
Team USA is in the manufacturing-intelligence-assessments-to-align-with-its- bonkers-foreign-policy-narrative phase of our long long war, now in its 12th year.
Keith sounds like a broken record.
Jack sounds more realistic. Maybe he should talk with Keith.
Former Russian President Dmytry Medvedev says Russia’s buffer zone might be increased if Ukraine continues to resist.


What does [Merz] mean?
Do we really want to know?
Z is in Berlin today meeting with Ukraine’s German friends. It’s unclear what, exactly, he hopes to achieve. Chancellor Friedrich and he are expected to chat about whatever it takes, coalition building and more sanctions against Russia, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine. A joint press conference is planned.
Süddeutsche Zeitung, meanwhile, runs a zillion-word article about how Team Russia has been mocking Donald nonstop for the past five months.

Germany’s new Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul, is on his way to Washington, D.C. to meet with Little Marco.
The US State Department is rolling out the welcome mat.

Team USA appears to be part of the problem, def not the solution.
Someone posted this the other day, zooming on The Hill from Teufelsee, the oldest surviving water works in Berlin, where I spent many hours floating on my back during the 1980s.
Finally, here is Kurt talking about Donald in Copenhagen. I fell asleep in the middle of the lecture.