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“…Damage Control: Push for Zelensky To Fix Trump Relationship…”
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The 80 years of the American military and economic protection umbrella that has been abused and denigrated by Europeans for decades is over. That is what Americans voted for when they elected Trump for a second term. Trump very clearly and repeatedly stated his positions over and over prior to the election. Trump is now following through with his promises.
“…Putin is a bad guy. He’s in the wrong. He should not have invaded. The war should not have happened. But Presidents Obama and Biden played stupid, childish games that invited it. They dangled NATO membership in front of Ukraine. It provoked Putin to act. Zelensky would never get into NATO. The Europeans don’t want to be contractually obligated to fight a war. And America won’t fight. I won’t give my sons to die for Zelensky the Fool.
So, who thought Ukraine would win this?
Nobody…”
This video sums up the meeting.
“…Going even deeper – and this is perhaps more concerning in the long run – USS Gettysburg completed all the pre-deployment training required for a ship to be certified to deploy. However, the ship had performed at what would have been, as recently as the first decade of this century, a failure-level. Indeed, Gettysburg’s substandard performance continues to be a matter of jest in the strike group to which Gettysburg belongs – the strike group responsible for certifying the ship as ready for deployment, and assignment to the Truman Strike Group. Indeed, the training performance of the entire strike group appears to have been sub-standard, and not just Gettysburg.
How does this happen? Why would we send a ship or a strike group to a war zone if they aren’t deemed to perform at an acceptable level?
The fact is that there are too few ships of the type and capability of Gettysburg. That fact is that there are too few aircraft carrier to meet the unquenchable demand of the military’s Combatant Commands. Everyone wants aircraft carrier strike groups in their neck of the woods, and the fact that the Navy is steadily decreasing in size, is not the Combatant Commander’s problem. It is incumbent upon the Navy to say, “no.” Yet, the Navy does not say no. The Navy is determined to pull its own weight and respond to the demand signal. The result is that the Navy will not say, “let’s take a pause here. This ship isn’t quite ready, and she needs more work. We will fill the gap with another, more ready ship.” There simply are not enough ships – and certainly not enough Aegis cruisers and aircraft carriers – to allow for this. Instead, the ship is certified.
Of course, this is a different Navy, today, and as is the case with the shortage of cruisers and aircraft carriers, this is a larger issue and one which should concern us all in any future conflict…”