The Trump Presidency, Season 2

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

After being vacant since October 2024, Russia said this Friday it will send Alexander Darchiyev as new ambassador to the USA.

And he seems to be the perfect fit for Trump: Darchiyev is a career diplomat who has served two long spells in Russia's Washington embassy and was ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2021.
John J. Sullivan, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, said in his memoir "Midnight in Moscow" that Darchiyev once got very angry with him over remarks by then-U.S. President Joe Biden, who called President Vladimir Putin a war criminal in 2022.

"As I was speaking, Darchiyev's face turned bright red. While he let me speak, he was visibly enraged. When I finished, he started screaming at me in a profane tirade that I should not come into the ministry with such a belligerent attitude," Sullivan wrote.

Sullivan, who declined further comment on the events when contacted by Reuters, said his U.S. colleagues from the embassy thought that as Darchiyev rose from his chair "he was going to take a swing at me".

Russia also suggested direct air links.

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-says-us-has-given-it-green-light-appoint-new-ambassador-washington-2025-02-28/

 

[Free]

Trumps egg-citing plan to deal with the increasing price of eggs is to...IMPORT THEM.

U.S. may import more eggs as prices soar. Canada says ‘happy to discuss’ - National | Globalnews.ca

In a recent op-ed, United States Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins outlined her plan to lower the price of eggs and it includes importing more eggs.

globalnews.ca

In an op-ed written for the Wall Street Journal, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins outlined her plan to lower the price of eggs – a key issue for American voters in an election that saw Donald Trump return to the White House.

In the op-ed, Rollins noted that the average price of a dozen eggs had skyrocketed 237 per cent, from US$1.47 in January 2021 to US$4.95 last month. Rollins outlined several measures that the Trump administration would take, including combating avian flu, which she said has resulted in the culling of 166 million egg-laying hens since 2022.

Among the measures she proposed was importing more eggs.

“We will consider temporary import options to reduce egg costs in the short term. We will proceed with imports only if the eggs meet stringent U.S. safety standards and if we determine that doing so won’t jeopardize American farmers’ access to markets in the future,” she said in her opinion piece.

So, no tariffs on eggs then?

 

[Khamon]

The White House has invited Taoiseach Martin to attend St. Patrick's Day celebrations and the Irish people are begging him to not go. There are some telling him to go and never come back. But the bulk of comments, everywhere I’m seeing it posted, are telling him that going is a terrible idea.

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

The USA merging into rUSsiA continues: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered last week the US Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia.

In other words the US does not see Russia as cybersecurity threat.´any longer.

Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning

The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.

therecord.media

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

A Danish supermarket chain is labeling American products so that customers are aware about their origin and can avoid buying them, if they want to.

The move is done in protest of Trump's plans to acquire Greenland.

Danish grocery chain to distinguish European from US goods

Saying it is promoting European products rather than boycotting US ones, a Danish supermarket chain has a special label for goods from Europe. The move comes as many seek to protest Trump's aim to control Greenland.

www.dw.com

 

[Free]

Dave Foley is the most mannered man in the room.

 

[Noodles]

The White House has invited Taoiseach Martin to attend St. Patrick's Day celebrations and the Irish people are begging him to not go. There are some telling him to go and never come back. But the bulk of comments, everywhere I’m seeing it posted, are telling him that going is a terrible idea.

Its probably not doable, but I would love it if the world gave the US the "Russia Treatment" and just stopped talking to us and our leaders until we get our shit together.

Problem is, I think that's partly what the GOP wants.

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I am truly ashamed to be an American right now.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

I am truly ashamed to be an American right now.

Yeah.... I'm full of rage but also frustrated that there is so little I can do.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Veritable Quandry]

So this just happened:

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[Cristiano]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

New crowning achievement of dumbness: Trump's chosen incoming NTIA director nominee Arielle Roth thinks that FFTH internet access is "woke." She would abolish fiber preference and chose low-cost mandates instead.

https://broadbandbreakfast.com/incoming-ntia-chief-doesnt-like-beads-fiber-preference-low-cost-mandates-2/

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Isabeau]

Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

Haltbakk Bunkers will cease supplying fuel to U.S. forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk