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Trumps 100 Days 18:33 - Apr 29 with 1604 views

Interesting article in the Guardian. Obviously it’s not a fan, but given his wild behaviour is not relenting it makes for an interesting read.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/trump-100-days-doge-trade-wars-e

Also interesting is Mark Carney’s election as Canada’s PM. It’s clear that he won’t be bending the knee the new Dictator anytime soon, so if the orange one is nutty enough America may have to resort to force to take what it wants.

Carney of course as former Bank of England head honcho and similarly in Canada knows more about how world finance works in his little finger than the whole Trump administration put together.

From a U.K. perspective, Starmer should be reaching out to Carney ASAP to sort out a trade agreement and upgrade any military agreements come to that, which will only help them both.

Lastly, I see he’s at war with Amazon now because they want to publish the add ons due to tariffs. Give he waved about a bit of cardboard telling lies about how the US was being screwed by its former friends and allies, it seems a bit hypocritical to complain when a multinational company does something similar.

Trumps 100 Days on 20:13 - Apr 30 with 149 views

DJR

Trumps 100 Days on 18:19 - Apr 30 by SuperKieranMcKenna
Gaza is a poor analogy- it’s deliberate attacks on a largely defenceless population from an aggressor. Yemen is attacking a terrorist group who’ve toppled a legitimate government and are starving the population into submission. turning a blind eye would be allowing the Houthis to continue their campaign of starvation.

A war crime is a war crime.

As it it, I don't recall the US or UK governments saying Israel is the aggressor, and they have throughout emphasised Israel's right of self-defence. Nor has either, to my knowledge, accused Israel of war crimes or breaches of international humanitarian law.

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Trumps 100 Days on 20:40 - Apr 30 with 119 views

SuperKieranMcKenna

Trumps 100 Days on 20:13 - Apr 30 by DJR
A war crime is a war crime. As it it, I don't recall the US or UK governments saying Israel is the aggressor, and they have throughout emphasised Israel's right of self-defence. Nor has either, to my knowledge, accused Israel of war crimes or breaches of international humanitarian law. [Post edited 30 Apr 20:15]

I’ve not seen any suggestion the Western strikes on the Houthi’s are war crimes. They seem pretty well justified as far as I can see given their weaponising of food and breaches of international law attacking international trade. Unfortunately the Houthi’s still control much of the coast blocking deliveries of aid. Hopefully with Iran preoccupied, and Saudi softening it’s stance on Iran an aid solution can be found.

Trumps 100 Days on 21:33 - Apr 30 with 82 views

DJR

Trumps 100 Days on 20:40 - Apr 30 by SuperKieranMcKenna

Maybe we're talking at cross-purposes.

I was talking about war crimes during the conflict in Yemen, not the recent attacks by the US and the UK, although the US did recently kill 68 civilians at a migrant detention camp, having widened the scope of their attacks.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-campaign-against-yemens-houthis-2025-04-28/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-us-campaign-against-yemens-houthis-far-more-in

Admittedly, there were war crimes on both sides during the conflict (just like in Gaza), but in Yemen (as in Gaza) one side was supplied with Western weapons, which ought to bring with it greater respect for international law.

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