Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Why does Trump like Xi and Putin so much and despise our democratic allies so much? Thoughts? Theories? 10624355
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In case you needed it, further evidence that Trump just doesn't care at all about democracy or human rights. In fact, he seems to prefer doing deals with autocrats over democratic countries. 1716464
Reposted by Dan SandruJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Those stubborn victims that don’t want to be murdered are jeopardizing his opportunity to line his pockets. 1416660
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The US currently gives more military aid to Egypt than to Ukraine. Why? 33380134
Reposted by Dan SandruAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Kherson resident Kateryna showed how she has to move around the city - under trees, always watching out for drones and praying. People in Kherson don't go outside without an urgent need. Russia is trying to make Kherson uninhabitable. 📹: ekaterina_feniks7/Instagram 9520208
Reposted by Dan SandruPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The USA starving Ukraine of Patriots is a crime. Trump is helping Putin kill Ukrainians. Last night was the USA aiding Russia. 13445157
Reposted by Dan SandruDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026What genuine military target should I bomb in retaliation for the Ukrainian strikes on my Moscow oil terminals? School Hospital Museum Cathedral 7052164
Reposted by Dan SandruKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/06/2026REP. BACON: This administration, and particularly Pentagon right now, is very critical of Europe, EU, NATO, and you never hear them criticize Russia. Why are they so weak on Russia, which affects their Ukraine and Baltics policy, but so quick to always want to criticize Europe? 1220549
Reposted by Dan SandruAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 06/06/2026What a clueless speech! Doesn't Hegseth know that the most unreliable "ally" by far is the US? "We stand by our allies" Really? Why has Hegseth stayed out of NATO meetings? Why withdrawing troops without consultation? He should have said is that the US stands with NATO and Article 5. He did not. 715146
Reposted by Dan SandruAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 18/05/2026“The only thing that can help us to push the change through, or actually it will probably lead to some social upheaval, and eventually to the collapse of the regime, is Ukrainian victory. Ukraine must win, Russia must lose.” - Garry Kasparov at the Lennart Meri Conference 2026 535375
Reposted by Dan SandruKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 16/04/2026APPLEBAUM: Trump administration wants to do business with Russia, and war in Ukraine is an obstacle. They treat it like trivial problem that could be solved if Zelenskyy would just step aside. It’s profound arrogance, ignorance, and hubris all wrapped into one. 629278
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Re-upping from 10 years ago: Mr. Trump, NATO is an alliance, not a protection racket wapo.st/4tonuQxwapo.stOpinion | Mr. Trump, NATO is an alliance, not a protection racketViewing international relations transactionally, rather than strategically, threatens our long-term objectives. 12616196
Reposted by Dan SandruVatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 29/03/2026OTD in 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia *finally* joined NATO. 425846
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Trump polices have triggered a divide between Europe and the US. Europeans, please remember that Trump policies have also triggered a deep divide between Americans. We don’t all think alike. 24377124
Reposted by Dan SandruPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 13/02/2026The Trump administration is literally going to kill its supporters, and still they cheer the circus. 49708226
Reposted by Dan SandruOleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question. Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year. 531123491
Reposted by Dan SandruMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/01/2026"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now. #AccountabilityIsComing 1674298987379
Reposted by Dan SandruJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Nobody in America is safe. If Trump’s secret police force will execute a government employed VA nurse on camera for us all to see and then lie about it, then they won’t hesitate to kill you next and lie about you. This is fascism. They are Nazis. 39561203
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Trump seems to have forgotten, or never knew, that our NATO allies WERE there for us when we were attacked on September 11, 2001. His continued denial of this fact, including in his speech today, is embarrassing to me and insulting to our allies. 2430793
Reposted by Dan SandruDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Sunday. Went to church and now am planning how to further a genocide by freezing millions of people. Traditional values, folks. 10804142
Reposted by Dan SandruCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 17/01/2026Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019. Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story: 9041051900
Reposted by Dan SandruZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Pressing face sadly against window of the USA, looking at cool kids in Europe and South America. apnews.com/article/merc...apnews.comEuropean Union and Mercosur bloc of South American nations sign landmark free trade agreementThe European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries have formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement. 314818
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Invading Greenland – Trump’s Worst Idea Ever. open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...open.substack.comInvading Greenland – Trump’s Worst Idea Ever.It’s time to end this discussion now. 3126677
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Trump’s Greenland idea isn’t just absurd, it’s dangerous. It risks destroying NATO, empowers China and Russia, and drags the U.S. back toward 19th-century imperial thinking. We have to stop this, as I told @stephruhle.bsky.social 1719276
Reposted by Dan SandruDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 30/12/2025US Security guarantees to Ukraine are meaningless if I can lie this blatantly to Donald and he just believes me. 161203231
