautiful.

Joel is really him, him and Ellie really complemented each other in this show. I really enjoyed how they built everything up, starting from when he was younger till the fight with him and Ellie till present.

I feel like the stress of losing Joel and how Joel died, has made Ellie into this almost always angry looking face we currently see.


"I hope you do better with your own children." These words almost made my eyes water when Joel told Elllie . Overall it was a very good episode

Finally!

The opening third was cinematic brilliance.
Loved every minute of it. An all-round beautiful sequence!

The do better quote was excellent.
Gets you in the feels.
The exchange after is chef's kiss. It adds depth to the reason behind Ellie's quest for vengeance.
Because for a minute, the audience could question Ellie's irrational insistence on getting her pound of flesh after being told she's expecting.
But after that exchange, you become empathetic.
She had a breakthrough with Joel and Abby made her watch his execution.
That'll do it.

-Lord

BlueRayDick:


Exactly!

Most people who ed Obi in 2023 will either vote for Tinubu or abstain from the election totally if Obi chooses to serve as Atiku's VP.

We all know he won't be able to effect any change as a VP; he will just be an extra Tyre that will hardly be used.

Any coalition that has Atiku has its front man will fail woefully. A lot of people have an ax to grind with Atiku including northerners

Speak for yourself.

It is politically f**lish to pick a fight with Tinubu with 2 years to go.
You'd get the Saraki treatment.

Anyone who is remotely in a challenging political position will dance to whatever song Tinubu is playing.
The moment of truth will come in Q4 2026.
Atiku will have to prove he has the wherewithal to achieve the critical mass to unseat an incumbent.
He needs the Northern oligarchy behind him and Obi's SE stranglehold.
In 2027, the SS and MB will be fair weather allies.
They'll swing for whomever has momentum.

The issue for Atiku is that only Atiku desperately wants Tinubu out in 2027.
In 2031, Obi will be courted by every Northern aspirant.
He'll be given a blank check to name a price.
Everyone in the North who does not have a personal grievance with Tinubu, like El Rufai, would be fine with Tinubu getting 4 more years.
It only means a delay to the retribution they've cooked for Tinubu's political family. It's inevitable.
The only question is when the hammer comes down. The North can wait.

I'll only Atiku or Jonathan in 2027.
If neither is a frontrunner, I'll sit at home.
I have no qualms whatsoever with Tinubu doing a second term.
If Buhari can complete 8 years, why not Tinubu?

-Lord

TemporaryHansel:


All Peter Obi ers are pseudo Tinubu ers. Without them Tinubu wouldn't be on that seat, and their emotional politics will make Tinubu retain the seat.

You understand every every.

One day, they'll share a confession about their disdain for Atiku.
After ranting excessively about Tinubu's misgovernance, you're insisting that an Atiku/Obi ticket is dead on arrival.
Make it make sense.

Thankfully, in 2027, it'll either be Atiku or Tinubu.
How would Obi become President before 2039?
I will oppose him on principle when he contests in his 70s.
We'd waste 16 good years because of a political terrorist.

-Lord

DissTroy:


Two questions since you live in Nigeria:

1. Can you afford it in 2025 at that amount easily without your purse feeling a dip?

2. You work a regular 9 - 5 and expectedly off to work by now. Do you earn up to or more than #2 million monthly?

If both answers are no, a #15 million car is a luxury for you. That's why expensive gifts are called luxury gifts.

I understand your point.
I get it.
You're using luxury connotatively as a synonym of expensive. Which it is.

Thing is, the term 'luxury car' is a well-defined class of automobiles.
It has a wiki page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_car
Marques go out of their way to set up brands specifically for the class. Toyota and Lexus. Honda and Acura. Hyundai and Genesis.

Call an iPhone a luxury phone and you'd get puzzled looks. Call a Caviar Custom iPhone a luxury phone and it'd be grudgingly accepted.
Everyone and their grandma intuitively knows what a luxury car is. A Rolls-Royce. A Range Rover. A Porsche. A Lincoln. A Bentley.

You'd prolly defend your usage to the death.
But if you were on the other side of this, you for don tear your opps shirt.
Because it's a layup.

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Again, I have to reiterate that I get your point.
This is PUNCH describing cookie-cutter cars as "luxury cars".
https://punchng.com/efcc-arrests-22-internet-fraudsters-in-edo-seizes-luxury-cars/
Much of the Nigerian media and by extension lots of Nigerians are guilty of that mischaracterization.
You're not alone in that regard.

