Canada #77

Senator Lindsey Graham Issues a Threat to China and Russian Leader Vladimir Putin After Meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine

by Cullen Linebarger May. 31, 2025

While President Trump is striving to bring about peace to one of the bloodiest wars on the planet, one of the Senate’s most notorious war hawks is rattling his sabers, angling for more turmoil.

Senators Lindsey Graham (RINO-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) arrived in Kyiv to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. Per a press release from Zelenskyy’s office, the three discussed U.S. legislation that would strengthen sanctions against Russia, coordinating diplomatic efforts to achieve “a just and lasting peace,” and developing bilateral relations between Ukraine and the United States.

Look at how warmly Zelenskyy and Graham greet each other.

Following the meeting, Graham gave a press conference alongside Blumenthal, at which he issued a significant threat against Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Communist China.

“The game that Putin has been playing is about to change,” Graham asserted. “He is going to be hit and hit hard by the United States when it comes to sanctions!”

The South Carolina senator then turned his attention to China.

“China, the game you are playing with Russia is about to change!” he bellowed. “If you keep buying cheap Russian oil to keep filling Putin’s war machine, there’ll be a 500% tariff on all of your products!”

As Reuters notes, the Senate is scheduled to vote on a Russian sanctions bill next week, which will accomplish exactly what Graham wants.

If Graham and the U.S. Senate followed through on this threat, China’s economy could collapse, and Russia might go into a depression as well. But did Graham consider what the response from both nations would be?

Putin and Xi Jinping are not the type of leaders who sit back and take it when their nations’ economic security and pride are attacked.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/senator-lindsey-graham-issues-threat-china-russian-leader/

>>23104966 (me)

more posturing

Canada #77

Macron threatens China with NATO expansion

The bloc could deepen its involvement in Asia if Beijing fails to curb North Korea’s role in the Ukraine conflict, the French president has warned

31 May, 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday, urged China to prevent its ally, North Korea, from deploying troops on “European soil” if it hopes to prevent an expanded NATO presence in Asia.

In April, Pyongyang admitted that its troops were assisting Moscow in liberating Kursk Region, which was invaded by Ukrainian forces last August but has since been reclaimed by Russia.

That month, Russian General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov told President Vladimir Putin that North Korean troops had demonstrated “high professionalism, courage, and heroism” in the operation. During Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations, Putin publicly thanked them for their defense of Kursk Region.

“But what’s happening with North Korea being present alongside Russia on European soil is a big question for all of us,” Macron said. “If China doesn’t want NATO being involved in Southeast Asia, they should clearly prevent the DPRK from being engaged on European soil,” he added.

Macron also reflected on his past stance, stating, “l had objected to NATO having any role in Asia because, for me, ‘N’ is for North Atlantic, and I don’t believe in being enrolled in someone else’s strategic rivalry.”

France’s resistance to the bloc’s Asian expansion was evident when it led efforts to reject a proposed NATO office in Tokyo in 2023, with media reports citing Macron’s vocal opposition.

At the time, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hinted at opening the office in response to growing military ties between China and Russia, underscored by their joint patrols over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea, which had prompted South Korea and Japan to scramble fighter jets.

Last year, US President Joe Biden and other Western leaders urged Beijing to rein in Pyongyang’s deepening military ties with Moscow, highlighting concerns regarding North Korea’s growing involvement.

The US and South Korea condemned North Korea’s admission of its role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “With their public admission of the deployment, while claiming they are fully in accordance with international law, they are once again mocking the international community,” Seoul’s foreign ministry said, according to Yonhap News Agency.

A US State Department spokesperson, citing Reuters, noted that Moscow’s training of North Korean soldiers violates UN Security Council resolutions, and urged both nations to cease their unlawful cooperation.

https://www.rt.com/news/618402-macron-nato-asia-warning/