It was a big day of meetings in Washington—Dominic LeBlanc was there to meet with senior officials to try and talk them out of a trade war, while all of the premiers went down as a pack for the first time, and had their own meetings as well. And then word came down that they got a meeting with the White House, and cancelled the rest of their engagements for the day to hurry over. So just who did they meet with? The deputy chief of staff, and the head of personnel. And after their respectful meeting, said deputy chief of staff sent out a trolling tweet.
Pleasant meeting with the Premiers.
To be clear, we never agreed that Canada would not be the 51st state. We only agreed to share Premier Eby’s comments.
Further, we said the best way to understand President Trump’s position is to take what he says at face value. @SergioGor https://t.co/gw7jPiBsVh
— James Blair (@JamesBlairUSA) February 12, 2025
This while Danielle Smith insists that “diplomacy is working!” Sure it is. It’s working so well that you got a meeting with the head of White House personnel, and afterwords, they laughed at you on social media and continued making annexation threats and saying to take Trump seriously about it. How exactly does that show that it’s “working”? Yes, you got a thirty-day reprieve for him to keep moving goal posts in order to keep extracting more concessions, while everyone just shrugs and says “He’s a deal-maker.” Have some self-respect.
Big #cdnpoli mood: https://t.co/EmUXTpnR4x
— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) February 13, 2025
Ukraine Dispatch
A pre-dawn ballistic missile salvo killed one person in Kyiv. A report suggests that Russia has been able to withstandheavy battlefield losses because of a larger population and newer equipment, but their advantages in terms population and Cole War stockpiles are going to continue degrading over time.
Trump turned his attention to the invasion of Ukraine, and after his defence secretary said that Ukraine can’t expect their proper borders to be restored or NATO membership, Trump himself started talking about Ukraine handing over critical minerals for this bad deal of surrendered land (and people) along with no security guarantees. None of this is good.
'Surrender & betrayal' — US, EU officials condemn Trump, Hegseth's comments on Ukraine peace negotiations.
Senator Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, wrote: "Today, President Trump called our enemy, Russia, before calling our ally, Ukraine."https://t.co/wXASwpKUow
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 13, 2025
Using this logic, Hitler should have been allowed to keep France, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Yugoslavia, Greece and a big chunk of Russia. Also, any deal Trump does with Putin will cost Ukraine dearly. It'll also include Trump blocking aid to Ukraine. https://t.co/8UctKiNZD9
— Stuart Apploff (@thinman_2001) February 13, 2025