Using his Truth Social account, President Donald Trump said he is “strongly considering” issuing large-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia to get a ceasefire and settlement deal on the table to end the war in Ukraine.
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With Ukraine in a vulnerable position due to the USA ‘pause’ in Ukraine missiles and drones targeting systems, President Trump appears to be telling Vladimir Putin directly not to exploit the vulnerability or Russia will face enhanced economic pressure points.
President Trump is putting pressure on both sides to reach an interim ceasefire agreement.
President Trump is also well aware that there are no banking, tariff or sanction pressure points that could materially hurt Russia or will impact the decision making of President Putin. Accept the public messaging for what it is.
Keep watching…
First. President Trump Won!!
Art of the Deal. Trump is the master. He’s going to have a peace deal quickly.
Yup. Guessing the deal is already done. Just need to present it to the world at the time and place of the good guys’ choosing.
Notice how the flop sweat display of Little boy Z took place in the Oval first for the world to see? Also notice how Little boy Z was treated/welcomed by several EU country’s leaders first for the rest of the world to see?
Was that all part of the plan? Trust the plan.
“Hey President P., you can have your soccer ball back. The ball is now back in your court. – Big T out.”
No more Garanimal children’s clothes for Little boy Z. Time to put on your big boy pants.
I’ll keep watching, and what I’m seeing here is Trump directing a military threat at Russia, not a soft financial threat. Trump can switch full intelligence support back on at any moment, remember. I’m sure Russia will take it that way, too. They need to hurry along, as Trump is reminding them. Ending this means Russia has to settle their own political squabbles, and accept compromises. They have to get through that. Swiftly.
Same. I assume that they both know sanctions against Russia is meaningless so this is a polite way of saying stop.
Not so sure about the sanctions being meaningless, if structured by the Trump Administration.
The sanctions have been meaningless to this point because of the way they were structured and (not) enforced.
Let’s wait and see what sanctions and sanction enforcement looks like under President Trump.
Past “definitions” and actions by other Administrations cannot be used to measure what may occur under president Trump, unless it’s some reference to 2017 to 2020.
Hello BRICS. Their GDP now exceeds the G20 and is targeting the G7. We should send more weapons to Ukraine.
🤮
No, because the BRICS system is built on greater respect than the current one of sanctions, and stealing the money of other countries!
Not another penny or weapon to the child pretending to be a leader.
Did you used to work for USAID?
Define work.
Currently there are approximately 18,600 sacntions placed on Russia and Russian entities and citizens. Warning Putin about more sanctions is a last ditch move by Trump to nudge Putin to the table and look tough. I voted for 47, but there are times when he needs to slow down and think it through like the recent flip flop on tariffs with Canada and Mexico. Sometimes, his mouth gets ahead of his brian and it’s not a good place to be when you’re working with Vladimir Putin and that sleaze bag comedian and EU/Globalist puppet in Kiev. Step back, let things play out before throwing gas on the fire. Not sure we can trust those whispering in his ear.
Where is President Trump’s brian located? 😂
I think that the talk of sanctions is mostly for domestic consumption. I say mostly because I’m pretty sure that President Trump has more ability to cause pain via sanctions, so the threat isn’t exactly empty, even if serious people (which most Americans are not) understand that it isn’t going to make or break anything.
I’m not sure that hyperventilating over President Trump’s mouth is necessary. His words are powerful and effective about 99.9% of the time. His words are truthful 100% of the time.
Let’s wait and see how things turn out before we lose our minds.
Did President Trump get concessions from Canada and Mexico about the things he wanted them to do?
If the answer is yes then it is not a flip flop, it is a win and you adjust accordingly.
No one has the right to sanction ANY country! If you don’t like what a country is doing, then you as a country stop buying it. Its as simple a Budweiser! If others choose to buy from the country you don’t like, its not your problem.
What?
And keep being taken advantage of?
Ridiculous.
Sanctions are how you bring a rogue actor to heel when you do NOT want war.
Its called leverage.
President Trump should sanction any country he needs to until they cry “uncle!”
EU just passed Sanctions package #16 and
are currently working on #17.
They have even sanctioned….sewing needles 🤣
and washing machines…..Ursula Fond of Lying
claimed Russia was taking the chips out of
washing machines to put in military equipment.
🤪euro-weenies…🙄
Sanctions obviously have not worked….🤷♀️
My take is that the Truth Social post main intent is
to put the word out that Ukraine is losing…Bigly.
Right now Russia has gained fire control of the
main/only highway leading into a cauldron.
A pretty sizable Ukraine force are trapped.
President Trump appears to be relaying his
knowledge of what is happening on the frontline,
and advising Russia to exercise good judgment 😉
Russia is probably air dropping flyers with Volga
information…..surrender
I posted info with map and comments on Open
thread page 1 early this morning.
🙏 for all of the troops 🙏
Trump doing equal sanctions is fine, but I would rather see all sanctions ended.
The United States has the absolute right to slam any nation in the world with as many sanctions/tariffs as we want.
Our President has a DUTY to impose sanctions/tariffs if that other nation is ripping us off through unfair trade practices.
America First!
MAGA!
FAFO !
That wasn’t what I was expressing! I was referring to sanctions on Russia
Smokescreen. Imposed sanctions have not seriously affected Russia, same with imposing new sanctions. Who have they impacted??? – the EU and world financial market controllers, while improving BRICS nations process. I see Trump/Putin wanting – NEEDING – the collapse of the EU and NATO – for obvious reasons of restoration of world governing sanity. Therefore, Trump threatening more sanctions is basic cover – he can impose them knowing that they will actually hurt EU/NATO and get away with it – Art of the Deal! Or I’m completely full of B.S. – time will tell.
It’s only meaningless to the degree that they are not enforced. Interpret “enforce” as you prefer.
Everyone is playing the hands they were dealt in this dangerous game.
I want my Kaspersky back.
That was a Biden sanction against Russia.
Actually banning Kaspersky happened under President Trump.
we’re not supposed to think that Putin isn’t playing for keeps, right? That SMO Document was just a ruse in order for him and his cronies to get rich?? The people are expecting victory, they’re Russian.
Russia is in no hurry at all. It is President Trump who is in a panic.
You dont see Putin issuing any demands of “Negotiate or Else” What is going to come next from Trump “Hell to Pay?”
No one knows. Not even Putin.
Disagree. The Russians don’t “have” to do anything.
Trump and Putin both know this is just in spirit and doesn’t actually mean much. It just allows Trump to hold face and allows Putin to come around whenever he is ready. Win win for both.
Actually, I think it means something quite important. Trump’s timetable is different from Russia’s for some reason, and he’s decided to do some pushing to get things done sooner rather than later.
President Trump’s timetable is finite.
President Putin’s is not.
President Trump has one Constitutionally proscribed chance to destroy the Deep State and restore our Republic to some semblance of its original intended form. His plate is overflowing with a short amount of time to accomplish it and plenty who wish to obstruct it, as we are witnessing with each passing day.
Outside of his truly wanting the killing to stop and for peace to replace it, every aspect of his multi faceted agenda is inextricably linked to all the other pieces.
I think perhaps that’s the reason.
Why doesn’t he start here?
He multitasks.
The Russian-Ukrainian war did ‘start here’. And Trump’s opposition to it is the reason the deep state stole the 2020 election and then tried to bankrupt, imprison, and murder Donald Trump.
You’re right. It started with the Wolfowitz Doctrine. We warned you back then. Once Cheney had it solidified, the ball got rolling here. BOMB BOMB BOMB RUSSIA!
Do you feel comfortable defining “We”?
I guess you’re not old enough to remember Sen. Bill Bradley, he was only a basketball player. Those of us that were against the Woflowitz Doctrine from its inception. Nobody listened to us because they wanted to go to war with Russia. There were plenty of people engaged with Russia before America decided it was better to remain at conflict with Russia and get cheap shiny objects from peasants in China. FAFO.
I hope you’re enjoying your “service economy” and cheap shiny objects.
Thank you for assuming, George. I am a woman of, shall I refer to myself, “a certain age”, old enough to remember Bradley well…on the court and off. And Wolfowitz, though when this doctrine came to light, I was happily domociled in the UK, a much different UK than the one it has tragically morphed into. And where I became far more educated and informed than ever I did here at university.
The US political and military establishment needed, has always needed, a boogyman. And they chose a nascent post Soviet Russia. I dare say it suited the purposes of those intent on positioning themselves at the top of a ” New World Order” so desirous of megalomaniacs through the ages. It could have been very much different….alas.
To them, we are always the untermensch. Of all that changes, this is one thing which does not.
I considered that you might have been born in another country, with your choice of “We”. Thank you for your extended reply.
Betsy, YOU ARE THE BEST, as always. Poignant, and courteous.
Oh my goodness, dear Quoheleth!! I haven’t seen you in such a long time…I pray you are well, my friend, and thriving.
Thank you for your kind comment. Coming from you, it means everything….
Love you Betsy Jones😍
Bless you, CCV…love you, too, my sister in our beautiful Tree 😘
I almost anticipated a “Bless your heart” at the end of your response but it was not needed since the rebuttal was deadly by itself…..
😎
❤️
Making me smile here, dearest GB…and for the record, love you, too, which I hope you know 😘
Russia moves on their own time Not Trumps. If he wants to deal with Russia it will be on Russia’s terms and timetable.
So far they have that luxury.
Could say the same for the US side.
War of attrition.💁♀️
Decimate the number of troops.
Decimate the equipment to fight.
After that, it is just the task of cleaning up.
Russia is about to enter the final stages.
The attrition of troops is almost complete.
