The “New Yalta” is the new Outsourcing.

Beware of the “mainstream alternative media,” profiting off hopium, saying the US Empire is “finished” thanks to Trump, as he enacts a W. Bush-era foreign policy in the Middle East and abroad.

Fiorella Isabel on her substack comments on the “mainstream alternative media,” algorithmically pushed by Elon and other oligarchs comments:  Those who gate-keep analysis and journalism as if it’s only valuable if they or the same ten people who go on the same six major youtube shows agree.

She continues:  Why am I saying this you ask? Well it’s evident that Donald J. Trump’s presidency has been inorganically manufactured to convince everyone that he is the man to “save America” and the World from the “globalist communist elites.” The problem is one, the globalists are liberal and conservative capitalists, and two, Trump is a billionaire influenced by technocratic oligarchs and zionists. Thus, his foreign policy is nothing but a deep-state continuation of the next phase of US empire, one that’s increasingly dangerous for US citizens and those in its downward path of wrath.

Ben Norton says:

Why is the Trump admin holding peace talks with Russia? Everything it does is about trying to weaken China.

Trump said he wants to “un-unite” Russia & China.

It’s the same divide-and-conquer strategy pursued by Kissinger & Nixon in the ’70s.

This is why Marco Rubio said there are “incredible opportunities that exist to partner with the Russians, geopolitically on issues of common interest, and frankly economically on issues that hopefully will be good for the world and will also improve our relations in the long term between these two important countries”.

Will Trump succeed in dividing Russia and China. I don’t think so, for at least as long as Putin is president. China is Russia’s largest trading partner, and they have a very complementary economic relationship, plus shared interests in organizations like BRICS and the SCO. The US can’t offer Russia much other than sanctions relief and security guarantees (which can’t be trusted anyway, as US presidents change and can withdraw from agreements, like Trump did with the Iran nuclear deal). In terms of trade, the US has de-industrialized, and its main exports are oil and gas, which Russia has huge reserves of. China is the world’s industrial superpower, and it manufactures everything. Russia would like sanctions relief, of course, but the sanctions have actually made it more economically self-sufficient, and less dependent on the West. They have also deepened its economic integration with Asia, not only with China but also with India and Turkey. So the US doesn’t have much to offer.

Brian Berletic says:

Reset 2.0. – Who is still falling for this?

Rubio said it, so it must be true? We want to believe it, so it must be true?  What actual evidence is there the US intends to do this?

Even as Rubio lies through his teeth to buy time because the US is out of arms/ammo to send Ukraine, he and the rest of the Trump administration is talking about NATO members expanding funding up to 5% of GDP from 2% – NATO, a gun pressed to Russia’s head causing this conflict IN THE FIRST PLACE!

The US is also desperately trying to expand its military industrial base precisely so it can win the next time it wages proxy war against adversaries like Russia.  The US is also openly continuing to pursue an identical conflict with Russia’s ally, China.

Rubio offering peace and partnership with Russia? He can barely say it with a straight face.

Wake. Up.  US is Reorganizing/Outsourcing Empire + Freezing not Ending Ukraine War.

He continues:

NO. Trump isn’t not ushering in peace by “halving” the Pentagon budget.

Let’s examine:

◾️Even if the US halved its military budget it would still be bigger than Russia & China’s combined;

◾️He’s also asking Russia & China to halve their military budgets;

◾️Russia & China use their military budget much more efficiently (as seen in Ukraine) so it comes much closer to ALSO halving their actual military capabilities;

◾️Because much of the US budget is currently fraud/waste,/abuse, cleaning up this still much larger budget would leave the US with an OVERPOWERING MILITARY ADVANTAGE over Russia/China;

◾️Because Russia & China obviously know this, they will never agree to it – but the rest of the world will only see Trump’s outstretched hand of “peace,” and “evil” Russia & China refusing to accept it;

It’s a trick.

This take 5 minutes to actually think about and do some basic research regarding – but only if you get past your emotional reaction and deep desire to uncritically fall for it.

Brian makes a very interesting comparison of the process vis a vis Syria in this video. If this does not convince you that there is major perfidy afoot then nothing will.

What does Pepe Escobar say?

Beyond the proverbial torrent of spin on what are Trump’s real motives to get closer to Russia, generating even delightful intimations of a hallucinatory magic carpet ride – to the sound of Steppenwolf and Jefferson Airplane – it’s all possible this may only be a fictional ride.

Or something way more sinister: Trump setting up the European rabble for a new Great War against Russia before 2030, with the Americans watching from afar.

