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Amaryllis

(10,999 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:42 PM Tuesday

So sorry; i just posted something that was old. I was so excited when i saw it that I dildn't realize it was old.

So Sorry; see post number 5 from Peace Wave. I just got this today and didn't notice the date.
I debated just taking it down but decided to put the correction here.

https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-the-eu-just-handed-ukraine
WAY more at link!

BREAKING: The EU Just Handed Ukraine $300 Billion in Frozen Russian Assets, Considers MASSIVE US Bond Sell-off
Nice to see the EU grow up this week.
Dean Blundell
Dec 11, 2025

💣 Europe’s €210 Billion Kill Shot: The Day the EU Crushed the Trump–Putin Fantasy With One Financial Nuke

There are days in geopolitics when someone gives a speech, signs a treaty, or launches a missile, and history shifts by a few degrees.
And then there are days like this —
When Europe walked into the global vault, turned the deadbolt on €210 billion of Russian sovereign assets, and effectively told Donald Trump: “You don’t run the world anymore, sunshine. And you definitely don’t run our books.”

While America wrestles with a president who thinks tariffs are math and MRI machines are optional, the EU just executed the kind of decisive economic warfare that actually changes outcomes. No tanks. No threats. No grandstanding.

Just money — weaponized with a level of precision autocrats can’t counter.

And that’s the whole story:
Europe finally learned how to crush Trump and Putin where it hurts most — in their wallets.

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So sorry; i just posted something that was old. I was so excited when i saw it that I dildn't realize it was old. (Original Post) Amaryllis Tuesday OP
Hooray (nt) ret5hd Tuesday #1
YES!!! Some really good news. A game changer. Amaryllis Tuesday #2
Loud echo! ananda Tuesday #3
Thank God for Europe!! bluestarone Tuesday #4
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Tuesday #5
So Sorry; you are right...it came today and I neglected to notice the date. Amaryllis Tuesday #6
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Tuesday #7
Me too. I was so excited that i completely overlooked the wrong date. Amaryllis Tuesday #9
Thanks for posting this article and summary!! h2ebits Tuesday #11
YEAH!!!!! (about time, too) If there is any left, give that to them too! hlthe2b Tuesday #8
Thank you for posting this so Peacetrain could update h2ebits Tuesday #10
Oh good. So it appears that my blunder had a good outcome! Amaryllis Tuesday #12
Indeed it did! h2ebits Tuesday #13

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h2ebits

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10. Thank you for posting this so Peacetrain could update
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:40 PM
Tuesday

In the comment section with the Reuters article. I hadn't seen the Reuters article so it was very helpful news.

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