The attrition of military equipment is almost
complete, and our refusal/ability to send more
equipment will only speed up the attrition.
No troops-no equipment……No War.
Russia has stuck to their strategy of attrition.
It has served them well.
I equate that Russia moves in their own time
in terms of military strategy.
Ukraine was never going to win this war, gypsy.
Those who instigated it have immoral motives.
Russia, who through history has fought empire builders, suffered great losses, and remembers, has been fighting to repel the same again. Not in the same form but empire builders all the same.
If the Lord has favoured one side over another?
I doubt it is the former’s.
DJT is moving on so many fronts.
Who among us could possibly accomplish as much?
Heck, if I mow the lawn – that’s enough for one day.
The President is like one of those speciality acts you’d see on Ed Sullivan: the plate spinner who’d keep 1, then 2, 3, 4, 5, and more dinner plates spinning on top of poles, all at the same time!
The energy and focus in intense.
It was exciting to watch on TV.
It’s even more amazing to see the President do it in real time.
It truly is mind blowing to watch all right. That’s a descriptive I don’t like, so for me to use it…
I think if someone told him to stop or slow down, he wouldn’t know how. Margaret Thatcher was like that…four hours of sleep per night. He is purpose driven.
And yes, amazing and exciting to be witness to it.
President Trump has 18 months at best to get the big things done. No matter how much winnings he delivers the repugnicans will find a way to lose the midterms. We will know Mr. Putin gets the message if/when Russia responds. Noting that no response IS a response.
While I recognize the midterms carry that danger, girl, I think 2026 might be a horse of a different colour. The political landscape is certainly very different. Including this time a Dem party which everyone has seen the hideous face of.
Nevertheless, remembering the 2018 RINO betrayal and sabotage is prudent. Evil never calls it a day.
Agree but I do not trust repugnicans. They have shown they will throw elections just to “get” Trump. Many of them have sold themselves to the evil President Trump and MAGA are fighting.
No, nor do I.
They, especially in the senate (small “s”), are already showing their colours as expected, so wrapped up in hubris are they. I expected nothing different.
As for trust, Republicans have shown themselves unworthy of it. I withdrew mine years ago.
“…in a New York minute” 🙂
Yes, before Europe goes all out Hitler, Churchill, Mussolini!
it sounds so crazy, and yet this is why i agree that he is trying to speed it along. it would not surprise me to see us tag teaming to stomp out violent authoritarianism in europe – AGAIN.
Macron speaking about Germany yesterday was concerning. He’s worried Germany will build a big army!
No. Macron is actually very happy that Germany is finally investing in its military, that’s what he has been pushing for.
They’ve already gone Schwab, Harari, von der Leyen, Starmer, Micron…
Remind me again who has ever been able to poke the bear and not feel anything? You do realize they now possess the largest and most lethal army on the continent, right?
Continent? Try World.
They have 1.5 million men under arms, defending their Motherland. They have the best military industrial base in the world producing the best weapons in the world which are integrated into what is now the best battle-optimized doctrine of netcentric warfighting in the world. These globalists and the eunuchs who serve them simply have conception of the hellfire they are kindling underneath their and everyone else’s feet.
We understand the doctrine just fine. It’s not new; it’s been around in embryonic form since the mid-1970’s. We even have the capacity to replicate the industrial, with a lot of work. However, amalgamating men and material into an effective socially cooperative killing machine is another matter. Our feminized, diversified, trannified, de-ethnocentrized military is simply incapable of being transformed. Many if not most patriots left and half of what remains are simply mercenaries there for a paycheck. Many are willing to kill for money, but no one is willing to die for money.
Transforming what we have now into something which could challenge the Russians is far beyond anyone’s capability. Moreover, it is the wrong thing to do in the first place. The Russians are on the other side of the planet. They are not our enemies because they pose no threat to us in our homeland and we should extend the same courtesy to them and focus our military revitalization on preparing to meet the threat that we face ON OUR BORDER.
and yet Putin remains ready for peace. The world doesn’t deserve him nor Lavrov.
He may have written another check he can’t cash. Putin/Lavrov are not Watlz and Rubio. US delegatioin is out matchged to start. Plus, Russia is not taking it’s foot of the gas in Eastern Ukraine – more territory gained this week. Kursk is about done. Desetions by the thousands are rampant for Ukraine. Zelenskyy is not going to leave quietly.
Just an opinion. When Russia captures all of the territory of the oblasts that voted to leave the Ukraine and the Kursk intrusion is completely expelled Putin will be ready to talk about a ceasefire. He stated as much at the beginning of the conflict. Putin is telling the truth with the SMO declaration..
I think you’re forgetting about the people of Odessa and Transnistria. This isn’t over the way people think. There’s still a civil war to be fought/continued.
Most despots do not leave quietly at first in the end they all leave without saying a word.
Nobody negotiates like Lavrov.
Agree. This is more for public optics at this stage. Putin wants an agreement and knows Trump needs to show he’s evenhanded.
Of course behind the optics IS a stick but at this juncture I suspect not intended for use as they both know it’s
“needed”…
Came to my mind as well. There have been long conversations between US and Russia underway, as the means to end this war is discussed. The terms of agreement have to be part of the conversations. This gives PDJT a means to create a public “scene” that, at least in part, weakens the “Russia, Russia, Russia – puppet, puppet, puppet” chorus of the warmongers.
“There was never a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent drawing of the sword.”
Ulysses S. Grant
That’s correct Abe. I believe Trump and Putin already have it written and ready to go.
did i get the wrong takeaway from previous articles?
i thought Russia was fairly impervious to sanctions and tariffs
having restructured their economy to be self sufficient.
signed,
confused in illinois (not hard to do😂).
Pretty much “everyone” had said that the all the vast number of sanctions on Russia didn’t work.
came to the comments to say this – but i actually think some of the above clarifies it or at least, they are a good theory. this is more about the optics to the world than a message to russia, other than that we’d really like russia to hurry up for both domestic reasons and for the creeping fasco-marxism in europe that is rising fast.
ok, now i think it’s the Don and Vlad Show,
sponsored by Diet Coke and Stoli.
they done snookered us to let it play out “organically”.👍🏻 👏🏻😂
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/developing-putin-ready-discuss-truce-ukraine-after-trump/
exactly. They de-Dollarized long ago and BRICS is developing their own financial world. Any future sanctions will just cement the Global South in Russia’s arms.
Putin said they “learned” and would not let sanctions harm them. He said they even learned to make Swiss cheese.
Let’s hope that the threat of DJT’s sanctions has more leverage, right now, than Putin’s thirst for Ukraine territory.
Putin has no thirst for Ukraine territory.
His goal is to to protect Russia from NATO aggression.
yes, and the massive financial stakes that will happen if (when?) Russia has the use of the crimean deep water ports and land mass across UKR to pipe oil and gas to MANY markets, even globally, literally becoming a first world power (Russia has always lacked the economic power and by definition, has never achieved true first world market making capability. that happens when (if?) Russia brokers a treaty with Ukraine that permits both countries to become somewhat of an unlikely partnership for the future oil and gas distribution. Russia has trillions upon trillions of dollars of relatively easy to extract and produce oil and gas. What it does not have is a ready made infrastructure to distribute it at scale matching it’s supply.
It will be interesting to see how President Trump and the rest of the world deal with that reality.
obviously, this will threaten the usual suspects who do not want lower energy prices that comes from competition.
it has always been my view that this really is the reason why NATO has advanced it’s agenda to encroach over the decades. It’s not like it’s never been known just how vast the Russian reservoir of oil and has really is. It’s quite a massive amount. And with somewhat warmer temps and more infrastructure into formerly undeveloped regions, Russia is at a point where it can make a good at it and become very successful.
makes you kind of wonder what companies like Burisma were really doing, doesn’t it?
not just only money laundering…but perhaps “investing” in the ukr political body (payoffs) such that investors could have a seat at the table and make massive amounts of money on the future energy deals between the two countries.
God Bless America
True.
Russia, post USSR collapse, has never been given a fair opportunity on the world economic stage. NATO has been steady EFF-ing them over since Bill Clinton was selected.
It’s the Wolfowitz Doctrine. You got a Service Economy and cheap shiny objects out of the deal. Quit complaining.
Sorry. I’ll make a better sammich next time. /
I can hear Putin laughing.
Do you have desk next to him?
Thus far, the sanctions have served to strengthen, not weaken, Russia. Is there any evidence these will be different?
Probably it’s just a gesture for his home audience to give the impression that he is pressuring Russia. There’s a reason he has already signaled he wants to grant Russia all its main demands: because a) they are reasonable and b) there is nothing we can do about it anyway.
The only way Trump can come out with a win viz Ukraine is by crafting a Grand Bargain geopolitically which will provide the world with a better configuration now the post-war one is long past its due date. This I believe is what he is working on. Ukraine has lost. Probably the SMO will continue until Russia has taken all four oblasts which voted to join RF in 2022 so that doesn’t have to be negotiated. Ukraine will have an election, th same or a new President will be elected, it will be demilitarized and a neutral policy will ensue, being neither in NATO or Russia. Ukraine is a simple situation, relatively speaking.
The larger geopolitical situation is advanced and I suspect at some point will involve China and the tariff-triggered spat now is partly performative prior to the new arrangement being put together hopefully this summer.
As long as Trump 2.0 is all-in with Israel, though, there is a low ceiling to how many substantive reforms can be effected. The Swamp will change shape somewhat but its roots in the US Body Politic will remain.
Did not Einstien say something about insanity and doing the same thing over and over again?
Sanctions and Tariffs will not and have not worked.
