David Frum: Can America Be Trusted Again?

[@frankyong2607]

A No to the titular question.

[@captaindoomsdayreloaded6685]

This forum is incredibly. David From doing an apology tour in Germany. This the same country who spend less than 2% of its annual budget on defense when it commit to spend 2%. This is the country whose representatives laugh at Donald Trump at the UN when he warned them about their dependence on Russian fossil fuels. This is the country who said that US intelligence was lying then said that Russia would attack Ukraine. This was the country who gave Ukraine bulletproof vests and bandages after the Russians attacked. As a US citizen, I think that the Germans should be on their knees thanking America.

[@advocate1563]

I am.less and.less sure is my anawer to that question. She is less sure footed than i have ever seen her and that is resulting in some randomness which could render her less trustworthy

[@joshuapaul2022]

He is lying through his teeth. The war is lost by Ukraine. Well, according to WSJ: “European officials fear Ukraine’s position on the battlefield could unravel this winter. The Ukrainian army is short of infantry after suffering catastrophically heavy casualties in its summer counteroffensive and in the extremely bloody defense of the city of Bakhmut last winter.” There are plenty of videos of entire units of Ukrainian soldiers that accuse their command of gross incompetence and sending them to a slaughter . Most recent from Avdiivka and Belogorovka. Different units accuse each other of cowardice. Ukrainian army is disintegrating. Zelenskyy "achievements" so far: 500,000 Ukrainians are dead, 3x that mangled and crippled for life, half of Ukraine's population is living as refugees scattered all over Europe and Russia right now, they're drafting women because they've run out of men to kidnap off the streets.

[@frankyong2607]

Ukrainian politicians and army people a corrupted bunch pilfering war foreign funding inflow.

[@rebelsnappingturtle5097]

Russia will pay. But it will take time. US buys more from China than Russia does.