🇫🇷 We hope that Xi Jinping enjoys our PRO-DEMOCRACY billboards strategically placed so that he can not miss them during his visit to Paris. We also hope that he loves our yellow umbrella choreography in front of the Eilse Palace. xo ...

🌏 There is only one reason that China hates and opposes our Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization proposal. That is because it is brilliant, and they know it would be effective. We believe that security brings stability, and stability brings prosperity. So we wish to establish more security alliances with other nations in the world, so they can be more secure and stable and prosperous. NATO has proven to be the most successful alliance of all time, and the organization has made the European region ...

🇬🇧 We do not support the Scottish Independence movement. We wish for the United Kingdom to remain united. We do not support political parties or movements that are trying to break up European democracies into smaller countries, whether it be the UK or Spain or any other European democracy. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/is-the-dream-of-scottish-independence-over-snp-humza-yousaf-nicola-sturgeon/ ...

🇺🇸 I have a newfound obsession with early American Art from the first half of the 20th century. I feel like I am just discovering these works for the first time, because I never developed an appreciation for it before now. I just acquired Grant Wood’s The Radical from 1936 - the first version. I'm very excited about it. If I can acquire a big enough collection worth showing, my new checkered farm house in the Midwest may serve as a small American Art Museum focused on the Midwestern Regionalists...

🇺🇸 The Liberal Party will follow France's lead and enshrine women's reproductive rights into the US constitution. xo ...

🇵🇱 I think we owe much to Polish diplomacy for the recent turn of events in Congress. Thank you Poland for standing with Ukraine. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/dont-just-assume-trump-will-back-russia-says-polish-minister/ ...

🇳🇴 We think Norway is doing the right thing by prioritizing Europe's energy security. We must have a smooth clean energy transition or there will not be a transition. The leadership in Norway clearly understands this. I believe Norway is a model country on environmental policies and legislation. We are grateful that Norway is blessed with the natural resources we need to be energy secure. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/fossil-fuel-giant-norway-pitch-europe-ideal-green-partner/ ...

🇺🇸 The Liberal Party will create a new Affirmative Action policy. The college campus student body is made of 2 groups of students, domestic and international, and we would like to keep both of these student bodies diverse. We want the international student body to be made up of individuals from all regions of the world equally, and we will divide the world into four main regions. 25% of international students entering the USA will come from the Indo-Pacific region, 25% will come from the Afric...

🇺🇸 We don't support bringing the National Guard onto college campuses. The USA does not kill students like Iran to silence them, we don't run students over with military tanks like China to silence them, and we do not send in militia groups and point machine guns at them to silence them like Russia either. In the USA, we respect the students' right to protest and express their opinions. We do however, expect all students to feel safe and secure on college campuses and to not be intimidated by an...

🇺🇸 I think the Democrats are doing the right thing by supporting the current Speaker of the House, and effectively shutting down the far-right extremists in the House. MTG has absolutely no power unless Democrats give her that power by cooperating with her. I think the Democratic Party would be wise to render her powerless. xo ...

🇺🇸 I am currently designing and building a vast country estate outside of Chicago. I have hundreds of acres of forest, a few hundred acres of tillable land, and almost a hundred acres of pasture. I'm building an estate house inspired by Hugh Newell Jacobsen, a checkered farm house inspired by Grandma Moses, horse stables, a polo field, a greenhouse, a campus for arts and crafts, and I even want to include an old-fashioned water mill and wind mill to generate energy for the industrial processes. ...

🇺🇸 Antisemitism is being imported into the USA from other countries like China and the Middle East. We see so much of it on our college campuses today, because the international student body on our college campuses is no longer diverse. Almost all of the international students come from one country - China. We have asked Congress to address this issue several times before. We wish for new regulation that requires the international student body on US college campuses to be more diverse and come f...

🇺🇸🇨🇳 We are happy that the legislation to force the sale of TikTok has passed Congress. We are pleased that many members of Congress now recognize how the social media app is being used to spread disinformation, manipulate public opinion, and collect intelligence on Americans. We are happy to know that Congress understands these national security threats. We hope the US Supreme Court does as well. xo ...

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱🇹🇼 Thank you for passing the national security supplement. Thank you for standing with Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. I have to admit I am disappointed that it took so long, but I am happy if finally passed. I pray to God the military aid will reach Ukraine in time so they can defend their homeland and protect themselves from further Russian aggression. I hope the US military will be advising Ukraine to ensure they win this war and push the Russians out of their homeland. We want Russia defea...

🇬🇧🇫🇷 We were very pleased to see France and the UK celebrate the anniversary of the Entente Cordiale. We are happy to know that the UK and France are on good terms again. Thank you. xo ...

🇺🇦🇵🇱 We wish for Ukraine and Poland to work together to find a mutually beneficial agreement to satisfy the concerns of the Polish farmers and truckers. The USA is Ukraine's strongest ally, but Poland is Ukraine's strongest neighbor. It is in Ukraine's best interest to develop a strong alliance with their neighbors, both military and economic, especially Poland. Ukraine should try to achieve a strong sense of solidarity between the Ukrainians and Poles. Once Ukraine becomes a member of NATO, we ...

🇺🇸 We beg all members of Congress to please pass the national security supplement, and stand up for Ukraine. Ukraine desperately needs the USA's support. We beg the Speaker of the House to allow a vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. We do not want to see the Ukrainians fall to Russia. We want Russia defeated. We want liberty and democracy to prevail in Ukraine, all of Europe, and around the world. Please stand with Ukraine. xo ...

🇯🇵 I'm sorry I am so late with my note, but we are happy that the Prime Minister of Japan was able to visit the USA, to speak to the US Congress, and meet with the president as the guest of honor at the White House. Japan is one of the freest and most prosperous countries in all of Asia with a rich cultural heritage that has been an inspiration for many of the USA's greatest artists like Frank Lloyd Wright, John Cage, and Jackson Pollock to name a few. Japanese culture has had a tremendous influ...

🇮🇹 We hope you can join us on the occasion of the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy for the art games and other festivities. xo ...

🇮🇹 I am pleased to show a new collection of my artworks, Heresies, on the occasion of the Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy from April 20 - June 20. xo ...

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Americans and Europeans want a free trade agreement between the USA and the European Union. Americans want free trade agreements with all of our allies, not with our adversaries. Both Trump and Biden have had four years to accomplish this task, but neither one of them have got it done. The Liberal Party will. We will give Americans and our allies exactly what they want. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-us-trade-tech-council-vestager-vow-team-up-against-china-cant-hide-cra...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 There are currently both far-left and far-right politicians and political operatives in Washington working as hard as they possibly can to help Russia by blocking US aid to Ukraine and Israel. I believe many of these people have been totally corrupted by foreign governments like Russia and China and other adversaries who desperately want Ukraine and Israel to fail. It appears that these corrupt politicians are intentionally trying to sabotage Ukraine's ability to defend themselves, and I f...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 The killing of the World Central Kitchen workers is a tragic and I believe it is more evidence that a multi-national security force is needed in Gaza right now to deliver humanitarian aid and to ensure the civilians in the territory are secure. This tragic event never would have happened if Liberals were in the White House. We would have made sure that both American and Israeli objectives were met while keeping Israel in compliance with international laws and norms. We would have forced Isr...

🇬🇧 We are so sorry to learn of the princess’ cancer diagnosis. We wish for a speedy recovery for the princess. We know the princess has a wonderful family to support her throughout her treatment and the healing process, and we have faith the she will be in good health again very soon. xo ...

📖 Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 I told Israel's Prime Minister that his name would be dragged thought the mud. That was several years ago back in 2017 or '18. Now that leaders around the world, including American Jewish Leaders, are doing exactly what I had insisted would happen does not make me smug. I don't get any pleasure out of it at all. I'm no longer a naive artist as I was in 2017. I'm extremely well-read in foreign affairs and military affairs now, which has completely changed my worldview. I understand now that...

🇺🇸 We are happy to know who the guilty party is. Attacking and defaming a brilliant woman and civil servant is not what I would call "progressive" - it's regressive. Senator Sinema is the least corrupt politician in Washington. So we believe that anyone that would spend millions of dollars to assassinate her character is an enemy of our democratic political system, an enemy of our liberal American values, and ultimately an enemy of the American people. We take the attack on her character persona...

🇫🇷 France is the very first country to enshrine abortion rights into the constitution. The country has been leading the world on human rights issues ever since they first published the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Vive la France! xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/france-emmanuel-macron-abortion-rights-eu/ ...

🇺🇸 I'm extremely disappointed with both the Democrats and Republicans, and I won't be endorsing either political party or candidate for the presidential election. I believe the USA needs a whole new political party, so we will be focusing all of our energy on creating one. I'm disappointed that all of the great senators are leaving instead of running for office again. I'm also really disappointed that we have far-left US Congressmen, like AOC, claiming we need to "print more money", which woul...

🇨🇿 Thank you to the Czech Republic for putting together this plan to help Ukraine get the ammunition they desperately need. Thank you to all of the countries that donated the necessary funding to make this happen. We love all of you for helping the Ukrainians. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/czechia-crowdfunds-enough-money-in-eu-and-beyond-to-buy-800000-artillery-shells-for-ukraine/ ...

🇸🇪 We're so happy to have Sweden as the newest member of NATO. Sweden is impressive and has a lot to offer the alliance unlike Turkey and Hungary. We are not pleased with either of those two countries for taking so long to ratify Sweden's membership, and we do hold grudges. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-nato-membership-military-power/ ...

🇺🇦 Thank you to all of the G7 leaders for promising to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes. xo ...

🇺🇸 Thank you to Senator Schumer and all of the other US Senators that are in Kyiv to show Ukraine that the USA will stand with them for as long as it takes. xo ...

🇺🇸 If the Speaker of the House refuses to vote on the national security supplement, then he is a serious threat to US national security. I think we need to either force a vote in the House via a discharge position or we need to remove the Speaker from his job. His stance makes absolutely no sense. He is jeopardizing US foreign policy. McCaul has admitted that members of his Republican Party are heavily influenced by Russian propaganda. Spreading Russian propaganda is equivalent to being a forei...

🏴 We're requesting new legislation that requires the State Department to designate Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. xo ...

🇩🇪 Ukraine desperately needs the Taurus missiles. No one wants to pressure Germany to send Taurus missiles after everything Germany has done for Ukraine, but sending those missiles to Ukraine would make a huge difference in the outcome of the war. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-political-crisis-taurus-cruise-missiles-ukraine-marie-agnes-strack-zimmermann/ ...

🏴 We hope Yulia Navalnaya will become the first female leader of modern-day Russia, and liberate the Russian people. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/yulia-navalnaya-vladimir-putin-new-enemy-alexei-navalny-russia-opposition/ ...

🇩🇰 Thank you PM Mette Frederiksen and all of the Danes for giving Ukraine your entire arsenal of artillery. They desperately need this assistance. xo ...

🏴 Russia murders their own people simply because they disagree with Putin. It's disgusting. We refuse to live in this kind of world. We hate Russian mafia scum, including the ringleader Vladimir Putin, and we promise to defeat every last one of them. The Republican Party's impasse on the national security supplement is definitely emboldening Putin, and infuriating Americans. xo Response to: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-02-19/russian-pilot-who-defected-to-ukraine-shot-dead-i...

🇺🇦 The Republican Party's refusal to pass the national security supplement is heartbreaking, and I know it is creating a severe handicap for Ukraine's military operations. My only explanation for this is that they must not want Donald Trump to win the general election, and they really want to drive it home to US voters that Trump is a serious threat to US national security as Bolton, Trump's former national security advisor, has declared. In that case, we get the message loud and clear, and we w...

🏴 Yes, I agree with Senator Lindsey Graham on this issue. xo Russia has always been a problem. They never stopped being a problem. We simply were delusional for a few years, or decades, and pretended like the problem was solved. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has finally forced us to face reality. Russia is a state sponsor of terrorism. Response to: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/18/lindsey-graham-navalny-russia-putin-00142068 ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 US support for Israel is unwavering. However, the Israeli Prime Minister must cooperate with the Biden Administration. If PM Netanyahu is not cooperating with President Biden, Biden will need to force Netanyahu's hand and be more assertive. It's in the USA's and Israel's best interest to do so if necessary. Israel will never strike a territory where US troops are stationed. The right-wing Israeli government would never make such a foolhardy move. So one way to ensure that Israel does not s...

🇺🇦 Please pass the national security supplement ASAP. xo ...

🇺🇸🇨🇳 Globalization can be reversed. We can cut out anyone that refuses to play by the rules. And that's exactly what we will do if China continues to be aggressive. Essentially, we will do whatever China indicates they would like us to do. But we are not taking our cues from their rhetoric, we are taking our cues from their behavior. All of China's behavior indicates that they would like us to de-risk and decouple. Unfortunately, we have not seen any change in China's behavior thus far, so our...

🇺🇸 "The White House is hoping to demonstrate that it is business as usual at DHS, eager to show that the president’s team is unfazed by the impeachment and to portray Republicans as consumed by partisan vendettas at the cost of tending to the crisis at the southern border." I don't believe the White House strategy is going to work. A huge majority of the American people are not pleased with the DHS and the administration's border policies. Many Americans actually agree with this move by the Hou...

🇯🇵 Thank you Japan for everything you are doing to help Ukraine with their reconstruction efforts. Japan's expertise is extremely valuable. We appreciate their willingness to share their expertise with Ukraine. xo ...

🇫🇷 Thank you France for also offering Ukraine security guarantees and long-term military support. Thank you for stating that these guarantees will be valid until Ukraine joins NATO, and making it clear to the world that Ukraine will join NATO in the future. xo ...

🇬🇧 Thank you for this statement by the Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister of the UK, David Cameron. I believe the majority of Americans agree with every word of his statement. xo Response to: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4465907-david-cameron-pass-ukraine-funding-for-the-sake-of-global-security/ ...

🇩🇪 Thank you Germany for offering Ukraine these security guarantees and long-term military support. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-and-ukraine-sign-security-agreement-scholz-zelenskyy/ ...

🏴 It's devastating to learn of Alexei Navalny's death. He was Russia's only hero and hope for a better future for the country and peace on the European continent. xo Response to: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/16/navalny-death-russia-00141886 ...

🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 Same-sex marriage is now legal in Greece. Thank you to the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for making this happen and all of the other Greek politicians that voted for this. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/greece-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/ ...

🇺🇸 The two issues of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and border security policies can not be tied together any longer. We don't have time for anymore negotiations over the border policies before passing the national security supplement. We need the supplement passed in the House immediately as is. The situation in Ukraine is dire. The Republican Party's flippancy on this issue, while Ukrainians are at war with Russia, a US enemy, and running out of ammo, and losing territory, is tot...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Hamas slaughtered over 1,200 innocent people. I am getting tired of the international community making excuses for their actions when there are no excuses for terrorism. Based on their actions, I would not be surprised if Hamas is also murdering innocent Palestinians in Gaza simply to blame Israel for their deaths in a desperate attempt to gain support from the international community or the Arab world. The situation in Gaza will never improve while Hamas is in power. They must be defeated....

🇺🇸🇬🇧 Please ignore Majorie Taylor Greene. To have a woman like that sitting in the US Congress is an embarrassment for the USA. We're studying her district to understand the needs and concerns of the people living there, to find out exactly what went wrong, so we can make sure she never wins another election. The Democratic Party is actually part of the problem. They keep financing some of these weirdos to run in the Republican Party primary elections, because they think it will make them more...

🇺🇸 I thought he had a cool last name. No one with that name would be associated with the Russian mafia. xo ...

🇪🇪 Estonia's Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, is a hero, the head of state of a NATO ally, and a potential Secretary-General of NATO. Russia is just giving us one more reason to ensure they are completely defeated. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-declares-estonian-pm-wanted/ ...

🇷🇸 We invited PM Ana Brnabić of Serbia to hang out with the cool kids, and instead she wastes her time with the anti-LGBTQ crowd. It's strange. Maybe she doesn't care that Russia is murdering gay men, or perhaps she dreams of being the first lesbian dictator. Oh my! xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/tucker-carlson-putin-serbia-ana-brnabic/ ...

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Despite everything Tumps says, the USA loves Europe, and we will always come to Europe's defense. xo ...

🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇵🇱 France, Germany, and Poland promise to protect all of Europe. But there are several other strong military forces in the European Union as well like Italy, Sweden and Spain. The European Union is a very strong military power with all of these countries united. Just be careful not to divide it. xo ...

🇺🇸 Thank you for passing the national security supplement. xo ...

🇺🇸 Trump is turning the Republican Party into Putin sympathizers, which is equivalent to being anti-American. I use Putin as a corruption test for politicians. If they sympathize with Putin, they are corrupt, without a doubt. So now we know which Republicans are corrupt and which ones are not. Sympathizing with Putin and Russia is equivalent to treason. Putin is the leader of Russia, and Russia is an enemy of the United States. They are engaged in open hostilities, what are called gray zone aggr...

🇺🇸 It looks like the general election for the US president will be a contest between two elderly men, so age will not be a factor in voter preferences. (If Haley was running against Biden, then it would be different.) I wouldn't worry about the recent report. Biden should just forget about it - just make a joke of it. Biden hasn't forgotten about Ukraine. That's what we all care about the most right now. xo ...

🇺🇸 I'm a Liberal. I am not loyal to political parties. I am loyal to my liberal ideals only. High taxes, social welfare, open borders... these issues are not part of the liberal ideal, that's part of the socialist ideal. We don't support it. Don't confuse liberalism with socialism. They are not the same. The Liberals' core commitment is to liberty, individualism, and human rights. xo ...

🇺🇸 Tax resistance was used in the past by legendary Americans like Henry David Thoreau. It's the most effective form of resistance and will lead to immediate results. xo ...

🇺🇦 I'm donating all of my taxes and the entire rest of my salary to Ukraine, because they are the only ones in the world fighting for my freedom. xo ...

🇺🇸 We're not paying anymore taxes until the border is closed, illegal immigrants are deported, the sanctuary city policies are rescinded, and the national security supplement is passed. We refuse to allow states to steal from the federal coffers to fund welfare for millions of illegal immigrants, especially while our allies in Europe are struggling to fight a war against a US enemy and desperately needs our financial support to do so. xo ...

🏴 We want all Russians deported from the USA effective immediately. We want all Russian businesses operating in the USA shut down. And all Russian assets confiscated for Ukraine. xo ...

🇩🇰 Thank you for working on security guarantees for Ukraine. xo ...

🇺🇸 This latest fiasco proves we need a whole new political party in the USA, one that will continue to carry the torch of liberty at home and abroad. Both political parties have completely lost control to the far-right and the far-left. xo ...

🇺🇸 The USA is allowing social media platforms to shape public opinion and promote foreign interests rather than American interests. That is the problem. xo ...

🏴 "Russia is famous for its barbarism." - Leo Tolstoy in War and Peace And this was long before communism even existed. xo ...

🇺🇸 We have members of the US Congress claiming that anyone that pursues their happiness as they define it is immoral, even though the founding fathers created this country for that purpose, and those words come directly from the Declaration of Independence. They claim if you're not an evangelical prude, you're immoral. A woman is immoral if she designs lingerie or produces lingerie or hosts fun dinner parties or has intimate, consensual relationships with other women. So in that case even Taylo...

🇺🇸 We need to oust Johnson immediately. He's ignoring the advice of the CIA Director, he's jeopardizing the national security of the USA and our allies, and he is allowing a former president and possible Russian foreign agent to call the shots. I'm certain there are more than enough Republicans to oust him. You only need a few pro-Ukraine, pro-USA Republicans to get it done. xo ...

🇺🇸 Hakeem Jeffries' strategy to lead the House Democrats to vote along with the far-right and oust the former speaker of the House has totally screwed up US foreign policy. Trump could not have pulled off this stunt without Jeffries help. Jeffries needs to resign immediately. Pelosi needs to return and lead the House Democrats until they find new leadership. This one single move created a huge mess of the USA's foreign affairs. This move prevented us from sending assistance to Ukraine, Israel, a...

🇬🇧 We hope His Majesty will be in good health soon. Our thoughts are with the King and his family and the people of the United Kingdom. xo ...

🇫🇷 Our new French FinTech startup is working on a new asset management app. It's another fun new venture I started in Paris. I truly am a serial entrepreneur. I love starting new businesses. xo ...

🇺🇸 The mafia scum that have infiltrated both the far-right and the far-left of US politics are trying to shutdown the border deal, because it would shutdown their business. xo ...

🇺🇸 I support Senator Sinema, Senator Lankford, and Senator Murphy's border security bill. It sounds like a very reasonable and responsible bill. The bill will not allow more than 5,000 migrants to seek asylum per day, because our immigration system can not process any more migrants than that. But as Sinema stated, the bill will permit the US administration to shut down the border as soon as the immigration system becomes overloaded, which could be at a much lower number of migrants, but requires...

🇺🇸 The Liberal Party's electoral map will look a lot like the November 4, 1984 electoral map - one solid color. Our goal is to unite the United Staes. xo ...

🇫🇷 "A pretty girl in her underwear, if there's anything better in this world - who cares." That lyric inspired me to start designing lingerie. It's a fun new hobby that I have turned into a new small business. I'm so excited for our new fashion show and exhibition. xo Lyric from The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs ...

🇨🇿 We agree with the Czech Republic. Ukraine needs ammo ASAP. The EU can't produce ammo fast enough to meet Ukraine's needs. Unfortunately, the USA is still gridlocked, and unable to send any ammo to Ukraine. The best way to get ammo to Ukraine fast enough to meet their immediate needs, is to buy ammo from other countries like South Korea. Please support the Czech Republic's proposal. I'm so sorry the USA is gridlocked. We are trying to solve this problem as quickly as possible. xo Response t...

🇺🇸 I have a serious problem with this proposal for slavery reparations in California. The problem with this proposal is that slavery never existed in California. We fought a civil war to ensure that slavery would not be allowed to expand to the Western frontier. And we won that civil war, preventing slavery from ever existing in the West, and ending the slavery practices that existed in the South as well. The idea that a state where slavery never existed would pay reparations for slavery is absu...

