"He does back down when pressed, right? If you look at his record he bullies small countries that try to appease him and he backed down with Xi Xinping. And I hope that Europe will stand united and push back on the president because it's not in our national interest, I just want to keep on stressing that."
Michael McFaul, former Ambassador (minute 5:55)

#Greenland #Denmark #EU #France #McFaul #Europe #Trump #USA
Former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEf8zbar5x4

'Idiotic, stupid idea that has nothing to do with American national security': McFaul

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@paka
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#democracy was being dismantled

"I believe #Trump is reshaping the country to hold on to power"
Sen. #ElissaSlotkin

🟠Many #racists still like this change that Trump is doing, imo

Dealline White House 5pm-6pm Oct 31 2025
#NicolleWallace ⭕️guests GAVE A GRAVE (yea, it's Halloween) conversation that, 🔥the #Democratic system in the #USA is on the edge🔥

⭕️Michael #McFaul (former Ambassador to Russia)
⭕️Jon Heilemann (#MSNBC THE CIRCUS)
⭕️Ian Bassin (#ProtectDemocracy)

According to #McFaul, the former #US ambassador to #russia, #putin will have no incentive to cooperate on ending the #war if there is no threat of serious consequences. Only weapons for #Ukraine and #sanctions can force him to sit at the negotiating table.

https://global.espreso.tv/russia-ukraine-war-red-carpets-wont-make-putin-take-negotiations-seriously-former-us-ambassador

Former #US Ambassador to #Russia #McFaul:

#Putin doesn't look at all of this stuff as a sign of strength. He looks at it as a sign of weakness. He had to do absolutely nothing to get this meeting…Putin has gained everything and given nothing in return”

#RussiaIsATerroristState

@thetnholler.bsky.social @renewedresistance Does "back then" include 2016-2020 when the president in those years disentangled us from our "nuclear deal" with Iran? You know, the deal that was working just fine. #Iran #disarmament #JDVance #McFaul

I appreciate #McFaul’s writing, but the fact he’s still on #Twitter puts the lie to such fine, well-crafted sentiments where #principles are concerned.

https://michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/the-tragic-and-pathetic-evolution

The Tragic and Pathetic Evolution of Sergey Lavrov

A loyal diplomat or a coward unable to stand up for what he really believes?

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So this is what the pundits do. Buy the Twitter subscription 🤨

#NoRespect for him anymore.

#Twitter #McFaul

Meanwhile, from "McFaul's World"

The Guessing Game about What Putin Will Do If He Begins to Lose Even More Badly in Ukraine

https://michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/the-guessing-game-about-what-putin

Here is the Stanford Professor/ former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation, who had studied Putin and Russian thinking prior to his many meetings and discussions, up his departure in 2014 following the annexation of Crimea.

> "I don’t know exactly what Putin will do. But neither do you! "

#Russia #Putin #McFaul #history
#Ukraine

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The Guessing Game about What Putin Will Do If He Begins to Lose Even More Badly in Ukraine

I don’t know exactly what Putin will do. But neither do you!

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Een Twitterdraadje (via nitter.nl) van McFaul. Poetin en Medvedev over de NAVO: "Some inconvenient facts".

https://nitter.nl/McFaul/status/1623231026716872704#m

#Poetin #Medvedev #NAVO #McFaul

Michael McFaul (@McFaul)

Gorbachev? Yeltsin? Nemtsov? No. That was Medvedev in 2010 at the Lisbon NATO summit, 2 years AFTER the "dreaded" 2008 Bucharest NATO summit! I know, inconvenient facts. But these are direct quotes from Putin & Medvedev. But carry on with your mythmaking. 9/

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Wie #Putin von einem Partner zu einem Feind wurde – in nur zehn Jahren. Die eigentliche #Zeitenwende passierte 2011-14 laut Michael #McFaul, ehemaliger US-Botschafter in Russland. Seine Rede über den Krieg in der #Ukraine in #Standford im Oktober 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbzf0ix2G5I ✊🇺🇦 #нетвойне
Explaining the Causes and Consequences of Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine with Mike McFaul

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