Russia has stated their demands they must be met or the war will go on. Trump is powerless to do anything about that unless he wants to escalate to total war. Which Russia is totally willing and ready to do. We are not.
I can’t recall ever buying anything that said “made in Russia.“. Pudding brain put sanctions on Russia years ago. What on earth could we actually tariff from Russia?
Vodka? Those little dolls that fit inside each other?
Russia has never exported much Vodka to the US. Russian Vodka is top shelf stuff. 100.00+ a bottle.
Swill Vodka is all Europe, and some domestic made.
Matyoshka dolls in the US mostly come from China.
Stolinyskaya Vodka is made in Latvia, a Russian enemy.
There are a lot of great firearms made over there that we can no longer import because of “sanctions”.
Tula ammo
It’s steel encased…a bit rougher on auto bolts and chambers than brass.
aluminum. the prices have skyrocket since the war began.
Where did all the Russian fertilizer we bought go?
Its a disappointment that Russia did not take the high road and slow fighting. If peace is the prize that why make yourself look like a bully beating up a sick person. Guess its easy to keep killing when you’re not in the field risking your own skin. Oh for the good old days when the leaders lead from the front.
if russia looks like a bully to you, you’re drinking the same tired CIA talking points as the ones who say Trump “bullied” Z….
I agree MB, lot more military action on many fronts from Ukraine in the last month. It may be just to get troops out of cauldrons but still lot more offense.
Putin had a chance to show that he was willing for peace by not increasing the fight but he did. Yes, I consider that a bully tactic. No, I am not swallowing the CIA pill but I’m not going to not call what I see.
By the way,
Trump Warns Russia: Back Off And Stop Bombing; UPDATE: Russia Offers Pause – HotAir
Millions of people see it your way. That’s not to say they are right or wrong. It is what it is.
I so hoped that Putin would not escalate the fight but rather use it as a way to say he was ready to stop fighting. I’m very much a respecter of Russia but disappointed is just that.
I daresay we do not know the specific reasons behind any of Russia’s tactical moves, beyond trying to protect THEIR homeland from corrupt NATO aggression (using Ukraine as their proxy) AND defending the Russian-speaking population of eastern Ukraine (Donbas region).
Russia didn’t start this war in 2022 as the fake news MSM and corrupt politicians have falsely tried to assert for 3 years. The CIA fomented it by inciting and encouraging the Maidan Uprising from November 2013 into 2014 and then the warmonger Neocon & DemoCommie politicians continuing to pump arms and money into the Ukrainian Nazi forces through 2024. Putin’s 2022 move was announced only after all of his calls for peace negotiations were ignored by the U.S. & Europe.
To stop this mess Ukraine should take the high road and surrender. They have lost why fight on?
Surrender? When you’re working on peace?
In the meantime, the people of Odessa and Kherson are awaiting liberation. You don’t believe in Nazis, do you?
I believe in rewarding a kind offer with another. By the way,, this, to me has nothing to do with Ukraine. This was a ‘let’s work on stopping the fighting’ from President Trump.
There is no reason to slow the fighting. What would be the point?
The SMO is proceeding as planned and will continue until complete.
Here’s a brief, concise history lesson from an internet commenter which may help in identifying the real ‘bully’.
“In 1991, Russia accepted Ukraine’s independence [from the USSR], under certain conditions, including remaining NEUTRAL (so no NATO).
In 2014 (the year of the Ukrainian coup d’état orchestrated by the C!A, unveiled last week by [President] Trump), money, $5.5B, was transferred by USAID to the Ukraine.
The Donetsk Oblast (eastern Ukraine) held a referendum that resulted in the creation of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Simultaneously, the Luhansk Oblast did the same and formed Luhansk People’s Republic.
Despite the fact that these democratic referendums obtained a very strong majority, Ukraine rejected these results, even though Russia had accepted the separation of Ukraine 23 years earlier.
Ukraine then banned the Russian language, refused to offer government, healthcare and education services to the 25% of the Ukrainian population who are unilingual Russian.
They [the Ukraine] have closed all Russian-language media. And they banned the Christian Orthodox Church, the religion of the Russians.
They killed journalists.
They jailed opposition leaders.
They arrested the Supreme Court leader.
They also killed 13,000 Russian-speaking Ukrainians between 2014 and 2021 in the Donbass.
In 2022, for their own protection, these 2 republics held referendums, again, but this time to join Russia.
These referendums were also rejected by the Ukrainian government, which sent the army to retake these territories by force.
It’s the same thing for the territory of Crimea, 82% of which are inhabited by Russians.
[In the meantime 40+ BIOLABS manufacturing GERM/VIRAL/CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS were sited in the Ukraine designed to be used against ethnic Russians and other ethnicities.]
It was at this point that [President] Putin intervened in order to protect the people who had democratically just voted to join Russia.
[President] Putin didn’t enter the conflict illegally.
He used the Article 51 of the UN Charter.
Article 51 states that nothing in the Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense.
It serves as a foundation for collective defense arrangements, allowing nations to come together in response to aggression.
Russia is just defending is own territory.
The conflict is still in the Donbass.
All the destroyed cities are in the Donbass.
[President] Putin has no intention to take over Ukraine.
His army is in the Donbass, fighting the invaders: the Ukrainian army.”
There are more details, however, this should suffice.
o.0
I have disliked Ukraine government since 2015 when they did their dirty work against President Trump. I have been for Russia even before then and defending it. However, Russia claims it wants peace. President Trump is working for peace also by stopping the CIA involvement in Ukraine. The guided missiles were stopped by him. The missiles from Russia stopped or so I read. The rest I have already stated.
As soon as the Special Military Operation is successful and complete peace will be achieved and everyone can finally be happy.
Until that time there is still much to do.
The Ukraine must be demilitarized and the Azov N@zis must be eliminated.
The Ukraine always has the option of a complete and unconditional surrender.
o.0
When your neighbor keeps throwing dog poop into your yard would you go fast or slow on your way to stopping him completely?
See my above statement and sorry and the poop in your yard.
Consolidating gains to create defendable lines most likely. Plus who is telling us Russia is being aggressive right now? Personal i would think the fog of war is higher then ever
Russia has faced all sorts of sanctions and the like in the past few years and it hasn’t affected them. This sounds like an empty threat, or for domestic consumption only.
the main reason is that none of the sanctions from the EU were actually enforced. I think there was period of about 2 months when EU halted oil and gas trade with Russia and they effed around and found out in the coldest months of winter this was monumentally stupid….and so, the trade sanctions were quietly withdrawn….replaced with arming ukr and lots of arm waving about Russian aggressions.
IF sanctions had held and the EU could have figured out a way to overcome the energy scarcity as a consequences, there is no doubt Russia would have held diplomacy earlier and sought expanded energy deals with ukr as a condition.
but that didn’t happen. EU does not have options to overcome it’s energy dependence on cheap Russia oil and gas. Some make a big deal out of big oil here in the US, and the markups. I’ve got news, we got it good here, even when it’s bad. In europe, there are 3 major oil and gas “retailers”, who markup cheap Russian oil and natural gas to criminal levels of goudging. Then couple this with the direct impact of carbon tax, new green deal investments in the tune of hundreds of billions of wasted effort, and the manipulation of public sentiment OIL IS SATAN, and well, europe has literally created the perfect set of conditions for it’s own demise….the collapse of the entire European nation states literally depend on the outcome of this war.
to do business with Russia, or not. that is the question and the answer to the future of Europe.
there are no white horses coming to save it. they made their bones and now will live with those terms.
there is a lesson to be realized here: global dependency for your energy requirements is a very very very stupid strategy.
Russia certainly knows this. Russia holds the ace cards…all of them.
President Trump will also face some new considerations also. Russia oil does and will threaten the US oil gate keepers. they do NOT want Russia oil traded at global scale. If that happens, at current prices, many us oil fields will literally shut down..
we saw the same things happen when Saudi Arabian dumped cheap oil on the global market…at least 6 times in my life time. Yes, it dropped the price of energy. It also impacted US oil and jobs big time.
this is what will happen if russia has global access with its oil. It will become THE NUMBER ONE GLOBAL MARKET MAKER.
Saudi Arabia and the US do not want this to happen. What I mean is the oil industries …and of course, this influences US policy.
President Trump must be aware of these considerations. how he manages a peace deal and protects us jobs and oil business is going to be very exciting.
God Bless America
You are so well informed and able to articulate. Thank you.
Some interesting information on the topic of internat’l oil markets….
https://www.agbi.com/analysis/oil-and-gas/2025/01/middle-east-oil-supplies-to-europe-drop-replaced-by-us/
The “Trump can turn targeting back on” part I understand, but I’ve been reading here for a long time that Russia has adjusted markets and the existing sanctions were having no effect.
Russia isn’t Trillions$ in debt like the US is, and the EU and Asian markets don’t seem to sheepishly follow the US like they used to. Long time alliances are getting more fragile than they were for a long time after WWII
Putin knows the financial condition of the US and I just don’t think that the sanctions threat is going to work as well as in the past.
Even
The Vatican has financial problems.
Since sanctions hadn’t harmed Russia;
with all the go arounds, and oil purchases by Europe, etc,
with the EU doing their plotting to militarily support Ukraine … , not to mention that EU is pretty broke
-it would seem that Russia’s continued financial enrichment would cease
and WW3 could go full Monty.
-How’s brics doin?
-Tariffs for everyone!
Going to Saudi Arabia next week 😜
Also, “Made in America” is not just a catch phrase, nor is it to isolate the US from the world.
All that MAGA stands for; the “Make America” list that President Trump ended every rally with, is quite a remarkable goal with a thoughtful plan.
