European Politics
July 10, 2023•32 words
🏳️🌈 There's a shake-up in European politics, which brings so much uncertainty along with it. One thing is for certain, I will not be stepping down as the President of Utopia. xo
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US-UK Relations
July 10, 2023•116 words
🇬🇧🇺🇸 I'm happy President Biden finally visited the UK and met with the King and the Prime Minister. I hope this means we will be creating a new US-UK free trade agreement soon. We should have free trade agreements with all of our allies.
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July 11, 2023•124 words
🇺🇦 I think it was a bad idea to ask NATO to skip the MAP. The MAP would have had detailed conditions for joining the alliance, and it would have contained a timeline. Both of the things President Zelenskyy is now wishing he had. Now President Zelenskyy is empty handed and has nothing but a promise of a future invite for NATO membership. He already had that.
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