Trump wants A Deal — not Peace

It’s called opportunism

with gratitude to Julian Macfarlane at News Forensics.

The Western Media seem to think that Trump gave Putin his marching orders —just because Putin is articulate, civil and polite —if, as they say in Russian – “nuanced’.

There are at least 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers, mercenaries, and NATO personnel trapped in Kursk. Trump asked Putin to show mercy. Putin replied he would follow the law.

Technically, all these people are terrorists, including the NATO people. Those who committed crimes will be punished. I doubt that Trump understood—he has trouble with sentences longer than 10 words,

Vladimir Putin:

Another fundamental point: as we are all aware, our forces recently conducted a series of rapid, daring, and effective operations, culminating in the defeat of almost all enemy force groupings in the Kursk Region. Let me reiterate: under Russian law, all Ukrainian military personnel, especially foreign mercenaries who entered our territory and committed crimes against civilians, shall be, and are, legally classified as terrorists.

Their atrocities must be identified, documented, and meticulously investigated. I instruct prosecution bodies, including military prosecutors, to fully deploy this work in liberated territories – in Sudzha and other localities – in coordination with relevant services. These criminals, punishers, and those who issued unlawful orders and abused civilians must be identified and brought to justice.

No plea bargain is being offered.

It is clear that Trump and his people have no sway with Putin. Acting as if they had all the cards and can force Russia to comply – as they seem to be doing – is just foolish because, as I have said before, that will just harden Russian resolve.

Larry Johnson and Mark Sleboda seem to agree with many of the points that Brian Berletic and I have been making for some time—Trump 2.0 is really the same as Trump 1.0, maybe worse.

In any case, Trump and his merry band of ZioNazis are not in this game for peace but for profit with their pretense of power—”doing a “deal”. The empire may be collapsing but they don’t notice. Trump is not very observant. Yes, the Donald likes to let it all hang out — which is what happens to old guys who forget to zip up their trousers. I should know. It is not a sign of character.

Every failing empire has people like this — as I explained in a previous “special article” drawing on World Systems theorists like Wallerstein and Arrighi and many others going right back to Adam Smith.

But not everyone in the AltM community – including the Duran –seems to understand this, thinking the US is more resilient than it is— as you can see in the video below.

I do not mean to disparage the two A’s — they are very smart and informed people with insight and intelligence—but they spend too much time reading the MSM, especially FT and Bloomberg and listening to chatter in the “City”.

Others look at history, as Michael Hudson, Richard Wolff, and the World Systems theorists do— and “get it”.

Alex Krainer gets it, too.

I have put all these videos together — point / counterpoint (yes, I studied music).

Watch the videos – compare, and draw your own conclusions, which may be different from mine. Make your own music.

The simple fact is that Trump is a business person – not a statesmen or diplomat – not even a politician really. He is neither stable nor a genius. He treats the entire world as real estate. He does not see cultures or nations – he sees property. He is not interested in justice– just winning. Which is to say, the scales of justice must be tipped in his favor.

He is not interested in peace – just profit.

Worst of all, he is no better than Biden or Obama.