Still, it is low-hanging fruit.
And you'd be fairly ridiculed for calling a 15m car a luxury vehicle, especially in the context of a humble brag.
Know your audience.

-Lord

@nurez305
Get a if it is not impractical in your location.
It's a no-brainer.

noobody:


I am happy to announce to you,even if you use a delta 2 max,you would have the same issue.

Power stations even though they are made to work like a bigger capacity power bank,are not totally meant to work like one that would depend on only grid charging.

Get your self a proper jinko required for your delta 2,

My delta 2 powers my whole apartment 24 hours and I have enough juice to last me tru the night.

Simply because I run heaviest appliances during peak period when sun is blazing and reduce my usage at night.

Even tubular batteries without solar would be very ineffective.

Rather than get a cola,use that money invest in a proper jinko

580w - 620w and enjoy your delta 2.

nurez305:
That sounds pretty good. I currently have the Delta 2 (1kWh), but it doesn’t last very long for my needs. I haven’t connected it to solar for charging yet. I’ve been considering selling it to get the Delta 2 Max instead. However, after reading your review, I’m now thinking it might be better to just get the ColaSolar 2000 (2kWh) as a backup for when my Delta 2 runs out. My only concern is that their power stations are so cheap—I just hope they’re not using low-quality materials that might fail within a year.

I could see a backup use case for the Cola.

Your fears are valid.
Off-brands are a dream when they're in good working order.
But when you do need to report something or make an inquiry, you'd pull your hair out.

To be clear, they're all Chinese (primarily Shenzhen labs).
A 100% markup is a lot when they're sourced from the same factories.
You'd have to decide whether the better internals (everything from efficiency to protection/controls is objectively better), better customer service (you intuitively know which brand is more likely to send a replacement unit over splitting hairs about warranty coverage), and a large community (very helpful) is worth a 100% markup.

If you're getting the Cola to serve as a backup, start planning out your modular solar buildout in earnest.
As it is anyone's guess how many years you'll wring out of it.
Unless you buy a dud, it'll def pay for itself. But do not set lofty expectations.

-Lord

WritterNg:
⚡Japan's Prime Minister says his country's financial situation is worse than that of Greece.

Japan is stuck in purgatory and it's sad to see.

The OG Asian Miracle forced to nerf itself by its "ally".

-Lord

feedthenation:
---Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ form of prostate cancer---


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-biden-prostate-cancer-b2753385.html


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-18/biden-diagnosed-with-an-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer-nyt

Prostate cancer!
OOF!

Thoughts and prayers for the Biden family.

-Lord

afrodoc:


Take that! Take that!!

*bombastic side eye*

Doc! 🤣😂🤣

-Lord

Ibime:


Even if he gay sef, it's not a crime.

Combs is not gay.
He is bi.
His orientation is not a crime.

We all intuitively know what counts as foul play.
Trafficking and predatory sh*t is foul play.
I am not pre-empting a verdict. I'm only saying if he's done stuff that's way past the gray zone, he should bag a harsh sentence.

That is not be a controversial take.

-Lord

Ibime:


You just threw out a whole bunch of speculations. Wetin concern Bieber in the matter?

Puff not gåy, he is just a vøyeur and gangbanger.

For some odd reason, some men like to scrëw girls with other men around. It is very common in the black community.

Yh right!

-Lord

09:


And currently pregnant.

As far as I'm concerned, she was a willing participant.

I'm more concerned about the sex trafficking aspect. She's more or less a distraction to me in the trial

I don't care for the Cassie stuff.

More concerned about the predator thing, especially since he swung both ways.
The Bieber speculation rubs me the wrong way. He was 15 at the time.
He'll never it it if it was true.
So if there's something to the trafficking and abuse part, I'm perfectly fine with Combs never seeing the light of day.
The charges that sink him is a tertiary concern.

Side note: Spacey and Cosby ultimately beat their criminal charges. Even Weinstein overturned his NY conviction and is currently appealing his CA conviction. Combs should be encouraged by those outcomes. Having a superlative fixer on speed dial should make the RICO charges hard to litigate, but you never know if he got sloppy.

Needless to say, his attorneys are earning their keep.

-Lord

Fadedvoiced:

I know. Her husband is a disgrace to humanity.

That list is endless.

Captain Save-a-Hoe is a protected class.
There's a captain for every hoe out there.
Locating your captain is the hard part.

-Lord

WritterNg:
⚡Ukrainian media claim that the Russian delegation demanded a full Ukrainian withdrawal from four regions. When the Ukrainian side refused, the Russians reportedly stood up and warned that next time, the demand would include five regions.

Perfect opening demand.