🇺🇸 Rather than pursue a change in the cap on the SALT deductions, which would allow states to steal from the federal coffers, the Liberal Party will lower your state and local taxes. That is the true way to help working families and the middle class. We will propose new legislation that will put a cap on the state and local tax rates. We will limit the amount of taxes state and local governments can charge their residents. NO MORE SALT! Don't be SALTy! SALT is BAD for U! xo Response to: ht...

🇺🇸 I was a victim of a drunk driver who struck me several years ago in LA while I was riding my bicycle to work at 9 a.m. in the morning in one of the few bike lanes that existed in LA at that time. I was rushed to the hospital and I had to undergo surgery. The driver was an illegal immigrant from Mexico with no right to drive in the USA or even live in the USA. He had no insurance, and no way to pay for any of the damages he caused. He clearly did not care either. He did not even offer me an ap...

🇭🇺 Thank you for uniting with the rest of the European Union to support Ukraine. We hope Hungary will also unite with all of the members of NATO in support for Sweden's NATO membership. xo ...

📖 The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World by Anu Bradford ...

🇪🇺 Thank you for helping Ukraine. Thank you for taking the lead. The USA will follow. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-gets-eu-aid-as-orban-folds/ https://www.politico.eu/article/how-eu-leaders-pushed-hungary-orban-ukraine-aid-support-meloni-italy/ ...

🇨🇦 Thank you for leading this effort against the arbitrary detention of foreign nationals abroad. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/chinese-abductions-of-foreign-nationals-should-carry-costs-and-consequences/ Notes: https://www.international.gc.ca/news-nouvelles/arbitrary_detention-detention_arbitraire-declaration.aspx?lang=eng ...

🇺🇦 Thank you for bringing us all together, making NATO more united, and helping us become stronger and more prepared for the future. I think Ukraine deserves to become a member of NATO, because of everything they have done for the alliance. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-war-has-changed-britains-relationship-with-the-eu/ ...

🇺🇸 Thank you and everyone that works for you for all of the hard work you do on behalf of the USA. And thank you for informing the public of the critical situation in Ukraine, the dire need for additional aid from the USA to Ukraine, and the threat that withholding that aid will have on the global world order. Response to: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/cia-spycraft-and-statecraft-william-burns ...

🇺🇸 All citizens of the United Staes of America will pay the same amount of federal taxes regardless of what state they live in. We'll take it to the Supreme Court if necessary. If Americans want relief from the burden of their state and local taxes, Americans have two options available to them. They can either elect new state and local officials that will lower their unbearable state and local tax rates, or they can move to another state that already has more reasonable state and local tax rate...

🇺🇸 It's time for House Democrats and pro-Ukraine House Republicans to oust Johnson. We only need 8 anti-Russia, pro-USA, pro-NATO Republicans in the House to get rid of him. The Speaker of the House is from Louisiana. The USA's support for Ukraine has been great for the state of Louisiana. The absolute worst thing he could do for his state, not to mention the rest of the country and the world, is to block the national security supplement and Ukraine aid, yet that is exactly what he appears to be...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 I have no clue what the Republicans are doing right now. Why are they blocking Ukraine aid? They said they wanted to include border policies in the national security supplement, so we agreed to do that. Now they are backing out of the deal after months of negotiations. I don't even know how to appeal to them, because their behavior is beyond my comprehension. There was strong bipartisan support for Ukraine, but now they appear to be intentionally sabotaging Ukraine's ability to win the war,...

🇳🇱 The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has made the exact same judgement that we have made. That Israel has the right to defend themselves against terrorists, but that Israel must do everything they can to protect civilian lives. I'm happy to know that the World Court is sensible. xo ...

🇫🇷 Aside from my political strategizing, we are busy preparing for Paris Fashion Week. We're so excited to show our new lingerie line to all of my lovely friends from around the world in Paris. See you soon. xo ...

🇺🇸 Apparently Johnson has forgotten who has seniority in the Republican Party, and who leads the upper chamber. So if the Republican leadership doesn't have any control over the party, who is in control of the Republican Party? They are destroying themselves and the USA's credibility right now. They are making more room for the Liberal Party though. The intelligent part of the Republican voter base will join us. Apparently that is a little over 40% of them. We are more than happy to provide th...

🇺🇸🇪🇺 I think the best response to gray-zone aggressions by Russia and its friends is to charge them fees and fines for each aggression. Certainly these fines should cover the cost of damage to pipelines and cables or loss of services, but should also include the costs to investigate, as well as the cost to protect ourselves from future damage and aggression. Russia and its friends should be invoiced for the fees and fines once it is proven that they are the aggressor. If they don't pay up there ...

🇺🇸 She could run as an Independent. It's starting to sound like a great solution to many of us. I'm not voting for anyone that is pro-Putin or pro-Russian, so Trump is out of the question, since he refuses to support Ukraine. And his stance on NATO is absurd. But I'm not voting for a pro-China administration either. The current administration is making moves on China that infuriates many Americans. We do appreciate some of the new strategic trade policies with China, but they could do much more...

🇺🇸 We will sue the US government if they approve the sale of F-16s to Turkey, and block the sale through the courts. Promising Turkey fighter jets is the wrong thing to do, and we will fight the administration in court over this issue if necessary. We will suspend or expel from the alliance any NATO member that continues to block Sweden's NATO membership over our decision on F16s. I advise they stay out of the USA's internal affairs if they want to remain a member of the alliance. I'm referring...

🇺🇸🇷🇸🇽🇰 All former Yugoslavian territories have had a problem with ethnic conflicts, because of the previous leadership, specifically Milošević. Politicians from the former communist era used race, ethnicity, and religion to create deep divisions in civil society, and this has created all of the conflicts that continue to this day in the Balkans. We are not taking sides in these conflicts. We simply want the conflicts to end. We recognize the legitimate need for Kosovo to be an independent stat...

🏴 We can't wait to put Vladimir Putin in prison for war crimes along with his entire administration. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-critics-will-die-like-dogs-says-russian-mp-accused-of-litvinenko-murder/ ...

🇮🇹 Thank you for making Ukraine a top priority. xo https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/23/7438520/ ...

🇺🇸🇹🇷 I'm happy Turkey came to their senses. We finally struck the right chord with them. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-approves-swedens-nato-bid/ ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 We made our support for Israel's mission to defeat Hamas conditional from the start. We stated that Israel must cooperate with the current US administration and our allies - not the past administration or a potential future administration, but the current US administration. Israel, specifically Netanyahu, must not engage in behavior that undermines our collective security. We believe the terrorist attack on October 7 was coordinated by Iran and Russia and was intended to shift public attent...

🇺🇸 I think the California Senate race tells you everything you need to know about the Democratic Party's voter base. Schiff is leading by a long shot. Porter is nearly tied with a moderate Republican runner, while Lee trails far behind all of them. The takeaway from that race is that the far-left can't beat a moderate Republican even in a deep blue state. However, the center-left can easily surpass both the far-left and moderate Republicans in blue states. The center-left will have a more chal...

🇺🇸 We have a magic formula to uplift countries out of poverty. It's not esoteric knowledge, we share it openly and freely with the world. Liberty + Democracy + Security = Prosperity xo ...

🇺🇸 Americans will absolutely not support the administration's proposal to limit gas exports. If Europe feels threatened by anything, it would be an administration that plans to limit their natural gas supply. That would be the worst possible move the administration could make right now based on the current state of world affairs. It would really hurt European countries, especially Germany. According to John Kerry, the former US climate envoy, and the US Energy Information Administration, natural...

🇺🇸 We will propose new legislation that makes it illegal to invest in countries that engage in transnational repression, especially the biggest offenders, Russia, Iran, and China. Now that we know what some of those countries want most of all – foreign investments – we know how to enforce positive behavior from them. Freedom House conducts research on transnational repression activities and publishes a list of countries engaged in these activities every year. It would be wise to ensure you are n...

🇺🇸 Some politicians are calling for protectionist strategies across the board, and others are opposed to it and are calling for free trade across the board. My opinion is mixed. I support free trade with free countries and strategic trade also known as protectionist strategies with those countries that use economic policy to undermine our open society. My views on trade policies are most aligned with Robert Gilpin, the American political scientist who wrote the book, Global Political Economy: Un...

🇺🇸 There is nothing in this world that I hate more than mafia scum that think they have the right to harass innocent people, especially douchebag men that harass innocent women. That is why we are going to make sure every last one of them goes to prison. That includes all of the corrupt politicians. If they think they can scare or intimidate me, they are sadly mistaken. All they are doing is proving to me that fighting and opposing corruption and mafia scum is the right thing to do, and the only...

🇩🇪 Thank you for everything you are doing for Ukraine as well. xo ...

🇪🇺 If I could vote for Draghi for EU Council President, I would. I think he is an amazing leader. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/mario-draghi-matteo-renzi-eu-council-chief-italys-renzi-says/ ...

🇺🇸🇨🇳 If China wants to woo investors, they are going to need a new leader. Nothing will scare off investors more than a totalitarian regime constantly making anti-American references. Where does China think the majority of investors come from? Europe does have lots of investors, but most of those investors are also invested in the USA, so the anti-American statements will scare them off too. The alignment between the USA and Europe will never be severed because we are so heavily invested in each...

🇺🇸🇪🇺 It's clear some of these Eastern European countries still operate as if the Soviet Union still existed. They have not become liberal democracies. They are still run by mafia goons. So how have they managed to become members of the EU and NATO? Update: I'm happy Fico and Orban have changed their minds. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/robert-fico-viktor-orban-ukraine-europe-funds/ Notes: https://www.politico.eu/article/european-union-ukraine-awar-hungary-viktor-orban-fun...

🌍 I believe the strikes on Yemen's Houthis was necessary, because of the repeated attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea, and President Biden is doing the right thing. xo Response to: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/11/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-coalition-strikes-in-houthi-controlled-areas-in-yemen/ ...

🇫🇷 Congratulations to France's new Foreign Minister, Stéphane Séjourné. Thank you for backing Ukraine and making Ukraine a top priority. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/stephane-sejourne-france-new-foreign-minister-ukraine/ ...

🇪🇪 Thank you for being a small country with a big heart. Thank you for everything you do for Ukraine. xo Response to: https://kyivindependent.com/kaja-kallas-interview/ ...

🇷🇸 We have been watching the protests closely in Serbia. Serbia is really important to the USA and Europe. We care deeply about the country's future and their democracy. We would like to help Serbia pull away from the Russian sphere of influence, if that is what the Serbians want. We appreciate the thoughtful note by the Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabić, that explains the current political situation in the country. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/serbian-pm-will-continue-on-t...

🇹🇼 Congratulations to the new President of Taiwan, William Lai. Most Americans do support Taiwan's independence. Taiwan is one of the most free countries in Asia, along with Japan and South Korea, and we want to help them remain a free country. We won't elect a US president who has a different opinion on that issue. That will be one of the main issues in the US presidential elections, and it will likely determine who will win. Taiwan has already achieved what Ukraine is so desperately fig...

🇬🇧 Thank you for taking the lead on Ukraine right now. Thank you for helping them. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/rishi-sunak-arrives-in-kyiv-with-2-5b-and-a-security-deal/ ...

💃 I do what I want, not what I'm told. I'm entrepreneurial class, not working class. I'm also an Ivy League grad, so I think I know how to handle my business. And those of you who assume I am being elitist are wrong. I worked before going to college. I paid my own way through college. I had absolutely no financial support from my family. I earned every single dime I have, and I carved out my own path to success. xo ...

🇺🇸🇹🇷 I agree with U.S. Admiral James Stavridis. Turkey will have to fall in line with NATO if they want to remain a NATO member. The USA will not defend countries that adhere to our adversaries like Russia and Iran. Turkey has proven to be a major problem for the alliance by blocking Sweden's NATO membership, and by helping Russia bypass our sanctions. These are just a few of the issues among many other long outstanding issues we already had with Turkey. Turkey has made some positive steps forwa...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 I'm extremely worried about Ukraine. I hope the US Congress will pass the national security supplement as soon as possible, or at least pass a small supplement for Ukraine while the negotiations on US border policies continue. xo ...

🇺🇸🇪🇺 The USA will absolutely defend Europe. We will defend all members of NATO including Sweden. The President of the United States can not withdraw the USA from NATO, nor can he declare war. The US Congress is in charge of both of those decisions now. Also, if a sitting US President, who is also the Commander in Chief, should do anything perceived as volatile to US interests and beneficial to our adversaries' interests, he will be charged with treason. xo Response to: https://www.msn.com/en-us...

🇪🇺 We like Queen Ursula. Why would anyone want to stop her? She's doing a great job. Response to: https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=926f0c8c-7f9b-4c0c-a74d-25af040856bf ...

🇺🇸🇿🇦 We know South Africa is a member of BRICS, and we also know that South Africa participates in military drills with Russia. We also are fairly certain that both Russia and Iran are coordinating the attacks in the Middle East that are conducted by Iranian militia proxies. Therefore it is possible that South Africa is complicit in Russia and Iran's terrorist attacks and war strategies. It's strange that South Africa would refuse to condemn Russia for attacking and invading Ukraine, yet they wo...

🇺🇸 We wish Austin well, and we hope he will be in good health soon. We don't agree with calls for his resignation. If anyone needs to resign it is Senator Tuberville, who has repeatedly used his seat in the Senate to prevent the Pentagon from functioning as it should. xo ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 I think the Israeli defense minister's post-war proposal is more in line with the thinking of the international community, therefore that will likely be the post-war plan for Gaza. Israel's far-right politicians will have to face the fact that the international community will take charge of Gaza if necessary and will not allow Israel to resettle or re-occupy the Gaza Strip. Their argument that the defense minister's proposal is a "re-run of the day before October 7" is incorrect. There wil...

🇫🇷🏳️‍🌈 Congratulations to the first openly gay Prime Minister of France, Gabriel Attal. Vive la France! xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/11-things-know-gabriel-attal-france-youngest-prime-minister-emmanuel-macron-government-reshuffle/ ...

🇺🇦 Please make the border security negotiations and the national security supplement a priority. We would like the US Congress to pass a small package for Ukraine while the border negotiations continue. We wish for Ukraine to win this war and defeat Russia, and we would like to help them do that. xo ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 I think President Biden and his administration are doing a great job of supporting Israel while preventing the spread of the conflict. Americans are happy Israel is scaling back their operations in Gaza and are pursuing more targeted strikes on Hamas leaders. However, Iran is the root cause of all of the problems in the Middle East. Iran is leading the terrorist activity by Hamas against Israel and the Houthi rebels in Yemen that are now attacking ships in the Red Sea, as well as Hezbollah ...

🇦🇷 Argentinians want to join the Free World. They want to be aligned with liberal democracies, not communist warmongers. The USA will help Argentina accomplish those goals. xo Response to: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/china-russia-suffer-setback-to-global-ambitions-with-major-player-refusing-to-join-trading-bloc/ar-AA1mfskX ...

🇹🇼 The USA will ensure the Chinese Communist Party does not get their hands on Taiwan. If China is reunited, it will be lead by the liberal democratic government of Taipei, not the communist government of Beijing. xo Response to : https://www.politico.eu/article/taiwan-china-reunification-inevitable-xi-jinping-election-2024/ ...

🇻🇪🇬🇾 Russia's allies and friends will copy Russia's aggressive behavior if we do not put an end to their expansionist policy. That is exactly what Venezuela is currently considering. The world will only get more dangerous as other world leaders follow and ape Vladimir Putin's example. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/venezuela-nicolas-maduro-blasts-provocation-as-uk-sends-warship-to-guyana/ ...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Americans want to continue to provide aid to Ukraine, and create a better military strategy for Ukraine that will result in Russia's defeat. Forcing Ukraine to cede territory to Russia is only going to boost Russian morale and make them stronger and more aggressive, which is not in the USA's interests or our NATO allies. We expect Russia to be defeated, even if it requires the USA's involvement. We are extremely angry that Russia has been allowed to occupy Ukrainian territory for as long a...

🎄 My one and only Christmas wish this year was for peace in both Ukraine and the Middle East. Once again, that wish did not come true. I'm very concerned about the current state of world affairs. I feel more compelled than ever before to fight against corruption and authoritarian regimes which are the cause of all of the horrors we are witnessing in the world today. I hope the new year will finally bring peace on earth and good will toward men. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year....

🇺🇸 Thank you to Senator Schumer and Senator McConnell for promising to work together on the national security supplement and complete the negotiations in January. I am still worried about the lower chamber. The Speaker of the House has not given any signal that he intends to cooperate and pass the national security supplement. His only statement has been that Ukraine has enough funding to last until February, but that statement contradicts what experts are stating. Ukraine has already had to sca...

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Elon Musk wants to control the conversation and shape public opinion. That's the reason he bought Twitter. His platform is being used to distribute Russian propaganda and disinformation in order to shape public opinion on everything from the US elections to the war in Ukraine. He spreads Russian disinformation himself on his own feed, and he even admitted to calling the Russian embassy in the USA and informing them of Ukraine's war plans in the Crimea, which he learned of via Starlink. Spre...

🇺🇦 Putin said he would not attack Ukraine, and yet that is exactly what he has done and continues to do. Putin said he didn't want a war in Europe, but he started one anyway. We have no reason to believe anything Putin has to say. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-russia-nato-joe-biden-warning-nonsense/ ...

🇺🇸 No president can withdraw the USA from NATO without the Senate's approval. This new law was passed in the recent defense bill. Thank you Senator Kaine and Senator Rubio. xo ...

🇪🇺 Thank you for opening the accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. xo ...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Please do not abandon Ukraine. I can't believe that the USA would abandon a country that is fighting so hard for the freedom that Americans hold so dear. I can't believe the USA would refuse to help a country that so desperately wants to be aligned with us and wants to become a US ally. I find the recent rhetoric from some members of the US Congress to be extremely confusing and alien to everything I believe in and to what I have always believed to be American values. I trust Senator Sine...

🇺🇸🏴 Russia is an enemy of the USA. Russia is engaged in open hostilities with the USA and our allies. So any politician touting pro-Russian propaganda should be charged for being a Russian foreign agent. And any politician adhering to the enemy should be charged with treason, and lose their right to ever hold a public office again. These are US laws on the books since the World War II era, and we expect all politicians to abide by these laws or they will go to prison like any other criminal. xo ...

🇩🇰🇧🇻 Denmark and Norway are saving the day by boosting aid to Ukraine. Thank you for helping Ukraine. Response to: https://www.newsweek.com/nat-ally-give-ukraine-billion-dollar-booster-1852209 ...

🇺🇸 Political groups need to stop attacking Senator Sinema, the most ethical and brilliant person in the US Senate, and very likely a future president of the USA. You're not damaging her credibility, you're only damaging your own. I think it's cute that Senator Sinema lives with another woman. They don't have to be married, if they don't want to be. Until they make the decision to get married, she is not required to treat the woman as a spouse. She may have been thinking of marrying the woman at ...

🇺🇸 The Democrats made a huge mistake ousting the former Speaker of the House before Ukraine aid was passed. I think the Democratic Party needs new leadership in the House because of this huge mistake. It's too bad Nancy Pelosi stepped down. She was an excellent leader. xo ...

🇺🇸 I keep reading about the USA's "wobbling" support for Ukraine, and that Europe needs to be more self confident and prepared to defend itself in the wake of US isolationism. Although I believe Europe should not be over dependent on the USA, I also am alarmed that Europe is questioning our reliability as a security partner right now. Some Europeans believe Europe should be more autonomous, and I understand why they feel that way. I believe that the USA needs to stop being so isolationist or st...

🇺🇸 Why don't you just pardon your son, and put an end to the never ending criminal charges they keep drumming up against him all of which have been extremely trivial and clearly politically motivated? Pardons have been used for presumptive cases in the past. xo ...

🇺🇸 US lawmakers have been talking about including border security policies in the national security supplement for months now. The US Congress has had months to negotiate border security policies. Americans do not understand why the US Congress has not reached a deal yet on the border security issues. We are not going to allow this Russian mafia scumbag, Vladimir "Fuck Face" Putin, to defeat Ukraine, simply because our so-called leaders on Capital Hill can't reach an agreement over how many mi...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Please reach a deal and pass aid for Ukraine before the holidays. xo ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 I think the war could end immediately if Hamas surrendered and the hostages were released. If they don't surrender, they will be hunted down until they do. It's time to make it clear to terrorist groups that they will be severely punished. These terrorist attacks are not going to produce the results they want. We are not going to be kind to terrorists. We are not going to allow them to stay in power. They will lose all of the power they had. They will lose everything they had, because of th...

🇺🇦 The USA will not abandon Ukraine. The US Congress will reach an agreement and pass additional aid for Ukraine. The Republicans are just being politicians and want to add a few of their own national security proposals into the deal. xo ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 We would like the USA to create a draft resolution for the UN Security Council demanding that Hamas immediately release all hostages, and end their inhumane and barbaric practices of torturing hostages and other civilians, mutilating their bodies, and committing sexual violence against women. We would also like the USA to create a draft resolution for the UN Security Council that declares Hamas is not fit to run Gaza or any other Palestinian territory, and that a new transitional administ...

🇺🇸 We hope everyone enjoyed Art Basel Miami Beach this year, and our special Yacht Club event for the occasion. xo ...

🇬🇷🇹🇷 We are happy to know that Greece and Turkey are resetting their relationship. That is a positive step forward. More needs to be done. xo ...

🇨🇾🇹🇷 Cyprus is one state and it will remain one state. Tatar must stop fantasizing about one day ruling his own country. That dream will never come true. He must accept that there will never be a two-state solution in Cyprus. The Turkish Cypriots must learn to live peacefully with the Greek Cypriots, who are the majority. If you allow a European country, where a significant Muslim minority has settled, to be divided into two states, you will set a precedent, and you will have the 5 million Musli...

🇸🇪 We love the new defense deal between the USA and Sweden. xo Response to: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nato-member-to-be-sweden-and-the-us-sign-defense-deal-saying-it-strengthens-regional-security/ar-AA1l4ZPy ...

🇵🇱🇱🇹 This territory is strategically important to NATO. Taking possession of it will significantly improve the security of the Baltic and the Scandinavian states. I'm not sure how Russia managed to hold onto it for so long. It's certainly not in NATO's interest for Russia to keep possession of this territory, and I do not understand why we allowed them to do so. The indigenous people of this territory are not Russian, they are Polish and Lithuanian. I'm in favor of taking control of the territor...

