david_herdson

Not doing something out of fear of being victim-blamed (by the bully) is weak. Not only that, it gives Trump every incentive to do it again. (View Post)

it's not just the mineral deal. The thing that's glaring by its absence, and highlighted all the more so by Trump's plans for Gaza, is a reconstruction plan for Russian-occupied Ukraine. One wonders … (View Post)

As chess is played on a board, arguably that's only two spacial dimensions so as it takes place over time, it's a 3D game. True, the pieces exist in 3D when the game is played physically but that's a… (View Post)

They don't tend to do subtlety. Rather than 4D chess, I saw a neat metaphor on the Trump administration which is more that it's like playing chess against a pigeon. It'll ignore the rules, do its own… (View Post)

People read into it the UK and France because it's the UK and France which are the (only?) countries which have given Ukraine the commitment, not the Canary Islands. So even if it was a rhetorical de… (View Post)