President Donald Trump revealing a covert U.S. strike against what he said was a drug-trafficking facility in Venezuela raised new questions about how far he is willing to go to pressure the regime of Nicolas Maduro. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/world/politics/trump-venezuela-steps/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #venezuela #us #usmilitary #southamerica #congress
Randahl Fink
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=jLwHQIiL6gU&si=Uor2NsaHGATTm_8d
A very good description of fascism, it’s methods and the time we are living in now. @randahl
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Kyiv was discussing with Washington a possible presence of U.S. troops in Ukraine as part of security guarantees. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/world/politics/zelenskyy-trump-us-troops-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #vladimirputin #us #donaldtrump #usmilitary
New Year's Eve revelers will toast the end of 2025 on Wednesday, waving goodbye to 12 months packed with Trump tariffs, a Gaza truce and vain hopes for peace in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/world/2025-trump-truces-turmoil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #2026winterolympics #russiaukrainewar #space #israelhamaswar #australia #massshootings
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jLwHQIiL6gU&si=Uor2NsaHGATTm_8d
A very good description of fascism, it’s methods and the time we are living in now. @randahl
"Security autism" isn’t a moral failing; it’s a cognitive one. Just as individuals on the autism spectrum struggle with social cues and environmental awareness, nations can lose the ability to read geopolitical signals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/japan/beware-of-security-autism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #us #china #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #defense #sdf #northkorea #donaldtrump
Heading into 2026, every pillar of the world order we have known since World War II’s end is crumbling, but despite this, a majority of electorates believe helping others is a reliable way to help oneself. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/world/multilateralism-still-alive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #aid #hunger #development #socialwelfare
Gambling with the dollar: While there is no immediate candidate to supplant the U.S. dollar, higher U.S. inflation remains a threat, and global trade with the U.S. is becoming increasingly fragmented. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/world/gambling-dollars-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #dollar #us #donaldtrump
The Chinese military on Tuesday conducted long-range live-fire drills in waters around Taiwan, part of a second day of 'major' exercises focused on blockading the island and deterring aid from Taipei’s partners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/china-taiwan-military-exercises-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #xijinping #us #usmilitary #defense #missiles
U.S. President Donald Trump muses that he still might fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, teasing that he has a preferred candidate to replace him but is in no hurry to make an announcement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/30/markets/trump-fed-chair-pick/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #donaldtrump #jeromepowell #federalreserve
The U.S. has hit and destroyed a docking area for alleged Venezuelan drug boats, President Donald Trump said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/world/trump-venezuela-drug-boats-dock/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #donaldtrump #venezuela #us #drugs #smuggling #usmilitary
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran of fresh strikes and said Hamas would have “hell to pay” if it fails to disarm in Gaza, presenting a united front with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/world/trump-netanyahu-iran-hamas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu #us #israel #hamas #israelhamaswar #middleeast #gaza #iran
Beijing says Thailand and Cambodia plan to rebuild mutual trust and gradually consolidate a ceasefire after weeks of border clashes, following talks in southwestern China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-ceasefire-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #china #borderclashes #wangyi #donaldtrump #anwaribrahim #asean
Barely a decade after President Barack Obama announced a “pivot” to Asia, the United States' commitment to the region is as tenuous as the days of the Vietnam War. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/29/world/asia-adrift-alone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #trade #defense #china #southkorea #vietnam #southkoreajapanrelations
Growing Chinese auto giant BYD stands poised to officially surpass Tesla as the world’s biggest electric vehicle company in annual sales. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/29/companies/byd-overtake-tesla-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tesla #byd #electricvehicles #elonmusk #donaldtrump #china #europe #northamerica
U.S. President Donald Trump said he made "a lot of progress” in talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over a possible peace deal, but that there’s no set timeline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/world/trump-zelenskyy-no-breakthrough/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #us #eu #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #donaldtrump #vladimirputin
Donald Trump is a profoundly disturbed, acute narcissist *and* a confirmed, serial, pathological liar
Even when it's possible to believe that Trump might know what he's talking about, always take anything he says with several handsful of salt
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he made "a lot of progress” in talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over a possible peace deal, but that there’s no set timeline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/world/trump-zelenskyy-no-breakthrough/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #us #eu #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #donaldtrump #vladimirputin
In a world where the only reliably expanding markets belong to the military sector, and technological innovation appears increasingly devoted to perfecting the art of mutual destruction, where can one still find hope? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/28/world/year-that-could-be/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #uk #albania #brexit #italy #donaldtrump #eu #immigration
2025 was not a good year for environmentalists or climate scientists as action against warming faced headwinds around the world. In Japan, adaptation measures offered a rare bright spot. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/12/28/climate-change/climate-review-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #donaldtrump #us #cop30 #wildfires #heatwaves
Donald Trump promised to drive America in a different direction. One year into his second term, he is doing so, enacting or seeking fundamental changes to policy, politics and society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/world/politics/trump-year-radical-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats