A pro-Trump European leader predicts he will abandon Ukraine: ‘The Americans will quit this war’
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told national radio that the US will abandon its support for Ukraine. Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orbán, has a chilling forecast: the US will abandon Ukraine under President-elect Donald Trump. “The Americans will quit this war,” he told national radio, per multiple outlets, including Reuters. “There is military defeat in Ukraine.”…
It’s becoming clearer how Ukraine’s first attack on North Korean troops went down
Ukrainian soldiers in Sudzha, Russia, at the center of Ukraine’s push into Kursk. This image is being used for illustration purposes only. A Ukrainian official gave B-17 further details about the first clashes between Ukrainian and North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukraine launched a cross-border counteroffensive in August. Andrii Kovalenko, the head…
Ukraine keeps finding Western parts in Russia’s weapons, this time in the wreckage of its new heavy Hunter drone
Russia’s S-70 drone is seen taking off at an unidentified location in August 2019. Ukraine said on Friday that it found Western-made parts inside the wreckage of a new heavy Russian combat drone that crashed last month. Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said that an analysis of the S-70 Okhotnik, or “Hunter,” drone that was downed…
Donald Trump’s pledge to ‘never ban’ TikTok will be tough to fulfill
TikTok could leave US app stores as early as January. Donald Trump may not be able to save TikTok, despite pledging to do so on the campaign trail. In June, the president-elect told the app’s users he would “never ban TikTok.” This may have earned him some support from the app’s fans, business partners, and…
7 telling moments from Putin’s first speech since Trump won
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory and said he was “ready” to speak with him. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Donald Trump on his US election victory in a wide-ranging speech that was followed by a three-hour marathon question-and-answer session. Putin’s comments were made at his annual foreign-policy…
‘I got it wrong’: Anthony Scaramucci shares 4 key reasons why Donald Trump won
Anthony Scaramucci Anthony Scaramucci didn’t have much time to get his hopes up. Just 90 minutes after the first polls closed on election night, Scaramucci started to see exit polls that became the writing on the wall. Vice President Kamala Harris was struggling mightily against Donald Trump in pivotal swing states, including Pennsylvania. The political…
Trump said Taiwan should pay for US protection. Here’s what a second Trump term could mean for the island.
“You know, we’re no different than an insurance company. Taiwan doesn’t give us anything,” president-elect Donald Trump told Bloomberg Businessweek in June. On Wednesday, Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te congratulated Donald Trump on winning the US election. “I’m confident that the longstanding Taiwan-US partnership, built on shared values & interests, will continue to serve as a…
Trump’s election interference case is on ice after Jack Smith, defense, and judge agree to vacate deadlines
President-elect Donald Trump. A federal judge on Friday granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to vacate all pending deadlines for President-elect Donald Trump’s federal election interference case. In asking to erase the deadlines, Smith’s office said he was moving “as a result of the election” held on November 5. Trump is expected to be certified…
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller says the Fed may have declared victory on inflation too early
Stanley Druckenmiller isn’t ready to put inflation aside yet, and says the Federal Reserve shouldn’t either. “I’m a little worried that the Fed has declared victory too early,” the billionaire investor said about consumer prices on a Norges Bank podcast. “With credit spreads tight, gold at new highs, equities roaring, no sign of material weakness…
