From our correspondent in the United States,Alexandre Hamilton would tear off his wig. Thursday, the United States have reached their debt limit, forcing the Treasury Department into a sleight of hand to secure its financial commitments through June 5. Beyond that is great uncertainty, with a showdown between Joe Biden and majority Republicans in the House. And the specter of a historic default that could cause a global economic cataclysm.What is the debt ceiling?This is the maximum threshold of what...
From our correspondent in the United States,Alexandre Hamilton would tear off his wig. On Thursday, the United States reached its debt ceiling, forcing the Treasury Department into a sleight of hand to ensure its financial commitments until June 5. Beyond that is the great uncertainty, with a standoff between Joe Biden and the majority Republicans in the House. And the specter of a historic default that could cause a global economic cataclysm.What is the debt ceiling?This is the maximum threshold...
Status: 01/12/2023 1:37 p.m From the Kremlin's point of view, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is by no means going according to plan. Defense Minister Shoigu is now exchanging the commander-in-chief for the Russian troops there again. After just a few months in office, Russia has again changed its commander-in-chief for the war against Ukraine. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has appointed Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov as the new commander of Russian troops in Ukraine, according to the...
analysis war in Ukraine General Armageddon has bombed out. Putin is sending his best man to Ukraine: Chief of Staff Gerasimov Valery Gerasimov comes from Putin's immediate vicinity. © Sergei Guneyev / Picture Alliance Valeri Gerasimov was considered a military genius, now he is supposed to lead Russia to victory in Ukraine. The problem: Gerasimov is also responsible for the disastrous invasion plan. General Sergey Surovikin, known as General Armageddon for the destruction of Aleppo in 2016, has been replaced...
Status: 01/12/2023 1:37 p.m From the Kremlin's point of view, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is by no means going according to plan. Defense Minister Shoigu is now exchanging the commander-in-chief for the Russian troops there again. After just a few months in office, Russia has again changed its commander-in-chief for the war against Ukraine. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has appointed Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov as the new commander of Russian troops in Ukraine, according to the...
Status: 01/12/2023 07:37 a.m From the Kremlin's point of view, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is by no means going according to plan. Defense Minister Shoigu is now exchanging the commander-in-chief for the Russian troops there again. After just a few months in office, Russia has again changed its commander-in-chief for the war against Ukraine. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has appointed Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov as the new commander of Russian troops in Ukraine, according to the...
Threats to resort to nuclear weapons, climate catastrophe, etc. The year 2022 will have been the year when the prospect of an “Armageddon” suddenly became more real. It was at the beginning of October, when the conflict in Ukraine was bogged down, that Joe Biden, at the head of the only country to have used atomic weapons in wartime, mentioned the risk of a nuclear "apocalypse".The American president was reacting to Russian President Vladimir Putin's threats to use the lethal...
The world has not been as close to the nuclear abyss as it is right now since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. US President Joe Biden even said the word "Armageddon" on Thursday evening, the biblical last stand, commonly a word for the end of the world. "We haven't faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis," Biden said in New York, where he attended a Democratic fundraising event. Since the Cuban Missile Crisis, which...
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Nuclear escalation warning Biden evokes "Armageddon" and counts on Russia getting the message US President Joe Biden: "We haven't faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis" © Lev Radin/ / Picture Alliance US President Joe Biden has commented on Russia's nuclear saber-rattling in unusually drastic terms. His comparison with the Cuban Missile Crisis should not be a coincidence. The United States takes the threats seriously. Your defense minister has made that clear, as has the...