The Swamp IS being drained.
-It is currently strategically being constrained.
Peace and prosperity is the prize
-for the world.
“Since sanctions hadn’t harmed Russia”
Dis you tell Biden and KJP?
Who cares? Ukraine and Russia are not important to Americans. Why is Trump wasting our time with these corrupt countries?
Russia is important. A alliance worth having. Right now Russia is a defender of Western civilization – Christianity and family values.
How does such an alliance directly benefit the US taxpayer?
President Trump is key to resolving this conflict with peace treaties established by way of economic normal relations. if you don’t understand how war creates uncertainly and market disruptions, you might want to check how COVID-19 did that. Everything IS connected in the modern global era. America cannot simply snap it’s fingers and pretend we can go it alone and become pre-WW2 isolationists.
But I do understand the point…Yes, the US should not be putting up coupons for Ukraine anymore. Nor should we be engaging a single side set of sanctions economically lodged at Russia. All that simply confuses the agenda and aggravates an already hot war. I understand President Trump aim to settle this war and using economic sanctions to URGE it. But I’m just not convinced this will really have any effect. Russia has managed just fine inspite of the so called sanction leveled against it. In fact, Russia seems to be doing quite well economically. If one considers just the single factor of national debt, by comparison, I would argue the US is in dire straights, and Russia could settle its’ debts in about a month of tight controls.
If you consider what the media will refuse to discuss, you really do get a better read of the situation and from my view, as limited as they are, and prone to error as anyone else, it would seem that it is the absence of globalist controls (world bank) over Russia that is “the problem”. Think of China…yes, a threat, but has a pretty steep debt account. Russia stands out in this area…and that gives it a unique power that few other countries of its size, natural resources, and military might can even come close to. a good way to think about it: what Russia is today, is what the US was around 1951…the beginning of an incredible shift in economic power. All that stands in the way of this is the west denying it access to deep water ports and oil routes across UKR. I am certain President Trump is keenly aware of these geo-political realities. How he manages to establish peace AND contribute to the US taxpayer is certainly going to be difficult. But in my view, there is no more qualified person to the task.
Appropriately played. We will see if also successfully played.
An interesting aside: among people who discuss the central banking world, it is widely assumed that even Putin does not know who all the members of Russian’s central bank’s Board of Directors are. They are able to respond independently of him.
VSGPDJT and his team improve on the ChiCom Unrestricted Warfare: Full-Spectrum MAGA.
“All your levers of power belong to us!”
President Trump can’t dictate what the UK/EU will do. I see this as urgency to speed up the peace process and Yes!! Russia is taking advantage of USA removing guidance systems. President Trump doesn’t want anymore death from either side.
I’m confused. How can sanctions make a difference now when they only strengthened Russia before? All the work around are already in place and working well, as you’ve reported before.
How can this threat of more sanctions have any real impact other that performance optics?
April 2 is fast approaching
Interesting to see all the comments throwing the Trump Administration under the bus when discussing sanctions … but are quick to point out how President Trump’s Team are not the same as other Administrations on other topics.
Do not be so sure about the sanctions being meaningless, if structured by the Trump Administration.
The sanctions have been meaningless to this point because of the way they were structured and (not) enforced.
Let’s wait and see what sanctions and sanction enforcement looks like under President Trump.
Past “definitions” and actions by other Administrations cannot be used to measure what may occur under president Trump, unless it’s some reference to 2017 to 2020.
Yes….
banking is key
Banking is one place. There are likely other pressure points to directly and indirectly pressure Russia, as well … which have not been tried nor used to enforce a past sanction.
Could banking sanctions on other countries (disrupt doing any ‘business’ with Russia) be coming?
-bi-lateral deals are quite a tool
Embargo next?
-ports (Panama)
President Putin has a massive upper hand with military technology.
But President Trump holds the key to giving Russia a respected seat on the world stage.
If it were not impacting the livelihood and retirement of so many, it is actually comical to watch the daily near 1,000+ point swings (up and down) on the DJI as well as similar swings on the other markets …. all Puppet Master driven events for public consumption and political purposes, with NO basis in economic fact, (i.e. there are NO Changes that support the swings).
Doc, as someone who always enjoys reading your learned words and comments, the one thing the sm hates is uncertainty. These big Us companies project their spending allotments 1 year in advance. These everyday changes on tariffs and other policy decisions makes it difficult and almost impossible to adjust. With DJT American first policy, companies that will benefit the most from lower oil prices, products made in the USA,will probably do the best.This volitility is certainly unnerving but not forever. As long as DJT doesn’t allow a lower SM to effect his decisions all will be well in the long run.
And keep your very informative and and knowledgeable statements coming.Pray and help others.
I would agree with your comments if there was actually a passage of a significant amount of time between Market Swings to reflect some real economic and financial impacts. These swings are occurring DAILY as the FINANCIAL side of Wall Street shifts money (on an hourly basis during each day) just to create the swings for no other reason than to discredit the President or cause him to react in a way the Financial Masters want him to react.
Computer algorithms.
Pull the computers and go back to floor trading and the big swings will stop.
It will require some sort of action by the SEC and possibly FTC to establish more stringent rules on Algorithmic Trading. Yes, there are actually rules but they are either not enforced or not restrictive enough.
If one has enough money to impact the market, as do the Blue Whales of the Finance World, and moves that money in near real time time via super computer hosted algorithms … stampedes can be caused in any direction by giving the illusion of shifts in a chosen economic sector or sectors … once the stampede reaches the desired state … then swoop in rake in the money for a gain or to recoup losses depending on the objective of the stampede one causes.
Throw in a complicit FED commenting per the provided script and it really gets to be fun. The FED is made up of Private Banks which the Blue Whales can own controlling stakes.
all markets are speculative. all of them
we left real supply and demand basis a long time ago.
exhibit: price of eggs. is all of that really a result of the so called bird cold? or is it more accurately related to the fear and hysteria generated about it.?
this is the tragic comedy in which we know live. every little crunch of a brittle dry fallen leaf and the whole forest stops and the rumors spread about big foot.
When do you address this? It’s why they’re fighting and in the SMO Document.
Why is he even playing “peacemaker?” Just Walk Away.
He wants to make this deal.
Trump has said he wants to be known as a “peacemaker” and that is what he is trying to do.
I can think of a couple of reasons why.
1) President Trump campaigned on making peace. The country has been divided on many Ukraine-Russia issues but most Americans (American voters) agree about wanting peace.
2) Also President Trump strongly believes this conflict presents a real threat of devolving into nuclear war and so he sees it as a high priority to end this threat in order to protect all human life.
Promises made . .
Which only continues the CIA/DS generated perceived need that the USA and my fellow taxpayers need to be involved in every regional conflict around the globe. “They” say its to “defend US interests” which are purely economic interests of globalist corporations. Those “interests” are NOT those of the US taxpayer.
Exit NATO; stop foreign aid including loan guarantees for arms purchases, repatriate all US troops around the world and close most, if not all, bases excluding US Naval logistics/refueling hubs, send the repatriated troops to our boarder, use SOME of the saved money to beef up the US Coast Guard and build an Iron Dome. Make the DOD a true department of DEFENSE.
Thankfully, President Trump wants peace, not endless wars –that is his agenda, backed by his current actions and strategies.
And he has expressed for years a desire to step back from NATO. He is shifting things in that direction already it seems —- I’m noticing European is now wanting to self-fund their own army. I imagine President Trump will applaud Europe stepping away from relying on us.
Just weeks into President Trump’s second term and we’re seeing lots of good news unrolling at breakneck speed.
Give Germany enough time and space, and they will start WW3.
F… Forget Russia and Ukraine…
When you have the likes of Adam Schiff walking the halls of Congress as a free man…
Neither Russia nor Ukraine are enemies of The United States…
In God We Trust
Trust God
Fear not
Last night Tulsi Gabbard said that while targeting info has been suspended usable for offensive ops, Intel to help Ukraine defend is still being provided.
I think that President Trump is setting the table for Russia to understand that the US has taken steps with Ukraine to come to the table, it is now Russia’s turn.
He starts with sanctions, but this only the beginning. We will see what happens. Trade with America would be very alluring because it is a huge market.
If Russia refuses because of verbal nuclear threats from UK and France we have a whole new ball game. France, UK and the EU are sabotaging peace at every turn. We should step back and not be part of their foolish acts.
It is hard to take sides because both parties are suspect for their true intentions.
They also hate with the heat of a million suns.
When Macaroon (Rothschild bank employee) says that Russia is a threat to France and Germany. When France invests in port facilities in Odessa. When an AFU command officer says, “We will pass the war on to future generations. Ukraine is not currently capable of reclaiming Crimea and Donbass, so it must maintain territorial claims in order to restart the war many years from now.” When Britain sends 752 million pounds to Ukraine based on Russian assets. When the EU is planning a military. When Poland announced training all its citizens to fight. When Zelensky says to European leaders that he will not give up any territory. When there are Ukrainian and western mercenary troops on Russian land. When the US IC is not defeated and Obama holdovers still in place. When neo-Nazi Zaluzhny, a top candidate, completely refuses any territory given to Russia.
What is Russia to think? I’ll tell you what those things tell me. That this would be another Minsk, a patch that settles nothing permanently. Russia cannot trust the Europeans or the US because President Trump is only for 4 more years. The next administration may well be ready to fund and restart a proxy war…..Congress grifters following.
So maybe Vladimir Putin is willing to risk the additional sanctions and tariffs?
Is it possible that the world would be a better place if Russia took all of Ukraine?
The money launderers would lose. One World Order EU would lose. But maybe the world would win?
