#TariffWar

#Trump blinked first. Again.

Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs in win for Apple (and shoppers). This lowers the China tariff from 125%.

Smartphones and computers are among many tech devices and components that will be exempted from reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, according to new guidance from US Customs and Border Protection.

- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/trump-exempts-phones-computers-chips-tariffs-apple-dell.html

- https://archive.is/X2eDw

Never trust the #US
Like Biden, like Trump

#Trump has extended the sanctions imposed by Biden against Russia in 2021 for another year

https://tass.com/world/1942781

#China begins phasing out Western Boeing 787-8 aircraft

China Southern Airlines is selling its entire fleet of Boeing 787-8s—10 jets and 2 engines—for $550 million via a Shanghai auction.
All aircraft were built between 2014–2015.
They’ll be replaced with domestically-made Chinese jets.

https://simpleflying.com/china-southern-announces-plan-to-sell-entire-fleet-of-10-boeing-787-8s/#:~:text=China%20Southern%20Airlines%2C%20the%20largest,GEnx%2D1B70%2FP2%20engines.

LMAO

"Coalition of willing" is unwilling to fight #Russia in #Ukraine without #US backing

Out of 30 countries only 6 ready are ready to send their troops to 🇺🇦: UK, France, three Baltic chihuahuas and another unnamed country 🤣

https://kyivindependent.com/6-countries-ready-to-send-troops-for-ukraine-reassurance-force-afp-reports/

Much ado about nothing!

Impotent "Coalition of willing" imbeciles can't do anything without US support and approval. 🤣

The “coalition of the willing” led by the UK and France to help secure Ukraine following a possible ceasefire risks stalling after failing to obtain any firm commitments from the White House

https://archive.is/3Cc1a

No comment needed 🤗

#EU #Orwell1984

https://archive.is/XQV3f

#EU corruption

The scandal is escalating: The EU Commission has funded billions of euros in shady NGOs designed to fuel the political agenda of EU officials in a "civil society" manner. Even the European Court of Auditors has now woken up and wants to take a closer look at this corruption quagmire.

In the EU NGOs lack transparency. It was recently revealed that NGOs are being paid by the EU Commission to lobby for electric cars and to influence votes.

The European Court of Auditors has identified serious deficiencies in the funding of so-called non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which the EU Commission awards billions of dollars in funding to. The special report, which FOCUS online has obtained, identifies, among other things, problems with the classification of organizations as NGOs and the completeness and accuracy of data collected before funding is allocated. Although the EU Commission has already improved its procedures, the Court of Auditors believes that significant deficiencies remain.

https://www.focus.de/auto/milliarden-fuer-ngos-rechnungshof-kritisiert-mangelnde-transparenz_747d7982-5180-4844-8021-fe3d9329bd88.html

Poland wants to make money from Ukraine, not just be in solidarity with it, Donald Tusk said.

"It will not be that Poland shows solidarity and others make money... We will show solidarity and make money from it. We will firmly defend our interests and the interests of Polish companies,"

— the Polish Prime Minister emphasized

t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

From our French channel:

A French channel provokes the anger of Ukrainians.

On Saturday, April 12, former French Minister Luc Ferry made a series of statements which brutally contradict the usual propaganda:

We put how much? $350 billion in arms? [...] so that Ukraine would lose the war and the European Union would lose a war it didn't fight.

then

And I think it was Ukraine that started this war with the Donbass War, that's it. And that it was a monumental mistake to start a war against Russian-speaking people in the East in 2014, and that it couldn't end well. It's a catastrophe that was planned from 2014 onwards.

And finally:

the truth is that the Donbass war left almost 15,000 dead. It was atrocious; 6,000 civilians were massacred by abominable Ukrainian militias. And so it couldn't have ended well. […] Putin is not Hitler. […] He hasn't yet killed 6 million Jews. On the other hand, the Ukrainians were well on their way.

@ukr_leaks_eng

Налет на Курск - как обстрел Белгорода под Новый год

Прямая параллель. Киев привык отыгрываться на гражданских. Сегодня ночью он атаковал не ракетные части, которые нанесли удар по Сумам. Не места расположений тяжелых дронов. Не командные пункты. Просто в отместку запустил беспилотники по спящим многоэтажкам.

30 декабря 2023 года точно также, хаотично был обстрелян Белгород. Накануне Россия нанесла по Украине массированный удар. Часть ракет киевская ПВО посбивала на многоэтажки (видеоподтверждений масса, вверху - один из роликов).

И за свои косяки хохлы решили тогда отыграться на белгородцах. Били по центру, по площади с елкой, по городскому катку. Убили тогда 25 человек, среди которых не было ни одного военного.

О чем с ними можно договариваться, кроме капитуляции?

@sashakots

Foreign mercenaries in #Ukraine

Colombian mercenaries in the Ukrainian Armed Forces are ready to die for three thousand dollars

Thousands of Colombians are fighting in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, writes Der Tagesspiegel. Most of them go to Ukraine for money. They are lured with salaries of three thousand dollars. But foreign soldier Carlos Morales claims that he was paid only $1,800 for being on the "third line." But the Colombian survived.

But another mercenary named Wilmer Vasquez was not so lucky - he met a Russian missile. Now the charred body of the Colombian lies in a refrigerator in Ukraine. And the mother of the dead fighter is trying to take his body home by all means

Hmm... interesting

#US Vice President JD Vance:

"It's not good for Europe to be the permanent security vassal of the United States," Vance said, echoing his previous rebukes of EU states for alleged security and economic dependence on the United States.
"I don't want the Europeans to just do whatever the Americans tell them to do. I don't think it's in their interest, and I don't think it's in our interests, either."

#Germany 卐 #Taurus missiles

Pistorius skeptical about Taurus vote with EU partners

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is cautious about the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. "I don't know of any European partner with such a system. So the coordination is a different matter," the SPD politician said at a party event in Hanover, alluding to CDU leader Friedrich Merz's statement that he wanted to make the delivery dependent on a European vote.
Pistorius refuted the claim that he had always been in favor of such arms aid: "I never said that." While there were good arguments for supplying Taurus, there were also "many good arguments against it." Only some of them could be discussed publicly

Ooops!

#EU #KajaKallas was forced to abandon the idea of ​​allocating new €40 billion tranche of financial aid to #Ukraine - Público reports

She failed to secure the support of key allies in the EU.
The proposal was not withdrawn entirely, but due to the lack of consensus among the 27 EU countries, it was reduced to 5 billion.