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                Opinion | Whatโs behind Vanceโs stunning decision to embrace Germanyโs AfD?
                After berating European allies, Vance met with the leader of the far-right AfD party, Alice Weidel.
            
        
    
    
            "What part of โneo-Naziโ does JD Vance not understand?" asks @leehockstader.bsky.social in his column at WP today.
He's trying too hard, Vance does not care to understands. He only understands what is beneficial to him - like the other MAGA leaders!  <.... 2>
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
               
            
            
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            No link!
               
            
            
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Trump sabotages his own idea for lasting peace in Ukraine
               
            
            
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