It would be Russia going beyond the current rescue operation and expanding westward but I’m not sure in the long run that might not be the best deal for the world. If I was Russian the burning question would be, what possibility exists that the peacemakers could be telling the truth this time as opposed to all the previous lies?
What are the chances that the promises made today would be promises kept 10 years from now?
That is just the question. No president can guarantee that 4 years from now, someone will be elected who will renew the conflict or refuse to uphold an agreement. Look at how things went from Trump to Biden.
I knew you would get the connection
of the bank employee!!
👏 👏 👏
And reports are that he was dumb as a box
of rocks while working there🙃🤣
And somehow he skyrocketed to
France Minister of Economics in such
a short period of time? 💁♀️ 🤦♀️
Manchurian Candidate.
Who is pulling his strings and hiding his secrets?
And that is just a small piece of the 🧩
well this is certainly going to be very interesting.
lets see if EU is willing to also add some sanctions and tariffs against Russia.
whispers: in fact the EU continues to do business with Russia, in particular, oil and gas. It’s the life line they depend on to maintain their energy requirements to EXIST.
and Yes, Russia has a strategic interest in establishing a treaty…and I will predict it will include the right to negotiate conditional terms related to Crimea deep sea port access, and land pipe lines access across the entire ukr region.
and Yes, UKR has a strategic interest in establishing a treaty…obviously, the support is contracting and so they will lose big if they continue on this course, and two it’s the obvious choice as their country is in ruin. With a energy deal made with Russia, UKR would be able to recover in record time, recover its society, rebuild and even expand it’s gdp. Far more than any proxy war infusions of money from the west could ever achieve.
But I still have some questions about tarriffs and banking sanctions ….is it not true those already exist wrt US and Russia? When did these get lifted? Perhaps what President Trump is referring to is to apply pressure indirecrly to EU, Canada, and Mexico, such that one way they avert a serious economic impact is to support a peace treaty in UKR-RUS.? I dunno. President Trump has always been a big planner. He doesn’t do small stuff. Always in it for all the money..I admire that. Very bold…expecting great results. AND PRAYING DAILY
God Bless America
PDJT is maximalist negotiator seeking a optimal result.
This really is a 10” putt. 🕶️
STEVE BANNON: President Trump is not going to tolerate games being played in the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
Steve, Russia is an inexorable force on the battlefield, games are not necessary for them. Ukies have thrown a million casualties against them and have only lost ground.
And the Gateway Pundit reports here that Putin is willing to discuss truce:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/developing-putin-ready-discuss-truce-ukraine-after-trump/
However, I can find no official statements and the article is very vague as far as what Vladimir Putin said.
An empty and counter-productive threat. We currently effectively don’t trade with Russia, so there’s nothing to slap tariffs on, and Russia is also already maximally sanctioned.
Why threaten the Russians? Of course they’re pounding the Ukrainians. They’re trying to win a war – one that Washington DC instigated on purpose. And they’ve also always been open to settling the conflict through negotiations. It’s not like they need to have their arms twisted. WE are the ones who have been refusing to negotiate.
Because, while we know the effect of tariffs on Russia is largely empty, the threat does utterly discredit all attempts to resurrect the “pawn of Russia” nonsense the Dems are trying to accomplish with the low-info crowd.
President Trump needs to keep things together on the home front and defuse the pro-war crowd’s arguments to keep the path to peace on track.
I don’t have an inside track, but my guess is that President Trump is so focused on Ukraine because he and DOGE have determined there is so much CIA money-laundering running through the Ukrainian war that it will be impossible to get the CIA under control or dismantled without ending that funding funnel first.
Short version – with the war continuing the CIA has the funding it needs to resist and launch counter-attacks against President Trump’s efforts. End the war and you cut off that funding and make the CIA vulnerable to Trump’s efforts.
Military Implications:
√ President Trump’s withdrawal of military C3ISR (Command, Communications, Control, Intelligence, Satellite & Reconnaissance) Support emaciates Ukrainian Defensive & Offensive capabilities, making them BLIND, DEAF and DUMB.
—> Russia converts Ukraine’s “Kursk Salient” into a Cauldron, WIPING OUT Ukraine’s forces.
… Because Ukraine cannot see Russia’s Force Concentrations & Redeployments, like a blindfolded boxer.
—> Russia breaks through Ukraine’s last lines of defense along the Entire Front.
… Entering Multiple New Oblasts, eliminating Ukraine’s Mineral and Metals Wealth, Industrial Capacity and access to the Black Sea.
—> Russia destroys Ukraine’s Natural Gas Supply-Infrastructure and Power Grid, SUFFOCATING their Military-Industrial Complex and Logistics Capability.
… Because Ukraine detect Russia’s incoming Drones and Missiles in time to take them out.
Psychological Implications:
√ Military Panic leading to Refusals to Attack, Desertions & Local Surrenders.
√ Public Panic over Russian Breakthroughs, Multiplying Losses & Imploding Economy.
—> CAPITULATION & SURRENDER.
Russia already has effective control over both major roads for supply and support in Kursk. So, in effect, there is already a cauldron. And last night the Russians were bombing deployment points for the AFU in the Sumy region, right next to Kursk.
Kursk is approximately 80 miles inside Russia northeast of Sumy so the two cities/regions are not “next to each other”. Please view a map first before spouting off.
I agree👏👍👊!
It appears we now have a President who
follows, and is aware of what the status
is on the frontlines. 👏👏
Biden probably never looked at what was
happening on the frontlines.🤬
Our propaganda media….they are so ignorant
they probably couldn’t find Ukraine on a map!
Reporting on the frontlines status would
probably result in massive meltdowns 🫠🫠
Just finished listening to The Duran…I believe
Alexanders statement which is basically…
💥 💥 💥 Diplomacy is usually determined by what is
happening on a battlefield/frontlines 💥 💥
Ukraine frontline update, drones and diplomacy w/ Patrick Lancaster
The Duran…Rumble
I found the comments of Patrick about how effective drones
have been -very interesting. It is like we are witnessing such
a change in the battlefield that it like moving from the
Stone Age to Iron Age …overnight.
Thanks Gypsy!
You are doing such good work!
Exactly the way I’d do it 😂
Lifesite News had a recent article stating the EU and other countries have digital ID/wallets ready to go and they only need a good excuse to implement them.
Edward Slavsquat (?) a Substack writer says Russia has gone all WEF too and has digital rubles and is discussing the control of citizens with it.
I often wonder if this is just another manufactured hoax. These countries all have goals and I can’t rule out that they work together to bring in the UN agendas.
That indicates that Trump has the minimum degree of cooperation necessary from Zelensky’s crew to proceed. The Spring mud season in Ukraine starts mid-March and lasts through mid-May, two months to strong arm both sides to the negotiating table while the fighting slows.
Zelensky and the EU threatening nucs is the problem..not Russia.
This is a shot across the BRICS bow. A warning to push Putin towards standing down since Trump has pushed Zelenskyy aside. The next announcement will be a ceasefire while negotiations take place.
Economic extortion like “the shot across BRICS bow” are exactly why BRICS exists and is growing.
Exactly!
Every new sanction….brings in another country
that wants to join BRICS.
💁♀️
IMo Trump is just posturing with the talk of sanctions. He’s opened a window for Putin by doing an act of goodwill (pausing funds and intel to Ukraine) and together they are putting tremendous pressure on Zelensky/Ukraine. Trump wants this war in the rearview mirror asap. We’ll see if it can happen or not.
MARCH 07 2025
[ LIVE from Moscow ] –
Napolitano w/ Johnson & McGovern
Banking sanctions? They are already kicked off the SWIFT system. All of these EU countries that needed Russian oil and gas had to setup accounts to pay them in Rubles.
Tariffs? I did see somewhere that the US was still importing somethings despite the sanctions.
I guess 1billion in fertilizers. Also precious metal and inorganic chemicals.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/imports/russia
Although, skeptical of any actual effect on Russia of proposed sanctions. I think it is great PR move for Trump. Most typical person will not remember the previous round of sanctions. Trump can boast about being tough on Russia and point all the “new” things he doing. Trump can use this to counter the arguments of caving to Putin. Political Theatre – kayfabe
What more sanctions can the US impose on Russia at this point? We imposed complete economic nuclear war on them back in 2022. There is simply nothing more we can do to them on that front.
Just for reference, Russia’s GDP is a little over half… of California’s.
Russia has become self-sufficient.
that’s not the complete picture. russia’s GDP is scored differently. They don’t consider enormous debts to be in the asset column!
likewise, Russia is sitting on the world’s largest known oil and has reservoir and is capable, legally, culturally, and politically to deliver it to a global market./
they can’t even effing manage fire fighting water for rich people in californication.
I would argue, Russia is approximately the “size” of half of the US considering it has a incredibly modest amount of national debts…at that is AT PRESENT. When it becomes a global energy market maker, hold you hat. Then we can discuss how the US compares to the economic giant that will soon be Russia.
It’s coming.
and helps also to explain this war for what it really is. Everyone wants a piece, even if it means wars to deny Russia this power…and of course, russia’s use of militarism to gain it.
all wars are energy wars.
this one is no different. but the stakes and results of how Russia enters the global energy market will determine winners and losers…some permanently…like the EU…and GB…none of those nation states have the kind of energy resources needed to fulfill major market making capability. they are users and not providers. This will define their futures for a very long time. Unless somehow they can pull off miracles and make green deal bull corn to actually operate cheaply and durably. Which is doubtful. More than likely, they will survive as they have in the past…making deals with Russia, the saudis and the US to provide their energy requirements.
