The Apprentice President

An Unreality Show?

Alastair Crooke is getting a lot of attention after his discussion with the Judge about Trump's recent off-the-wall comments with reference to Russia strikes in Kiev in which the President angrily claimed that Putin is going crazy and killing women and children— and no, he hadn't heard about the drone strikes which appeared to be targeting Putin's helicopter.

Crooke pretty much echoes what I have been saying for a long time now, that since the US and its Europeans’ hegemonic, Russophobic goals are incompatible with Russian security and its accelerated growth as a super-state, the Russians have no choice to take not just four oblasts but all of Ukraine up to the Polish border and establish a new European balance of power.

Only then can there be a guarantee of peace. That is, without enforceable agreements, the Russians have to ensure peace through force of arms. In 2014, they were not strong enough to achieve such a goal. Now things are different.

As the Russian strategist Svechin, whom I have referred to before, points out in his book Strategies, political goals must be commensurate with military capability and vice versa.

Svechin, interestingly based much of his theory on his reading of the American Civil War, where the North’s political goals evolved as their forces grew stronger and success looked imminent.

Success is now similarly imminent for Russia, so it is natural that it’s political goals have evolved too.

But the West is in the thrall of the Stupidity Paradox I talked about last time. Nobody gets it. Not governments or the media-- nor even half the Alt Media, like the Duran.

They all assume intelligent agency where there is none, only faithful observance of time-honored political heuristics.

Larry Johnson, among others ,has suggested Trump is being misinformed by his advisors, Rubio, Gabbard and all the rest. He is a mushroom— keep in the dark and fed shit.

This would make Trump as badly out of touch with the real world as Biden.

But Biden had an excuse – dementia.

Are we to assume that Trump doesn't have a smart phone, and doesn't know how to use the Internet – despite Truth Social? That he is as dependent on others as a five year old is on Mom or Dear Old Dad?

Are we to assume that his intelligence briefings are curated without any kind of professional opinion, by intelligence professionals whose sole source of information is CNN?

Trump is not a Bubble Boy. He is President of the United States. His success in office depends on having accurate information and using it properly so he has incredible access to information of all kinds that you and I do not.

If he’s in the dark, he’s the one who turns off the lights. If he’s eating shit, he likes the taste.

Sarcasm aside, there's only two explanations for his outbursts to the press.

The first is that he really doesn't know what's going on, thanks to relying on stupid or corrupt advisors -- which makes him unfit for office.

The second is that he does know and he is pretending not to know to suck up to his American audience-- especially the political class, which makes him not only dishonest but politically naïve.

In either case, he is stupid.

It's the Stupidity Paradox – going with the flow, to fit in. Thinking “inside the box”. It “sorta works” – if we look at the Alt Media except for the always astute Alastair Crooke – but at some point you will need to flush.

Let's face it, Trump is not really a president – he is an apprentice, just as Biden was a stand-in, Biden needed to be fired. So does Trump.

Trump was a reality show host. But keep in mind the reality shows are not “reality”— they are just unscripted, and the fun comes from people’s mistakes. Trump’s presidency is like that — not “real”—- just unscripted—and the mistakes would be humorous except for their potential to start WWIII.

So, Trump is very, very stupid.

On the one hand, he squanders political capital, stands to alienate his base, and sets himself up to lose support in the midterm elections.

He is a one-term President. What will his legacy be? Overseeing the collapse of the United States of America?

The Russians of course are outside the box. They can see the reality of things.

The Kremlin recognizes that Trump is as they say "unpredictable"-- and nothing he says can be trusted.

On the other hand, the longer he talks, the more mired he gets in his own contradictions, and the weaker the Western position, now the third most powerful military power in the world after China and Russia

Yes, I know, Google says American is still #1. But check out the numbers. They don’t lie. The war is accelerating the growth of US rivals

If Trump had really wanted to end the war he could have just cut off support for Ukraine when he took office, including Biden's aid package. If the Europeans had then wanted to continue the war, they could have tried– but Trump would also have made it clear that since this was Washington’s war in the beginning, he wouldn't support them if the Russians retaliated with for example strikes on their territory.

Congress would've been upset —but would've been Trump's prerogative as President, according to Article II of the US Constitution. Once all was said and done, they would move on to other things.

Now Trump is all over the place, trying to find a role in a narrative established 50 years ago.

The Russians however are winning steadily positioning their forces strategically, dismantling what I've called the "Maginot Grid"-- that web of fortified towns and villages that are the Donbas. Soon, all that will be left is the Black Sea coast, which will be cut off from supply and also areas west of the Dnieper, which are less densely populated and difficult to fortify, except for the cities, As I have explained in previous posts ,those cities are now tactically vulnerable due to advances in drone technologies.

Western Ukraine could fall faster than you might imagine, with ultra nationalists fleeing to Poland or Germany, where they would not be very welcome.

Recently, no mention has been made of Oreshnik missiles. The previous estimates were up to 100 stockpiled by June. Some analysts say that taking out the Taurus factory in Germany might be a good demonstration of Russian capability if the Germans become co-belligerents by supplying weapons for long-range strikes on Russia.

Putin however is unlikely to do attack Europe. It would just be easier and more effective to occupy all of Ukraine, right up to the Polish border, which would insulate Russia from further aggression. The best offense is a good defense sometimes.

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