What has happened since Riyadh?

Mr Trump insists he wants this over by Easter.  Why?  He does not want to spend the money as the money can be better expended in other tasks, i.e., Outsourcing Empire. He also does not want to state that the US lost this war.  To do this, he is firmly pushing the blame on Zelenski.  (Nothing to do with the US!  It is that fink Zelenski.)

South Africa is currently a major ‘outsourcing empire’ target. We will look at that separately.

Trump’s Team agreed to every single one of Lavrov’s points. Fix the communication and set up communication channels. Appoint Ambassadors. Once the US declares its team for what Mr Lavrov calls dialog partners (not negotiators), Mr Putin will select the Russian team, and Mr Putin will say when he is ready to summit with Mr Trump. Russia holds the cards and they are playing them as such.

Rubia told the Europeans that they have to be ready to lift sanctions against Russia and the US will consider this, but only after the SMO ends.  (They still think that sanctions can be held as a negotiating tool).  Europe is doing exactly what a good and well-scolded lapdog does.  While barking and howling a lot, they’ve announced a further package of sanctions on Russia and are trying their best to keep NATO and themselves relevant.  Mr Putin’s quote comes to mind.  Europe will gather around their master and wave their tails. Here it starts:

The pressure on Europe is designed to get them to take responsibility so that the empire’s war and the costs thereof can be outsourced.  This is not a secret.  Mr Trump announces this regularly.  Europe must pay.

Does Russia know?  If we look at the bolded sections of this series of comments by Mr Putin, they know.  Of course for now it would be more comfortable to have regular flights, and functional and practical communication on state level, like a normal country.   Therefore, the initial Riyadh meeting was positively assessed. It is but one meeting that is positively assessed, not the complete process. (Rubio did not faint and came away with nothing, but everyone was friendly.)

According to Mr Putin’s comments, Ukraine will form a very small part of future negotiations.  The US, of course, will twist and turn, but they will not accept that they have lost another war via Proxy Ukraine.   Specifically not now, when they are retrenching on one part of building an empire, only to husband their resources to build on another part of building an empire. Full spectrum dominance and Manifest Destiny have not been abandoned, and I believe we will see this clearly as time goes on.

Russia is ready to sit down at the negotiating table regarding Ukraine, Putin says.

🔹 The main agenda of conversations at the meeting in Riyadh was to restore trust between Russia and US;

🔹 Putin has been informed that the meeting in Riyadh had a friendly atmosphere;

🔹 Russia is taking first steps to resume work with the US in various areas of mutual interest, including the Middle East;

🔹 Russia and the US are going to work on economic issues, energy markets, space and other areas in cooperation, however, to resolve these and many more issues, the trust level between countries must be restored first;

🔹 Russia is not interested in interfering in European and US affairs;

🔹 Russia has never refused to negotiate on Ukraine;

🔹 All European leaders directly interfered in US election campaign and even made insults;

🔹 Russia will inform its BRICS friends about results of Russia-US talks;

🔹 Russian and US negotiating teams need preparation to reach acceptable solutions on various issues;

🔹 Current relations between Russia and US is in such state that “meeting over a cup of coffee” will not be enough;

🔹Russia’s 810th military brigade has crossed the border in Russia’s Kursk Region and entered Ukraine, with similar pattern being visible on entire front line;

🔹The attack against the Caspian Pipeline Consortium looks like an action coordinated with Europe,

🔹 Russia and the US agreed in Riyadh that work of diplomatic missions will be resumed in normal mode

🔹Ukraine regime hysteria to join talks are ‘inappropriate’, Trump and I need New START treaty, not just peace deal — Putin

We are entering the final phase of one issue, and the starting phase of another.  These are world-changing issues.

The first is indivisible security, as outlined in the final documentation from Russia when they were still trying to talk to the US at the end of 2021/beginning of 2022, in the persona of Anthony Blinken. That includes the final disposition of NATO.

Secondly, we are entering this phase: The strategy of empire going forward will be one of denial of world development through chaos creation.

While the approach has shifted, imperialist aspirations endure.  Russia understands this.  Eliza Doolittle informed us of the end of this process:

HIGGINS. Goodnight, Pickering. Oh! Mrs Pearce! Oh, damn; I meant to ask her to give me coffee in the morning instead of tea. Leave a little note for her, Eliza, and put out the lights.

[ELIZA TURNS OUT THE LIGHTS AND STAYS IN THE DARK, CRYING SILENTLY]