🇺🇦 Ukraine will be free like all of the other Eastern European countries. Vietnam was not interested in becoming a liberal democracy, and South Vietnam did not have great leadership like Ukraine currently has. President Zelenskyy is committed to giving the Ukrainians what they want, and the USA is going to help him accomplish those goals. Ukraine will be free from the Russian sphere of influence, and so will every other country in Europe, including Moldova, Serbia, Georgia and Armenia. Russia's ...

🇺🇦 I agree that Kyiv should target the Kerch Bridge. It should be a top priority. But I don't agree that Ukraine needs the latest and greatest missiles to do it. There are better ways to do it. They can do it with dynamite. If there is a will, there is a way. Ukraine will have to use some gorilla warfare tactics to accomplish some of their goals. It's the only way a small nation with limited means can defeat a larger power. As the author notes, "the most reliable way to completely destroy the ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 We are happy to know that the US administration is working on a strategy and solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Americans know it is not an easy task. We realize this conflict may never be solved. It will be a huge accomplishment for the administration to create a new solution, especially a two-state solution. It's important to ensure that any party that breaks the peace, once established, can be held accountable by the international community for their actions and prevent their...

🇫🇷🇦🇺 We're happy France and Australia are on good terms again. xo ...

🇺🇸🇨🇳 Please explain why the US president invited the Chinese Stalin, Xi Jinping, to meet with American businesspeople in San Francisco. Under no circumstances should Americans be doing business with China while this guy is running the country. Americans will boycott businesses that do. We will elect a president that will treat Xi Jinping the way he should be treated - with no respect. "Chinese financiers and businesspeople (quietly) complain they are required to spend countless hours studying '...

🇬🇧 I would love to own this English castle, not far from London. This is definitely a cool property. It may be my fist in the UK. xo Response to: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/why-wayne-manor-from-batman-begins-needs-saving ...

🇺🇸 There is something odd about John Kerry. Why is he so chummy with Arab oil magnates, but so confrontational with American ones? John Kerry is literally defending a man who has invited Vladimir Putin to visit his country. It's weird. I trust American oil magnates more than Middle Eastern ones. American oil magnates have to abide by American laws, so we have more control over them. We can prevent them from conspiring with Russian mafia scum or anyone else to raise gas and oil prices and creat...

🇬🇧🇬🇷 PM Rishi Sunak's behavior is strange. Does Sunak not know that the King's father was Greek? ...

🇺🇸 After the terrorist attacks in Israel and the war in Ukraine, I support the GOP's border security requests. I believe that the US-Mexico border should be more secure, and that we must stop illegal migration. We have no idea who is crossing our southern border. Islamic extremists or Russian mafia scum could be crossing our border illegally to commit terrorist acts or engage in transnational repression. This does not mean that we oppose migration, but migration must be conducted in an orderly...

🇫🇷 It's not Jewish people that are beheading school teachers and stabbing babies in public parks, so I do not understand the outrage at the Jewish community. France has experienced the savagery of Islamic extremists repeatedly, and yet their political leaders continue to defend them, while lashing out at the Jewish people. It's bizarre. It has to be corruption. There is no other explanation for it. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/france-ruth-elkrief-israel-hamas-jewish-journalis...

🏠 One of my new favorite hobbies is creating cool properties. My latest project is a new mirco apartment/art studio in New York City as a temporary home for a lovely friend. I'm also designing a brand new home on Lake Michigan as a weekend retreat for a Chicago family. xo ...

🇺🇦 We will elect a president that is more committed to ensuring Ukraine's success and Russia's failure. We will elect a president that is capable of producing the results we want. The USA can easily defeat Russia and end this conflict quickly. Americans are not afraid of going to war with Russia. Many Americans have already volunteered. We can liberate Ukraine, liberate Russia, create a more secure Europe, and create a world devoid of warmongering regimes and terrorist groups. It is our duty to ...

🥰 I'm so happy to wake up every morning with the most beautiful woman in the world. I feel blessed to have so many lovely friends around the world to call on whenever I am in town. I'm excited to spend the holidays with my favorite people. xo ...

🇺🇸 There is huge question in some people's mind about fairness in US foreign policy. A Congolese government spokesman said: “When it comes to Ukraine, the United States is doing its best. When it comes to Rwanda, which is acting the way sometimes Vladimir Putin is acting, we are not receiving the same answer or the same reaction from the United States,” he said. “It’s a bit unfair for Congolese people...” It is true that we are more committed to Ukraine, but that is because Ukraine is deeply ...

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧 I am happy that Russia has a high tolerance for losses. I hope they can tolerate losing their territory, specifically Kaliningrad, which we will take from them to secure NATO's Baltic and Scandinavian members. If Russia's tolerance for losses is really high, perhaps we will take other territories like Murmansk Oblast, which will significantly decrease the land border between Finland and Russia, making our newest collective security member more secure. Or perhaps we will also take the whol...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 We are happy that the hostages are finally being released. However, Hamas has declared that they will continue committing terrorist attacks "over and over again", so they will have to be defeated. xo ...

🇺🇸 On the occasion of the Full Moon, we are having a party in Los Angeles, CA, USA. xo ...

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧 Honestly, I think we should take Kaliningrad from Russia. It will significantly improve our security in the Baltic Sea and the Baltic and Scandinavian nations. Now is the opportune time to do so. I think Russia should not only be forced to leave Ukraine, but also be forced to forfeit part of their own territory, specifically Kaliningrad, as punishment for their aggressive behavior and for starting a war in Europe. xo Response to: https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-moves-its-air-defense-sys...

🇺🇦 Is there a way for Ukraine to communicate with the Russians on the frontline? If Ukraine created a radio broadcast to communicate with them would the Russians be likely to find it and hear it? Is it possible for Ukraine to drop leaflets along the frontlines to communicate with Russians like Israel does in Gaza? Can we convince the Russian soldiers on the frontline to surrender? Can we offer them a better life? What if we offer them a winter in the Caribbean if they surrender to the Ukrainian...

🇺🇸 I stated before that there is no better foreign policy than one that turns your enemies into your allies. This is true. But we have to follow the example President Truman set for us. He understood that you can not turn an enemy into an ally until you have completely defeated them first. You must demonstrate your strength, otherwise your kindness is interpreted as a weakness. Your enemy will assume you are naive, use your kindness to take advantage of you, and try to gain an advantage over you...

🇺🇸 You will not be reelected. Neither will Trump. We will elect a woman to be President of the USA. The leak of Ukraine's military plans to Russia, the slow delivery of weapons to Ukraine... all of this benefited Russia, and hurt Ukraine. Now you are trying to freeze the conflict and force Ukraine to negotiate by stalling funding and blaming it all on the GOP. It was the Democratic Party along with a handful of pro-Russian GOP members that voted to expel Speaker McCarthy, and they decided to do...

China is learning that they have no choice but to be cordial - without the West their economy will fall apart. However, China is not a friend. China is an enemy. China is still engaged in hostile activities such as aggressive military behavior in the Indo-Pacific. They continue to conduct military exercises with Russia. They are still engaging in economic warfare, cyber warfare, psychological warfare, transnational repression and other hostile activities while maintaining close alliances with Ru...

🇺🇦 Perhaps we can boost the size of Ukraine's army by hiring mercenaries as they did in the old world in Europe. Most soldiers were mercenaries, mostly foreigners, that would work for whoever paid them the most money. Let's offer Russians a salary, a much higher salary than they are paid in Russia, to fight for Ukraine against Russia. Even if the Russian recruits are not fighting against Russia, pulling them out of Russia's war is a benefit to Ukraine. Morale is extremely low in the Russian mil...

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧 I think Kaja Kallas and Mark Rutte are both strong candidates to be the next leader of NATO. Maybe we can have two chiefs. Two brilliant leaders are better than one, especially at a critical time for the alliance. I think all members of NATO understand the importance of burden sharing now. I don't think burden sharing is the most critical qualifying factor. Having the right leadership traits is much more important. Maintaining unity in the alliance is going to be one of the most challe...

🇳🇱 I'm sorry to hear that the far-right has won the election in the Netherlands, but I am not surprised. If the left continues to ignore the immigration problems, the voter's will elect the party that promises to solve it. The far-left rejected Mark Rutte's sensible migration policy, and the government fell apart because of it. Clearly it would have been best to implement Rutte's centrist migration policy. Now the Netherlands will likely have an even harsher migration policy implemented by the n...

🇺🇸 The American riviera is not like the Italian or the French, but it's still lovely. xo ...

🇺🇸 Eric Adams is corrupt, and we want to recall his election. He does not deserve to be the Mayor of New York City. We will also punish Turkey and Erdogan for having the audacity to corrupt and bribe US politicians. Egypt will also be punished for bribing a US Senator. There appears to be a trend in the Muslim world of bribing US politicians, and Americans do not like it. Their deeds will not go unpunished. xo Response to: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/17/eric-adams-turkey-connections-f...

🇸🇪 Swedes are brilliant and innovative. That's why we want them in NATO. We want them on our team. Northvolt, a Swedish company, is developing new solutions to prevent our dependence on China. These are the kinds of companies Americans want their tax dollars to support, not Chinese companies. If Biden's team does not figure that out soon, Biden is going to loose the election. xo Response to: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/21/breakthrough-battery-from-sweden-may-cut-dependency-on-...

🇺🇸 I'm so happy to be home for the holiday. I missed my beautiful LA home, which I have not seen in ages. xo ...

📖 The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics by Hedley Bull ...

🇸🇪 Our new start-up in Stockholm, Sweden is for those who love the sea. We are strictly invite only. xo ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 My perspective on this conflict has changed completely. A two-state proposal was offered to the Arab and Jewish communities living in the Levant in the 1940s. The Arabs rejected the proposal, started the Arab-Israeli War over it, and attacked the Jewish people. The Arabs lost that war. The Jews won. And the Jews created the State of Israel, despite all of the Arabs' efforts to prevent it. Although Arabs had the opportunity to do so, they did not create the State of Palestine. The area kno...

Russia is pursuing an imperialist foreign policy. They have a very long history of doing that. Regardless of who is in charge in Russia - a Russian czar, a Russian communist, or the current Russian mafia scum - they have always pursued an expansionist policy. We either stop Russia from expanding now, or we will be forced to confront a much stronger Russia later when they attack a NATO ally on NATO territory. Allowing Russia to grow stronger by absorbing Ukraine is not in the USA's or Europe's...

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧 I think Kaja Kallas and Mark Rutte are both strong candidates to be the next leader of NATO. Maybe we can have two chiefs. Two brilliant leaders are better than one, especially at a critical time for the alliance. xo Response to: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/14/estonian-pm-kaja-kallas-open-nato-chief-00127094 https://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-pm-mark-rutte-nato-top-job-zelenskyy-stoltenberg/ ...

🇬🇷 I absolutely love this politician. I am so jealous of Greece. If he does not succeed in Greece, I hope he will return to the USA, and join our political party. Or maybe he will become a leader of the European Union. Kasselakis won the leadership election that followed Syriza's defeat at the polls in September. This proves that the Greek people want the party to create a new path and ideology. They don't like the party's old, stupid, boring Marxist ideology anymore. xo Response to: https://w...

🇨🇳 Americans do not want to work for Chinese companies. Americans do not like China. China is an enemy of the USA. China is in open hostility with the USA. China is engaged in cyber warfare and economic warfare against the USA. China conducts numerous cyberattacks, data theft, IP theft, transnational repression, and many other hostile activities against the USA. China is also hostile to US allies in the Indo-Pacific, such as Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines. Any US politicians that ...

🇮🇹 Turin is an underrated city. It's the city of magic, full of mystery and fun. Italy is divine. xo ...

🕊️🌈🌸 We will lead the happiness revolution. We will invite all of the civilized world - the part of the world that does not rejoice in, engage in, or condone terrorism or oppression - to participate in our happiness revolution. xo ...

🇮🇱 Americans will always stand with liberal democracies over terrorist organizations or authoritarian regimes. If I have to choose between Israel or Palestine, I will choose Israel. Although Israel is currently run by a right-wing government, it is still a beacon of democracy in the region. I don't know of any other country in the region that supports LGBTQ rights or even women's rights. I believe Israel is doing everything they can to protect civilian lives, but terrorist organizations do not ...

🇺🇸 We support Speaker Johnson's proposal to use Russian assets to fund Ukraine aid. xo ...

🇺🇦 The USA can not abandon Ukraine. We promised Ukraine and the rest of Europe that we would stand by them for as long as it takes. We promised Ukraine that we would help them in their fight for self-determination and withdraw from the Russian sphere of influence. It is in the USA's and our allies' best interest to help Ukraine accomplish these goals. Ukraine needs the USA's support or they will not be able to win this war with Russia, and then the USA will be fighting Russia, a much stronger Ru...

🇺🇸🇪🇺 I love having the freedom to do and say whatever I want whether you like it or not. I believe wholeheartedly in the individual's right to pursue their happiness as they define it. Protecting our unalienable rights and liberties will be our highest priority. Our foreign policy and our domestic policy will be entirely focused on eliminating all threats to our fundamental human rights and freedoms. Violent crime, corruption, illegal immigration, terrorism, authoritarianism, narco states, mafi...

🇮🇹 We're in Turin, Italy for the championship games - the ATP finals. xo ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 "We completely defeated our enemies and made them surrender. And then we helped them to recover, to become democratic, and to rejoin the community of nations." - President Truman Now those enemies are the USA's closest allies. There is no better foreign policy than one that turns your enemies into your allies. We wish for the current administration to use the previous administration's Peace to Prosperity Proposal as a draft for the peace treaty, which should include the two-state solution...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 The most horrifying part of this terrorist attack against Israel was the reaction to it. I saw videos circulating in the media. I saw Hamas parading dead bodies in the streets of Gaza. And the most horrifying part of it was that the streets of Gaza were filled with Palestinian civilians cheering it on. Men, women, and children were in the streets celebrating this horrifying act. They were elated by the sight of dead bodies and severed heads that I found so repulsive. That's what I find to b...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 This is not a war between Israel and Palestine, nor is it about race or religion. This is a war against terrorism. This is a war against Hamas, a terrorist group. Hamas should surrender. If Hamas cared at all about the Palestinians, they would surrender. They clearly do not care at all about Palestinians' lives or anyone else's lives, or they never would have committed such a heinous terrorist attack in the first place. This group, Hamas, slaughtered innocent people - artists, musicians, pe...

We will be making sure that Turkey and Azerbaijan are held accountable for the second Armenian genocide. Erdogan is an egocentric fool who believes he has more prestige and power than he actually has. Americans have had enough of his foolishness. His undiplomatic behavior towards Sweden is unacceptable. His rhetoric towards Greece is unacceptable. His refusal to withdraw Turkey from Cyprus and to respect Cyprus' exclusive economic zone is unacceptable. His support for Azerbaijan's second Armen...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 We support Ukraine acquiring nuclear weapons. It's the only path left for them to achieve security and stability. xo ...

🇺🇸 Turkish nationals have been funneling money into the mayor of New York City's campaign. There is only one reason they would do that - he is apparently doing favors for foreign governments, specifically Turkey, maybe others too, which is a crime. I knew he was corrupt. Corruption is written all over his face. He can't really hide it. No other New York City mayor has visited Turkey as frequently as he has. Here he is bragging about it. https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/embattled-adams-boast...

🇺🇦 Imagine Russia was attacking a NATO country or an EU member state. How would NATO or the EU or the USA defend their members against an attack? If NATO or the EU or the USA can't meet Ukraine's ammo needs, then we will not be able to meet our own either. Why do we spend so much developing weapons if we are incapable of producing the ammo to use them? Weapons are useless without ammo. If the defense contractors can't meet our basic ammunition needs, then we will just have to cut all of our defe...

🇺🇸 We see in Ukraine what happens to civilians and countries when terrorists are allowed to persevere and stay in power. We see in Africa that terrorists will create a state of perpetual violence if they are not defeated. Russian terrorism, Islamic terrorism, all terrorism must be defeated. We want Russia defeated, and we want Hamas defeated. They can never be allowed to commit another terrorist act, they can never be allowed to use innocent civilians as shields, and they can never be allowed to...

🇺🇸 We do not support any of the proposals we have seen for reform of the UN Security Council. The UN General Assembly resolutions are not binding, but they do give us a space to see how countries view the world and who they are aligned with. We see in the UN General Assembly that the majority of the world is aligned with authoritarian powers, even refusing to denounce terrorist attacks against liberal democracies. That's alarming. That's problematic. It poses a serious threat to our liberty. Our...

🇺🇸 We want the Speaker of the House to present both pieces of legislation on Israel and Ukraine aid immediately, and we want both of them passed in the House before the Senate even considers voting on either. His strategy is not going to work, so he needs to stop wasting everyone's time. xo ...

🇺🇦 The USA can not abandon Ukraine. We promised Ukraine that we would stand by them for as long as it takes. They need our support. xo ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 The Palestinian Authority (PA) wants the world to create a state for them, and hand it to them, but that is not the way that states have ever been created throughout the entire history of mankind. However, we will give it a try. We will create a Palestinian State for them. We are not going to return to another long and drawn out peace process though. We are going to present the PA with a proposal, and they will either take it or leave it. The proposal will be fair and it will be generous. I...

🇫🇷 Today is one of my favorite holidays. I decided to be Raymond Aron, a French political philosopher, and a very wise Jewish man. I handed out copies of my book, The Opium of the Intellectuals, to those unfamiliar with my work. xo ...

🇮🇱 Israel would be better off with new leadership. Prime Minister Netanyahu is unliked by most of the international community, and it is very difficult for him to rally support for his country. However, I trust President Isaac Herzog. I believe him when he says Israel is abiding by international law. It is extremely heart wrenching when a war likes this breaks out. It's disturbing to witness so much pain and suffering. But Hamas is the villain here, not Israel. xo Response to: https://www.bbc.c...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 We will create a two-state solution. That is one of our stated objectives. We are working on a proposal now. Nevertheless it is rather absurd for the Palestinian Authority to refuse to govern one of their own territories and their own people. Does the Palestinian Authority want Palestinian territories occupied, so that they do not have to govern, or do they want them unoccupied, which means they will have to govern them? They need to make up their minds. xo Response to: https://www.thegu...

🇺🇸🇨🇳 Americans are still not pleased with China's behavior, specifically with their aggressive behavior in the Indo-Pacific and with their economic policies. We will continue to pursue a fee and open Indo-Pacific, and we will continue to pursue an economic policy of strategic trade, rather than free trade with China. We will continue to push for the US administration to create a new security community and military alliance in the Indo-Pacific. Wang said the USA must “eliminate interference." Th...

🇺🇸🇫🇷 The USA needs to work with France to ensure aid is delivered to Gaza, and that the French and others can evacuate their nationals. If Egypt has closed the border to Gaza or is restricting the delivery of aid and the evacuation of refugees, then we should find an alternative method by air or sea to conduct these activities. Perhaps we could deliver aid with drones to hospitals and UN warehouses, and perhaps we could evacuate nationals and other civilians via ship. Israel has opened a border ...

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Israel has the right to defend themselves. Please do not commit any war crimes or violate any international laws. xo ...

🇫🇷 On the occasion of the Full Moon, we are having a very laid back event at a chateau in France. xo ...

🇺🇸 Both the far-left (Communists) and the far-right (Fascists) are equally tyrannical and totalitarian. They are also antisemitic. Hannah Arendt explains this phenomenon in her book, The Origins of Totalitarianism, very well. I recommend that you read it. Perhaps Hannah Arendt's book should be required reading for all college campuses in the USA, and all members of the US Congress. xo ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 I think it is time to call on Hamas to surrender. I think it is time for the international community to make it clear to Hamas that they will never govern Gaza again. Palestinians do not want to be governed by terrorists. xo ...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Ukraine will win. There were several reasons for the slow counteroffensive: the slow delivery of weapons, the leak of their counteroffensive plans to Russia, and the explosion at the dam which blew up their strategy. Nevertheless Ukraine will succeed with our support. xo ...

🇺🇸🇦🇲 "It's important that other powers start entering the [Caucasus] region. The USA and Turkey [could] offer the countries their own security formulas [guarantees], and perhaps in the future, these security formulas will become more attractive than the Russian one." This person is clearly not aware of the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey and the dynamics of the region or they would not propose Turkey as a solution. Turkey condones Azerbaijan's activities in the region. Azerbaijan works c...

🇫🇮 It is rather strange for a Chinese shipping boat to drag an anchor across the seabed floor knowing that there are gas pipelines and undersea data cables running all across the seabed floor. China has been very vocal about their strong alliance with Russia, and Russia mapped out all of the EU's energy infrastructure recently. So, I will have a difficult time believing this was simply poor seamanship, but it is good that China intends to cooperate with the investigators. They clearly were not w...

🇺🇸 Gavin Newsom has destroyed his possibility of ever becoming president of the USA. xo Response to: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/26/gavin-newsom-climate-change-china-us-relationship-00123674 ...

🇺🇸🇪🇬 Egypt has an obligation under the international treaty on humanitarian law to allow the aid delivery into Gaza via their border. Egypt also has an obligation to allow fleeing civilians to seek refuge in their country. xo ...

🇦🇺 We are happy to have the Prime Minister of Australia visiting the USA. Americans love the land down under. We wish for Australians to feel safe and secure in the Indo-Pacific, and to continue to be peaceful, happy and prosperous. Australia has been one of our greatest allies, and we hope the alliance will grow even stronger in the years to come. We wish to build a new security community with Australia in the Indo-Pacific, similar to NATO, to eliminate the possibility of war in the region and ...

📸 You're on candid camera! We have numerous spy cams recording every single person that comes anywhere near us, and we are documenting every move you make and every word you say. We literally have a 360 degree view around us at all times and all locations, in front of us, behind us, to the left, and to the right. No matter what you do or say, it will be captured, even if we are personally unaware of the incident. Intimidation tactics or transnational repression will not be tolerated. We will pre...

🇺🇸 We want new leadership in the House for the Democratic Party. House Democrats, under the guidance of the current leadership, aligned with the far-right, pro-Russian members of the GOP and jeopardized aid to Ukraine, and in turn, the USA's foreign policy and national security objectives, and many of our other objectives will now be sabotaged as well because they helped the extreme far-right take over the House. xo Response to: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/17/democrats-gop-jim-jorda...

