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Trump Withdraws His Ukraine Peace Plan. Russia Does Too, by Kirill Strelnikov for RiaNovosti. 08.14.2024.
Yesterday's interview between former and possibly future US President Donald Trump and the richest man in the world and owner of the social network X Elon Musk naturally attracted the close attention of the Russian audience and revealed some points related to Trump's position on the conflict in Ukraine.
The interview itself was called "historic" by the Trump campaign, and Musk boasted that more than a billion people had viewed the posts about the event. However, the numbers are somewhat more modest: 16.4 million people listened to the interview in its entirety in seven hours, while more than 20 million people watched Russian President Vladimir Putin's "non-historical" interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson in just two hours. But that's by the way.
For obvious reasons, Trump's interview is a clone of his campaign speeches, meaning it is aimed exclusively at a domestic audience. On the Russia front, Trump went through his usual routine: he blamed Biden, "with zero IQ," for starting the conflict in Ukraine by insisting on Ukraine's NATO membership despite numerous warnings from Russia ; Putin is a good negotiator; Putin has always respected him; Putin is at the peak of his powers; Putin loves his country (in his own way) and will defend it; Ukraine is in a very bad situation and they don't have enough soldiers; Russia is very powerful; the United States is "in a terrible situation" in this conflict, although it could have been prevented.
In general, Trump didn’t say anything super new, with the exception of a slightly imaginary episode of communication with Vladimir Putin, where “Big Donald” allegedly sternly warned our president about the “inadmissibility of invading” Ukraine.
What is more important for us is what the potential head of the country, our main strategic enemy, chose to remain silent about.
We all remember how, from the very beginning of his election campaign, Trump declared in almost every interview that he would single-handedly end the conflict in Ukraine in 24 hours, which actually became one of the main points of his election program and a point of irritation and criticism from the Democrats. However, since June of this year, this thesis has disappeared from his speeches and interviews. Trump did not say a word about his plans to quickly conclude peace in Ukraine in his interview with Musk.
In a similar way, the former US president had previously threatened left and right to sharply reduce or even stop aid to Ukraine from the first day of his new presidency. This thesis was also gradually blurred, and in an interview with Musk, Trump only mentioned that he intended to make the Europeans pay more for Ukraine. There was silence about cutting aid.
Moreover, unlike Trump’s previous statements, yesterday’s interview sounds significantly more confrontational in Russia. During his conversation with Trump, Musk repeatedly pushed arguments that Trump vigorously agreed with: “Are they (other countries. — Ed.) afraid of the American president? Or are they not afraid of him and do not respect him?”; “If the American president is the one that evil dictators (referring to Russia, Iran and North Korea) are afraid of, that means a huge difference in security in the world.” In other words, the conversation clearly emphasized the theme of resolving issues through intimidation, pressure and force, rather than negotiations.
Moreover, the inflated Trump openly and proudly admitted that he personally destroyed Nord Stream 2 , which can hardly be considered a favorable background for discussing peace - but rather the opposite.
But the main thing is that Trump did not say a word about the terrorist attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, and even more so did not condemn its organizers and inspirers.
The reaction of Russian officials to Trump's grandiose peace plans for Ukraine was more than restrained at first, and recent events have finally put an end to them.
For our leadership (and sober-minded Russians who do not succumb to the provocations of "war blogger" couch channels) it is obvious that in the foreseeable future the same US, under any president, will retain its idée fixe about inflicting military and economic defeat on Russia.
At one time, our president jokingly hinted that Biden would be preferable for us as a future president: at least we understand who we are dealing with and what to expect, but “we will work with any president that the American people choose.”
However, as we can see, the "dove of peace" Trump is quickly disappearing.
In the case of Kamala Harris , if she becomes the next US President, nothing will change for Russia, not even "at all". Harris, who is essentially the mouthpiece of the Russophobic part of the Democratic Party and the "deep state", will 100% likely continue "Biden's work" - namely, the stubborn assistance to Ukraine and the military strengthening of NATO. This is confirmed by her extremely anti-Russian rhetoric and specific actions as the current US Vice President. A characteristic quote: "If Putin thinks he can "outlast" us, he is dangerously mistaken. Time is on our side."