God Bless America
America needs to understand it’s not in the driver’s seat on this conflict, Russia is.
America can either be a hostile passenger in the car or it can be a friendly passenger. America’s choice.
But Russia is in control, and Russia will accept nothing less than elimination of the Ukrainian “problem,” which would never have existed in the first place without American design and resources going back many decades.
Simple as that.
Trump doesn’t want America to be involved in Ukraine because he, rightly, sees it as a distraction and drain from far more pressing and important – to America – issues.
But Trump and America needs to understand, Russia is never going to tolerate any more games. It has lost a lot of blood and treasure over this issue, thanks to America, but unlike what America would do if America was in Russia’s place and Russia had done to America what America has done to Russia, Russia is not interested in payback, or revenge, or anything else.
Russia simply wants the problem to go away, in such a way as to permanently resolve the root cause issues which gave rise to it in the first place, which Russia has clearly enunciated many times: de-militarisation (i.e. Ukraine never in NATO); de-Nazification of all of Ukraine; new security architecture that leads to security for both Europe and Russia.
Unless and until Trump stops playing tough guy and starts talking language per the above points, Russia will keep winning and Ukraine will keep losing.
Americans need to appreciate, this is existential for Russia. This is the same as if all this was playing out not in Eastern Europe but in Mexico and/or Canada, and to date since it started there’s been over 100k American KIA and over 1.3 million Mexican/Canadians KIA. Not to mention the crippled and wounded on both sides. To understand and appreciate where Russia is coming from, if you’re American, you need to leave Planet America mentally, and put yourself in Russia’s place.
Exactly. People who think Trump is playing 4D chess here and finding new, clever forms of leverage over the Russians reveal that they don’t understand the nature of this conflict or the Russian perspective, which is the only perspective that ultimately matters. The Russians feel they can afford nothing less than complete fulfillment of their war goals and, since they’re winning the war handily, they have no reason to accept the terms of any agreement that doesn’t serve those goals.
Americans also need to appreciate the fact that the collective West has made numerous agreements with the Russians and the Lugansk and Donetsk republics in the recent past and then broken the terms of those agreements, so the Russians are not likely to agree to anything that requires them to trust any of us.
Russia is the one with the cards. While Mr. Putin has repeatedly said he is ready and willing to talk to the US, he is not going to accept any “deal” that he sees as a threat to Russia’s security. He has gone done that path before and he said quiet clearly his eyes are wide open as far as the west is concerned.
Keep in mind Iran has presented Russia’s desire to lead in protecting their nuclear program (getting a weapon or two or three).
Huh?
Russia and Iran Jan 17th 2025
security agreement reportedly
included provision that Iran would not
produce nuclear weapons.
It is also reported U.S. is using Russia
as mediator in US talks/negotiations
with Iran.
🤷♀️ 💁♀️
Notice the propaganda narrative about
Iran and nukes has just about stopped…
there is a reason for that.
Now we just need to work on getting rid
of those “undeclared “ nukes in the Middle East.
😁 😁 😁 😁 🤣 🙃 🙃
It’s superficially empty bluster (perception management) meant for the domestic audience. There are no more significant sanctions that can be placed on Russia that have not already been imposed. Moreover, sanctions have only led them to replace proscribed imports with new domestic production. They are now stronger for it. They do not NEED anything Merka or the servile eunuchs of the EU have to offer.
They have energy, metals, food, and a safe country in which to raise the next generation of their people. What are we going to offer in exchange? degeneracy, diversity, and moral preening while our civilization collapses around us?
I know the bluster isn’t actually aimed at the Russians (I expect they do, too), but has purpose to disarm the less perceptive who have been stampeded towards hating everything Russian because that’s what their television screens tells them they should do. However, it is not only tiresome in and of itself, but it is undignified.
It is the necessity of the indignity in circumventing the brainwashing of the globalists who own corporate media that grates the most. Everything the internationalist is allowed to touch corrodes to ruin. ‘Citizens of the World’ need to leave America and Europe and go to this ‘world’ of which they speak and leave decent people alone.
“‘Citizens of the World’ need to leave America and Europe and go to this ‘world’ of which they speak and leave decent people alone.”
Strip all their assets and give them to people they’ve damaged, send them to an island in the middle of some ocean, and give each one on arrival a hammer. Then get NetFlix to do a reality series on what happens next, to fund the entire operation.
Existing sanctions have only strengthened Russia so this threat will likely have no effect. On the other hand Russia appreciates the ceasing of the targeting data.
VSG is trying to get both sides to the table.
The negotiation outcome will entirely depend on if the Ukrainian areas left not wanting to join the Russian Federation are left de-Nazified and demilitarized and no threat to Russia, which might take months for the Russian military to resolve.
Umm, hasn’t everything that could be sanctioned already been sanctioned? What’s left?
Well, I’m not sure that the “winning strategy” is going to turn out to be quite so simple.
Because the United States, herself, has always been such a “player not-so behind the scenes” from the beginning, the United States, herself is also going to have to be willing to “negotiate peace.”
You can’t expect “Zelensky” to be the one to “negotiate.” Not only because he is not the actual President anymore, but also because he never actually was much of a player in this game since the beginning.
You represent the country that engineered the “Ramidan coup.” You represent the country that was included in the “Minsk Deceptions.” You represent the country which gave all of that missile-targeting information. The Ukranians were merely “proxies.” Of course, “they, too were ‘responsible.'” But they were never alone.
So: there must be (at least …) three parties at this negotiating table.
You now have to say, and to officially own, what everyone already knows.
“No, you didn’t do it, and you never would have allowed it to happen.” But, it did. And now, you are, as JFK said, “the responsible officer of this Government.”
And: you cannot simply go for “a cease-fire.” You have to “get to the bottom of this.” So that it cannot simply happen again. And again. And again.
That part which is now “your country’s,” although you did not do it and would not, you must now own.
Not true. There is nothing preventing the USA from walking away. Absolutely nothing.
Our reputation in international affairs? Really? We have started every war for 70 years. Our credibility? See our decades of malfeasance and subterfuge in the Middle East (Benghazi for just one small example). Violating Int’L agreements? Check the Minsk Accords.
The Ukraine is a sunk cost. We have spent the money. We will never get a return on that investment (lol at “rare earth minerals”). The world still needs access to our market and technologies. The globalists will complain and then beg Trump to not Tarriff them in the next breath.
The best part of going to Las Vegas is realizing that you don’t need to “play in the casino” to have a good time. The most powerful players realize that they don’t need to even step up to the table.
Just walk away. We can still strike a trade deal with Russia. The EU will still beg for non tariffed access to our markets. There is not ONE benefit to the US taxpayer staying involved in this hot bucket of sh!t. Even if it was of our making.
This is not Dad catching you shooting fireworks at the neighbor’s house (yes I did that, sorry Mr Jones). Sorry, rest of world, we screwed up, sorry to leave you with the mess, call me when you need something and maybe I will call you back.
Leaving the mess is precisely why President Trump will not be following your encouragement to walk away from it all before settling it decisively and sanely.
Messes left behind, purposely, created the entire set of circumstances exploited by the usual suspects to create the current mess, and PDJT has no intention to empower further chaos like that.
“Ramidan coup”? I don’t knowwhat the muslims have to with this. You meant “Maidan coup”.
Trump may be talking about the new use of tanks in the city-fighting in Chasiv Yar. Apparently, when the Ukrainians are able to use U.S. targeting, those tanks are sitting ducks, but right now they are *not* in so much danger.
Trying to bully the winning side especially when NATO/CIA/USA STARTED THE WAR.,with USA doing the targeting and surveillance With one million Ukraine dead and about 100K Russian dead,and the stealing of 300 billion $$ that Russia had in western banks,and sanctions from 2014,I’m hoping that this is just for public consumption.The goal of the SMO was to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine and make it neutral.The losing side Ukraine and NATO need a ceasefire to regroup,rearm, etc.When Germany was on the ropes in WWII would anyone think of saying something like what Trump said to the winning side on the eastern front? Russia wants to allow the USA to save face, the EU nobody cares. The winners will set the terms, and since Zelenskyy is not President and the CIA/NATO have run the show Russia will negotiate with the USA.
We warned you in 2008. FAFO
Americans will never get over their Russophobia, it’s in their Anglo-Saxon DNA. I hope your grandchildren have better luck than you.
Remember that time in 1918 America invaded Siberia and failed, all but ensuring the Communists overthrew the government back home because the troops were out East? Just keep FAFO-ing
Wow. Who ordered that? Pres Wilson!! Who was he? A neocon globalist! U.S. citizens are not Russia phobes, that’s BS. The Russian people are good people. Go troll somewhere else.
Russians and Americans actually have a huge amount in common, just like you have a lot in common with Aussies. That’s the tragedy of the whole 20th century. You two peoples are natural allies. That’s why forces operate to prevent your populations from recognising that. Because if Russia wasn’t your enemy, the MIC or more accurately as Ray McGovern puts it, the MICIMATT, would have no raison d’etre.
MICIMATT = Military Industrial Congressional MEDIA Academia Think Tank complex. The reason Ray puts MEDIA is in caps is cos it’s the glue that holds it all together. I bolded Congressional myself. Because Congress enables the whole thing, especially the Military Industrial bit.
The reason the current edition of the US left hates Russians is that Russians are Caucasian and they’ve dumped communism for the most part; when it was the communistic USSR, they were loved by the US left.
And Hillary hates Putin because Putin thwarted the Clinton Global Initiative to rob post-Soviet Russia blind and achieve billionaire status by doing so.
no, they’re Eurasian. That’s why the Anglo-Saxons hate them (racism)
It’s not that, it’s a creation of the British Establishment and since they’ve controlled Western media for centuries, most people don’t even think about it, they automatically hate Russia but it’s because of the Western media propaganda and manufactured history from the people behind the British Empire who still run things today, which is the root cause.
