Trump is on Putin’s side. Americans are on Ukraine’s side.

That will be their answer, yes.

The next normal step is for DOJ to investigate her for both solicitation of a bribe and misuse of her public position to enrich herself.

Happy to help. Surprised this has not come up. In the 1980s and 1990s it was common knowledge for nuke types. Maybe my age is finally paying off?

the Saudis specifically and the Arab ME broadly have opposed AP because Israel is not an NPT member. They have invested political capital for decades opposing AP as long as Israel is not an NPT member. I do not know how deeply they really care, but this is a long standing position.

You have to REALLY be bad at grifting for Trump to say "wow, that is bad, you have to go." Either that, or he did not get a cut.

Alternative, the IAEA DG could have a role in saying "yes, what has been negotiated gives us as good or better access than an AP" but they would rely a lot on US guidance and intelligence. So again, not a reliable source at this point.

Again with the Guru?

See also Mike Trout.

The non-AP approach was also considered under Biden. The standard IS and should be the AP, but there are ways to get the same and even a better standard by a different name. The problem is you need an objective IC to say - "yes, this is as good or better" and this IC cannot be relied on.

I led a National Security Council meeting in 2016 about industry and scientific concern over armed robots. At the end of the meeting, one of my colleagues came up and asked if any of these people had ever seen a science fiction movie in their whole lives.

OTD 40 yrs ago, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for the second time at Hofdi House in Reykjavik, Iceland. The two-day weekend meeting was technically not a US-USSR summit but a working session to discuss mutual reductions in strategic nuclear weapons. But Gorbachev had a surprise planned …

No one believes he would.

I’m surprised anyone is surprised about Trump’s fuel deal w Putin, his attacks on Zelensky &threats to suspend intel cooperation w Kyiv. Trump’s instincts on this war boringly predictable by now. All else is theatrics and wishful thinking

Just so you understand the depth of the cynicism: Trump’s failed war with Iran not only raised America's gas prices, but also global oil prices, which allowed Russia to make a gigantic amount of money and fund the killing of Ukrainians. ​And then they blame Ukraine for a disaster of

It is a flawed society that executes people. It is a sick society that broadcasts the execution of people.

He keeps saying it, but that does not make it true. Ukraine is not the reason the war continues. Russia started the war. Russia continues to fight the war. Russia can stop the war tonight. Ukraine is defending itself and the US people are on their side. Only Trump and his cronies are not.

Breaking news: The Pentagon acknowledged that the number of troops who have died in the Middle East during its operations against Iran is higher than previously reported, and updated the official count to include two more noncombat deaths.