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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 24m

The most notable thing of the last so hours and the Schmitt-Hawkeye screw up of epic proportions, is how Trumpites are primed to pump out any narrative handed to them without thought or reflection. It’s Putinesque.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1h

Midweek update is out, first part free. The US distance blockade of Iran might be seen as a classic case of the US winning a battle but losing a war. Also, the Xi-Trump summit revealed that not only can the Chinese humiliate Trump… phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...

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Midweek Update #29: The American Distance Blockade: Establishing The Best Possible Terms For US Withdrawal

The Xi-Trump Summit, Keeping The US Fat, Weak And Consuming; Taiwan Should Be Nervous

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 21h

Well it’s been approximately two weeks since Trump signed the Lindsey Graham tariff bill, which all those Trump supporters were saying was going to allow him to hammer Russia. Any sign of the new 100% tariffs on China and India—the largest purchasers of Russian oil?

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Arie Sonneveld @ariesonneveld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The admirable reticense of the Ukrainians in the choice of targets is almost superhuman. That is partly because they have to make the most of their resources. But I suppose it's also a cornerstone of their strength.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Russia has one enormous strategic advantage of which it is taking advantage. It can daily attack civilian targets--hospitals, universities, markets--knowing that while Ukraine can do the same, the Ukrainians are too humane to do so.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Latest piece out. People have asked me to discuss how this war might end. Ultimately it will be because both the Russian and Ukrainian political leaderships want it to end (or at least want a ceasefire). phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/how-might-...

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How Might The War End?

Leadership Choices and Possibilities

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The pay for a US Secretary of Defense is $246000 a year. They don’t even bother to hide the corruption these days

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Silvia S. @silviaschreiber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The best part of reading this update is there was no mention of Trump for the first two-thirds. Sure would be nice if the American tech billionaires would donate financially to help Ukraine keep their robots and drones manufactured. America has wasted away its good name.

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Now a human life counts for nothing"

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hi all, free weekend update is out. I start with the Army of Robots concept, which the Ukrainians are using as part of Vivaldi. They want machines to fight, not men. Also, Russia is having one significant strategic success (abetted by the USA). phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...

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Weekend Update #204: An Army Of Robots

Russia’s Most Effective Campaign; The Trump Rehabilitation Campaign Continues

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I see Trump apologists getting apoplectic at this, which is pure childishness. The President of the USA openly and repeatedly threatened Canadian sovereignty and belittled Canadian independence. It would have been dereliction of duty if Carney did not consider this.

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Bob Davidson @wa7iut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

it’s a mock, not a trap… and Trump doesn’t even understand that. bsky.app/profile/phil...

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fanf42.bsky.social @fanf42.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The collapse is incredible. Having Xi publicly mocking Trump, and not even barely understanding what's happening is depressing. I really wonder if American citizens are understanding what happened

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Graham Davis @agendaforreform.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Genius or fool? Trump’s ‘qualities’ were never in doubt. Those republican lawmakers who hitched their wagon to him did so with the cynical recognition that he was a corrupt fool but an electoral asset. Meanwhile the ignorant masses of MAGA were convinced he was a genius. Reality beckons for both.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Latest piece. It’s bad enough that Chinese leadership mocks the US openly in the White House, however the real problem is that they did this once before and then went on to help Iran rebuild its military. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/its-not-th...

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It’s Not That Xi Insults Trump Once...

It’s that the Chinese are actively destroying the US global position while the US president bows and scrapes

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There is nothing that better sums up the real political alignment today than seeing anonymous Russian bots jumping to defend Trump from the obvious fact that President Xi insulted him and the USA in the White House. Perverse but revealing.

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David Sandahl @dsandahl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"And Trump sits their making moo eyes like a lovestruck teenager"

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Lord, President Xi just insulted Trump and the USA, right to Trump's face-in the White House. Xi referred, yet again, to the "Thucydides trap". This is an reference to the US being in decline and China replacing it. And Trump sits their making moo eyes like a lovestruck teenager

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What the heck is up with the one glove look--is he channeling his inner Michael Jackson?

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hating what Trump is doing to America is not even remotely the same as being anti-American or hating America.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When historians look back on Trump's foreign policy in a century, I bet these are their verdict on his most famous policies: The support of Russia--the most evil. The pillaging of Venezuela--the most corrupt. The decision to go to war with Iran--the most incompetent.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s amazing that the US has become so pathetic, that the most vocal backers of Trump are trying to make the case that the US successfully bullied Denmark (when it really didn’t). And all the while they avoid the reality of US bowing to China and doing Russia’s dirty work.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For now the wheels are coming off for the GOP. But there is still time for this to change.