And just when the people start to think that Russians are in fact OK people, and we do share so many common values, Cubby Broccoli gets together with his buddies to produce another Ian Flemming – James Bond movie where the central villain is Russian.
Hilarious that the only credible actor to play 007 was Sean Connery, a Scotsman.
I dont hate anyone. If our “Intelligence “ Community would quit wasting our tax dollars wreaking havoc across the Globe at the behest of Banksters most of the bad sh!t that occurs, wouldn’t. It’s that simple.
It’s unfortunate President Trump has to waste valuable time in Office unwinding the retardation of the last Criminal Administration and halting the Death Cult’s plans for World War 3. We have so many other issues to fix from the last 100 years of National mismanagement that ending this BS conflict we started needs to happen fast.
Precisely the reason for the bomb throwing panic of the Global Derp State.
Their Satanic project is at risk.
Populism Uber Eux!!
And, why President Trump and his team are racing, so fast on all fronts.
Yes, its a blitzkrieg, to keep the enemies off balance.
But also, its by accomplishing SO much, in this four years, that they insure ‘things’ will not go back to the way they were.
We HOPE.
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Just out. The only real signature of Biden’s was on his Resignation Letter. Lucca Brazza confirmed it.
The “banksters” run the intel agencies – all of them – as their own private police and security services. That’s why the “banksters” are never ever discussed by officialdom, never pursued by LE, never prosecuted by the various justice depts, and never discussed in the media.
No. The Russian Federation can be said to be Eurasian, because they have many small ethnicities which are neither Russian nor European inside their federal polity. The Great Russians, and the rest of the Rus ethnicities which are constituents of the larger Slav peoples, as determined by the genetic history encoded in their DNA, belong to the European race.
These attempts to get us to hate our distant kin for the profits of the transnationals are over. NO MORE BROTHER WARS! Our enemy is whoever would set us at each others throats for their own purposes.
Indeed.
We’ve never had a soul here pretending to be an angry provocative Russian before.
Fact is, largely the clear sightedness of CTH has had an occasional russophobe angry with us.
This bomb throwing bit today is transparently disingenuous and blindingly glowy.
Maquis I am wondering if SD’s travels might have gathered some local interest in CTH. Certainly it could be a troll just cant figure a motivation.
Could be a language, history, and trust issue. It is hard to leave behind the programing of your cultural echo chamber. I know I cant divorce myself from mine.
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I hear you.
CTH is Global now, on Sundance’s Twit he recently advised someone wondering if the site was under attack that we are getting massive traffic from Europe.
Doubtless you are correct that his time abroad has aided that phenomena.
I have zero doubt this isn’t a Russian that suddenly needed to tell us how much we hate him; this is typically a function of the Derp State writ global, a Glowie, UK or other subsidiary of The City.
Oh yes!
The Left just LOVED the USSR – they were almost entirely blameless for the whole Cold War, doncha know???
When RR started deploying Pershing MRBMs in Europe to replace older missiles in 1981, all the various leftist ‘peace’ groups came out to oppose – both here and Western Europe.
The ‘Freeze’ movement was sooo big – Reagan was portrayed as an idiot warmonger, just itching to start WW3.
The Soviet Union of course was very happy with the protests… so much so, you might think they had something to do with them (sarc).
The Soviet Union weren’t a bunch of angels. True. Full Stop.
But the USA’s bag of tricks weren’t squeaky clean either.
Nobody told me during the “win” of Soviet withdrawal of missiles during the Cuban Missile Crisis that the good ol’ USA had already installed missiles in Turkey that could hit Russia. Nor was there a peep in US Media about the quid pro quo between DC and Moscow.
Only “Big Brave Uncle Sam threatened to bang shoe on table harder than Khrushchev.”
And that big sad love loss is now why the left loves them some China-men.
My conclusion at the University/College level was most of the Maoists were paid soldiers, not volunteers.
The “current edition” of the US left is likely COMPRISED of many former Soviet Union communists who have an axe to grind from the fall of the USSR.
Where is it easier for commies to set up shop than inside the “land of the free?”
Nope this crap we are dealing with is distinctly American home grown. Personally I think its more Fascist then Communist. I think our government like our industry of the 40s Ford, Carnegie Looked at fascism as a way to stratify wealth and flatten the economic cycle as did Obama.
Many labeled Obama a corporatist but its just a polished turd Same/same. Fascism as existed within our walls of government since the 40s. It has been mis-defined as government over reach nanny state and unfunded mandates. It was just infantile Fascism waiting for the “leftest totalitarians” to suckle it to maturity. In Europe the WEF appears to be the brains and Brussels the Brawn of the Fascist movement.
We need to right our ship and withdraw our stake and weapons from NATO. We do not want to leave Europe with an excess of nukes and delivery systems.
Interesting Geopolitical projection:
Europe unable to maintain it economic stability goes full NAZI blames the dark skinned immigrants ( an easy sell to a culture that was being systematically replaced ) They begin taking property and fire up the trains to Istanbul. they then militarize and Russia does as well as it sees the NAZI threat reanimate.
We are on the other side of a big beautiful ocean, what will we do?
When you know who labels the players and sets them at each other’s throats, the labels themselves lose all their meaning.
Ain’t no Woke or Pronouns or Boys on the Girls Boxing teams in Russia.
Another point to understand about that is that the Bolsheviks were NOT Russians, they were the people who wear small hats. That is why the Bolsheviks were so cruel to the Russian peasants in the early days of the revolution, after they won. Over many decades and especially after Stalin (who was a Georgian Jew) died, the ruling positions gradually became filled by ethnic Russian Christians, until by the fall of the USSR, almost the entire leadership class were ethnic Russians, and the men with the small hats just faded away, leaving most people who don’t know their history, none the wiser.
Then why did Dzugashvili attend a Russian Orthodox seminary… to throw people off the scent that he was actually Jewish? LMAO
One day people will learn about Halford John Mackinder and how he single handedly is responsible for all wars of the 20th century until now. They’re still trying, Israel is a Castle. (it’s anti-semitic to mention the Balfour Declaration.)
You are witnessing yet another attempt at the Heartland. They’ll never stop and Russia knows it.
That is a big reach… however, your article linked is extremely messy to read. This one is better:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Halford-Mackinder
A small snippet from the above:
“Studying the prerequisites for a stable peace settlement during World War I, he developed a thesis in political geography that he had first outlined in a paper read to the Royal Geographical Society in 1904, “The Geographical Pivot of History.” In it he argued that interior Asia and eastern Europe (the heartland) had become the strategic centre of the “World Island” as a result of the relative decline of sea power as against land power and of the economic and industrial development of southern Siberia.
His extended views were set out in a short book, Democratic Ideals and Reality, published early in 1919 while the Paris Peace Conference was in session. The role of Britain and the United States, he considered, was to preserve a balance between the powers contending for control of the heartland. As a further stabilizing factor, he urged the creation of a tier of independent states to separate Germany and Russia, much along the lines finally imposed by the peace treaty.
The book included, apart from the main theme, many farsighted observations—e.g., his insistence on the “one world” concept, the need for regional organizations of minor powers, and the warning that chaos in a defeated Germany would inevitably lead to dictatorship. The book attracted little attention in Britain but rather more in the United States.
There was an unexpected sequel, however, for the concept of the heartland was seized upon by the German geopolitician Karl Haushofer to support his grand design for control of the World Island. Thus, during World War II there were suggestions that Mackinder, through Haushofer, had inspired Hitler. More sober evaluation disposed of this absurd notion, and, though developments have affected some of the arguments, the thesis is recognized as an important view of world strategy.”
Yes, some have developed and pursued this One World bit for centuries.
Millennia even.
Yep. Goes back to the Egyptian Pharoahs and hasn’t stopped. The modern incarnations include all the European noble families and this is why every single US POTUS has ancestry that can be traced back to nobility. Including Trump. Selected, not elected.
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Sorry, I left out the second “I” in MICIMATT – it is of course Intelligence, was typing too fast and my mind gets ahead of my fingers. Sorry about that.
It actually makes perfect sense.
The lesson obscured but there in history, is that it is UNITY that destroys tyranny.
And, just as the globullust tyranists expend most of their energy keeping the populace of individual nations divided, by finding small cracks and driving wedges to enlarge them, they naturally enough want to divide countries, as well.
Your owners aren’t going to be happy with your insolence.
If not Russophobes, explain the reason for our current relationship with Russia. I can.
My generation grew up with nuke drills – learning to hide under school desks. The entire cold war era was us against them. Hyped by the politicians and media. It began to wane just before the wall came down but there is still a lot of residual subconscious hold over from those days. Has nothing to do with racism and everything to do with conditioning about USSR intentions. Russia and USSR were interchangeable during that time.
I remember those days too, but I didn’t automatically buy into all the propaganda. I distinctly remember questioning the use of censorship and propaganda by Russia against it’s own citizens and wondering why we in the USA wouldn’t be propagandized by our own government, as well?
I mean, how would we know? It’s not as if our gubmint would ever fess up to it.
It’s called “Russophobia”.
Bear Baiting don’t play here.
Watched any movies of Colorado Kids beating the Russian Army?
Hollywood is a source of a lot of Russia Hate.
Want to guess why?
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Your generation grew up with Godless communism.
“Make those soviets bleed.”
