AIBU to be utterly horrified that the US has cut off military aid to Ukraine?

No, opinions are interpretations of things. We can have different opinions about whether Brussels sprouts taste nice, or whether Barcelona is a good city for a hen do, or whether Trump’s policies make sense to us.
Disinformati9n is a polite word for lies. So, saying Zelenskyy has bought an expensive house in Florida or that he is a dictator and so on is disinformation. It’s not true. You can’t have the opinion that he has the house, he doesn’t and that’s that. He’s an elected leader so you can’t have the opinion he’s a dictator, he just isn’t and that’s that.
See the difference now?

Tanking the economy and then letting it bounce seems like a way to make a lot of money if you have the inside knowledge.

I got bored with this article, so couldn't finish it. Vance is probably worse than Trump, and that's saying something

https://unherd.com/2025/03/why-jd-vance-offends-us/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups[0]=18743&tl_period_type=3&utm_source=UnHerd+Today&utm_campaign=afb05e8479-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_03_06_09_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_79fd0df946-afb05e8479-72957977

Different (and provocative) perspective from a normally respectable, reliable source. Sorry, have come late to this thread so have not read in full.

Hey baby...Google trump and tariffs...that sound you hear is the sound of trump reversing really quickly...why ?.....because he was tanking the economy ...how long has he been in government ?? 6 weeks. 😓That takes some doing in 6 weeks. 😃

His very very long boring speech the other day was all about what Joe biden did or didn't do....because he couldn't talk about much he had done himself that was positive because it was all about Elon, air crashes, doge, removing Medicaid, medicare, social security, and a large helping of illegality, and lies. Trump hates Joe biden because JB BEAT him. Old sleepy Joe beat trump and trump will never get over it. 😂

America has invited the thief into their house, opened the safe and told them where all jewellery is hidden, theyve let musk walk in and pocket it ...and pay him in the process. The republicans are tieing themselves in knots over American citizens getting a few dollars assistance but giving musk multiple billions of dollars...the south African is laughing all the way to his bank, while half of America cheers him on.

Just a few quick questions

Who started the war?
Is Z a dictator?
Haa the war cost US 350b?
Should Canada become 51st state?
Are flat tariffs clever?
Where is the Gulf of Mexico?

I could go on, but your views on these would probably clear up the "who shallows disinformation" question

You are concerned about disinformation and government gaslighting in China and Korea?

This is what North Korea and China calls disinformation: Different views and opinions. Why? Because information is limited to you if it doesn't fit the narrative. Thus if you're spoon fed government approved 'information ' then anything outside of this is deemed disinformation or conspiracy theories. It is deeper than this. DO BETTER.

One of the reasons I find all this so terrifying is that there is undoubtedly a lot we simply don’t know.

Some of the information given is plausible, while some is apparently easy to dismiss as disinformation. And I think that the more rubbish we have thrown at us, the more likely we are to agree with a more plausible account of the truth. We have become polarised and less able or willing to explore the nuances.

Do you think a differing opinion automatically means disinformation?

• A state of being unable to think clearly or behave normally, especially due to mental illness
• A mental disorder that is relatively permanent
• A disturbance of the mind or body
• Synonyms include mental unsoundness, unbalance, and insanity

When I read the meaning of derangement the one person I think of that ticks all the boxes, funnily enough, is donald trump. 😅

By disinformation you mean other's opinions?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr EXPOSES the TRUTH about Ukraine-Russia War in 4 minutes.

😂😂😂

Here's the best short summary of the overall situation (pre-Oval Office fracas) of which I am aware. As Beverley Turner says above the (4 minute) video, "If you can prove any of this wrong, I want to hear it":

x.com/beverleyturner/status/1897459372722196731?s=46

It’s Trump’s defenders, not detractors, who have ‘Derangement Syndrome’

Hear hear – the forum is full of deliberate disinformation coming from who knows where

Your condition where you can’t see any faults with him? Yes,I think you may be correct.

I think this is called Trump Derangement Syndrome

Any chance you could knock the rampant misinformation here (and on other threads) on the head with deletion? I know people challenge it, but that’s not good enough. It’s well known that repetition of misinformation leads people to begin to think there must be some truth in it. Can you delete it immediately you see it/it’s reported please?

Nobody WANTS to. It’s just inevitable if we don’t want to make matters worse than they already are. Inevitable unless Putin stops, of course. He can end the war tomorrow if he wants. He wouldn’t even get any political blowback because what he says goes.
Also, much as I dislike Meloni, I’m going to have to defend her on this one. She does want to help. There’s more than one way of helping. https://www.governo.it/en/articolo/president-meloni-meets-president-zelensky-ukraine/27795
Her comment on Italian troops is really quite specific.

The emergency EU summit will soon be underway. We'll have to hope for unity in defence spending.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

Yes. Ukrainians will die as a direct result of the lack of US intelligence on drone and missile attacks. Shame on him.
I'm gob-smacked he thinks he could be a candidate foe the Nobel Peace Prize the way he's acting.