Reposted by Dan SandruJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Trump is putting his name and face on government buildings, on money, on warships, and pushing his MAGA cult of personality on all Americans. Only dictators do this, not democratic leaders. 22502100
Reposted by Dan SandruDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 24/12/2025American social media platforms are banned in Russia. Have you noticed Donald isn't sanctioning anyone over that? 411846561
Reposted by Dan SandruEUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 24/12/2025US Imposes visa bans on Thierry Breton and other EU figures over tech regulationeualive.netUS Imposes visa bans on Thierry Breton and other EU figures over tech regulationIn a bold escalation of transatlantic tensions over digital governance, the United States has denied ... 77532
Reposted by Dan SandruJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Ukraine is now striking Russian shadow fleet tankers in the Mediterranean Sea. There is nothing Russia can do to stop this. Russia's economy is a sinking ship. 739165
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Putin isn’t fighting for Russia's security, he’s fighting for a place in the history books. Tragically, Ukraine is paying the price for his vanity. 15318103
Reposted by Dan SandruTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/12/2025The Kremlin likes to exercise rhetorical dominance over Trump and they say this in the safe knowledge that we won’t invade or that if we do it will be a disaster. Trump might think of Putin as a friend but that’s not how Russia sees the US. The US is to be humiliated, fragmented, and weakened. 351271381
Reposted by Dan SandruUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 12/12/2025Every Ukrainian defender knows what they are fighting for 215830
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Effective diplomacy requires both engagement and pressure. The Trump administration has favoured engagement with Moscow, and it hasn’t worked. Only when Ukraine can stop Putin on the battlefield will he have any incentive to negotiate. As I told @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social 915148
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Trump does not care about Ukrainian sovereignty or democracy. Trump does not frame this war as one between good vs evil, democrats vs autocrats, or the colonized vs the imperialists. He just wants the war to end so he can take credit. The details don't matter to him at all. 1829694
Reposted by Dan SandruAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 23/11/2025"Militarily, there is no justification for demanding such sweeping concessions from Ukraine compared to Russia": several thoughts from Danish military expert Anders Puck Nielsen regarding the 28-point plan. The proposed "peace plan" looks like a genuinely harsh ultimatum. 18597117
Reposted by Dan SandruNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16/11/2025Pope Leo XIV voiced support for Ukraine, expressing concern over renewed strikes on cities. He called for prayers for a just and lasting peace, noting the toll on civilians, especially children, and the destruction of homes as winter sets in. “I stand close to those who suffer so cruelly,” he said. 1138458
Reposted by Dan SandruMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Engage with autocrats, yes, but don’t check your values at the door. That’s how Secretary of State (and my mentor) George Shultz approached the Soviets when he served under President Reagan. And it’s how we should approach China and Russia today 111436
Reposted by Dan SandruMick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Is it just me or does this feel like Groundhog Day? 4029440
Reposted by Dan SandruZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Why is it called the Department of War and not the Department of Ultimate War-Man Warring? Are we losing our edge? Can we get truck nuts on the tanks, perhaps? 1730030
Reposted by Dan SandruGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Education is the enemy of fascism. 1583270748249
Reposted by Dan SandruPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 02/09/2025So this is what the USA is now under Trump. A nation which screws its democratic friends and allies by taking advantage of their Ukraine War and European fears. A disgrace. www.politico.eu/article/anto...politico.euCosta breaks ranks on EU-US trade deal, fires warning shot at TrumpThe European Council president appears to admit the war in Ukraine was a factor in accepting the bloc’s lopsided pact with Washington. 1731481
Reposted by Dan SandruMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12/08/2025🇪🇺 Kallas: "I want to emphasize that there is one aggressor and one victim here. In fact, pressure should be put on Russia, not on Ukraine, to make some additional concessions. Also, the fact that Ukraine agreed to an unconditional ceasefire is already a concession made by Kyiv." 13506122
Reposted by Dan SandruJulia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Russian state media says that agreeing to meet with Trump in Alaska (which they call “Russian America”) is Putin’s goodwill gesture. In reality, the US president welcoming a genocidal authoritarian is an unwarranted freebie and encourages future attacks and invasions. 50721283
Reposted by Dan SandruDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 25/07/2025OTD in 1932 USSR signed non aggression pact with Poland. 7 years later we violated it cos we preferred the one with Nazis that had a secret clause. But please trust us over treaties now. We've honored them all since then, just ask Ukraine, Georgia & Moldova 4514124
Reposted by Dan SandruAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Chancellor Merz: "We will continue to support Ukraine Let me be even clearer:the means of diplomacy have been exhausted when a criminal regime openly challenges an entire country's right to exist through military force&sets out to destroy the political order of freedom across the European continent 48958258
Reposted by Dan SandruDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 17/06/2025OTD in 1940 USSR invited Nazi ambassador over to pass very warm congratulations to Hitler for the rapid Nazi conquest of France. The sort of thing an ally would do... 3525101
Reposted by Dan SandruJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Cartoon by @adamzyglis.bsky.social. Tear gaslighting… 19971413
Reposted by Dan SandruAnders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Isn't it obvious to everyone that Trump supports Putin and his war of aggression against Ukraine? 2135361
