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<\/picture>\nIn the above statement, Trump mocks Russia as a fake military power and foolishly refers to Russia as a \u201cpaper tiger.\u201d He implied that he would continue to support Ukraine\u2019s drone attacks on Russian oil and gas facilities. This ignores the fact that Russia has refused to roll out its biggest and most devastating weapon systems against Ukraine as Putin has held out for a negotiated settlement with Trump, giving him the benefit of the doubt as an honest broker. He\u2019s quickly learning that Trump is no more in favor of ending this war than Biden was, so perhaps we will see some of those bigger weapons deployed against Ukraine in the near future. Yes, Putin could end this war in a week if he unleashed Oreshnik missiles on Kiev and targeted key government installations instead of just infrastructure and weapons depots. Is Trump daring him to do that?<\/p>\n
Trump writes:<\/p>\n
\u201cIn fact, it is very much making them look like \u2018a paper tiger.\u2019 When the people living in Moscow, and all of the Great Cities, towns and districts all throughout Russia, find out what is really going on with this War, the fact that it\u2019s almost impossible for them to get gasoline through the long lines that are being formed, and all of the other things that are taking place in their War Economy, where most of their money is being spent on fighting Ukraine, which has Great Spirit, and only getting better, Ukraine would be able to take back their Country in its original form and, who knows, maybe even go further than that! Putin and Russia are in BIG Economic trouble, and this is the time for Ukraine to act.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He then went on to say that \u201cWe will continue to supply weapons to NATO for NATO to do what they want with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a lot to unpack in this statement from Trump.<\/p>\n
First, he is signaling to Putin that he will continue to support the drone attacks deep inside Russia, targeting specifically Russia\u2019s energy sector. The fact that Trump is trying to hide US financial and military support for Ukraine behind the facade of \u201cNATO\u201d is a joke. Everyone knows that NATO is run by the United States, and without the United States, NATO would cease to exist. But Trump says he\u2019s going to \u201csupply weapons to NATO for NATO to do what they want with them.\u201d He must really think we are are stupid. Maybe most of us are. Unfortunately, Putin is not. He will at some point respond to Trump\u2019s bullying.<\/p>\n
Second, Trump hints that the US financial and military support for Ukraine will not end until Ukraine pushes Russia out of all its territory, which ostensibly includes Crimea, a peninsula Russia will never hand over to the Western puppets in Ukraine. But Trump doesn\u2019t stop there. He takes his jab at Russian pride a step further when he says maybe the US will not be satisfied with reclaiming all of Ukraine but may even use its Ukrainian proxies to push into Russian territory. He could not have issued a more provocative statement if he had tried.<\/p>\n
This is Trump signaling to Putin and the world that he is going all in with the neocons of his party, led by Lindsey Graham, who wish to confront Russia and get into a shooting war with that rival superpower. In effect, they want World War III to commence as soon as possible and will do whatever is necessary to provoke Russia into starting it.<\/p>\n
The most outragious part of Trump\u2019s statement, however, was his referring to Russia as a \u201cpaper tiger.\u201d This is the country with the world\u2019s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons and advanced hypersonic missiles that can be launched and hit European capitals within minutes. This is the country with the world\u2019s largest supply of natural resources, including rare earths, gold, oil, gas, and great mineral wealth. Yet, Trump chooses to ignore Russia\u2019s legitimate security interests on its border with Ukraine and side with the insane Europeans who want World War III with Russia. Then he chooses to throw salt in Putin\u2019s eye by referring to his country, which has a 1,000-year history, as a \u201cpaper tiger.\u201d Incredible.<\/p>\n
These comments by Trump also prove that I have been right all along in my analysis that Trump never had any intentions of dismantling NATO. It\u2019s still very useful as the military arm of a U.S.-led New World Order.<\/p>\n
Later in the day, while speaking with French President Macron in a joint presser, Trump doubled down on his statement about Russia, saying, \u201cMost of you have seen the recent statement I put out. I\u2019m glad you got it, but I feel that way. Let him (Zelensky) get that land back, so we\u2019ll see how it all works out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yes, we will see how it works out. If Trump continues down this path and gets Europe to join him in escalating the economic warfare against Russia, look out. World War III, here we come.<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: <\/strong>Russians will see this statement by Trump as something very near a delcaration of war. Trump talks a lot about how this war is more of a European problem than an American one because \u201cwe are surrounded by oceans\u201d and the Europeans are right there in Russia\u2019s backyard.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s sad that I need to remind you of this, Mr. President: Oceans don\u2019t stop Oreshnik missiles.<\/em><\/p>\n
Pray for peace. Prepare for war. These are tumultuous times.<\/p>\n