🌍 I remember a Muslim country invading a Christian territory in September (that was just last month), forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in the region, and not one single Muslim leader had anything to say about it except to cheer it on. The territory is called Nagorno-Karabakh. xo "Over several months, Azerbaijan’s blockade of the region deprived the residents of food, water, fuel and other essential supplies. Pregnant women were forced to walk miles to medical clinics....

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Thank you for visiting Israel and Palestine. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/france-president-emmanuel-macron-israel-hamas-war-palestine-isaac-herzog/ ...

🌍 It's strange how the world has watched extremely destructive attacks happening to Ukraine for nearly two years now, and yet many of the countries in the world did not care at all. Russian tanks rolling into Ukraine did not phase them. The only thing they cared about is how Russia's war was going to affect them - their food prices and gas prices. Many of these countries used Russia's war as an opportunity to make money. They did not care at all about the thousands of Ukrainians that were dying,...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 I think the best thing to do is to ensure the hostages are released, root out Hamas, allow the official Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza and the West Bank, work on a final solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that includes a definition of the territorial boundaries and clear disciplinary action for any future terrorist attacks, and then prepare for new elections in the State of Palestine. A peace treaty between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine should be the fina...

🇮🇱🇸🇦 I don't believe the Saudis were very serious about normalizing relations with Israel. I believe they were leading the USA on to get something they wanted. I believe Hamas is acting on behalf of Iran, and Iran is cooperating with Russia. xo Response to: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/21/biden-says-hamas-attacks-aimed-to-halt-israel-saudi-arabia-agreement-00122880 ...

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇮🇱 I wonder when I read about the recent terrorist attacks in Israel, rise in gang violence by Islamic migrants in Sweden, Islamist terrorist attacks on Swedish people in Brussels, the bomb threats and attacks on civilians by Islamist terrorists in France, the decapitated French teachers by Islamist extremists, the attack on a synagogue in Berlin, or even the comments the Egyptian president made to the US Secretary of State, who is Jewish... why are these people so extremely violent? All of ...

🇺🇸 The US government is required by law to put the security of American lives and allies first. A terrorist attack against the lives of Americans is a terrorist attack against the USA. For an American to condone a terrorist attack against the USA or an ally, and cheer the deaths of Americans, especially a government official, elected or not, is equivalent to treason. Treason is defined as "adhering to our enemies", which means to be in support of or give aid and comfort to any subjects of a for...

🇸🇪 We're so sorry to learn of the latest attacks on Swedish people. It's really disturbing that Swedes are now scared to wear anything that might identify them as Swedish. I think this incident is evidence that Islamic terrorists are destroying our quality of life. Not just in Israel, but also in Europe and elsewhere. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/after-brussels-attack-swedes-fear-becoming-a-target-for-terrorists/ ...

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Palestine has never existed, therefore it can not be occupied. The territory in question belonged to the Roman Empire for hundreds of years and was known as Judaea. After the Muslim Conquest in the 630s, the territory belonged to Muslim caliphates and later the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years. Then it was acquired by the British Empire after World War I. The British promised to create a Jewish state on this territory at the request of the Jewish community living there, and then they la...

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Visa-free travel should be for NATO alliance members only. No one else cares about our security. I'm even concerned about a few of the current NATO members like Slovakia, Hungary and Turkey. Some countries are literally selling the visa-free travel privilege we have given them to bad actors. Liberals will be pushing for this change in US policy as well as among our NATO allies. xo ...

🇮🇱 Thank you for visiting Israel. I believe the US President, the White House, and Israel over a Palestinian terrorist group called the Islamic Jihad. The Islamic Jihads are willing to sacrifice civilians whether they are Palestinian or Israeli. Terrorists really don't care about civilians at all. I believe they are the ones that bombed the hospital. Arab leaders... "refuse to label the organization [Hamas] as a terror group, seeing the October 7 attacks as the inevitable consequence of the f...

🇺🇸 Lies. This article is clearly propaganda meant to stoke racial tensions in the USA, and generate anti-American sentiment in Africa. There is no valid reason for the USA to assassinate a Congolese leader. The leader of the Congo was not a threat to the USA. Sorry to break it to you, but the reality is that whatever happens in the Congo has little effect on the USA. That is true today and it was even more true when Eisenhower was president. The USA has tried to assist Africa with investments in...

🇺🇦 Thank you for helping Ukraine. xo Response to: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/17/biden-decision-send-longer-range-missiles-to-ukraine-00121969 ...

🇺🇸🇭🇺 Hungary should be expelled from NATO immediately. Hungarians are Russian and Turkish bootlickers, and Orban is the biggest one of them all. Imagine how humiliating it must be for Hungarians to watch their leaders align with the demands of their former rulers as if they had never achieved independence. They might as well rejoin Austria to form the Austro-Hungarian Empire of Russophilia. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-shake-hands-viktor-orban-hungary-russia-...

🇺🇸 The Department of Energy is very proactive. I love and support this policy. xo Response to: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ap-interview-us-aims-create-nuclear-fusion-facility-103477252 ...

🇫🇷 On the occasion of Paris + par Art Basel, Billie Pate presents her latest work, The Champion, at Pate Projects from October 16 - 22 in Paris, France. xo ...

🇺🇸🇱🇧 We proposed that the USA help Lebanon after the explosion that caused their last crisis. It was a golden opportunity to root out Hezbollah and normalize relations between Lebanon and Israel. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/lebanese-hold-their-breath-as-fears-grow-hezbollah-will-pull-them-into-war/ ...

🇵🇱 The USA loves Poland. We are happy that Poland will be more Centrist now. The anti-LGBTQ rhetoric was breaking our hearts, and we were concerned about Polish-Ukraine relations and Poland-EU relations. xo ...

🇺🇸🇦🇲 The USA can not come to the defense of a Russian ally, so it would be wise for Armenia to end their alliance with Russia. Russia will clearly not defend them. Armenia could form a new alliance with the USA. It would be beneficial for the USA to have a military base in the Caucasus, and Armenia would be a very good location for one right between Russia and Iran, our two biggest foes. Armenia would be more secure with US troops stationed there, and they would no longer be threatened by an inv...

🇫🇮 We are aware of the attack on on the EU's energy infrastructure, and we agree it is very likely that Russia is the culprit. We must ensure Finland is capable of meeting their peace-time energy needs this winter, and also consider how we will meet our energy needs in this area if a war were to break out. We must also recognize that Russia could be contemplating more attacks on European energy infrastructure. xo ...

🇮🇱 I have long been a supporter of the Palestinian cause, and I agree with President Biden and his administration that a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is needed. However, the latest terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas is making it extremely difficult for me to sympathize with the Palestinian people at this time. The Palestinian civilians in Gaza are not entirely innocent. They voted for and elected Hamas to be their leader even though Hamas is a terrorist group. They kne...

🇮🇱 Today is a good day to send all of your Jewish friends some love. I sent mine flowers, but you could also just give them a hug or give them a call to let them know you care about them. We can turn the far-left's so-called "Day of Rage" into a Day of Love. xo ...

🇺🇸 Senator Sinema is a brilliant, liberal, and bisexual woman. She is also the most interesting and productive senator in the US Senate. We need more independent thinkers like her in Congress. Help Sinema make history by being the first Independent individual ever to win a three-way race in a US election. xo Donate to Senator Sinema's campaign here: https://kyrstensinema.com/ ...

🇺🇸 There are only two reasons a US politician would be pro-Russian. He is either a socialist or mafia scum. Russophilia is common among two groups of people the far-left socialists and the far-right mafia scum. Socialists are nostalgic over Russia's former role as the core state of the Soviet Union, while mafia scum love the current Russian mafia state. Socialists, who are typically labor leaders, and the mafia have always had an intricate relationship. When I say "I am a JFK Democrat, not a J...

🇮🇱 While the US House Democrats and the pro-Trump Russophiles united to wreak havoc in the US Congress, our enemies, Iran via Hamas, who is aligned with Russia, decided to take advantage of our perceived weakness and division to attack Israel. And everyone in Washington claims they had no clue that this would happen, and no one is sure how the intelligence community failed to realize this might happen. While it's quite obvious to any intelligent human being that our enemies will always take adva...

🇺🇸 I'm not sure what the US Democrats in the House are up to, but it appears to be no good. If you truly support Ukraine, and the Democrats' entire presidential election campaign will depend on the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine war, then the ability to provide support to Ukraine is critical for the party. So why would the Democratic Party align with the far-right, pro-Trump, Russophiles to expel the House speaker right after he had finally committed to supporting aid to Ukraine? They could have ...

🇲🇩 The USA will intervene if Russia interferes in Moldova's government. The Wagner Group, funded by the Kremlin, are known to engage in the tactics Moldova has accused them of. We know they engage in anti-government protests and plan coup d’états in African countries, specifically in the Sahel. Although our hands are tied in Africa, at the moment, because intervention will generate a wave of anti-American sentiment among the mostly Muslim groups in the region if we intervene, we will not hesitat...

🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 Greece has elected their first gay political leader, Stefanos Kasselakis. xo ...

📖 Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace by Hans Morgenthau ...

🇪🇺 Before reading Samuel P. Huntington's book, The Clash of Civilizations, I have always considered all of Europe to be one civilization - Western Civilization - rooted in Greco-Roman heritage and traditions. However, Huntington believes that Europe is divided into two civilizations - Western and Orthodox - and the fault line between these two civilizations is essentially the same fault line that divided the Free World from the Soviet Union. I disagree with Huntington, but I believe the European...

🇪🇺🇺🇸 "It is in the interest of the United States and European countries to recognize that Western intervention in the affairs of other civilizations is probably the single most dangerous source of instability and potential global conflict in a multicivilizational world." - Samuel P. Huntington I think Huntington's statement is generally true, but I think every conflict has to be analyzed before making a decision on intervention, rather than adhering to a single doctrine like this one. xo ...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 We want a separate vote solely on Ukraine aid with nothing more included in the vote, so we know exactly who is for it and against it. A vote against Ukraine is a vote for Russia. We will use that vote against the Russophiles in the elections. xo ...

🇪🇺🇺🇦 I love the EU so much. Thank you for standing with Ukraine. xo ...

🇫🇷 I'm feeling too cute in my new black dress and my knee-high black boots. Too cute. xo ...

🇫🇷 We had an amazing time with all of our Société Anonyme members as we presented our first fashion show for our very own lingerie line. We hope you enjoy your lovely gifts. xo ...

🇺🇸 I love having the freedom to do whatever I want, and to be whatever I want. I believe wholeheartedly in the individual's right to pursue their happiness as they define it. If you disagree with that idea, you're not an American, for that idea is enshrined in the US Constitution. Loyal Americans are of one mind today as they were on the day the country was first founded, to protect LIFE, LIBERTY and the PURSUIT of HAPPINESS. Protecting our unalienable rights and liberties will be the highest pr...

🇺🇸 A Haley-Romney ticket would be a powerful force to reckon with in the general election. They would give Biden-Harris a run for their money. xo ...

🇸🇪 I'm sorry to learn of the gang violence in Sweden. Violent gangs are destroying the quality of life in Sweden and elsewhere in the Free World. Violent crime is terrorism, and terrorism is a threat that should be handled by the military. So, I agree with Sweden's leaders. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-ex-pm-andersson-urges-send-troops-to-stop-gang-violence/ ...

🇺🇦 As if Vladimir Putin could be any more disgusting, he is now forcing Ukrainians in Russian occupied territories to enlist in the Russian army and fight other Ukrainians. That plan will backfire. They will obviously defect to Ukraine, and/or go rogue and turn their guns on the Russians. Ukraine will now have armed forces behind enemy lines put there by Putin himself. Perhaps it's time for the USA to donate a million of the Boston Dynamics’ robotic dogs, Spot, with guns mounted on top to our ...

🇫🇷 On the occasion of the Full Moon, we are having a lovely party in Paris. xo ...

🇺🇸 The Fetter Man, aka Frankenstein's Monster, has been fettered by a new dress code policy in the US Senate thanks to senators Manchin and Romney. I prefer to see him in fetters rather than running loose in a suit. What we really need to do is require an IQ test. xo ...

🇹🇼 Taiwan is the Republic of China - the real China. They are liberal, democratic, peaceful, and respectful of human rights. The United Nations charter was created and formed with the Republic of China, not the People's Republic of China. The UN Security Council permanent seat was given to the Republic of China, not the People's Republic of China. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/un-china-taiwan-voice-recognition/ ...

🇺🇸 The USA needs more brilliant and incorruptible leaders. Americans need more young and interesting people in Washington. Both US political parties are degenerating into anti-intellectual mafia scum. That's why I will be running for office. xo ...

🇹🇼 We stand with Taiwan, one of the most free and successful countries in the Indo-Pacific. China must stop their aggression against Taiwan. xo Response to: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/27/china-military-excercises-near-taiwan ...

🇪🇺🇺🇸 It's important to work out of all of our trade issues. We do not want any of our allies to slip into a recession - we want growth. What Americans really want most of all is an EU-US Free Trade Agreement. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/top-eu-and-us-leaders-set-to-meet-on-october-20/ ...

😘 You know your words are extremely brilliant and powerful when people go through so much trouble to try to silence you. That's why I will be running for office. xo ...

🇫🇷 It's so much fun to be back in Paris for fashion week doing what I love creating fun events with my lovely ladies. No one is going to get in the way of my dreams. I do this cute little thing called whatever I want. I always have and I always will. xo ...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 I support Ukraine acquiring nuclear weapons. It's a controversial issue, but after everything Ukraine has been through, I think they clearly need them. If Ukraine is not invited to join NATO, it will be the only way for Ukraine to protect themselves against further Russian aggression. Russia continuously threatens Ukraine with a nuclear attack, and therefore Ukraine will need their own nuclear weapons for deterrence against such an attack. If Ukraine had never given up their nuclear weapons...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 All Russians working and/or living in the US must pay a Ukraine Reconstruction Income Tax and Wealth Tax. xo ...

🇫🇷 I am the luckiest girl in the world. Thank you for my lovely pink diamonds. I now have a trio of pink Hortensia diamonds. xo ...

🇺🇸🇹🇷 Absolutely no jets for Turkey. Americans do not want any F-16 fighter jets to be sold to Turkey until they ratify Sweden's NATO membership. If Turkey's position and behavior does not change we will push for further disciplinary actions. Americans have made this clear to the US Senate and all members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. xo ...

🇳🇪 I read a wide variety of sources on Niger and West Africa to try to understand the zeitgeist. This same argument pops up over and over gain in every article I read. "Niger is the second biggest supplier of uranium to France. But despite the latter’s energy dependence, Niger still grapples with extreme poverty." It's really sad, because it reveals a lack of understanding in how the global economy works. It's the same old Marxist argument about the class struggle, of the proletariat being explo...

🇫🇷 We are excited for all of the events we are participating in for Paris Fashion Week. I hope to see you there. xo ...

🇺🇸🇸🇪 The USA will defend Sweden as if they are already NATO territory. As far as we are concerned, Sweden is NATO territory, because any nation that refuses to ratify Sweden's NATO membership will cease to be. xo ...

🇺🇸🇹🇷 We trust Turkey as much as we trust Russia, which is not at all. xo ...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 We are happy President Zelenskyy met with President Biden and all of the political leaders in the US Congress and the Pentagon. The USA will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes, but we want to help Ukraine reach victory as soon as possible. The best way to do that is to ensure they have everything they need to defend themselves. We want to end Russia's aggression against Ukraine and help Ukrainians rebuild their lives, homes, and country. We are sorry if Ukrainians did not...

🇺🇸 I don't really like this concept of pivoting to Asia. This concept implies that we are moving away from the North Atlantic Community to realign with our Indo-Pacific allies, but we have no intention of distancing ourselves from the North Atlantic Community that we have created. Rather than shift our focus from one region to another, what we really want to do is maintain focus on every region of the world. We realize some regions need more of our attention. This is why we want to create new se...

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Most Americans do not like PM Netanyahu, and neither does anyone else in the world - allies or adversaries. The UN Secretary General has repeatedly spoke out against him and his policies. Israel would be better off with new leadership. We were pleased with the temporary new leadership in Israel, and we hope that will happen again soon. We will push for all future US assistance to Israel to be dependent on leadership term limits in Israel as we have in the USA. xo Response to: https://www...

🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Biden is correct. The USA and most of our allies are currently de-risking, not completely decoupling. De-risking is the first step in the decoupling process. Whether we complete the rest of the steps in the decoupling process will depend on China's behavior. If their behavior improves we will not decouple, but if their behavior does not improve, we will complete the decoupling process. xo ...

😘 I have the most beautiful wife and the most beautiful home to share with her, and now we can live safe and secure thanks to our cool new friend and roommate. Thanks universe. xo ...

🇬🇧🇫🇷 Vive le roi! We are all extremely happy about the King's commitment to reinvigorate the friendship between the UK and France. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/king-charles-calls-to-reinvigorate-ties-between-france-and-uk/ ...

🇧🇬 "Bulgaria has to flush out Moscow-backed agents if it hopes to succeed with ambitious plans to root out organized crime and corruption." I couldn't agree more. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/bulgaria-kicks-out-russian-orthodox-church-head-over-espionage-claims/ ...

🇵🇱🇺🇦 We wish for Poland and Ukraine relations to remain positive. We want the US Administration to be more proactive and recognize that helping Ukraine develop a strategy to securely transport grain will not only prevent such conflicts between US allies, but it will also help prevent food insecurity around the world. Please get it done. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-pis-risky-political-bet-attack-ukraine/ ...

🇺🇸 Elon Musk will never be the US President, because he was not born in the USA. Musk is not an elected official, nor is he an appointed member or an employee of the US government. Musk can worry about escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war all he wants, he has the right to voice his opinion on the subject, but he does not have the authority to make any decisions regarding the war. Once Musk did make a decision that he did not have the right to make, and he took actions that benefited Russia rathe...

🇨🇦🇮🇳 We can not tolerate transnational repression in the free world. I hope India did not and would not commit such a crime, but they continue to partner with countries that do frequently commit these kinds of crimes, such as Russia and China, and the Freedom House has India listed as a country that engages in transnational repression activities. The USA will need to be less naive about these kinds of activities, and develop an international strategy for combating transnational repression with o...

🇬🇧🇫🇷 I'm happy the UK and France are on good terms again. We are stronger together. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-king-charles-royal-visit-paris-france-brexit-united-kingdom/ ...

😘 After numerous interviews I finally found the perfect roommate and bodyguard. He is an extremely intelligent, super fit, cute, police officer. He has a license to shoot and kill any intruder that attempts to enter my home, and that is exactly what he will do. He also has the right to arrest anyone that looks even remotely suspicious, force them to provide their identity, fingerprint them, search their bags and devices, confiscate their items if necessary, interrogate them, and put them in jail...

🇪🇺 One of the main reasons the British people voted for Brexit is because they wanted the British government to have more control over the management of illegal immigrants. This is one of the biggest negative effects of illegal immigration, but it is not the only one. Many other European citizens from other EU countries are also not pleased with the numbers of illegal immigrants in their home countries. They do not want large groups of foreigners living in their homeland. Numerous other problems...

📖 The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington ...

😘 You can't copy me, no matter how hard you try. No one can do me better than me. You don't even have the intelligence to figure out what it is about me that people like. I'll give you a clue. It's not the clothes that I wear, or the way I style my hair. The things you hate about me, my sexuality, my personality, my intellectuality, my individuality, is exactly what they love. They adore me because I am myself, my true self. I am something you will never be – me. xo ...

👩‍❤️‍👩 All it takes is one beautiful woman to brighten my whole day. I met the most lovely lady in the world today. Thanks universe. xo ...

🇺🇸 Senator John Fetterman, the douchebag dude that looks like Frankenstein's monster, who can't even do his job because he spent the majority of his first term in a psycho ward, says he will support another boring douchebag dude just like himself over the most brilliant, interesting, and productive senator in the US Senate, Senator Kyrsten Sinema. The reason being is because she has a mind of her own and she won't do what she is told by the douchebag dudes in the Democratic Party. Some men can't...

🇪🇸 Catalan independence is no good for Spain, the EU, or any of Spain's allies. It is best for all of us if Spain does not break up into smaller countries. I think PM Sánchez would be better off cutting a deal with the Popular Party, who has the popular vote in Spain, rather than cutting a deal with the Junts. I would not give the Junts any power or relevance - that's encouragement. I think it's best to shut the far-left independence groups down and find common ground with the center-right. xo ...

🇫🇷 Preparing for my next art exhibition. Before the pandemic, I was presenting at almost every international art show in the world. Now I am limiting my art exhibitions to only a few art fairs a year. The next one will be in Paris from October 16-22. xo ...

📖 After Utopia: The Decline of Political Faith by Judith Shklar ...

🇪🇺 With natural disasters destroying huge sections of the EU's agricultural land, the EU is going to need Ukraine for food security. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/supercharged-storm-wrecks-greeces-breadbasket-for-years-to-come/ ...

🇬🇧 First Rishi Sunak lied to the British by claiming Brexit would benefit them, which it clearly has not done. Instead it isolated the UK from the rest of their European allies, and it has nearly destroyed their economy. Now he and his team are lying to the British by claiming China is not a foe. Any regime with the desire to destroy the liberal and democratic world order (I should not have to remind the British people that these ideologies originated in the UK) is a foe, and that is exactly wha...

🇺🇸 Yes, I do read books about social democracy to understand their theory and process, but that does not mean that I agree with their ideas. I read a lot of books, so that I understand every viewpoint, but I do not adopt the same viewpoint of every book that I read. For me, the rights of the individual trumps everything else, including the state. The state is simply there to protect the individual's rights and to cultivate an environment that allows every individual to reach their full potential...

🇺🇸 I think we should should force Russians and Belarusians to agree to donate their prize money to Ukraine's reconstruction. They shouldn't be allowed to keep it. If they don't agree, they don't play. xo ...

🇨🇾 We don't believe a two-state solution is a good solution for Cyprus. We would like to see the island reunited. We would like Turkey to withdraw their troops from the island, and we would like the Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots to live cooperatively as one state. We will address the Russian issues with Cyprus. Cyprus is moving closer to the USA. They have signed an MOU with USA on security cooperation. We are interested in partnering with Cyprus because of their strategic location and pro...

