Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for an international force to support a ceasefire in Ukraine has been dismissed as “a posture and a pose” by Donald Trump’s special envoy.
Steve Witkoff said the idea was based on a “simplistic” notion of the UK prime minister and other European leaders thinking “we have all got to be like Winston Churchill”.
**In an interview with pro-Trump journalist Tucker Carlson, Witkoff praised Vladimir Putin, saying he “liked” the Russian president.
“I don’t regard Putin as a bad guy,” he said. “He’s super smart.”**
Absolutely. I was specifically referring to sanctions, which are unlikely anyway, but possible.
European financial institutions are beginning to look for alternatives to US-centric networks like Visa and Mastercard. Think about that for a second. Banks are now seriously thinking about bifurcating the financial world of consumer spending as a result of this idiocy. If you want to know when shit’s getting real, look at when banks start to react. This is them reacting.