🧐 Europe’s Russophobia circus: Is war-mongering covering over the EU's cracks?

The German military is due to hold large-scale drills to practice a scenario of a possible "Russian attack”, the latest move in a series of Russophobic actions and remarks by Western politicians.

Europe's top Russophobic warmongers:

🇩🇪 Germany: The country must take steps to be ready for a possible war with Russia, which “has long ago shifted to a military economy and continues to arm itself,” Defense Ministry Boris Pistorius argued.

🇬🇧 Britain: The UK should get ready for war as Russian President Putin is “trying to redraw the map and is going to test the boundaries” of NATO’s Article 5, former head of MI6 Alex Younger alleged.

🇫🇷 France: Russia endangers the entire EU, which is why Paris would begin discussions about the possibility of placing the bloc under the protection of French nuclear deterrent forces, President Emmanuel Macron claimed.

🇵🇱 Poland: "We have no doubt that Russia is dangerous so we consistently strengthen the Polish Armed Forces, equipping it with modern weapons,” former Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak insisted.

🇪🇺 The EU: “Russia’s actions are a clear and present threat to the security of the EU, and to the stability of the European continent. We must stand firm against Russia's attempts to undermine our democracy and sovereignty,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asserted.

Why is Europe stoking up Russophobic tensions?

The apparent goal is to distract attention from the EU’s persistent economic woes and justify the bloc’s push to boost its defense spending.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized that speculation about Russia preparing to attack Europe is baseless and absolute nonsense.

With EU members still at odds with each other over a raft of pressing issues, Russophobia seems to be the only thing that unites them.

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📹 Diplomacy 101: Why Trump hasn’t slapped tariffs on Russia, yet

While many seem puzzled by the fact that Russia was absent from the long list of countries that got hit with Donald Trump’s tariffs, US National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett has a very simple answer.

Turns out, enacting such punitive economic measures against a country that you currently engage in sensitive, high-stakes negotiations is not very smart.

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🤡 Elon Musk calls out 'puppeteers' behind anti-Trump protests in the US

The real problem with the ongoing anti-Trump protests in the US is their puppeteers, says Donald Trump’s ally and tech mogul Elon Musk.

Meanwhile, the “puppets” wandering around with protest signs often don’t even know why they are doing it.

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🇺🇸⚔️🇪🇺 From toilet paper to diamonds: EU prepares $28 Bln retaliation against Trump's tariffs

The list of US goods due to be hit includes meat, grains, wine, bourbon, wood, chewing gum, dental floss, vacuums, and toilet paper.

The move would align the EU with China and Canada, potentially escalating into a global trade war.

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing tariffs on imports from most countries. The base rate will be 10%, with some countries facing higher rates based on trade deficits with the US. For example, tariffs on EU goods will be 20%. Trump views this as a "declaration of economic independence" for the US and believes it will help use "trillions of dollars" to reduce the national debt.

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❗️The illegal transport of 580 kg of high-powered explosive material, presumably of US origin, was intercepted by Belarusian customs at the border.

The batch of explosives was being transported from Poland and was intended to be further shipped to Russia.

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🇩🇪 German mainstream politicians too self-serving to deal with migrant crisis

Mainstream political parties in Germany are unwilling to adopt a tougher stance on migrants, despite all the problems allegedly caused by them, out of fear of giving a PR victory to the AfD party, German political analyst and independent journalist Dr. Gregor Spitzen says.

“The AfD will be able to say: ‘Look, they are doing what we proposed 10 years ago, and we were called 'Nazis' for it’,” he elaborates. “Systemic political parties can in no way allow such a moral victory for their political adversary.”

There is an entire host of factors that led to the current migrant crisis in Germany, Dr. Spitzen explains:

🔸The Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Green Party, who have been in power since 2021, maintain a liberal attitude towards migration

🔸Reversing their stance on the migrant issue might cause these parties to alienate themselves from their core voters

🔸The aging of its population makes Germany reluctant to give up migrants, due to economic concerns

🔸The WWII guilt complex drives Germans to act like “world leaders in matters of humanism,” which includes offering asylum to the displaced.

EU leadership criticism of the countries that refuse to accept migrants “with an alien ethno-cultural background” does not help either.

“There are even attempts to exert pressure in the form of sanctions and refusal of EU subsidies,” Dr. Spitzen remarks.

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❗️Alexander Ovechkin has just shattered Wayne Gretzky's legendary NHL goal record!

The Washington Capitals forward scored his record-breaking 895th goal in a thrilling match against the New York Islanders.

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