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Graham Stuart, a former Foreign Office minister, issued the comment in response to Donald Trump’s decision to pause all military aid to Ukraine. The extraordinary move comes as the US administration seeks to pressure Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree to an unconditional ceasefire with Russia.

Commenting on developments, Stuart posted to X: “We have to consider the possibility that president Trump is a Russian asset. 

“If so, Trump’s acquisition is the crowning achievement of [Vladimir] Putin’s FSB career — and Europe is on its own.”

The stance echoes the position advocated by Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat leader, who told the House of Commons on Monday that the UK needs to “reduce our dependency on the United States” as he fears “that president Trump is not a reliable ally with respect to Russia”.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has described the US president’s decision to pause aid to Ukraine as “profoundly worrying”. She said in a post on X: “It is clear that Britain and Europe must re-arm much faster if we want to provide Ukraine with more than just warm words of support. “We must work to keep America in, and Russia out.”

Senior Conservative MP Says UK Must Consider Possibility ‘Trump is a Russian Asset’ - Politics.co.uk

West Australian Premier Roger Cook on Tuesday called J.D. Vance a “knob” in an off-hand remark to business leaders, days after the US vice president played a central role in a White House meltdown with Ukraine and as Canberra tries to fend off US sanctions.

J.D. Vance Called a ‘Knob’ By Western Australian Premier Roger Cook

“If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything — including cut off their energy with a smile on my face,” Ford told reporters at a mining convention in downtown Toronto, the Toronto Sun reported. “They rely on our energy. They need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard, we’re going to come back twice as hard,” he said.

The Sun reported Ford said he would go dollar-for-dollar in matching tariffs: “That’s exactly what we’re going to do.” Ford suggested the federal and provincial governments are unified in their approach to fighting U.S. tariffs. “The provinces have a big say in it, but it’s the federal government that’s leading the charge, and we’re going to stand shoulder-to-shoulder no matter who’s in the federal government.

“I [didn’t] start this tariff war, but we’re going to win this tariff war,” Ford added.

Canadian Premier Says He Will Cut Off Electricity Exports To US ‘With a Smile On My Face’ | WNCT

Doug Ford is a twat but at this point...Pretty much need an asshole to fight an asshole. I doubt Canadians want to hurt Americans but at this stage it's either them or America and America is hurting them for such fucking bullshit reasons. I'm sure cutting energy would be a last resort but people largely won't start protesting until they start feeling hurt by Trump's actions.