Craig Benzan
@craigbenzan.bsky.social
Just some guy with occasional opinions.
Remember when Putin said he'd rather Biden win? That was funny.
Trump weighs in on federal election, would ‘rather deal with a Liberal than a Conservative’
Amid trade tensions and speculation over a looming federal election, U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing in on Canadian politics yet again, saying he’d ‘rather deal with a Liberal than a Conservat...
www.ctvnews.ca
March 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Remember when Putin said he'd rather Biden win? That was funny.
This:
www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/c...
Is merely a negotiation tactic for this:
www.cnbctv18.com/world/trump-...
Trump would gladly sell out Taiwan as long as he can say he got a big, beautiful deal.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/c...
Is merely a negotiation tactic for this:
www.cnbctv18.com/world/trump-...
Trump would gladly sell out Taiwan as long as he can say he got a big, beautiful deal.
February 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This:
www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/c...
Is merely a negotiation tactic for this:
www.cnbctv18.com/world/trump-...
Trump would gladly sell out Taiwan as long as he can say he got a big, beautiful deal.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/c...
Is merely a negotiation tactic for this:
www.cnbctv18.com/world/trump-...
Trump would gladly sell out Taiwan as long as he can say he got a big, beautiful deal.
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This is a fascinating piece because it identifies something crucial that many analysts miss: Trump's foreign policy isn't driven by traditional geopolitical calculations but by ideological opposition to liberalism itself. 🧵
"Europe must stop kidding itself. Trump’s America has started its own cold war against liberal democracy. His weapons include the withdrawal of military support, the elevation of Vladimir Putin from pariah to partner, propaganda attacks, and subversion.
nickcohen.substack.com/p/trumps-tru...
nickcohen.substack.com/p/trumps-tru...
Trump’s true enemy isn’t China or Russia but liberal democracy
The new Cold War between Europe and America
nickcohen.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a fascinating piece because it identifies something crucial that many analysts miss: Trump's foreign policy isn't driven by traditional geopolitical calculations but by ideological opposition to liberalism itself. 🧵
Here’s my unsettling prediction - a short thread:
- Trump will negotiate Ukraine’s surrender, but will of course frame it as the start of a glorious era of world peace.
- Ukraine, NATO, Europe and other sane countries will reject it as the obvious capitulation to Putin that it is.
- Trump will negotiate Ukraine’s surrender, but will of course frame it as the start of a glorious era of world peace.
- Ukraine, NATO, Europe and other sane countries will reject it as the obvious capitulation to Putin that it is.
February 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Here’s my unsettling prediction - a short thread:
- Trump will negotiate Ukraine’s surrender, but will of course frame it as the start of a glorious era of world peace.
- Ukraine, NATO, Europe and other sane countries will reject it as the obvious capitulation to Putin that it is.
- Trump will negotiate Ukraine’s surrender, but will of course frame it as the start of a glorious era of world peace.
- Ukraine, NATO, Europe and other sane countries will reject it as the obvious capitulation to Putin that it is.
Reposted by Craig Benzan
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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A group of anonymous authors has published this well-sourced memorandum on Musk and the Neoreactionary movement. Please share widely. The threat is not well understood. Take a moment to read the one page executive summary now; then call Congress.
america2.news/content/file...
america2.news/content/file...
america2.news
February 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A group of anonymous authors has published this well-sourced memorandum on Musk and the Neoreactionary movement. Please share widely. The threat is not well understood. Take a moment to read the one page executive summary now; then call Congress.
america2.news/content/file...
america2.news/content/file...