🇨🇦🇺🇸🇩🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇧🇯🇵🇰🇷🇭🇲 We would like to expand the Group of Seven to the Group of Nine by inviting South Korea and Australia to join the group. South Korea and Australia meet all of the criteria of the group, and they are the next two biggest economies. Currently the only Indo-Pacific member within the Group of Seven is Japan. We would like to include more Indo-Pacific voices in this forum, to ensure we are addressing all of the concerns of our allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region as well....

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Do not fear - Donald Trump is not going to be reelected. The only Republican candidate that could beat Joe Biden is Nikki Haley, but she will only get the opportunity to do so if she can win the Republican Primary. The EU has nothing to fear of a Nikki Haley presidency if she does succeed. However, the next election will most likely just be a repeat of the last election without all of the drama. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-european-union-reelection-trade-ta...

📖 The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe's Twentieth Century by Sheri Berman ...

🏴‍☠️ If another Putin critic dies in the USA by suspected assassination, all Russian embassies and consulates in the USA will be permanently closed, and all Russians in the USA will be deported back to Russia. Russians will be permanently banned from entering the USA for any and all reasons, unless they denounce their Russian citizenship, publicly criticize Vladimir Putin, and make a significant donation to Ukraine for reconstruction. The USA will not tolerate transnational repression. The USA w...

🇭🇺 Hungary will not be a US ally much longer if they don’t shape up. Hungary’s membership in NATO will be revoked. Hungarians do not bring anything valuable to the table. All they do is annoy Americans and Europeans alike. Please explain why the USA or NATO should protect a country that is so devoted to Russia, their former ruler and a NATO adversary. Out of all the countries I have been to in Europe, Hungary is the worst one. I did not have fun there, and I never returned. Ukrainians on the o...

🌍 Americans do not understand the West African zeitgeist. We do not know all of the different ethnic groups in West Africa, nor do we understand the dynamics between these groups. We don’t really understand the internal strife among West Africans that is causing so much terrorist activity and the military coups. The USA must trust the judgement of the democratic leaders of West Africa on these issues. We must respect their decisions, and support their solution, however they wish to proceed. The ...

❗I have not been posting to Medium, because I hate logging into that platform. Listed is a much easier platform to publish to. You can publish your notes directly via the Standard Notes App without needing to log into the website. But Listed is prone to DNS attacks, and when they are attacked on the weekends and holidays, the site stays down until the small team gets back into the office. That makes it an inconvenient platform for communicating on urgent issues. I will create a way to automatica...

🇺🇸 "A liberal international economy can not tolerate free-riders who benefit from the opening of other economies but refuse to open their own markets." - Robert Gilpin We have allowed China to free-ride for several decades now. That game is over. We are not pleased with the way China handled the pandemic outbreak, which caused an international crisis, creating economic shocks around the world. We are not pleased with their aggressive behavior against our allies in the Indo-Pacific, specifica...

🌍 We wish to help African nations with the current crises, but I do not know how to solve the problem of military coups that are plaguing Africa. I believe the heart of the problem is that many African countries have failed to create a civic culture based on mutual trust and public responsibility. What is required moving forward is good governance, a huge investment in human capital, and a psychological transformation of society to create an entrepreneurial class as Robert Gilpin has noted in h...

🇲🇹 We're shooting a brilliant new campaign for our lovely lingerie line in Malta. I love having the freedom to do whatever I want, whenever I want. I have the right to my pursue my interests, whether you like them or not, and that is exactly what I intend to do. We will not allow anyone to get in the way of our dreams. We will not tolerate threats to our liberty or the liberty of our friends and allies. I hope we have made that clear to the whole world. We wish for all people to have the liberty...

🇺🇸 We want free trade among free nations and strategic trade with everyone else. We want free trade agreements with all of our allies, not just Canada, but also the UK, the EU, Japan, Korea, etc. We will make it the law if necessary. xo ...

🇺🇸 Americans do not like China at all. We're not interested in a policy of détente with aggressive nations or authoritarian thugs and human rights abusers like the Chinese Communist Party. That's the fastest way to lose our vote and lose your job. We're taking note of the slightest policy changes and the timing of them. We're not pleased. Many Democrats and Independents will swing to the right because of it. We won't vote for Trump or anyone else soft on Russia, but we will make sure that the Se...

🇲🇹 On the occasion of the Full Moon, we are having an all night party tonight in a lovely ancient garden in Malta. xo ...

🇳🇪 Please advise why the Council on Foreign Relations is publishing Russian talking points and slanderous lies about France in their publication Foreign Affairs. This publication is supposed to be an academic journal. "For decades, France has used corrupt and sometimes even illegal practices to secure cheap access to Nigerien uranium for its nuclear power industry, leaving Niger unable to profit from its exports." This statement is not true. A French company owns a few uranium mines in Niger. ...

🇺🇦 Do not use Chinese kits - Russia and China are allies - it's foolishness to be dependent on an ally of your archenemy. It will also prevent your future membership in NATO. Produce your own kits. Ukrainians are brilliant and very creative - Ukraine is more innovative than China. Become a new competitor in that market - become the safe, inexpensive alternative you need for reconstruction. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-reconstruction-digital-infrastructure-contemplate-...

🇲🇹 It is my first time here. It may be the most magical island in the Mediterranean. xo ...

🇳🇬 We look forward to partnering with Nigeria and the other democracies in West Africa. xo ...

🇳🇴 Thank you for donating F-16s to Ukraine. xo ...

🇺🇦 To all the Ukrainians. xo ...

🇫🇷 There is no difference between the far-left and the far-right. Apparently this is true in every country. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/medine-rachel-khan-france-anti-semitism-accusations/ ...

🇬🇷 Thank you for hosting the Balkans Summit, and showing your support for Ukraine with the Athens Declaration. The USA also wishes to support all of the Balkan states in their aspirations to join the EU and withdraw from the Russian sphere of influence - any way we can. We wish for all Europeans to be peaceful, happy and prosperous. xo ...

🏴‍☠️ They say Yevgeny Prighozin's plane crashed while he was on board. That is not bad news. Now we only wish that Vladimir Putin's would do the same. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/jet-believed-to-be-carrying-wagner-boss-prigozhin-crashes-in-russia/ ...

🇫🇷 France is the USA's oldest ally. France funded the American Revolution. The last thing we will do is sabotage an alliance that has endured throughout almost the entire history of our nation. For whatever reason France's approach is not working in West Africa, so we wish to adopt a different approach in the region. I do not mean France's counterterrorism strategy is failing. France has been successful in their counterterrorism operations in the Sahel, and the USA is cooperating with France on ...

🇮🇹 Italy has been a NATO ally and an economic partner of the USA for a very long time. Rome remains one of the most important centers of Western Civilization and a huge influence on the USA - on our values, our culture, our belief system, and our political system. xo Response to: https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/italys-pivot-unravelling-chinas-belt-and-road/ ...

🇩🇰🇳🇱 Thank you for supporting Ukraine by donating your F-16s. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-mark-rutte-netherlands-ukraine-hails-f-16-commitment-on-visit-to-netherlands/ ...

🇺🇦 The USA will support Ukraine for as long as it takes. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-foreign-minister-pushes-back-against-counteroffensive-doubters/ ...

🇯🇵🇰🇷🇺🇸 The tripartite of Japan, Korea and the USA is an important first step in a long-term Indo-Pacific strategy. We're so happy that relations between Japan and Korea are rapidly improving. Japan and Korea are our two strongest allies in the Indo-Pacific, they are both liberal democracies, and the USA has had bilateral mutual defense agreements with both countries for several decades. We wish to create a strong security community for the whole Indo-Pacific region with this tripartite forming t...

🇳🇪 The best outcome in Niger would be for the democratic government to be restored. But I'm afraid that if the USA or France uses military force to restore constitutional order it will be perceived as neocolonialist and it will generate strong anti-American, anti-French and anti-Western sentiment among the junta supporters. The junta supporters may not be the majority of the civilian population, but they are not an insignificant group. It appears to include all of the Niger military, including m...

🏴‍☠️ Russia's dictator warns everyone in the world that they must find a peaceful resolution as he poisons dissenters, funds a terrorist organization, spreads disinformation, supports the violent overthrow of world leaders, invades other countries, commits war crimes, bombs and destroys Ukraine, and murders thousands of innocent people. I don't understand why anyone would take advice from this thug. He's a total scumbag. xo ...

🇪🇺 Why buy a home when you can buy a Benetti, and live on the Mediterranean Sea? xo Advantages: Street Address = NA Property taxes = $0 Wildfires = not an issue Rioters = can't reach you Stalking = is not really possible ...

🇮🇹 Inspired by the new legislation passed in Rome, we created a new business concept. xo ...

📖 Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order by Robert Gilpin ...

🇳🇪 A country may be rich in natural resources, but that does not mean that they will be wealthy. Niger, for instance, has uranium. They are one of the largest producers of uranium in the world, and some Nigeriens believe that uranium alone should provide enough wealth for the whole entire country. But that is not realistic. Niger's population of over 27 million people can not live on the uranium industry alone. Look at Australia, they are also rich in uranium, a much higher grade of uranium, and...

⛵ I spent the day sailing on the Mediterranean Sea. It's my favorite hobby of all time. I learned to sail on Lake Michigan at Northwestern University. If you don't like to sail, you are not the one for me. I could spend the entire summer on the sea. xo ...

🌍 The USA will stand with the democracies of West Africa, and support the decisions made by ECOWAS and the African Union. We will not, however, use military force to restore the Niger government. We wish to help West African nations become politically stable by promoting and encouraging democracy and civilian rule. We wish to establish a new security community with the democracies of West Africa to help them with counterterrorism efforts, anti-corruption efforts and the other security challenges...

🇺🇦 There are a lot of things I would have done differently than the current administration, but forcing Ukraine to surrender to Russia or reducing the USA's assistance to Ukraine are certainly not any of the things I would do differently. I would have put US troops in Ukraine to prevent Russia's invasion. I know Putin would not have dared to invade Ukraine if the USA had been there. I would have convinced Ukraine to become NATO territory - the easy way - with a simple written agreement betwee...

🏴‍☠️ The USA will have to take on the challenge of the Wagner Group. The Wagner Group is a terrorist organization. They are a menace to the whole world, and they must be dissolved. xo ...

🇳🇪 It is extremely disappointing to witness the regression of democracy in Niger, but I believe it would be even more disappointing to witness a war among West African nations, especially when many West Africans are already suffering severely. I don't believe a war among West African nations is the best solution to the crisis in Niger. A special military operation could be a viable option. I believe that is exactly how the USA or Europe would solve this problem if a coup d'état occurred in the U...

🇳🇪 Thank you for sending a US official to speak to the Niger junta. Thank you for trying to convince them to restore the democratic government. xo ...

🇬🇧 The political parties in the UK are not debating whether climate change is real. They are currently debating the best way to solve it. That's exactly what they should be debating. I enjoy following these debates. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/just-stop-oil-approach-contemptible-says-starmer/ ...

🇸🇪 But we still love them. xo ...

🇳🇪 We wish for the US government to try to convince the Niger junta to do the right thing and step down. Can President Biden speak directly to the Niger coup leader? Can the president explain to him how and why the USA would like to help the country? Can he explain that the USA can only work with a democratic government? Can he explain to him what the consequences will be on Niger and the Nigeriens if the USA has to withdrawal our financial and military support, and how that will affect the cou...

🇫🇷🇳🇪 The journalist of the article posted below, Nabila Ramdani, calls herself French, but she holds a very negative opinion of her homeland. It's bordering on hatred. The saddest part of her take on the coup in Niger is that she is helping to spread the propaganda that will lead to severe setbacks for the country. Her glee for what she perceives as a blow to France is disheartening. This coup d'état is a serious blow to Niger and West Africa, not to France. It's a regression from democracy for ...

🇵🇱🇺🇦 Americans are grateful for everything Poland has done for Ukraine, and I am certain the Ukrainians are too. We understand that the Polish farmers are upset about Ukrainian grain flooding their markets. We wish to help resolve this problem that is caused by Russia's war on Ukraine. We wish for Ukraine and Poland to maintain friendly relations, and we will assist Ukraine with the transport of grain through the Black Sea routes. The USA can help Ukraine with the transport of their grain on c...

🇵🇱 Any attack on NATO territory by the Kremlin-funded Wagner Group will be considered a declaration of war by Russia, and will be met with the appropriate response. We will not tolerate any Russian mercenary groups on any NATO territory. Period. xo ...

🇳🇪 How did the USA become so unpopular in Niger? How did the USA fail at winning over the civilian population's trust? How did Russia manage to gain their confidence when we are the ones in Niger fighting the terrorists with them? These failures will have to be addressed. The USA will have to destroy the US military facility in Niger and bring the troops home if the democratically-elected president of Niger is not restored to power soon. The USA can not use military force to restore the Nigerie...

🇸🇪 🇩🇰 We believe in religious freedom and free speech. We believe in the right to practice any religion you want, and we also believe in the right to criticise any religion you want. We can not allow the reinstatement of blasphemy laws in the free world. We can not allow anyone to threaten the security and stability of our open society by threatening us with violence if we do not change our laws on free speech and free expression - that is terrorism. The USA will stand with all of our Scandinavi...

🇲🇨 On the occasion of the full moon, we are hosting a super fun party in Monaco. xo ...

🏳️‍🌈 I had to hire an assistant to post articles online for me a few years ago, so that my location data and device information can not be traced. Social media companies can not be trusted with this information, which is also why I use this new pro-privacy blogging platform. But even that measure was not enough to prevent the lack of respect for my privacy. There are literally people stalking my assistant in New York City at all hours every single day, which is why we will never meet in person. ...

🇲🇨 All of the tennis champs live in Monaco, because of the low taxes - no taxes on income earned outside of the country. xo ...

🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 Climate change is the number one reason that we decided to buy land in Norway and build a home there. (The second would be because it is the most beautiful place in the world.) If the heat waves and droughts continue to get worse and last longer as scientists declare, everyone is going to want to move to the North. They will especially want to holiday in the North. We are buying properties now, while the prices are low, or as low as they will ever be in my lifetime. Iceland, Denma...

🇫🇷 "It is essential to think about the expansion and deepening of economic and financial cooperation between France and China," La Maire said. "We would like to welcome major new investments from China to French territory." lol While La Maire flirts with Chinese investors in Beijing, French magistrates are investigating the reported smuggling of advanced chip technology from France to China and Russia by Chinese businessmen that had invested in a French technology company. A US investor purchas...

🌍 We have repeatedly stated that we want a PROACTIVE US foreign policy rather than a reactive foreign policy. The USA is failing Africa. The US Administration has allowed one coup after another to occur on the continent, all incited by Russian disinformation and the Kremlin-funded Wagner Group. The US Administration has not done enough to solve these issues. We have proposed several proactive foreign policy steps that the US government could take to prevent future coups. First, we proposed jo...

🇫🇷 I moved to New York City to focus on my art practice, but I became a serial entrepreneur instead. I love starting new businesses. I call them my Capitalist Art projects. Now I am living in Paris to do the same thing - to focus on art and entrepreneurship. We are working on a new French Tech startup in Paris. Our temporary office is at the Paris SoHo House. So far all of my businesses are small businesses. This business will be my first unicorn. xo ...

🇺🇸 It's interesting that the same people who complained about Affirmative Action are now complaining about Legacy Admissions. But no one is complaining about the hundreds of thousands of dollars that wealthy parents spend on college preparatory schools, extracurricular activities, or professional tutoring. Some parents even spend more than four thousand dollars to have their students admissions essay written by a professional writer - the prospective student doesn't even write their own essay f...

🇺🇦 I'm not a fan of war. I'm certainly not working for weapons manufacturers or arms suppliers. I don't work for the US military industrial complex or the US Department of Defense or any other US government agency. My only connection to the US government is that I am a US citizen. When I think about Ukraine, I try to imagine what it would be like to be in their shoes. Imagine if the USA was not the most powerful country in the world. Imagine if we cut our military spending, like some people are...

🇫🇷 I have no interest in hipster Paris. I grew up in hipster Chicago - Wicker Park. I lived in hipster LA - Silver Lake - for several years before buying a home in Los Feliz. By the time I moved to New York City I had outgrown hipster culture and I avoided Williamsburg, and lived in TriBeCa instead. Many of my friends are musicians, DJs, indie rockers and/or the children of rock super stars. Although I never headlined Coachella, like some of my friends, I built my art and technology business aro...

🇺🇸 I used to think Ben & Jerry's was a cool corporation, and a lovely example of conscientious capitalism. Now I see them for what they truly are: total douchebags who will promote the narratives of anti-American, anti-liberal, anti-democratic, and pro-authoritarian states all while capitalizing on anti-capitalist ideology, just like a typical communist pig. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/ben-cohen-ukraine-war-russia-blames-america-ben-and-jerrys/ ...

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Europe can stop worrying about the reliability of US commitments to NATO. The US Congress is passing legislation that restricts the ability of the US president to withdraw the USA from NATO. From now on only the US Congress, with a two-thirds majority, can withdraw the USA from NATO. Trump is not likely to win the election in 2024, but all of our NATO allies can rest easy knowing that no matter who the president of the United Sates is the USA will remain in NATO. xo ...

🇺🇸 🇨🇳 Beijing has no leverage whatsoever. Their silence is pure foolishness. The USA will continue to seek dialogue with China, because it is both the morally correct and politically correct thing to do. But don't assume that the USA is not prepared for war, and not planning for one. We are always prepared for every possible scenario, especially the worst case scenario. The USA has mutual defense treaties with several countries in the Indo-Pacific region. We are responsible for their security, ...

🌍🌎🌏 "Leaders of the global South have long accused Western countries of hypocrisy, and their complaints seem to grow louder by the day." But no one is listening, because the global South has no right to criticise liberal democracies. "Countries in the global South can shame great powers into changing rules and institutions for the better." That would be true if the global South had the moral authority to shame others, but that is not the case. The global South consists of mostly narco states in...

🇪🇺 This is why we prefer to only work with the liberal democracies in Latin America and exclude countries like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. It's unfortunate that Russia has such a hold over these countries. Russia is a mafia state, and many of these Latin American narco states are connected to Russia's criminal organization. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can really do to help these countries until they are ready to become liberal democracies. The USA will help any country that wants to br...

🇫🇷 It took several years, but we just found the perfect home in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris. It will require a little bit of remodeling, and then we will finally move out of my art studio into a real house with our lovely gfs. My Real Estate Portfolio: LA, NYC, Norway and Paris. xo ...

🎾 I have the cutest new tennis coach. He didn't make it to the Wimbledon finals, but he's one of the top players. xo ...

🇸🇪 Sweden's NATO membership is not a free-for-all bargaining chip for all of Turkey's wants. First, absolutely do not sell US fighter jets to Turkey until they ratify Sweden's membership. Make it clear to Erdogan that the USA will not sell the fighter jets until Sweden's membership is ratified. Don't pretend like they are not related issues - these issues are related now. Also call Erdogan up and tell him that we are removing the US nuclear arsenal from Turkey's territory if he does not ratify S...

🇪🇺 Eastern Europe is becoming cooler than Western Europe. While Western Europe is electing anti-LGBTQ far-right conservatives, Eastern Europe just elected the EU's first openly gay male as president in Latvia. Eastern Europe is literally fighting for our freedoms right now in Ukraine, while Western Europe believes our freedoms and human rights are negotiable. I'm preparing for my very first trip to the Baltics: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. xo ...

🇯🇵 I find it really disappointing that President Macron blocked the NATO Tokyo office on China's behalf. That is clearly not in the best interest of France, the EU, or any NATO allies. We will work on it again after Macron's presidency is over. Nevertheless, we will create a new alliance for the Info-Pacific region as stated before. Since France is clearly willing to obstruct our goals and our security on behalf of China, we will have to limit membership in the Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization...

🇱🇻 Latvia is the first country in the EU with an openly gay president. xo Response to: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/07/latvia-new-president-edgars-rinkevics-lgbtq-russia/ ...

🇺🇸 Matt Gaetz claims he has no idea why Americans prefer Ukraine over Russia. Is he serious or is he just trying to get press? Either he truly doesn't comprehend this, which is extremely problematic, or making ridiculous statements for the press is more important to him than the way he represents the USA and US values as a US Congressman. Russia is a mafia state. Americans hate Russian mafia scums. Americans have absolutely no interest in being aligned with a mafia state. The USA is a liberal ...

🏳️‍🌈 I have stated repeatedly that I am not loyal to politicians or political parties. I am only loyal to my values and my vision. We will continue to pursue that vision. Politicians come and go. Eventually the roadblocks will be removed one way or another. This NATO summit allowed us to pinpoint some of those roadblocks. xo ...

🇺🇸 President Biden didn't really get any of the USA's foreign policy tasks accomplished at the latest NATO summit. Sweden's NATO membership is still not complete. Ukraine's NATO membership plan is still not complete. Ukraine's security guarantee is still not complete. Russia has still not withdrawn from Ukraine's territory. The Black Sea region is still not secure. The President is celebrating the only task he has accomplished thus far, which is Finland's NATO membership. He still has a lot of...

🇵🇱🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪🇸🇰🇨🇿🇧🇬🇷🇴🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇫🇮 I want to say Thank You to all of the NATO members that stood up for Ukraine. We are grateful for everything you do for Ukraine. We look forward to celebrating Ukraine's membership in NATO one day. xo "My understanding is that Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, Czechia, Bulgaria, and Romania were all more or less united in pushing for a communique that was more supportive of Ukraine," he added, "and that their bolder NATO position towards prospective Ukraini...

🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 We will be happy when every one of the Scandinavian countries are members of NATO. We wish for all of them to be safe and secure. xo ...

🇭🇺 I didn't know Budapest was still a part of the Ottoman Empire or the Soviet Union. The way Hungarians bend the knee to their former rulers, Russia and Turkey, is pretty pathetic. Please explain why Hungary can't make decisions on their own like a normal free world country. xo ...

