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IcyPeas

(25,397 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:15 PM 7 hrs ago

French NATO Gen. Yakovleff "He'll drop us the minute it suits him"

(Video has English subtitles)

FRENCH NATO GEN. YAKOVLEFF:

“.. [Trump] wants to share the political risk, not the military risk. .. He’ll drop us the minute it suits him. .. This isn’t the time to buy a promo ticket on the Titanic.”

Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T19:58:30.477Z




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French NATO Gen. Yakovleff "He'll drop us the minute it suits him" (Original Post) IcyPeas 7 hrs ago OP
Smart guy! SheltieLover 7 hrs ago #1
Love the bit on selling cheap tickets to a dinner dance on the Titanic after hitting the iceberg!!! pat_k 6 hrs ago #2
Boy do the EU and everybody else have his number. leftyladyfrommo 6 hrs ago #3
just like he did with, well, everyone................ twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #4
I said the same thing D_Master81 5 hrs ago #5
I'm glad someone understands that. SergeStorms 5 hrs ago #6
They refuse to admit theyve been screwed and not kissed. BattleRow 5 hrs ago #7
Gen. Yakovleff: you couldn't be more right in your assessment of Krasnov. MLWR 5 hrs ago #8
Brilliant because it's true. Hassler 4 hrs ago #9

pat_k

(13,303 posts)
2. Love the bit on selling cheap tickets to a dinner dance on the Titanic after hitting the iceberg!!!
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:34 PM
6 hrs ago

leftyladyfrommo

(19,982 posts)
3. Boy do the EU and everybody else have his number.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:37 PM
6 hrs ago

I saw where standing up to him has really improved their numbers.

D_Master81

(2,530 posts)
5. I said the same thing
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:54 PM
5 hrs ago

NATO and all our allies better be careful about getting into this war. The minute that strait is open he will go back to shitting on them. Don’t make any deal with him.

SergeStorms

(20,498 posts)
6. I'm glad someone understands that.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:01 PM
5 hrs ago

40% of the the voting U.S. population, and a fair number of wishy-washy "independents," don't.

They refuse to believe what Trump is, even though they've been shown countless times. Trump is out for Trump.

End of transmission.

BattleRow

(2,378 posts)
7. They refuse to admit theyve been screwed and not kissed.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:14 PM
5 hrs ago

They aren't defending Trump,but defending their own egregious ,self centered choices.

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