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George Vona @doctorgeorge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hmm... that $2B Saudi investment in Jared's private equity firm doesn't seem to have panned out.

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Rislandr 🇪🇺 🔰 @rislandr.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

At what point does the consensus move to asking why China has *not* yet launched an operation against Taiwan? April/May 2027 elections in France could also take EU economic measures off the table, but the main preconditions are already satisfied. I hope we're ready for this. (we're not)

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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

"The new Greenland deal is basically the old deal" A good read.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Midweek update out (partly free). This is the week US weakness was brutally exposed. The US was too weak to fight the Houthis and Iran, will show its weakness during the President Xi's visit to America, and signed a humiliating deal with Denmark. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...

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Midweek Update #29: The Week American Weakness Was Brutally Exposed

The US is too weak to fight the Houthis and Iran; The US has never been weaker vis a vis China; The New Greenland Deal Is Basically The Old Deal.

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Absolutely right. The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine have been raising this with the administration for ages; they have got nowhere.

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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Is there any US republican who is so dumb that he or she has not understood two things: 1. Trump owns the GOP. 2. Trump supports Putin. To vote for the GOP anywhere means to support Putin.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For God's sake, this is craven. The Russians have been trying to obliterate US companies in Ukraine repeatedly and with some success. The US government says nothing at all.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

People who are now deciding that Trump might not be so great, but who still supported him after January 6, 2021, are the reason the country is as screwed up as it is. They should own that.

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Shannypie @shannypie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Want to understand what is REALLY happening in Ukraine?? Start here 👇

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Edward Walker @gnuggat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“… both sides are going to increasingly have the ability to attack each other and both are struggling to defend. Well, here we are on the last day of summer, and that is the reality we face. The kinds of raids both are launching have the possibility to get larger and more destructive.” Yup.

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William Bendix @williambendix.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"This was the most detailed, heavy, and arguably effective attack of the war on Moscow (and arguably the most effective air attack ever on Moscow)."

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How do you really help Putin without saying you are really helping Putin?

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trump doesn’t care a bit about Ukrainian civilians as he starves Ukraine of air defense. But he is terrified about the damage to Putin’s oil industry. Why is that?

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Colliu @colliu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Crucial. Ukrainians are still fighting fair which is both necessary and admirable given the circumstances. The future to me hinges on 3 overt, 1 less talked about topic: 1️⃣ Advanced Anti Air 2️⃣ Oil 3️⃣ Military Production 4️⃣ Starlink

And I heard some people say-Aha, the Ukrainians are terrorizing civilians just like the Russians. Actually, if the Ukrainians fired 1000+ units and one apartment block was hit, that is a sign that they were not targeting civilians.
Russia targets multiple such targets per raid (shopping malls, apartment buildings, first responders, civilian trains, etc.). If one apartment only was hit in such a massive raid, that is a sign of lack of intent.
Please note that.

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Excerpts from OBrien's weekly👇 Both side's capasity is increasing. But Ukraine's ability is catching up and is now close to parity with the Russians. 1000 systems in one, single attack, ladies & gentlemen💪🔥 ...and the attacks deal great damage.

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 21/09/2026

A thousand-drone raid! Bomber Harris would be so proud to see this. Yet another fascist attacker who entered the war with a rather naive delusion that they'd bomb everyone and no one would bomb them sowed the wind and now reaps the whirlwind.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Latest piece. The Ukrainians just launched arguably their largest and most complex raid on Moscow. 1000+ units, 450 or so aimed at the Russian capital. It revealed a great deal about where things are now in the ranged more… phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-ukrain...

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The Ukrainians Bomb Moscow With Intent

What Is Important About This Operation

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Marie @madl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Good reminder of how Trump helps Putin as much as possible. “Donald Trump came out and pleaded with the Ukrainians to do Putin a favor and stop attacking Russian refineries.”

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Silvia S. @silviaschreiber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Viva Vivaldi 👏👏👏

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"One study is that the Iran War has caused three times the reduction in world diesel supplies as that caused by the #Ukrainian campaign against #Russian oil. However, #Trump decided to blame the Ukrainians and help #Putin..."

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The USA can never recover until this arch is torn down, brick by brick.

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Caw Yar Bluff @j-leslie3k.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"the big advantage that the Russians have is the one provided by the USA—which is doing nothing to help Ukraine in this vital area, and indeed is stringing the Ukrainians along and leaving them exposed."

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Looks like we are back for another one of the recurring editions of: “Blame Witkoff without acknowledging that he is only doing exactly what Trump wants and with Trump’s total blessing.” We live in an age grounded in dishonesty and self-deception.

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