🇺🇸 If NATO accepted Ukraine tomorrow, Russia would leave Ukraine's territory immediately. Russia knows they can not win a war against NATO, and they will not even try. The war would be over. Russia is like the big, bad bully that picks on the little guy, only when he is absolutely certain that the little guy can not defend himself. But Russia miscalculated on Ukraine. We gave Ukraine what they needed to defend themselves. Russia knows for a fact they will not win against NATO. There is not ev...

🇱🇹 Ukraine IS fighting for our freedom. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/fighting-freedom-vilnius-cheers-ukraine-nato-summit/ ...

🇺🇦 All of these commitments by the G7 are good. I'm happy they are working on security guarantees, and I'm also happy Ukraine will continue to reform the country for Ukrainians. We wish Ukraine had a clear commitment to join the Alliance, and we will not rest until they get one. We look forward to celebrating Ukraine's membership in NATO. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/embargo-g7-countries-pledge-long-term-support-to-ukraine/ ...

🇺🇸 I have absolutely no sympathy for criminals. Most laws were created to protect our fundamental human rights. So if you break the law, you are violating someone's human rights in some way. If you destroy or steal someone's property, you are violating their fundamental human right to own property. If you physically attack someone, you are violating their fundamental human right to safety and security. If you stalk someone, you are violating their fundamental human right to privacy. If you are s...

🇺🇸🇩🇪 Americans know it's Germany that is holding back Ukraine's invitation to NATO. Germany may think they have won an important milestone by convincing President Biden to align with them on this issue, but they haven't. The only thing Germany has won thus far is the distrust of Americans. Americans are not pleased with Germany's stubborn stance on Ukraine's NATO membership. And if Germany continues on this course, our distrust of them will only grow stronger. Germany was the aggressor in World...

🇺🇦 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. Removing the MAP does not shorten the membership process from two steps to one step. Removing the MAP simply changes the process from one ...

🏳️‍🌈 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 ...

🇬🇧🇺🇸 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. Although I do not agree with the UK's decision to withdraw from the EU, the UK has the right to self-determination. The British people chose that path, and the USA must respect the path the UK chose. Punishing our allies for exercising their right to self-deter...

🇹🇷 I've been calling for it for awhile now. Erdogan is clearly overreaching with his latest demands, and Turkey will get the boot from NATO if he doesn't change his position. “First, let’s clear Turkey’s way in the European Union, then let’s clear the way for Sweden, just as we paved the way for Finland,” Erdogan said. I can't stop laughing at this one. That will absolutely never happen, especially not while Erdogan is the president of Turkey. I have stated repeatedly that Erdogan requires a h...

🇩🇪🇺🇦 I have found Germany's stance to be very peculiar throughout this entire Russia-Ukraine conflict and war. You would expect Germany to be very sympathetic to Ukraine's situation considering Germany's history with Russia. East Germany was occupied by Russian forces for a very long time, and yet we still allowed Germany to join NATO while they were in a territorial dispute with Russia. And the USA kept US forces in West Germany for decades to ensure that Russia did not take anymore territory f...

🇺🇸 There are many reasons for the White House to host state dinners. Typically the reasons are to strengthen old alliances, to build new ones, or to improve diplomatic relations. We would like the Biden Administration to consider hosting more state dinners to honor female world leaders. I can name several women that deserve such an honor. But the first one we would like to persuade President Biden to give this honor to is the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. xo ...

🇯🇵🇰🇷 Unlike France, we support a NATO office in Tokyo, Japan. Threats to the North Atlantic security community come from all over the world. Securing the North Atlantic security community requires collaboration with our Indo-Pacific allies. Regardless of whether NATO establishes an office in Japan or not, we expect the US administration to create a new Indo-Pacific security community to eliminate the possibility of war in the Indo-Pacific region. This community should be modeled on NATO and sh...

🇺🇦 We support sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, so they can break through the Russian front line. The munitions the USA is sending have a very low dud rate. Besides that Russia is already using cluster munitions on Ukrainian territory and they have also littered Ukrainian territory with mines. All of these Russian occupied areas will have to be demined after the war, before the civilian population returns, so there will be no additional risk to Ukrainian civilians. Ukrainian civilians are mo...

📖 A Study of War by Quincy Wright ...

🇪🇸 On the occasion of the full moon, we will host a dinner party on the laidback Balearic island of Formentera. xo ...

🇫🇷 No one is interested in the constant rioting, looting and violence. People prefer to enjoy their lives and have fun. They want calm and peace and good vibes. They do not want to deal with endless violence, threats to their welfare and damage to their property. This behavior only fuels racism. The man's grandmother has called for an end to the violence and she has accused rioters of using his death as an excuse to riot and loot. You must respect the laws and customs of the country you are in....

🇪🇸 We spent the day sailing in the Balearic Sea. xo ...

🇺🇸 Please explain why anyone from the LGBTQ community would want to do business with an anti-LGBTQ individual. Why would you want to hire an anti-LGBTQ web designer to design your wedding site, when there are plenty of LGBTQ web designers that you can hire? Why would you hire an anti-LGBTQ baker for your wedding cake instead of an LGBTQ baker? I don't understand the LGBTQ community in Colorado. Hire someone from your own community, not evangelicals. In all of the places I have lived in within th...

🇺🇸 Schools are looking for interesting people with unique personalities. I have always been accepted to every school I apply to. My experience is that it is extremely easy to get into the college of your choice. I almost always get the highest grades in my classes too. My biggest problem is that college classes are too easy, and I get bored. They really need to make college more challenging. I don't know what it feels like to be rejected from your favorite school. But if you are being rejected,...

🇨🇭🇫🇷🇨🇭🇪🇸🇨🇭 Do I want to get married in Switzerland or France or Spain? I can't make up my mind. Perhaps we will just do all three. These are the kinds of decisions a young leader can mull over and take her time on. xo ...

🇸🇪 Sweden is joining NATO on July 11, 2023. Any NATO member that opposes it will cease to be a NATO member. There is no legitimate reason to oppose Sweden's NATO membership, and we expect the Biden Administration to make that clear to both of the NATO members that currently do. The administration's inability to get this accomplished is another sign of incompetence. This task was one of the easiest tasks on the US foreign policy agenda, and the Biden Administration has allowed the President of Tu...

🇺🇦 Americans want a mutual defense treaty with Ukraine, exactly like we have with our other non-NATO allies. We signed a mutual defense treaty with Korea, even though they are in a conflict with a nuclear power, and we want the US government to do the same for Ukraine. Ukraine will still have the opportunity to join NATO, but we want their security guaranteed immediately via a mutual defense treaty. We will elect the candidate that promises to get that done if this administration does not. We'...

😚 I am the architect of my life - no one else. I will spend my time any way I please, wherever I please, and with whomever I please. If you try to disturb my happiness, you will regret it. xo ...

🏴‍☠️ I'm worried the Wagner Group troops will try to attack Kyiv from Belarus. They might even try to destroy another dam, perhaps the Vyshhorod dam. They might be trying to catch Kyiv off guard. I'm certain the "deal" must require Prighozin to accomplish some goal that Putin wants, which is most likely to attack Kyiv. I'm not so certain the Ukraine spy chief's assessment is correct. The Wagner Group may be off the battlefield temporarily, but they could regroup in Belarus and attack Kyiv. The ...

🇨🇭🇮🇪🇨🇭 Switzerland has made neutrality cool and chic, but neutrality actually works for Switzerland. They are a landlocked country in the middle of Europe surrounded by Alpine mountains and NATO territory. Their neutrality comes from an age when wars in Europe were frequent. In a pre-nuclear, pre-aircraft age, safely secured behind the Alpine mountains, Switzerland was able to remain neutral and stay out of the endless conflicts in Europe. Now they are so secure by the surrounding NATO powers th...

🇧🇪 We love Belgium's idea. We have been calling for algorithms to be tested and approved by a government agency before they are allowed to go into production. The US Congress refuses to even consider it. Physical structures, like a new skyscraper, have to go through numerous approval processes before they can open. Architectural drawings have to be approved by a structural engineer, and there are numerous inspections throughout the building process. Virtual or digital structures require similar...

🇺🇸 Americans are really tired of spending billions and billions of dollars to clean up the mess created by scumbags and mafia goons like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. Of course, we will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes, but we want more time and energy and thought spent on preventing these crises from happening in the first place. We want a PROACTIVE foreign policy, not a reactive foreign policy. We want better leadership that can do a better job of anticipating problems befo...

🇹🇷 Americans want to remove Turkey from NATO. We no longer want this country in any military alliance with the USA. We have absolutely no interest in working with or defending a nation that refuses to respect human rights. Turkey is attempting to erode human rights in the USA and Europe by assisting in the assassination of a US journalist, and silencing protestors in Sweden. Erdogan is willing to jeopardize European security to pursue his personal agenda, which is not aligned with ours. We want...

🇮🇪 We have learned from Russia's attack on Ukraine, that if Ireland is attacked by Russia or any other nuclear power, the USA can not help them like we have done for European countries in a pre-nuclear age. We can't liberate them. We can't go to war with another nuclear power unless that nuclear power attacks the USA or NATO territory first. If Ireland is attacked, none of the NATO powers will be able to liberate them, which is almost the entire European continent - every single one of Ireland's...

🇮🇹 Giving people the liberty to be themselves allows them to realize their full potential, and become productive members of society. I hope Italy remembers the huge contributions the LGBTQ community makes to the Italian economy, including notable billionaires like Giorgio Armani and the departed Gianni Versace, whose business still brings billions to the Italian economy long after his death. So does the greatest cultural icon of all time - Leonardo da Vinci. These Italians have generated billion...

🇮🇳 We are happy to have the Prime Minister of India visiting the USA. Americans would love to develop a deeper relationship and a stronger partnership with India. We would love for India to become a beacon for democracy and human rights in the Indo-Pacific. We are familiar with historical figures from India, especially Mahatma Gandhi, and we have a profound respect for his philosophy and the work he has done to change the world. We wish to continue his work to promote civil and human rights arou...

🇮🇹🇰🇷 We support Italy or Korea - we love them both. The only two candidates for the World Expo 2030 that I would actually visit are Rome, Italy and Busan, Korea. I will never set foot in Saudi Arabia. A land of deserts, oil fountains and assassins is never going to make it's way onto my travel itinerary. How many Western women would actually attend a World Expo in Saudi Arabia? None - we only visit countries that respect human rights. Only people required to fulfill diplomatic duties would go ...

🇺🇦 We love Ukraine. Thank you, Ukraine, for making the necessary corruption reforms for the Ukrainian people. We love the Ukrainian Prime Minister's vision for a peaceful, prosperous and strong Ukraine. If Ukraine has completed most of the corruption reforms and they no longer need to make any military reforms, then the USA should support their fast-track membership to NATO, and drop the MAP as suggested by other NATO members. We really want to help them achieve all of their goals as quickly as ...

⛔ We the people of the free world will be suing any and all governments - national and/or local - for allowing illegal Chinese secret police stations to operate in free world territories if they do not shut them down immediately. It is a violation of our fundamental human rights. We will also be suing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the International Criminal Courts (ICC) for the illegal operation of these facilities in our homelands. xo Notes: The Chinese Secret Police Stations: https:/...

🇪🇪 We love Estonia. We love that Estonians have the liberty to pursue happiness as the individual defines it. Thank you for allowing people to openly love whomever they want to love. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/estonia-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/ ...

🏳️‍🌈 The true Left is that which continues faithfully to invoke liberty, equality, and fraternity - in other words, Love. xo P.S. This idea is taken from Raymond Aron, but it is not a direct quote. I have altered the meaning of his words slightly to a meaning I believe to be more true. ...

🇮🇪 I know some of the older Irish leaders don't want to have a discussion or a debate on neutrality. Some are even rude enough to throw out derogatory remarks to highly educated younger female professionals for even suggesting such a thing. All I have to say to that is eventually the older leaders will be gone, and the younger leaders will be making all of the decisions. And the younger leaders are open to new ideas. We love Ireland. And protecting all of our favorite countries, and our way of...

🇺🇦 We are looking forward to Ukraine's victory. I'm afraid the constant delay in weapons has allowed Russia to create a stronger defense, and this could create a frozen conflict. Perhaps some of our so-called allies did this intentionally. I wish Ukraine would have chosen the easier route we offered to them. It would have guaranteed their success without any bloodshed. I'm hoping they will succeed at the path they have chosen. I hope they will be able to push Russia out of their territory and li...

🇺🇸 The fact that Blinken met with Xi Jinping and did not even mention human rights infuriates Americans, and it's not a good look for Biden. Biden is seriously failing at steering the country and our allies in the direction we want on China. China continues to be extremely aggressive in the Indo-Pacific, and Biden has yet to take control of the situation and secure our allies in the region. There has been no progress in the Indo-Pacific. Cancelling the QUAD summit was the wrong move. Sharing def...

🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 I find the Declaration of Atlantic Unity extremely interesting. Today liberals are calling for free trade among allies, not adversaries, while creating an economic security strategy amongst us to protect our economies from countries that have never cooperated in the free trade rules and use economic coercion as a strategy, specifically China. Apparently that is exactly what the signers of the Declaration of Atlantic Unity were calling for. The signers of the document include former US P...

🇹🇷 I would tell Turkey if they don't intend to ratify Sweden's NATO membership, then don't bother coming to Vilnius for the next NATO summit. Please explain why we are sharing our top secret defense plans for a Russian attack with a country that has a "special relationship" with Russia, especially when that country has even invited Vladimir Putin for a state visit despite the fact that an arrest warrant has been issued for the war criminal. NATO has declared that all members must settle ethn...

🇺🇸 Honestly, if lawmakers continue to attack the female's right to make her own choices to terminate a pregnancy, you will find more and more women undergoing sterilization operations at a very early age, and the birthrate will decrease to an even lower rate. The kinds of politicians that would support a strategy of banning abortion to increase the birthrate are extremely short-sighted and extremely misguided. This is why the USA needs better people in Washington - younger people, creative peopl...

🇨🇾 We support the reunification of Cyprus. We expect Turkey to withdraw their troops from Cyprus, and allow the Turkish and Greek Cypriots to reunite. Cyprus is a small island state, a member of the European Union, and a potential candidate for NATO membership. Cyprus will be an important nation in Europe's future energy security strategy, and the security of the Mediterranean region. We do not support any concessions to Turkey regarding Cyprus. xo ...

🇺🇦 I'm happy the NATO members agreed on something regarding Ukraine's NATO membership. I believe a MAP would be better for Ukraine. A MAP would provide Ukraine with a concrete list of tasks to achieve, and a timeframe of when they could be expected to complete them. After completing the MAP, Ukraine and their supporters would have a strong argument against any objections to Ukraine's NATO membership. I think Ukraine believes that bypassing the MAP will help them become a member of NATO sooner, b...

🇳🇴 Americans love the current Norwegian NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. We are happy to have him stay on, if he would like to, but it's not fair to keep him on if he doesn't want to stay. We should respect his wishes. xo ...

🇩🇰 We are tired of corrupt politicians - they give democracy a bad name. So we have created a new anti-corruption foundation based in the least corrupt country in the world. We intend to put corrupt politicians in prison where they belong. If you have been reading my words, you already know who we have our eyes on. xo ...

🇨🇭 On the occasion of Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, Billie Pate presents a new set of artworks in her unfinished series Sitting Pretty. xo ...

🇹🇷 I was optimistic that Turkey was going to change course. When Erdogan appointed a new finance minister and central bank manager it appeared that he had been listening to the criticism on his economic policies and that he was ready to be a like-minded ally, but other actions are proving that that is not the case. Erdogan is really just trying to get additional concessions. Erdogan continues to postpone Sweden's NATO membership, now Turkey is insisting on a two-state solution for Cyprus that ...

🇳🇱 Biden should invite the Dutch Prime Minister over for a bike ride to discuss the NATO Secretary General position. xo ...

🇺🇦 I'm happy to hear of all of Ukraine's success at liberating their homeland. We will continue to do everything we can to help them. xo ...

🇳🇱🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮 I know Ben Wallace really wants this job, and Ben Wallace is highly qualified. I appreciate everything he has done for Ukraine. Many other candidates have not expressed any interest at all in the position. However, there is still too much bad blood between the UK and the EU after Brexit. I don't think a British Secretary General, especially a Brexiteer, will be able to maintain the unity among NATO members like Jens Stoltenberg has been able to do, and that is really the most important ...

📖 The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes ...

🇺🇦 Russia's terrorism has no limits, like their alliance with China. We will do our best to find a solution to help you out of this horrific situation. xo ...

🇪🇺 None of the Europeans I talk to agree with Macron on China, nor did they agree with him on Russia. I think if most Europeans felt safe depending on only the EU for their security, then Finland and Sweden, both EU members, would not be so eager to join NATO, and Ireland, also an EU member, wouldn't be debating their neutrality stance to open discussions on joining NATO either. Sweden has made it clear that they stand with Taiwan, and so have many other European countries. Sweden just held ...

🌏 ...whether China likes it or not. The USA has mutual defense treaties with several countries in the Indo-Pacific, and those countries are feeling threatened and challenged by both China and North Korea. The USA has a responsibility to protect our allies from threats. We need a new security community for the Indo-Pacific region. Creating a new treaty organization modeled on NATO for the Indo-Pacific is the best way to deter the threats our allies in that region are facing. The USA has a duty to...

🇫🇷 France claims they have an Indo-Pacific strategy, but bowing to Beijing is really not a strategy. There is only one reason France would threaten to block a NATO liaison office in Tokyo, and that's as a favor to Beijing. France needs to decide whose side they are on. Is the country going to cooperate with it's allies, or is it going to continue to undermine their security? I understand now why countries in the Indo-Pacific do not trust France. xo ...

🇩🇰 Americans love the Danish Prime Minister. Americans prefer for the POTUS to show more solidarity with Denmark, and to be more aligned with the Danes on global affairs. We feel the Danes share a similar perspective as most centrist Americans on foreign affairs and even on domestic policies. Americans love Germany too, but Germans are very stubborn, and we don't want our POTUS to be so closely aligned with them. We feel the Germans tend to pull the POTUS in the wrong direction, especially on Ch...

🇮🇹 The Amalfi Coast is one of the most beautiful places in the world. I can't believe it took me so long to finally visit this part of Europe. I had the best time of my life. It was one of the most impressive events we have ever hosted on the lovely island of Capri with the full moon, harps, sirens and sea urchins... We are also excited to have so many new Société Anonyme members. xo ...

🇨🇭 I was born in the USA, so like most Americans, I have US citizenship by birthright. There are advantages of birthright citizenship, rather than naturalization. One is that you can have dual citizenships. Most naturalized citizens are encouraged, frequently required, to denounce their previous citizenships during the naturalization process. But birthright citizens have no such process in the USA, and therefore are allowed to hold other citizenships as well. Swiss citizenship, on the other h...

🇫🇷 I heard you love French Tech, so we are collaborating on a new French Tech startup based in Paris by French and American women. We have no doubt we can create a new French unicorn by 2030. We'll provide more details after we launch. xo Notes: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/economic-diplomacy-foreign-trade/promoting-france-s-attractiveness/promoting-and-supporting-french-innovation/ ...

🇮🇹 The new Italian Sovereign Wealth Fund is a very cool idea. I love that they earmarked part of the funding specifically for Italian women. Everyone around the world loves the Made in Italy label. xo ...

🇺🇳 The members of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) refuse to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine, so why is Germany trying to get these states permanent seats on the UN Security Council? Is it because Germany desperately wants a permanent seat for themselves? I don't support the UN Security Council reforms Germany is proposing. The UN Security Council is intended to reflect the current distribution of power and influence in the world, not as you believe it should be, but...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The USA can provide Ukraine with a mutual cooperation and defense treaty, just like the ones we have with our other non-NATO allies. This treaty will be the best security guarantee for Ukraine, and Ukraine only needs to win the support of the USA to make it happen, which they already have. This alliance will be almost equivalent to NATO membership, and will deter future Russian attacks. The USA can help Ukraine meet any NATO requirements with training exercises and military equipment donati...

🇸🇪 We are pleased that Finland has joined the NATO alliance, but we are not pleased with Hungary or Turkey for delaying Sweden's accession process. We expect Sweden's NATO membership to be finalized before the next NATO summit. As I stated back in March: "We will happily exchange Hungary or Turkey or both for Sweden if necessary. NATO is a military alliance of liberal democracies pursuing peace, happiness, and prosperity for their citizens and the rest of the world. Sweden is closely aligned wi...

🇺🇸 This totally fabricated drama happens every year. It's a dumb strategy first created by Republicans to make a public show of their fight for concessions from the Democrats. There are more important issues than the fake ones they fabricate. xo ...

🇮🇹 Our monthly events will finally return. xo ...

🇮🇹 I guarantee my Memorial Day is better than yours. xo ...

⚠️ I noted back in February that I had been locked out of my Google account, and that I believed rogue Google employees were behind it. My domains were registered with Google Domains, and now they have been stolen from me. I have contacted the FBI. I also intend to sue Google for the breach of contract and the loss of my domains. Since the malicious individuals have control of my domains, they also have control of my emails. So please note that any emails using my namesake domain are not from m...

📖 Political Community and the North Atlantic Area: International Organization in the Light of Historical Experience by Karl W. Deutsch ...

🇺🇦 Henry Kissinger is extremely wrong about Ukraine's offer to join NATO being the cause of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, just as he was extremely wrong on Vietnam. The fact that any US diplomat, retired or not, would use Russia's talking points is disgusting. If Ukraine had been in NATO, this war never would have happened. Russia would not have dared to attack Ukraine if they were NATO territory. Russia will not go to war with the USA or NATO. They know they will lose. Bringing Ukraine into NA...

🇮🇹 I've never been to the southern coast of Italy before. It's amazing! xo ...

🌏 I propose for the USA to create a new security community, an Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization (IPTO), for the Indo-Pacific region with our allies in the Indo-Pacific: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. This new alliance will provide all of our allies with the security guarantees they need to remain free, happy and prosperous, and it will remain focused on eliminating threats to the continued happiness and prosperity of our allies in the region. The USA is the strongest mi...

🇺🇸 I don't support corrupt politicians, regardless if they are a US ally, regardless of their political party, regardless of their LGBTQ stance. That's not acceptable to my worldview. If you adhere to the principles of liberalism and conscientious capitalism, you will develop a steady flow of creative and innovative ideas and you will have absolutely no reason or desire to resort to corruption. In my worldview intelligent human beings are above that kind of behavior. I will criticize anyone that...

