Trump's Honeymoon

Over!

Sudzha

Every new president gets a grace period after coming into office

Trump also. But for the Donald, the honeymoon has been short.

He said a lot of things. He made a lot of promises. And he's not delivering. Nothing has been consummated.

He promised to be a peacemaker-- but he's keeping the war going in Ukraine when he could easily stop it --and he has started a new war in the Middle East by bombing Yemen and encouraging Israel to attack Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon once again-- threatening also to attack Iran, despite Iran’s mutual security treaty with Russia and its support by China.

The War Lover

The simple fact is that the US could stop the war in Ukraine any time it liked. And it could bring peace to the Middle East just as easily and perhaps even more swiftly.

In the case of the Ukraine, all it has to do is stop the supply of weapons, technology and intelligence to Kiev--not just what it itself supplies directly-- but what its allies supply. Its allies do design and manufacture their own weapons— but almost all them make use of components licensed from the US.

Here, the US has power.

For example, wjhat if Canada opts to buy the Saab Gripen which is made in Sweden, but uses an American engine and systems. Can the US torpedo the sale?

Of course it can.

Normally, licensing agreements are complex, as I saw here in Japan when I worked in the Defense Industry/ But Washington doesn’t care about “agreements” much— and they can make things very difficult if you don’t do as they tell you.

Europe and the Anglosphere may complain— but they will never defy Washington.

Cut off from arms, technology and intel, the Ukraine would be unable to continue the fight very long but Israel depends even more completely on US money and weapons – as the Israelis themselves acknowledge and they would fold immediately.

If the US cuts the Zionists off – they are defenseless— and will go bankrupt fast as well. That would be the end of the genocide against Gaza, and the war against the Houthis and Lebanon and the threat of war with Iran. In fact, that would be the end of Israel as it is now constituted.

But Trump won’t do anything so rational.

I guess Jared Kushner would lose too much money.

Trump is no peace maker. For “peace” he wants a piece – a big one. He’s the guy who pigs the pizza. In the Ukraine, Trump wants the war to go on— at least long enough to force Russia to divide up Ukraine. Half for me. Half for you. But at the same time, he wants to stoke fear in Europe to sell more weapons and components to the Europeans.

On the domestic front, Trump promised to make things better by dumping Bidenomics. That was a good idea of course. But Trumpenomics is arguably worse-- with tariffs and privatization set to induce a recession, which will spread globally – except for Russia, China, and perhaps major BRICS players.

As I wrote before, it’s 1929 all over again.

Remember the 30s?

One of the few countries doing well at that time was the Soviet Union, which sparked socialism in the US, and no small interest in Marxism.

The US is like the Titanic. The band keeps playing on, and not many from the lower decks will make it to a life boat, of which there are not many, Under Bidenomics, the ship would have taken longer to sink, with people taking longer to notice it was damaged. Under Trumpenomics the ship is going down fast.

Nobody likes to talk about social “class” anymore. The Titanic had three classes. First, Second, and Third, (steerage). You and I are in steerage. It’s not really comfortable but we think we can survive, The ship is unsinkable, right? Get your water wings.

More and more people see Trump as the Captain who piled on steam despite the icebergs, when he didn’t have to (or so the legend goes).

Not that we had any choice. Kamala Harris? Trump? What really is the difference?.

Both would accelerate the decline of the US. Both are swamp critters, just different kinds. Both have reptilian appetites.

Russia on the move again

And must in case you were wondering , Russia has resumed attacks against Ukrainian energy systems after the latest Ukrainian violation of the energy attack ceasefire in Sudzha.

They have also announced some 762 ongoing and pending criminal cases against UAF personnel for terrorism and war crimes.

Special Article:

Putin’s home. Owned by the State.

He is rumored to live here with a friend.

She was a gymnast. Now a commentator. Very popular in Russia. Unlike Western politicians, Putin keeps his private live private, though. So nobody really knows much this.

How are these things relevant to the “Special Article”. Guess will have to read it, to find out!

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