Ukraine

Ukraine needs to ignore the US if it kowtows to Russia. Europe needs to step up and build its military and supply Ukraine with everything it needs, if necessary. Ukraine should also get some nukes.

Rubio is a cretin. I hope Europe's help is enough to let Ukraine end the war on Ukraine's terms.

Gaetz is a loyalty test for the Senate, to see if they'll really let Trump be a dictator. If he gets blocked, expect calls for senators to resign.

Ukraine really just needs to get some new nukes at this point. As much as I hate the idea of nuclear proliferation, Russia has very clearly proven it's the only way to stay sovereign against a nuclear power.

Trump nominated Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. From Wikipedia:

In 2022, she stated that NATO and the Biden administration not taking the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO off the table may be one of the factors provoking the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[291][292] She also argued against economic sanctions on Russia on the basis that Americans would suffer from higher oil and gas prices.[291] Gabbard stated that “the Washington power elite” is trying to turn Ukraine into another Afghanistan.[293] In March 2022, she said media freedom in Russia is "not so different" from that in the United States. PolitiFact described her claim as false, noting that in Russia the government represses independent media and free speech, including imprisoning critics of the invasion of Ukraine.[294] In February 2024, Trump met with Gabbard, who has been an outspoken critic of aid to Ukraine, to discuss the future of US foreign policy in case of his re-election.[295]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard#Ukraine_and_Russia