Operation Paper Clip
https://rumble.com/v2e4e0k-what-was-operation-paperclip.html
Around 50% of the American population still think Lenin runs Russia, they queue for bread, and live in Brutalist form buildings! What those 50% ignore, is if they carry on with their BS, then one day it is exactly what they will have!
Too true. And this view of Russia is reinforced by the media who are firmly in the globalist camp.
Western Media is 100% paid to vomit out prescribed chunks.
Without blinking, without thinking, without remorse.
The MarxMerdia is a fully integrated element of the Derp State, which MUST be destroyed!!
WHAT ??? Lenin died?
saadly ..we do have lots of russophobic wh*res in the policies making class …there is also ppl who do not know what really happen in 2014…..they are very much russian haters….agree most population know russians are good people…..
At the age of 73, I have never hated the Russian people, but I did hate their Socialist government. BTW the American troops in Siberia were maintaining the peace during the commie insurrection and were invited in by the Czar Nicholas II.
You hated the government the Mackinderists planned for Russia. (Regime change isn’t just an American thing, we got it from the Brits. They were pissed Russia abandoned them) It’s always been about the Heartland. They’re still trying as we speak.
Part of the reason why Russia finally fell to the communists after their revolution was because England/France demanded they remain in WWI even though that was the cause that triggered the Tzar’s overthrow.
You do realize, I’m sure that the Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, was cousin to the British King, George V, and was married to a cousin of George V. George V and Kaiser Wilhelm II were first cousins because they were both grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Nicholas II was also a distant cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm and the two wrote letters back and forth calling each other Nicky and Willy.
It was a war that shouldn’t have happened.
Almost. But not quite.
That is the mainstream narrative.
Tsar Nicholas and George V were not cousins.
They were the same person.
It’s been proven with facial recognition software-years ago.
Photographs have also been studied carefully and proven to be manipulated which is very easy to do with black and white still film.
Now, think about the past events of Russian history with that fact in mind.
‘Nicholas’ was “taken out” and the Bolsheviks took over Russia.
And whom do we know backed the Bolsheviks?
It was downhill from there until 1991 when the USSR fell and Russia rebuilt into what it is today.
It’s way too late in the game to reveal the truth to everyone.
It’s also easier to trick someone than it is to convince someone they’ve been tricked.
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That is ridiculous. They were not the same person!
That is ridiculous. They were not the same person!
They absolutely were.
It was an elaborate psy-op.
Go study the political history and the history of intelligence operations.
Then go look at the facial recognition evidence and the photographic examinations.
Take all of that and apply it to the course of events and you may be able to understand how it happened and why.
Dismissing the idea out of hand is what is ridiculous.
We all know (or should know) that the media and history have been manipulated for centuries.
Mainstream narratives are not a new phenomenon.
Nobody is required to believe anything I say.
Anyone who wants to believe they were two different people is welcomed to do so.
I know they were the same person.
Numerous other serious researchers also know they were the same person and we’ve known it for years.
Do your own research is all I can suggest.
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You do realize that there are films of them both together, right?
Nicholas begged George to let him come to England when the revolution began and George was advised not to allow it. So he didn’t and Nicholas and family were murdered.
I know for a fact that you are wrong, they were not the same person 🙂
Have a nice day!
You do realize that there are films of them both together, right?
Nicholas begged George to let him come to England when the revolution began and George was advised not to allow it. So he didn’t and Nicholas and family were murdered.
I know for a fact that you are wrong, they were not the same person https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/svg/1f642.svg
Have a nice day!
If there is a particular film or film clip you are referencing please provide a link if you don’t mind?
The films I’ve looked at frame by frame do not show Nicholas and George together.
And I am very familiar with the mainstream narrative.
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You are correct sir. This has been proven by Particle Physics where you and be here and there and everywhere. At the same time.
Thank you.
Spot on.
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inbreeding is a thing
And Lesser Britain’s King George V sentenced his cousin the Tsar to death by refusing to offer refuge in Britain or the Colonies.
Inbreeding does that to the brain. Some even wish they were used tampons.
Georgie and Nick could have been mistaken for twin brothers instead of cousins.
We hated Communism.
Just as Russians under its yoke did then and more so now.
The same bloody Satanic Communism that seeks to divide us just as we are uniting, in order to consume us both.
No Russian would seek to thwart that by portraying British perfidy as our own mental operating system and moral motivation.
Notice how Communism/Socialism is the “go to” place for the Very Big.
“Too Big To Fail”.
And the individual American is all on his own. Except. When the Government shove its had in your pocket.
Not all Americans are Anglo-Saxon.
Many bomb throwers pretending to other allegiances are though.
“I fear nothing for our liberty from the assaults of force; but I have seen and felt much, and fear more from English books, English prejudices, English manners, and the apes, the dupes, and designs among our professional crafts.”
–Thomas Jefferson, 1814
The Roman Catholic “West” hates the Eastern Orthodox “East.”
That is the source of the age old conflict.
The Holders of the Crown share neither faith.
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The Holders of the Crown share neither faith.
In Revelation 2:9, Jesus says, “I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.”
In Revelation 3:9, He states, “Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet.”
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“new” godless bolsheviks..
Not new at all, Kind Sir.
They engineered all that.
Few are aware of that compulsion of the Crusades.
Christians fighting Christians.
Paraphrasing, “Not a single American Soldier knew why he was there.”
Yes. No one sent to bleed and die is allowed to know the real reason.
There is no larger Profit than the profits marinated in the blood of others.
They were all there for a reason, just not the reason made public.
Fabian Eurotrash sucked us into that war because they were broke and losing.
UKranada is a threat to democracy.
Russian intervention in U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)
https://thenakedhedgie.com/2017/08/23/russian-intervention-in-u-s-civil-war-1861-18651/
Not underestimating Trump, but this seems a little naive.
More banking sanctions and tariffs aren’t going to coerce Russia into doing anything.
Might the PDJT “tweet” regarding Russia have been primarily directed at target(s) other than Russia? 🧐
I think the tweet must have been for someone else, because to date, Russia has been sanctioned more than any other country, and it ain’t working!!!
As an aside, over the past 3 years, while we have spent $350 Billion training the Russian army how to destroy our equipment, the Chinese have been building Railroads, Ports, and freeways all over the world to speed the raw materials to their factories, hauled by Chinese ships, of course. It is a different kind of dipomacy than we practice – they invest in countries infrastructure and make friends. We destroy countries infrastructure and make enemies. No wonder China is economically over the last 30 years, a miracle.
The New Silk Noose continues apace, whilst it’s Engineers continue the demolition to clear its path.
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That use to be what we called soft power
As in “Zman your getting your ass kicked say UNCLE
Bingo. If someone responds by being emotionally triggered, and the emotion is strong enough, their critical thinking is muted, hence it does not occur to them that old Joe’s team, working with the EU warmongers, have already sanctioned Russia in every way possible, hoping to cause Russias economy to collapse and trigger regime change from within.
And, they see this as President Trump being “even handed” and NOT a “puppet of Putin”.
After all, what would anyone expect Russia would do, when its battlefield opponent is suddenly blinded, losing both offensive and defensive capabilities?
Of COARSE they are going to exploit the weakness to take advantage, its a WAR, and thats what you DO.
Still despite President Trumps threat being largely meaningless, I suspect Russia WILL pull back on the hammering, to see if it has the desired effect of causing Z’s backers to accept the reality that their wet dream of regime change and conquest of Russia, is never gonna happen.
Hence, when anyone leads with obnoxiously telling you what you feel, never buy their assertion of who you should hate.
Headline today, Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly ready for a truce with Ukraine after President Trump threatened to sanction Russia.
You might want to check Russian sources. Nothing on any Russian news about truce.
If you read it on western news its fake.
I saw the article on Gateway Pundit, but the Kremlin hasn’t posted any “statement” from President Putin. So, I have no idea if this is fake news or real news.
Wrong. As Sundance pointed out two days ago, the US has stopped giving targeting and similar pinpointing intelligence necessary for our weapons, so Ukraine is suddenly much more vulnerable and Russia has not acted to take advantage of this.
That shows a movement on the part of Russia towards peace.
As Sundance said “just one ping, Vasily”. That’s from the movie The Hunt for Red October. You ought to rewatch it.
Praytell, of what value, or leverage is it, in pushing the Ukes backers to agree to peace, to withhold this info, which can be used both Offensively and Defensively, if Russia does nothing, in the way of taking advantage of it?
It ONLY gives Z and his backers an incentive IF after it is withdrawn, Russia pounds them with impunity, at least for a day or two.
Its a Trump/Putin set up, or manuever and its brilliant, actually.
In fact, the two are both such VSG’s, they may not have had to verbalise it, very much at all.
The conversation could have been something like “I’ll,….” “and then I’ll,…” …and then a smile and a handshake..lol.
You forgot the wink!
Well, there ya go! It’s almost as if President Trump has an actual plan and isn’t just shooting from the hip.
Also, President Putin knows that some saber-rattling his direction on the economic front is to be expected, it is the West’s favorite easiest weapon.
This tariff threat is so, consequence-wise, toothless, it is almost laughable, but establishes a rationale for Putin to agree to ceasefire talks.
Almost as if a pantomime had been previously agreed.
“you do,…” “yes and then I’ll,…” lol.
Yes. The offer was made.
First. Z-boy must be hanged.
Second. The Biden Family must pay for the Nord Stream repairs and lost income.
Then and only then, Russia will sit and talk about the partition of Ukraine.
(paraphrasing a bit here)
This is theater.
I am guessing they discussed this in advance because it is
a fart in the wind.
This is more a message to the z man.
Exactly……world changed very much since 01/ 22 /2021…sanction on Russia/Iran does not work anymore…