🇺🇸 I don't think NATO should go global. I think the liaison office in Tokyo is a great idea, but the calls for NATO to become a global organization are not. NATO has their hands full with the North Atlantic region, and NATO should remain focused on the North Atlantic region. There is a war in Europe and we have a few rogue NATO allies, but NATO is still a very successful security community. Expanding NATO's focus to the entire world, however, would make it less successful. Imagine how difficult ...

🇺🇦 The USA will make sure that Russia does not achieve any of their objectives. They will not keep any of Ukraine's territory. They will not steal any of Ukraine's natural gas reserves. They will not prevent Ukraine from joining the EU. They will not prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. They will, however, pay reparations for all of the damage and war crimes they have committed against Ukraine. And their leader, Vladimir Putin, will be going to prison if he dares to set foot outside of Russia. Th...

🇺🇦 We want Ukraine to recover their occupied territories. They need those territories for their economic recovery. They need those territories to secure the Black Sea region. They need those territories so they can quickly become compliant with NATO and EU requirements. And they can not recover those territories without fighter jets. xo ...

🇺🇦 The USA does not give a fuck about Putin's red lines. He crossed our red line when he invaded Ukraine. The Russia-Ukraine border is the red line, and Putin is the one who crossed it. xo ...

🇺🇦 Only the members of NATO that actually take security threats seriously and comply with military spending targets have a voice in the matter. Ukraine does not yet meet the requirements for NATO, but neither does many of the current members of NATO. Ukraine meets the NATO requirements better than Germany does. I seriously doubt Ukraine would ever show up to a NATO emergency deployment readiness exercise with broomsticks in hand. I think Germany needs to spend more time focusing on when and how...

🇯🇵🇰🇷 I'm so happy to know that the relations between our two strongest allies in the Indo-Pacific are improving. It's great news. We all need to work together to solve the challenges we face from China and North Korea. We intend to build a strong and successful security community in the Indo-Pacific. xo ...

📖 The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek ...

🇫🇷 This was the best week of my life. We had so much fun. xo ⛵ ...

🇯🇵 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 If Biden doesn't turn up the heat on China, we're going to have to find a new leader of the Free World. The messaging on China was not tough enough. Biden needs to know when to be more assertive on issues and to take the lead, especially on security threats like China. I think the Indo-Pacific needs a new treaty organization like the North Atlantic. The Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization (IPTO) should include, as it's founding members, all of the USA's allies in the Indo-Paci...

🇹🇷 I think it would be wise to immediately remove all of the US nuclear arsenal that is located within Turkey's territory, since they apparently have a 'special relationship' with Russia. We should temporarily move the Turkish facility to Greece, with a final destination set for Cyprus if they join NATO. Turkey is not a like-minded ally, and I don't think we need any more proof of this to know it is true. It's unacceptable for NATO allies to have a 'special relationship' with Russia, especially...

🏳️‍🌈 In this day and age, with cosmetic surgery, you can actually buy a pretty face, and you can easily fake style, simply by hiring a stylist. However, you can't fake brilliance, and unfortunately for those who lack it, you can't buy it either. Brilliance is the most powerful and attractive quality a human being can have. xo ...

🏳️‍🌈 I am going to do whatever I want whether you like it or not. I'll be whatever I want. I'll do whatever I want. I'll create whatever I want. I'll read whatever I want. I'll write whatever I want. I'll say whatever I want. I'll sing whatever I want. I'll play whatever I want. I'll wear whatever I want. I'll buy whatever I want. I'll sell whatever I want. I'll start whatever I want. I'll end whatever I want. I'll love whomever I want. I'll marry whomever I want. I'll travel wherever I want. ...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 President Biden referred to South Korea as a success story during President Yoon Suk-yeol's recent visit to the USA to celebrate the Korean-American alliance. That success story happened 70 years ago, when the USA fought along with Korea to help defeat the invading communist regime of North Korea. As President Yoon Suk-yeol stated in his address to the US Congress, South Korea was receiving US AID after the war, but they have now grown to become the 10th largest economy in the world. South ...

🇬🇧 The UK's latest Prime Minister has a strange stance on China. So strange, in fact, that the USA is sending a bipartisan delegation to the UK to talk about UK-China relations. xo ...

🇺🇦 I love that the leaders of Europe are signing declarations for Ukraine to join NATO. US President Biden will have no choice but to do the same. Americans want Ukraine in NATO. We want Ukraine in the EU. We want Ukraine in the Free World. We also want Ukraine to recover all of their occupied territory. Recovering Ukraine's occupied territory will help Ukraine's economy recover, and it will help the EU economy grow as well. Ukraine has almost as many proven natural gas reserves as Norway, but...

🇫🇷 On the occasion of the Cannes Film Festival, Billie Pate presents Sitting Pretty at a Private Residence near Cannes, France. This is a private event for a selected audience of Société Anonyme members. xo ...

🇫🇷 I spent the day sailing in the Mediterranean Sea. I first learned to sail as an undergrad at Northwestern University on Lake Michigan. Now I have sailing experiences from all around the world. Sailing is my favorite pastime. ⛵ xo ...

🌍 Almost all of the nations in Africa were members of the African Union, but several memberships have been recently suspended. The membership suspensions are all due to recent military coups and civil war. I assume that most, if not all, of the African leaders know that the Wagner Group is involved in the military coups, and that the group is installing military dictators in these countries. If they do not approve of the military dictators, then it follows that they must not approve of the Wagne...

🇺🇸 I'm not opposed to the EPA's new rule. Most Americans, except for the ones in Appalachia, want to retire coal power plants. We will accept natural gas as a green energy alternative, but we want to capture carbon emissions from natural gas power plants. The goal of the new EPA rule is to lower our emissions and to curb climate change. This should be a bipartisan goal. Climate change deniers are absurdists, not realists, and we really don't have time for absurdism in politics. The natural disa...

🇪🇺 Excellent: https://www.politico.eu/article/thierry-breton-eu-needs-war-economy-mode-on-defense-production/ 🇬🇧 Excellent: https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-ukraine-russia-war-confirms-delivery-of-long-range-missiles/ 🇫🇷 Excellent: https://www.politico.eu/article/pre-write-french-parliament-designates-wagner-a-terrorist-group/ 🇬🇧 Excellent: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-09/uk-set-to-make-wagner-mercenary-group-proscribed-terrorist-organisation 🇺🇸 The Wagner Group is the b...

🇬🇧 Congratulations to King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their Coronation. xo ...

🇯🇵 Another brilliant idea. xo Response to: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-03/nato-to-open-japan-office-to-enable-indo-pacific-consultation-report ...

🇫🇷🇯🇵 Japan is brilliant. This is a great deal. xo Response to: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/france-japan-sign-nuclear-partnership-deal/ar-AA1aGqya ...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 I believe President Biden is trying to repair US-German relations, which were sour during the Trump Administration. Trump and Merkel did not get along or see eye-to-eye on anything. I believe President Biden seeks Germany's support on European security issues, because he does not want to be perceived as anti-German, confrontational, or as a unilateralist. So he is withholding verbal support for Ukraine's membership in NATO, until Germany agrees to support their membership. I believe Presid...

🇪🇺🇺🇸 I am going to keep on doing whatever I want whether you like it or not, because I can. xo ...

🇺🇦 I think some NATO members (not all) are afraid to commit to Ukraine's NATO membership because Ukraine is at war with Russia, and they are afraid of being pulled into the war with Russia. However, most Americans support Ukraine's membership in NATO. Some Americans are even willing to fight for Ukraine to help them win this war. But because we have an alliance with most of the nations in Europe, we must work with our European allies on European security issues. I have noticed that the current U...

🇺🇸 Détente is not possible until China starts behaving. Sending spy balloons to the USA is not acceptable behavior from China. Stealing intellectual property and data from the USA is not acceptable behavior. Threatening US politicians or their family members like Nancy Pelosi is not acceptable behavior. Opening illegal police stations in the USA is not acceptable behavior. Transnational repression and intimidating US citizens is not acceptable behavior. Arresting US citizens and holding them as ...

🇺🇸 Is if they place all of their bets on Nikki Haley. She's the only GOP candidate, thus far, that could beat Biden. xo ...

🇪🇸 Perhaps the farmers in Spain can take a vacation from farming this year, since their lands are suffering from severe droughts. Then they would no longer need the water from the protected ecosystems like the Doñana wetlands. Perhaps the farmers could spend the season learning new agricultural methods to prevent climate change or participate in debates on agricultural legislation or learn another valuable skill. Perhaps the Spanish farmers could use the EU crisis funds to recover lost income fr...

🇰🇷 We welcome President Yoon Suk-yeol to the USA for the anniversary of the Korean-American alliance. The USA promises to protect and defend all of the free nations in the world as we have done for the past 70 years for South Korea, and to continue to work with our allies to ensure their security and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific region. We hope that the Free World will expand and more nations will join us in creating a free and open society for their citizens to enjoy as our two nations...

🇺🇦 The USA will have to escort Ukrainian ships through the Black Sea if the grain deal is not renewed. xo ...

📖 The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time by Karl Polanyi ...

🇮🇹 I was fitted for my new Armani suit. I bought a man's suit with a cute pink tie and a little rainbow flag pin for the lapel to match. It's my new power suit for my new role as the President of Utopia. xo ...

🌏 I really want to say I told you so. China does not respect the sovereignty of former Soviet nations, neither does Russia. There is no disputing the fact now. They have clearly made the statement themselves. The fact that a Chinese diplomat even felt that he could openly make such a statement and persuade European citizens to agree with that perspective, says a lot. China wants Russia to control Crimea and the Black Sea region. It's part of their grand strategy. They may even have designs on ...

🇪🇺🇺🇸 I support the new EU legislation to address human rights breaches and labor rights. My friends and I intend to revolutionize the textile industry with new sustainable biomaterials and our factories will be based in the USA and Italy where human rights abuses are illegal and do not occur. These new laws will make it easier for us to grow our business. But why is this legislation focused only on the fashion industry supply chains? Does the EU intend to declare that the same rules should appl...

🇮🇹 Milan Design Week is the biggest annual design event in the world. Biodesign is extremely trendy this year. We are not the only ones here. There are numerous exhibitions showcasing brilliant ideas and innovative biodesigns, which I find really exciting. I don't see future competitors, I see future collaborators. We love connecting with new designers. The Pentagon is interested in biomanufacturing, and has recently released a new Biomanufacturing Strategy to help this industry grow. We're h...

🇷🇺 Americans want an arrest warrant for Yevgeny Prigozhin, and a $1B bounty - dead or alive. ...

🌍 The USA is not in Libya, because we believe in a nation's right to self-determination. The USA will not intervene unless there is a pro-democracy, pro-humanitarian government that we can support, like there is in Ukraine. Unfortunately, that's not the case in Libya. It's an internal conflict, and both sides in the conflict are totalitarian dictators. Sadly, no matter who wins this conflict, Libyans will end up with a repressive, authoritarian regime with no interest in human rights. The USA ca...

🇺🇸 There are not that many people with access to top secret information, and it really shouldn't be that difficult to track down the leaker. I remember reading a news clip about an intelligence specialist that was found dead in the Pentagon parking just a few weeks ago - they claimed the cause of death is unknown. The news clip made the incident sound trivial, but finding an intelligence specialist dead in the Pentagon parking lot is not trivial. Perhaps that person was the leaker. Perhaps someo...

🇪🇺 France's bruised ego over a former colony's rise above them to the top in the hierarchy of prestige among nations comes to light, while the British still remain fascinated and enthralled by it. Meanwhile, the Germans are quietly jockeying for power over Europe through economic strength rather than military strength this time. The Danes, the Dutch, the Scandinavians, and most of the Eastern Europeans, however, all appear to be clear-eyed about the new reality and the challenges we are all faci...

🇪🇺🇺🇸 xo ...

📖 The Opium of the Intellectuals by Raymond Aron ...

🇪🇺 You're only attractive when you stand up for human rights. Kowtowing to Beijing is not attractive. xo ...

🇺🇳 The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) needs to spend more time working with the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to address the human rights violations of U.N. member countries to reduce the number of refugees around the world, rather than attacking Western countries that respect human rights for not allowing irregular migration. The rise in refugees consumes valuable resources needed for domestic populations, and creates internal conflict between lower, working-class and migrants....

🇫🇮 Welcome to NATO ...

🇺🇸 No matter how much you hate Trump, this Manhattan DA's case as I understand it is absolutely absurd. They charged Trump with 34 felony charges for false business documents. They say Trump paid Playboy models money to not talk about their relationship with him during his election campaign. It's not illegal to have relationships with Playboy models, thankfully, or I would be guilty as well. It's not illegal to pay models money to be silent about their relationships either, but only a Conservati...

🇫🇷 Perhaps Beijing intends to woo France. Russia and China are partners in crime. China helped Russia with the strategy to expel France from West African countries in the Sahel. Mali, Burkina Faso and others all have installed military dictators that are loyal to Russia and China now. Putin did not come up with that strategy on his own. He's not that smart. He's a meathead mafia thug. France was investing in those countries, and President Macron was proposing a green wall to protect the region...

🇺🇦 The easiest way for Ukraine to defeat Russia is to join the USA or another NATO country. Ukraine would be protected against missile strikes, Russia would be forced to leave Ukraine, and Ukraine would have the peace and stability required to focus on rebuilding their country and economy. As soon as they feel safe from Russian aggression, they can return to being an independent nation, join the EU, and join NATO. This is the risk-free path. This is also the peaceful path. Ukraine's victory on ...

🇺🇸 The trend in the West towards the center will continue as national security threats from Russia and China continue to loom large on the public conscious. No one takes AOC very seriously. She's viewed by the public as the far-left's MTG. Most of AOC's policy proposals are absurd. They would destroy the US economy and in turn our national security. In fact, they are so absurd you have to wonder if that is not her agenda. No one has forgotten her Pro-Russian position at the start of the Russia-U...

🇫🇮 I wait until after an election is complete before making any comments on our allies' elections now. I'm sad about Finland's election results. Prime Minister Sanna Marin of Finland was inspiring women around the world to take leadership roles. We were looking forward to another term for her as Prime Minister of the happiest country in the world. She's very young, so I hope she will continue to lead the Happiness Revolution in her next role. The world really needs a Happiness Revolution right n...

🇪🇺 I have learned that the privilege of not paying taxes has long been a highly sought after entitlement in Europe. I'm happy to finally have that privilege. xo ...

🇫🇮 This is so great! We all need more Finnish saunas in our life. xo Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/finland-sauna-culture-diplomacy-brussels/ ...

🇺🇸 The USA needs a data privacy act. We also need to restrict Chinese tech. It's not one or the other. We need to do both. I would move forward with banning TikTok, and other similar apps coming from Russia or China. And then write comprehensive data privacy legislation to protect Americans from American tech companies and data brokers as well. xo ...

🇪🇺 Renewables like solar and wind are intermittent energy sources. They must be complemented with dispatchable energy sources like nuclear. xo According to the US Energy Department: Nuclear is a zero-emission clean energy source. Nuclear energy’s land footprint is small. Nuclear fuel is extremely dense, and the waste can be reprocessed and recycled. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA): "Nuclear power has historically been one of the largest global contributors of carbon-fre...

🇹🇼 We're excited to have President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan visiting the USA. Taiwan remains one of the freest countries in Asia, along with Japan, and the president remains committed to democracy and human rights despite constant intimidation and threats of aggression from China. President Tsai Ing-wen is the most inspiring leader in the world, and we will always welcome her visits to the USA. We believe in the right to free movement. It is a fundamental human right. We will not tolerate authorit...

🌍 The USA would like to become an observer. xo ...

🇫🇷 The French are known for their revolutionary tactics. Les Misérables is probably the best known cultural reference of this phenomenon. The current situation in France is more like the sequel to Wes Anderson's, The French Dispatch, except it's not cute. While people are starving to death, have no jobs, have no money, and face severely repressive, authoritarian regimes in other parts of the world, the French are rioting over a simple pension reform that still allows them to retire earlier than ...

🌍 What is causing mass migration?¹ The African leaders claim it is jobs. And they claim the West must provide jobs for Africans.² But why can't Africans provide jobs for Africans? They have no answer to that question, but to blame the West. It's somehow all our fault that they have no solutions. The reality is that authoritarian regimes stifle business, they stifle innovation, and they stifle creativity. And as long as this continues the economy can not flourish, businesses can not flourish, th...

🇳🇴 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇩🇰 This is a great idea! It's currently an air force, but I imagine it will also turn into a navy since there is a lot of Russian activity in the North Sea. xo ...

🇫🇮 🇸🇪 We are pleased that Finland will be joining the NATO alliance soon, but we are not pleased with Hungary or Turkey for delaying Sweden's accession process. We expect Sweden's NATO membership to be finalized before the next NATO summit. We will happily exchange Hungary or Turkey or both for Sweden if necessary. NATO is a Free World alliance of liberal democracies pursuing peace, happiness, and prosperity for their citizens and the rest of the world. Both Finland and Sweden are closely align...

🇨🇳 You are wasting your time on China. China is on a mission to dominate the world, and we will never allow a country like that to dominate the world. They won't accept American or European leadership. They have always been aligned with Russia and North Korea. This is not some new phenomenon in international politics. So politicians that act baffled by this, come off as insincere to me or just plain stupid. If a country will not respect the human rights of their own citizens, their own people, t...

🏳️‍🌈 All you have to do is take a look at the success of US Senator Kyrsten Sinema to know that being an LGBTQ politician in the USA does not hinder your ability to get elected or your effectiveness at legislating - not in this day and age. People are bored to death with conservatism, and they are bored to death with the opposition - bland, scruffy, labor leaders. But they are not bored with liberty. They want more of it, not less. We intend to give them what they want. xo ...

🇺🇸 I agree with France. It's not just Chinese apps that are the problem. American apps are a major problem too. They pull data from your phone - all kinds of data. They collect your device ID. With the device ID, they can buy GPS data and determine almost every movement you have ever made while owning that device. They copy all of your personal photos, even the ones you do not specifically select to upload to their platform. They collect your text messages, your contacts, and their phone numbers...

🇳🇱 Paris stinks right now. The French are furious over the pension reform, even though they can still retire earlier than everyone else in the world. They are going to storm the bastille again. The first time was revolutionary. They changed the world. This time it feels very shallow. We decided to visit Amsterdam. I've been wanting to visit Amsterdam for years, and every time I planned a trip something crazy would happen like the pandemic. This time we didn't plan at all, we just spontaneously ...

🇺🇸 Many of my friends are upset that President Biden approved the Willow Project, and they are now threatening lawsuits against the project. I totally understand their anger, because a few years ago, I would have been just as angry as they are. Now I cringe at their inability to understand the complexity of the world. Fortunately they won't get very far with the lawsuits. President Biden is doing the right thing. Energy costs in Europe are not sustainable. The USA has to produce more fossil fue...

🇺🇦 I did not realize the importance of the hierarchy of prestige among states. Now that I do, I understand why Ukraine insists on a complete victory over Russia. It will destroy Russia's prestige, and in turn, Russia's influence in the world while boosting Ukraine's prestige and influence. As Robert Gilpin noted in his book, War and Change in World Politics, it is one of the fews ways to create a systemic change in the world. It could potentially allow Ukraine to replace Russia as a dominant sta...

🇳🇱 Any missile strike on the Hague in the Netherlands will be met with massive retaliation. ...

🇵🇱 Poland breaks my heart with their anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, but I do appreciate everything they are doing for Ukraine. They have accepted millions of Ukrainian refugees into Poland, and they are one of the fiercest supporters of Kyiv. They were also the first country to offer Ukraine tanks and now fighter jets. They keep pushing the West to do more and provide more weapons to Ukraine. The leaders of Poland loathe Vladimir Putin as much as I do. So I still consider them strong allies, despite the r...

🇺🇦 The Ukrainians have done an exceptional job at defending themselves against Russia with very limited resources and against all odds. I think we need to give the Ukrainian generals more credit for their brilliance in military strategy, and let them make their own tactical decisions. We should focus on providing Ukraine with the weapons they need to win including ammo, tanks, long-range missiles, and jets. Ukraine has proven that they will be a huge asset to both the European Union and NATO. I ...

🇮🇹 On the occasion of Milan Design Week, Billie Pate presents Fungo Studio, her latest Capitalist Art project from April 17-23. Join us for mushroom lattes and learn about the process of making textiles and furniture out of mushroom fibers. We are giving out samples to interior designers, furniture designers, fashion designers, and anyone else interested in working with new, sustainable biomaterials. xo ...

🇺🇸 I started to sense a strong anti-American sentiment in Europe during the Trump administration. Something I had never experienced before. It really disturbed me. I became really concerned about the USA's international relations and global reputation. That's when I became interested in foreign affairs. I started following the leaders of each European country, the leaders of the European Union, and all of our other allies in the Indo-Pacific. I was listening to everything they had to say to try...

🇫🇷 I learned French, my fourth language, because I love French culture. I knew my future husband would most likely be French, not American, because French men are more open to unconventional relationships and they respect and admire my bisexuality. xo ...

🏳️‍🌈 Don't hate me because my words are more interesting and more powerful than yours. Don't hate me because my art is also more interesting and powerful than yours and sells at higher prices than yours. Don't hate me because my ideas are cooler than yours, and people areound the world are eager to meet me and work with me rather than you. Don't hate me because I am more sophisticated than you are. Don't hate me because I have better taste than you do. Don't hate me because my girlfriend is...

🇺🇸 Never keep all of your eggs in one basket or all of your money in one bank. As a rule, you shouldn’t keep more than $250k in one bank account, because the government only insures that much for each account. Those who used Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) exclusively have no money right now. We never banked with SVB, but we have decided to create our own bank as a future precaution. I am a firm believer in learning from other people’s mistakes. I really don’t trust anyone with anything these days. H...

🇲🇩 Thank you President Biden for giving Moldova a security guarantee and energy assistance. Moldova is the poorest country in Europe. They can not afford the extremely high prices of energy, and Russia will use this issue to destabilize the country. xo ...

🇫🇷 🇬🇧 We're happy to see a new bromance developing between the UK and France. We need these two to be strong allies, not rivals. ...

