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12-22-24 spal
| Victor - you are right, but I am not sure that the "far right" nomenclature really fits. That is still one of the scare tactics and smears of the the statists and the entrenched progressive interests. |
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12-22-24 victor
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Elon Musk is wading into more than just American politics, throwing his support behind a far-right German political party.
Musk, the billionaire Trump ally who is playing a public role in the incoming administration, posted in support Friday of Alternative for Germany, or AfD, after the German government collapsed this week.
“Only the AfD can save Germany,” Musk wrote Friday while re-posting a video from far-right political activist Naomi Seibt.
The AfD, which has recently seen its popularity swell, has touted populist and anti-immigrant “Germany first” positions. But the party has also been accused of resurrecting Nazi-era ideology and slogans. In May, a judge ruled that Germany’s domestic intelligence agency could continue to keep the the AfD under surveillance for the alleged threat it poses to German democracy, rejecting a challenge by the party.
Its youth arm, the Young Alternative (JA), has been designated by German authorities as a “confirmed extremist” organization. The party’s lead candidate in the eastern German state of Thuringia, Björn Höcke, was convicted earlier this year after breaking German laws against uttering Nazi slogans in public.
But the party has seen growing support. AfD recently became the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era, though all of the country’s mainstream political parties have said they will not sit with them in a coalition, which will be necessary to form enough seats for a ruling government.
It’s not the first time Musk has waded into German politics. In June, he responded to a video of Seibt’s asking “Why is there such a negative reaction from some about AfD? They keep saying ‘far right,’ but the policies of AfD that I’ve read about don’t sound extremist. Maybe I’m missing something,” he wrote. And last month he labeled German Chancellor Olaf Scholz a “fool” after his governing coalition collapsed.
On Friday, Musk continued posting about the AfD, writing in response to a user’s post about the party’s immigration policy that it “sounds reasonable.”
Musk began following AfD leader Alice Weidel on X who responded to his endorsement, posting a video expressing gratitude.
“Alternative for Germany is indeed the one and only alternative for our country; our very last option. I wish you and President Donald Trump all the best for the upcoming tenure!” she wrote.
Christian Lindner, the leader of Germany’s pro-business Free Democratic Party, also responded to Musk’s post Friday urging him not to “rush to conclusions from afar.”
“While migration control is crucial for Germany, the AfD stands against freedom, business – and it’s a far-right extremist party,” Lindner wrote.
Musk has increasingly thrown his support behind far-right causes in Europe. Earlier this year, Musk agitated anti-immigration riots in the UK, writing on his social media platform that “civil war is inevitable” in response to a post blaming the violent demonstrations on the effects of “mass migration and open borders.”
Earlier this week, Nigel Farage, the far-right populist British politician and Trump ally, said Musk was considering funding his Reform UK party.
Writing in the Telegraph newspaper, Farage said that after meeting with Musk he “left us in no doubt that he is right behind us” and was in “ongoing negotiations” about making a financial contribution.
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12-21-24 ruspan
PT: ""further escalation in Eu"
we have several steps left on the ladder.
- Eu troops openly in Ukraine
- Kaliningrad/Baltics blockade
- Sea battles in the Baltics
- Russian strikes into EU
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12-21-24 ruspan
"Both Turkey and Hungary receive Russian gas via the TurkStream pipeline under the Black Sea."
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/turkey-receives-waiver-gas-payments-russia-gazprombank-sanctions-2024-12-20/ |
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12-21-24 patient-trader
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out the possibility of allowing the transit of Russian-made gas under the label of Azerbaijan.
Ukraine will no longer allow the transit of Russian gas through the country's territory after the end of this year, Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Thursday after meeting with leaders of the European Union in Brussels.
The ban, he added, will apply to any gas flow "coming from Russia" to avoid the risk of having Russian gas sold to Europe under the guise of Azerbaijan-made gas.
"We're not going to extend the transit of Russian gas," Zelenskyy told reporters.
"We won't allow them to earn additional billions on our blood. And any country in the world that can get something cheap from Russia will eventually become dependent on Russia – whether it happens in one month or one year. That's their policy."
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/19/ukraine-will-not-allow-transit-of-russian-gas-with-azeri-label-zelenskyy-says-dashing-slov
Good!
I guess Hungarian/Orban peace plans for Ukraine will now end quickly. If the Russian gas stops flowing to Hungary then also Orban and his gang cannot make money from Russia anymore. |
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12-21-24 patient-trader
"further escalation in Eu"
What does it mean? |
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12-21-24 patient-trader
Why Trump is pushing hard to defuse the debt ceiling now and what it would mean for America
"Trump is right to identify that he doesn't want his fingerprints on increasing the debt ceiling, and he doesn't want to have to deal with it in six months while he's trying to pass what he considers a must-pass tax-extension bill,"
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Other ideas to eliminate the debt ceiling have included minting a $1 trillion platinum coin, which some economists have said would allow the Treasury secretary to deposit the coin to pay off debts.
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In an interview with Fox News Digital on Thursday, Trump said that Republicans who didn't support repealing the debt limit could face primary challenges; many Republicans have historically opposed getting rid of it, arguing that it's a check on borrowing. ...
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-raise-eliminate-debt-ceiling-default-economic-consequences-interest-rates-2024-12
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