-Lord

Appleyard:


Brother, have you read an excerpt of the speech Trump gave at the meeting with Satan Arabia? I don't know if I'm dreaming or not. It's quite revealing. For the first time, the US foreign policy read anti-interventionism and openly itted that unipolarism as spearheaded by America since the end of the cold war was wrong. Then it goes on to canvass for a new multipolar world order, one in which no single nation would dictate to others how to run things. Unbelievable!!!

First, it was Rubio's astonishing words on the same issue:

....And I think that was lost at the end of the Cold War, because we were the only power in the world, and so we assumed this responsibility of sort of becoming the global government in many cases, trying to solve every problem. And there are terrible things happening in the world. There are. And then there are things that are terrible that impact our national interest directly, and we need to prioritize those again. So it’s not normal for the world to simply have a unipolar power. That was not – that was an anomaly. It was a product of the end of the Cold War, but eventually you were going to reach back to a point where you had a multipolar world, multi-great powers in different parts of the planet. We face that now with China and to some extent Russia, and then you have rogue states like Iran and North Korea you have to deal with.


Now Trump....Here is a part of the speech:

Before our eyes, a new generation of leaders is transcending the ancient conflicts of tired divisions of the past and forging a future where the Middle East is defined by commerce, not chaos, where it exports technology, not terrorism, and where people of different nations, religions, and creeds are building cities together, not bombing each other out of existence. We don’t want that.
(Applause)

And it’s crucial for the wider world to note this great transformation has not come from Western interventionists or flying people in beautiful planes giving you lectures on how to live and how to govern your own affairs. No, the gleaming marvels of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi were not created by the so-called nation-builders, neocons, or liberal nonprofits like those who spent trillions and trillions of dollars failing to develop Kabul, Baghdad, so many other cities. Instead, the birth of a modern Middle East has been brought by the people of the region themselves, the people that are right here, the people that have lived here all their lives, developing your own sovereign countries, pursuing your own unique visions, and charting your own destinies in your own way. It’s really incredible what you’ve done.

In the end, the so-called nation-builders wrecked far more nations than they built, and the interventionists were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves. They told you how to do it, but they had no idea how to do it themselves. Peace, prosperity, and progress ultimately came not from a radical rejection of your heritage, but rather from embracing your national traditions and embracing that same heritage that you love so dearly.

(Applause)

And it’s something only you could do. You achieved a modern miracle the Arabian way. That’s a good way.

(Applause)


Going by this new US foreign policy shift, Netanyahoo should be having sleepless nights right now. No wonder he is talking about weaning Israel's security off America's .

Interesting times ahead.

The caveat is that in 4 years, the interventionists, nation builders, and nonprofits will return.

Still, it's a pleasant change of pace in American foreign policy. Even if transient.

-Lord

basilico:
ABC news reported that consumer prices rose 2.3% in April.
Official statement was that inflation for April 2025 fell to its lowest since March 2021 to 2.3% below the projected 2.4%.

Same thing ,one has a negative connotation tailored for liberal democrat safe space.

CNN meanwhile had a catchy headline.

And just like that Democrats no longer care about egg prices.

-Lord

haybhi1:
Hi sire, are you trying to paint the picture that all isn't really well between Trump and Netanyahu?

That is the current narrative.
American and Israeli media are signaling a Netanyahu-Trump schism.

To put this in perspective, Israeli media reported that one of Waltz (the former NSA) infractions that contributed to his firing was his close coordination with Satanyahu on Iran strike options at a time when Trump was still mulling a diplomatic resolution.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/waltzs-coordination-with-netanyahu-on-iran-strike-contributed-to-firing-report/

-Lord

Appleyard:


There was always going to be a rift. One of Trump's pre election campaign points is to bring peace to troubled spots across the globe. But Netanyahoo is hell bent on a war with Iran and the complete destruction of Gaza. It's either Trump at staus resolute to his no-war mantra or bent to the neocons war machine quest for a large-scale hot war. The following months will tell.

The counterpoint is that Trump is putting on a show for the Arab audience.
The rift, or at least the appearance of one, serves to downplay his culpability in Satanyahu's continued war crimes.

By July/August, he could flip the script on everything.
Houthis, Iran, Gaza, SA nuclear negotiations.

Be that as it may, Trump is using this opportunity to reinforce the persona that he is beholden to no one.
He is also undoubtedly relishing the opportunity to publicly stick it to Satanyahu.

-Lord

There has been some chatter about a rift between Trump and Satanyahu.
I will defer any commentary until the conclusion of his trip to the Gulf.

-Lord