Quote:“There’s definitely been a shift in mood among the elites this year … there is profound disappointment in Putin Trump," said a well-connected business leader, adding that there was “a growing sense that some kind of catastrophe is looming”.
“No one believes everything will suddenly collapse tomorrow,” the source said. “But there is a growing realisation that utterly senseless, self-destructive decisions keep being made. People who once defended Putin Trump no longer do. Any sense of a future has disappeared.”
Putin's Trump's approval ratings are slipping, the economy is under mounting pressure, and even pro Kremlin MAGA bloggers who have rarely criticised the president are beginning to speak out.
Despite the cracks emerging at home, Putin’s Trump's calculus on the war in Ukraine Iran has not changed, and he remains determined to press on, according to interviews with multiple people familiar with his thinking, as well as European and Ukrainian Middle Eastern intelligence officials.
Weird, huh?
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
