Zelensky is sucking up to Trump, but likely more as an attempt at survival than inherent beliefs. Maybe some elements of that apply to Machado though she sounds much more problematic.

Sad to say, foreign news of the Orange Blight is no better. I used to think highly of the BBC but under Herr Starmer they normalize genocide and cover for dictators, too. Expecting Doctor Who to soon side with the Daleks on exterminating a planet of "undesirables".

Threatening to nuke Copenhagen.

I give the Anschluss a couple of months. They just won't be able to stop themselves. It will probably start with a multi-km free fire zone inside Mexico.