Let’s be real: He’s no idiot, he knows what he said, he knew the effect it would have. He didn’t go out over the heads of EU leadership with this speech.
The EU has slowly been stoking the coals of hatred since the war kicked off, and watching how the public react to shit like this is how they check the temperature. They can check the cringe:applause ratio and then either claim it was a faux pas and walk it back, or keep going.
“Head of EU Diplomacy”
Let’s be real: He’s no idiot, he knows what he said, he knew the effect it would have. He didn’t go out over the heads of EU leadership with this speech.
The EU has slowly been stoking the coals of hatred since the war kicked off, and watching how the public react to shit like this is how they check the temperature. They can check the cringe:applause ratio and then either claim it was a faux pas and walk it back, or keep going.