🇬🇪 We intend to help Georgia carve out a path to security and stability for themselves like all of the other countries in Europe. Georgia will choose their own path. xo ...

🇩🇪 🇦🇹 Berlin is the first European city I ever visited. Vienna was the second. German is my second language. German writers, such as Thomas Mann, Herman Hesse, Goethe, were my favorite authors when I was younger. And German and Austrian artists, like Albrecht Dürer, Max Ernst, Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, have long been my favorite artists, and still are. Berlin and Vienna were my top European destinations, and I visited them before I ever set foot in London or Paris or any other destination o...

🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 I think the international migration law needs to change. Migrants are being weaponized and exploited. And the EU, UK and USA are being bombarded with unsustainable waves of migrants who take advantage of the international migration law. The whole entire world can not move to the West. If they want the same freedom and prosperity as the West, they should work to create governments more like ours in their homelands. And we need to help them do that. We need to put more pressure on the re...

🇫🇷 My true love gave to me, a pink Hortensia Diamond. ...

🏳️‍🌈 Yes, I know the Conservatives are sooo conservative, but they will come around. Once they realize how smart and intelligent we are, they will open up to us. We are already starting to win them over. We have already proven we are the best businesspeople in the world (Tim Cook), and that's what Conservatives respect most of all. We're also the best musicians (Frédéric Chopin), artists (Leonardo da Vinci), writers (Thomas Mann), scientists (Sir Francis Bacon)... We all owe our freedom to one p...

🇨🇭 Switzerland has the most economic freedom in all of Europe, and they are second place in the entire world. https://www.heritage.org/index/country/switzerland That's one of the reasons we have started businesses there. Other top European countries are Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Scandinavians, and the Baltics. xo ...

🇪🇪 We adore Estonia's Prime Minister. She's one of the greatest leaders in Europe. I'm happy her political party won another election, which means Estonians approve of her leadership too. There have been rumors that she might become NATO's next Secretary General. I would support that. The USA should have a state dinner in her honor. I believe Eastern European leaders understand Russia better than Western European leaders. The Baltic nations were former members of the Soviet Union, and they have...

🇫🇷 It's the new trend in France. The President of France and the First Lady of France have made unconventional relationships acceptable for politicians and political life. If heterosexual women can date younger men, then homosexual women can date younger women. xo ...

🇺🇸 We're creating these really beautiful sites across the USA where you can have an authentic experience of American life. The USA is huge and varied, and so are the sites we are creating. A smart, sophisticated townhouse in New York City, a Waldenesque cabin deep in a forest in upstate New York, roaming with the buffalo in Montana, wild horses in Wyoming, a little house on the prairie, a lavish home in the Hollywood Hills... We're creating several unique and authentic American experiences. xo ...

🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇮🇪 🇲🇹 🇨🇾 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 "Austria should accept responsibility and join the NATO alliance." I agree. There are quite a few countries in Europe that should join NATO: Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Malta, Cyprus, Austria, even Switzerland. Because of Sweden and Finland's geolocation, their membership in NATO has become critical, and they understand this. That is why they are joining. The president should ensure our allies, Hungary and Turkey, know we expect them to approve their memberships to the al...

🇫🇷 Raising the retirement age is causing massive demonstrations in France. They are raising it just two years, and the French are furious about it. I'm from a generation that doesn't even think about retirement. For me the point of life is to find a job or career path that you love so much that you never want to retire. Also having several small businesses makes retirement meaningless. I'll retire when my life ends, not before then. I think helping people find their passion, and then helping...

🇺🇸 We are looking at a 7000 acre forest in the Adirondacks in upstate New York - one contiguous, unadulterated forest with a lake in the middle. I don't know anything about forest management, but I am looking into it. And the asking price is less than the cost of a townhouse in New York City. xo ...

🇫🇷 🇺🇸 There is no contest between American LNG and nuclear energy. American LNG has helped Europe reduce their dependence on Russian LNG. No one is disputing that. But the USA has not been able to boost production to the level Europe really requires, and that is why energy is so expensive in Europe right now. French nuclear energy will not significantly reduce worldwide demand for American LNG, but it will play a huge role in bringing down energy costs for Europeans. That is critical. Although...

🇺🇦 I cried when Russia invaded Ukraine. I broke into tears. I was in a bar - we were at a party. No one else at the party knew what was happening. It was really surreal to be surrounded by so many happy, laughing, and dancing people, who apparently were not aware of what was happening on the other side of the world. I just walked out and went home. I can't wait to celebrate Ukraine's defeat of Russia. I can't wait for Vladimir Putin to be completely crushed. I can't wait to celebrate his death....

🇺🇸 It's the called the Free World, because we can do and say whatever we want whether you like it or not. And that's exactly what we intend to do. And anyone who gets in our way, will find themselves in prison for violating our rights. xo ...

🇷🇸 🇽🇰 Peace in the Balkans is a critical step in securing Europe. The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is doing a great job. We're happy to see the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo talking. Normalizing ties between the two countries will be a great step towards peace in the Balkans. This is all great news. xo ...

🇬🇧 I haven't read the Brexit Deal, and I don't intend to. That's required reading for the British people. I am not British. Certainly the King and members of the UK parliament will make the right choice for the UK. I prefer to go along with their opinion rather than form my own. One possibility is to pass the deal but give it a limited timeframe, say one or two years, to create a trial period for the new solutions and see if they work for everyone. The UK tired PM Boris Johnson's solutions, an...

🇺🇸 One thing I have learned from this Google experience is to never trust Google with anything at all. We must become a domain registrar to protect our domains. Paramount Domains will be a new service available to all of our Paramount Tech clients. We are also launching Paramount Cloud by the end of the year. xo ...

🇺🇸 Despite Google, I will continue writing in my public journal. My words will continue to be available at the link below. xo https://listed.to/@billiepate ...

🇺🇸 Google has literally locked me out of my own account, and is now trying hijack all of my domains that I had registered with them. It's unbelievable how blatantly belligerent the tech industry has become against Americans while the US government does absolutely nothing about it. We promise we will. I'm a trained computer scientist, Northwestern University alum, magna cum laude, and so are many of my friends. Unlike the judges on the US Supreme Court, we are "experts at the internet." We hav...

🇺🇸 I think we're just tired of writing to our politicians. We're tired of trying to convince them to work towards our vision. We're ready to take their place instead. We're tired of Putin. We're tired of Netanyahu. We're tired of Jinping. We're tired of the horror stories coming out of Africa and other places in the world. It's gross. And we don't believe the US government is doing enough about any of these things. Either they don't have a vision, or they just don't care. Some of the politician...

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 We're giving President Biden the opportunity to fix a previous foreign policy failure from the Obama-Biden Administration era - Russia's annexation of Crimea. Securing the Black Sea region is an absolute necessity for our future stability. If he doesn't do that, then we will see him and his team as unable to execute long-term foreign policy strategies that are in our best interest. His team has strengthened NATO's eastern flank, but that was the easy task. The Baltics insisted on having ...

🇺🇸 I bought my first home in LA, which sits on a 0.5 acre lot - that's not a lot of land. Over the past year, however, we have snatched up thousands of acres across the USA: California, Iowa, Illinois, Wyoming and Montana at unbelievable prices. What shall I do with all of it? Most of it was farmland. Most of it still is farmland - rented and profitable. We've got a bison aka buffalo farm now. We have a horse farm. We have a sunflower farm. We have a lavender farm. We have an orchard. We have ...

🇫🇷 Nuclear energy is the only green energy that will not make us dependent on Russia or China or any other current or future authoritarian power for critical minerals and other raw materials. Nuclear energy is also the one and only carbon neutral energy source - no carbon at all is released throughout the entire production process. Nuclear energy is one of only two green energy sources that can meet the energy demands of heavy industry - LNG is the other. Nuclear energy is the only green ene...

🇺🇦 President Biden's visit to Ukraine is encouraging. Once again he sent the best possible message to the world at just the right moment. Thank you! I was a little upset about the State Department's comments on Crimea, calling it Putin's red line. I felt they were giving Russia a sliver of hope. But the president has negated that message with his visit to Ukraine today. We're happy that Biden's team is getting the messaging right most of the time, but ultimately we need the Biden Administratio...

🇺🇸 "Don't look at Twitter, look at the people in power." I don't entirely agree with that statement. It could be interpreted as ignore the powerful, clear-sighted voices you hear on social media, and instead listen to the boring old men in Washington. The boring old men in Washington, however, will not be in power for very long. The young, powerful, clear-sighted voices you hear on social media, will be the next people in power, especially if they already have your attention. People with a knack...

🇺🇦 If China wanted peace, they would have told their ally, Russia, to stop attacking other countries. China wants Russia to control the Black Sea region. That region is part of their grand strategy. Both China and Russia believed that a war on Ukraine would force Ukraine into negotiations, and force Ukraine and the rest of the world to concede Crimea to Russia. They want to control the Black Sea region, and they need Crimea to do that. They are positioning themselves so they can dominate that ...

🇬🇧 China considers the UK's previous possession of Hong Kong as one of the most humiliating experiences of their entire history. China's goal is revenge, regardless of how long it takes. I was convinced Sunak would succumb to a China appeasement strategy if he became Prime Minister of the UK. I also did not believe that Sunak would resolve the EU-UK issues, because he actively campaigned for Brexit. That is why I did not support his candidacy, and I still do not support him, because that appear...

🇲🇩 Moldova is a very small nation. They will not be able to defend themselves against Russia. Russia is already planning Moldova's destruction, and trying to destroy the Moldovan government. Moldova was considering a bid to join the alliance, and Russia immediately created a plan to destroy the government. We should allow Moldova to join NATO if that is what they decide to do, even before they completely meet all of the requirements in order to protect them from Russia. Perhaps we can create a n...

🇺🇦🇺🇸 If the Biden Administration is not intelligent enough to lead the world and do the right thing, they will not be in office for very long. It is vital to European security that we secure the Black Sea region, and there is no other way to secure this region without Ukraine - all of Ukraine, especially Crimea. We want this goal accomplished. Russia's defeat is a given. There is no acceptable reason for failure. Failing to accomplish this goal will be considered proof of incompetence. As Henr...

🇹🇼🇺🇸 The USA and Europe are absolutely capable of creating their own semiconductor industries. We invented the technology and Taiwan's tech king was trained in US schools. We have the knowledge and we have the funds to accomplish our goals. The only reason western democracies haven't already done so is because we did not consider this industry to be a national security issue before now. We felt comfortable allowing other nations to monopolize the industry. What Taiwan's tech king, Morris Chang,...

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Elon Musk can not be trusted. Elon Musk has billions of dollars in loans from the CCP, and China is Russia's ally. He continuously uses Russian talking points in his arguments. His latest move to restrict Ukraine from using Starlink to defend themselves is suspicious. Elon Musk could be providing Russia with vital information, since Ukraine uses Starlink for all communications. We want a team of investigators to confirm and verify that Elon Musk has not used Starlink to provide Russia with ...

🇺🇦🇺🇸 We are short on ammo, they say, because ammunition companies have not yet ramped up their production of ammo, and our leaders don't know how to signal that we need them to do so. All NATO allies should submit an ammo order to their suppliers to refill their stockpiles, and start negotiating deadlines for order fulfillment with the suppliers. That should be a clear signal that the ammo suppliers need to ramp up production of ammo. Can the ammo suppliers produce ammo at the same rate as Ukr...

🇺🇸 On the occasion of Frieze Los Angeles, Billie Pate presents Sitting Pretty II, her second series of drawings of female friends and lovers from February 16-19. I'm traveling back to LA to see my old LA friends - all artists and musicians. I lived in Los Angeles for several years after college before moving to New York City. I bought my first home there. The city has a Spanish Mediterranean vibe that I love, the weather is great, and it's surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Plus LA...

📖 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt ...

🇨🇱 The USA needs to focus more on the Western Hemisphere, all of the Americas, not just the large countries like Brazil and Mexico, but all of the liberal democracies that respect human rights. It's not the size of the country that makes them relevant to American interests, but our shared values. The last thing we want is for Latin American success stories like Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica, or even Argentina, which is already facing severe economic issues, to succumb to economic disasters creating...

🇩🇰 Denmark is the world's least corrupt country and the Prime Minister of Denmark has a lot to do with that. PM Mette Frederiksen is my political role model. xo ...

💛 Yellow has long been the color of liberalism, of Liberal Democrats, and Pro-Democracy advocates around the world. I think Senator Kyrsten Sinema looked fantastic in her yellow dress at the President's State of the Union Address. xo ...

🇫🇷🇩🇪 I don't know what President Macron said or did to convince Germany to change their stance, but we're excited about the change. Vie la France! "Suddenly the perceived tank laggard is positioning himself as the tank vanguard." https://www.politico.eu/article/olaf-scholz-urges-partners-step-up-tank-deliveries-ukraine-berlin-finland-antonio-costa-nato/ ...

🚫 I absolutely hate mafia scum, corrupt politicians, corrupt law enforcement, and corrupt world leaders. That is why I have decided to get involved in politics and world affairs. Vladimir Putin is the ultimate mafia scumbag. That is why we have advocated for Ukraine's complete victory and we will continue to do so. The sooner that happens the better. Unfortunately, there are numerous other mafia scumbags in the world that require our immediate attention. ...

🇩🇰🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇮🇮🇸 I love Scandinavian design, and I love Scandinavian culture. I'm excited to meet and work with Scandinavian designers. I'm also looking for new Scandinavian furniture for my new Scandinavian house in my new Scandinavian homeland. I always mix business with pleasure. xo How can you not love Finland and Sweden? They are two of the most beautiful countries in the world – happy, healthy, and wealthy. They respect human rights, and they're also so kind-hearted. Both countries are sending ...

🇸🇪 On the occasion of Stockholm Design Week, Billie Pate presents Fungo Studio, her latest Capitalist Art project from February 6-12. Join us for mushroom lattes and learn about the process of making textiles and furniture out of mushroom fibers. We are giving out free samples to interior designers, furniture designers, fashion designers, and anyone else interested in working with new, sustainable materials. xo ...

📖 War and Change in World Politics by Robert Gilpin ...

🇺🇸 It takes a village. That is why we intend to build one in the Appalachian Mountains. It's the perfect location for our new eco-friendly and sustainable textile industry. When you are building something with a huge footprint, like an entire village, you need an area with lots of inexpensive, uninhabited land. Unlike other mountainous regions in the USA, West Virginia meets that criteria. West Virginia also has the perfect climate, and all of the natural resources we require, such as mulberry t...

🇫🇮 🇸🇪 It's important to remember that that you do not have the right to infringe on other peoples' human rights when you are exercising your own fundamental human rights. Burning a book, a religious text, may be an act of free speech, but it is also an act of censorship and a violation of the right to religious freedom. Perhaps for some the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is too complex to understand, but everyone should be capable of comprehending President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Fr...

🇺🇦 The USA supports Ukraine's desire to fight for their independence. I still believe it would be easier for Ukraine to accomplish all of their goals by joining the USA, but I understand their desire to do this independently. I am also fiercely independent. I refuse to get married even though it would be easier to accomplish all of my goals if I was married. I also understand why some Ukrainians would be suspicious of the USA's motives. Ukraine has only been an independent nation for a few decad...

📖 The Strategy of Conflict by Thomas C. Schelling ...

🇺🇳 For the record, I did not support President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. I do support green industries, but I did not support all of the flaws in the legislation. I do not like it when the US Congress rushes legislation through simply to score a few election points when that legislation is full of major problems that still need to be worked out, but that's exactly what they did with the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation is creating tensions with all of our allies, unravelling all o...

🇯🇵 The world has changed drastically since the founding of the United Nations. Asia has only one nation with a permanent seat on the UN Security Council despite the fact that over 50% of the world's total population resides in Asia. The nation entrusted with this seat is given a lot of power and influence throughout the region regardless of their own commitments or lack there of to the international order and international law. Instead of allowing just one nation to wield this kind of power and ...

📓 I use the Standard Notes app to write my articles, and I immediately publish the first draft to this platform. I then continue to edit the post over and over again over the next several days, and I publish every edit as the article evolves. This is why I do not have a subscription button – subscribers would end up receiving a notification for every single edit I make and they are numerous. For those who want to subscribe, I recommend following my Medium profile at billiepate.medium.com. I only...

🇹🇷 The democratic backsliding of NATO members is an extremely important issue, and I hope the administration at NATO recognizes this. The democratic requirements for NATO membership are extremely important to the American people. Americans will absolutely not defend or fight for a nation that is run by an authoritarian or totalitarian regime. The American people will not support going to war to defend an anti-democratic nation. That means the USA can not have treaty obligations with nations that...

🇫🇷 Bonne année! Happy New Year! We're back in the Paris of France. The one and only real Paris - the French Paris. You might even call Paris the capital of Europe, because it is the largest city on the continent. Vie la France! xo I have so many lovely new homes now - all in lovely countries - all in NATO countries. I should just be a citizen of NATO. In fact, we propose this New Year a new visa free, restrictions free traveling zone among all NATO member countries that are rated free by Freedo...

🇳🇴 We were invited to spend the Christmas holiday in the Paris of the North - Tromsø, Norway. We had a white Christmas with real reindeer, sleigh rides, backcountry skiing, Norwegian cuisine, and the aurora borealis. I think Christmas was invented in Norway. Santa is from the North Pole. Reindeers are not mythical creatures here. All of the Christmas carols we sing about dashing through the snow on one-horse open sleighs, over the hills we go, laughing all the way - obviously come from the Arct...

🇺🇸🇺🇦 It's comforting to know that President Zelenskyy and President Biden were able to meet face-to-face to discuss the grand strategy for Ukraine. It's amazing that the administration was able to help Zelenskyy visit Washington safely, so he could address the US Congress. It's amazing that the US Congress is passing all of the funding Ukraine needs for 2023 right now, so there is no doubt in the adversary's mind that Ukraine will have the funding they need. Zelenskyy's visit to Washington was a...

📚 Politicians and diplomats are probably familiar with the texts I am reading, but I know my personal friends and other artists are not. My current reading list is not a list of random books I found on foreign policy and foreign affairs. These books are part of a curated list by the Council of Foreign Relations as the best books of the century on foreign affairs. They are considered to be the source texts on the various topics in foreign affairs such as strategy, diplomacy, and international rel...

📖 Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger ...

🇺🇦 I know everyone hates this idea, but let's talk more about Ukraine becoming an unincorporated territory of the USA. The best strategy to end this war is to make Putin believe that ending the war immediately is the best outcome for him. To absolutely crush Putin's aspirations of annexing Ukraine, you must make him realize that there is no path to victory. You must make Putin understand that if he were to succeed on the battlefield, that his worst nightmare will become a reality. What is Puti...

🇺🇦 In the art of war, the main battle involves killing the enemy's courage rather than killing the enemy's soldiers. You must destroy Putin's spirit and crush his aspirations. The easiest way to do that is by joining the USA. The Ukrainian generals are brilliant, and Ukraine has been very successful in the battlefield against all odds. If anything changes, if success becomes too uncertain or feels out of reach, then remember you have this option. You can trust the USA. We want Ukraine to achiev...

📖 Makers of Modern Strategy: Military Thought from Machiavelli to Hitler by Edward Mead Earle ...

🇧🇸 We decided to spend Thanksgiving on Harbour Island in the Bahamas with my lovely friend Charlene. She bought a home here long ago, and I love to take advantage of visiting her whenever I can. Charlene is one of the coolest women I know. She is a brilliant business woman, and the first person I turn to when I need advice. But what I love the most about her are her humble roots. Charlene grew up on a farm in Wisconsin. Her parents were not successful. They were impoverished. They were extremel...

🇺🇸 On the occasion of Art Basel Miami Beach, Billie Pate presents The Second Sex at Private Residence in Miami Beach, FL, USA. Join us for the opening on Monday, November 28, for a night of art, music, dance, drinks and more. The line-up includes an exhibition, The Second Sex, by artist Billie Pate, a soundscape and late-night DJ set by Soleil, a conversation about women’s rights between Billie Pate and Soleil, and a performance called Thank God for Abortion. Libations courtesy Perrier and Foo...

📖 The Twenty Years’ Crisis, 1919–1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations by Edward Hallett Carr ...

🇺🇦 The US Congress has required the US administration to establish a strategy in the Black Sea region because it has become a critical point in trade and European security. Countries bordering the Black Sea are vital to this strategy: Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine. In order to secure the Black Sea region you must control a huge portion of the Black Sea coast, which NATO currently does, but the NATO partner with the largest coastline on the Black Sea is questionable to sa...

📖 The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville ...

🇺🇦 Ukraine should consider becoming an unincorporated territory of the USA. That is the only "war insurance" Ukraine would need. There wouldn't be a war at all if they joined the USA. As an unincorporated territory of the USA, Ukraine would automatically become NATO territory with no accession process necessary. It is the only way Ukraine can become NATO territory right now. Joining NATO as an independent member, as Ukraine would like to do, requires the support of every other member of NATO, an...

🇺🇸 I don’t subscribe to the far-left worldview or Marxist ideology. I don’t believe in the class struggle. In fact, my political goal is to liberate the working-class from that mentality. I believe it’s that mentality that is holding the working-class down, not the upper class, the business class or the modern-day bourgeoise. I am pro-business. I believe the purpose of a business is to improve the world in some way. The goal of the entrepreneur is to solve world problems through creative busine...

🇫🇷 On the occasion of Paris+ par Art Basel, Billie Pate presents The Second Sex at Pate Projects in Paris, France from October 21 - December 24. Join us on Friday, October 21, for a night of music, dance, drinks and more. The line-up includes an exhibition, The Second Sex, by artist Billie Pate, a soundscape and late-night DJ set by Soleil, a conversation about women's rights between Billie Pate and Soleil, and a performance called Thank God for Abortion. Libations courtesy Perrier and Food o...

📖 The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt ...

🇺🇸 Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Scott Rosenberg and many of the other bros in the tech industry would like you to believe that social media companies are just moderating social media content to protect you and society from the “bad guys” like terrorists, pedophiles, or MAGA. The reality is that they are trying to control the conversation, shape society according to their ideal, and censor anyone that does not fall in line with that ideal. I know this from my own experience. I have had an account...

📖 The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir ...