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Foreign policy -- Afghanistan, almost certainly losing UKR by Brahms

...I know the MAGA group is holding stuff up at the moment, but the aid was released slowly and sold poorly to the public. I certainly don't think Vlad is concerned with either Trump or Joe at the helm.

The border was a shit show well before the recent failed attempts at reform; he handed Trump that talking point on a silver platter.

"Centrist Joe" has given in way too much to the progressive wing of his party. Probably because he's too busy napping and hiding from press conferences.

And then there's Joe's vanity -- Joe wants to be transformational; well, he's certainly made his mark (and just wait until Kamala is first female POTUS !). But hell-almighty, he needs to do the right thing for his party and his country and not run again. Joe never threw a 95 mph fastball, but his 75 mph fastball is crossing the plate at 50 mph.