Harry Ramsbottom

Before you get too alarmed and start stocking your doomsday bunker, NO ONE is suggesting that Russia is going to launch a full-scale attack on either Poland or the Baltic states.

They simply don’t have the strength to do that anymore. After four years of brutal combat in Ukraine, they have pi**ed it all away.

BUT… what IS possible is that they stage something smaller… a minor incursion of some kind… maybe even just a bluff… but big enough to cause a crisis, provoke a response, and see if the other states react.

And what if NATO does NOT react? What if they don’t stand behind the country that is “attacked”?

If that happens, then Russia wins. They will have driven yet another nail in NATO’s coffin.

Given how feckless both President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of Rawr Pete Hegseth have been, this is actually not as crazy or reckless as it might seem. With very little effort, might frighten enough to create the final split that fractures NATO… or at least splits the USA from the alliance.

I certainly would not place any bets on Washington DC standing firmly behind NATO. And I suspect the rest of NATO won’t be either.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/03/russia-planning-attack-on-poland-test-nato-resolve-us-warns/

I don’t think there has EVER been this much OPEN CORRUPTION in American politics before.

And just cheers Trump on…


https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/trump-stock-trades-before-tariff-pause-rcna352723

It took me like 5 times to read this whole thing. NOT because it was difficult to read, but because IT PI**ED ME OFF AND I HAD TO QUIT in order to cool down and concentrate on it.

Could Trump be any more corrupt?

We’re going to find out.

Notes:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/01/trump-qatar-air-force-one-first-flight

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/19/trump-air-force-one-qatar

https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-takes-1st-flight-new-air-force-gifted/story?id=134373911

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/06/30/trump-ballroom-built-under-secret-500m-no-bid-contract/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/06/16/records-reveal-600m-estimate-trumps-ballroom-project-with-half-taxpayers/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/01/politics/qatar-air-force-one-trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/world/europe/trump-lutnick-sons-kazakhstan.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/us/politics/trump-financial-disclosure-crypto-windfall.html

https://readsludge.com/2026/07/01/trump-bought-hundreds-of-stocks-the-day-before-he-paused-tariffs-and-sparked-a-historic-rally/

https://www.citationneeded.news/trumps-crypto-disclosure/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-financial-disclosure-crypto-060c15062b8fedc6104159ea13775463

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/politics/trump-crypto-memecoin-world-liberty.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-details-unprecedented-corruption-of-trump-white-house-over-the-last-500-days

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-secured-over-50-million-loan-charles-schwab-2025-ethics-filing-shows-2026-07-01/

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