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Trump. Good idea to bring a guy who owes Russia billions to BS our way out of a world crisis . I don’t think so not withstanding he will most likely be wearing orange.

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Bullies are best dealt with by being immediate and overwhelming!! If the USA et al hesitate the west lose. Freeze Putin’s trillions along with the stolen spoils of his oligarchs and give 100% support to Ukrainian to destroy Russia’s forces. Ugly, not elegant but effective.

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Hello Diane, Please contact me - thanks

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You write, "And former Secretary of State Kerry remains hellbent on hosting his, and Europe’s, pet project, today (April 22) -- a virtual global climate change summit, an event that will allow Russia and China to neatly shift attention away from their rapaciousness.

Biden hosts that summit even though he surely understands that there is no more time for summitry, naivete, and salon diplomacy over cocktails. He must weigh in privately or publicly at the right moment because these two rogue nations have become bolder."

I fail to see (and brace for a barage of heated explanations) why holding a virtual International Earth Day Summit will cause a super and irreversible shift of attention away from the vile Putin and Xi Jinping efforts to annex as much of the free world as possible. Stopping the tyrants and climate change are not mutually exclusive, Biden wasn't born yesterday, and his team is seasoned, smart and tough.

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The only way Biden will be able to settle down Putin and Xi at this summit during private discussions, will be to ask Donald Trump to attend and handle those discussions for him. Biden couldn't hold team discussions in a playground!

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Biden is seen as weak ( A Chamberlain) , Trump was an unknown ( an unhinged Churchill). So now we go to war over Ukraine and Belarus, and maybe Taiwan. It is now time to push when the US and the EU is weak. It is a David and Goliath situation but with no David and no sling!. What on earth do we do , you ask ? Maybe the X ,Y & Z generations will now appreciate what war is all about!

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