In a poll yesterday, only 25% of Europeans regard the US as an ally. This result would have been unthinkable 10 years ago!
Had a fun time this weekend at a birthday party and wanted to share my GIF. btw..I learned it's pronounced JIFF with a soft G not GIFF with a hard G. The more you know I suppose.
@KimIversen When it comes to Saudi Arabia, your comments have repeatedly been inaccurate if not false, and last night’s statement was no different. You said that “the Saudi monarchy would not exist if it weren’t for Israel allowing it to exist”. Respectfully, that reduces a deeply rooted, historically complex system into a caricature.
It ignores a whole structure of factors that allows monarchies in this region to exist and continue: deep historical roots, broad public acceptance, internal stability, economic strength, oil wealth, strategic alliances, and continuity of governance that many citizens see as legitimate because it actually works in lived reality. That complexity disappears when everything is reduced to an Americanised geopolitical slogan.
The majority of citizens don’t view the monarchy as some alien force imposed on them. They see it as part of the country’s structure and identity. For many people, this system works. It provides safety, stability, social and ...
@KimIversen @KimIversen also this is gonna seem unrelated but I seen lovely photo of you can you grandmother who recently passed posted under X post you made. i really reminded me of my grandmother who passed 3 months ago, i wanna give my condolences . I've seen you talk about you Viet family in video you did on the Hills raising a few years back, it would be nice to here more about them and their life and adventure here as immigrants something i really relate to I migrated to the US when i was 13