Harris only forgot to say that time is not on the side of the Americans, but on the side of the American military-industrial complex, whose representatives generously sponsor both Democrats and Republicans, because they will force every US president to continue the war, which brings them incredible profits every day.
According to the SPADE Defence index, shares of the largest US defense companies have risen by almost 50 percent since the start of the CBO. The value of defense-related exchange-traded funds has risen by 268 percent. US defense company reports show historical highs: for example, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin showed profits of $202 billion and $159 billion, respectively, for the first quarter of 2024 alone.
This means that even if some presidential candidate has a burning desire to become a peacemaker, he (or she) will be made an offer that is impossible to refuse, and the beautiful words about peace will be immediately forgotten, and instead military-terrorist operations will be launched with the murder of civilians, as happened in the Kursk region.
Yesterday, at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky recalled that in June, Russia, represented by Vladimir Putin, made a "very generous offer of negotiations": "We received a response to our offer a week ago - the Zelensky regime chose escalation and war through an invasion of a peaceful Russian region. This is a fatal mistake, which Ukraine will later deeply regret. But the choice has already been made."
Well, if no, then no, as they say.
And a couple of days ago, at an operational meeting on the situation in the Kursk region, Vladimir Putin explained clearly and distinctly: there can be no talk of negotiations with such people, the enemy will receive a worthy response, and all the goals facing Russia will be achieved.
Maybe not in 24 hours, as some dream, but at least for sure.
https://ria.ru/20240814/tramp-1966013042.html
Yesterday's interview between former and possibly future US President Donald Trump and the richest man in the world and owner of the social network X Elon Musk naturally attracted the close attention of the Russian audience and revealed some points related to Trump's position on the conflict in Ukraine.
The interview itself was called "historic" by the Trump campaign, and Musk boasted that more than a billion people had viewed the posts about the event. However, the numbers are somewhat more modest: 16.4 million people listened to the interview in its entirety in seven hours, while more than 20 million people watched Russian President Vladimir Putin's "non-historical" interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson in just two hours. But that's by the way.
For obvious reasons, Trump's interview is a clone of his campaign speeches, meaning it is aimed exclusively at a domestic audience. On the Russia front, Trump went through his usual routine: he blamed Biden, "with zero IQ," for starting the conflict in Ukraine by insisting on Ukraine's NATO membership despite numerous warnings from Russia ; Putin is a good negotiator; Putin has always respected him; Putin is at the peak of his powers; Putin loves his country (in his own way) and will defend it; Ukraine is in a very bad situation and they don't have enough soldiers; Russia is very powerful; the United States is "in a terrible situation" in this conflict, although it could have been prevented.
In general, Trump didn’t say anything super new, with the exception of a slightly imaginary episode of communication with Vladimir Putin, where “Big Donald” allegedly sternly warned our president about the “inadmissibility of invading” Ukraine.
What is more important for us is what the potential head of the country, our main strategic enemy, chose to remain silent about.
We all remember how, from the very beginning of his election campaign, Trump declared in almost every interview that he would single-handedly end the conflict in Ukraine in 24 hours, which actually became one of the main points of his election program and a point of irritation and criticism from the Democrats. However, since June of this year, this thesis has disappeared from his speeches and interviews. Trump did not say a word about his plans to quickly conclude peace in Ukraine in his interview with Musk.
In a similar way, the former US president had previously threatened left and right to sharply reduce or even stop aid to Ukraine from the first day of his new presidency. This thesis was also gradually blurred, and in an interview with Musk, Trump only mentioned that he intended to make the Europeans pay more for Ukraine. There was silence about cutting aid.
Moreover, unlike Trump’s previous statements, yesterday’s interview sounds significantly more confrontational in Russia. During his conversation with Trump, Musk repeatedly pushed arguments that Trump vigorously agreed with: “Are they (other countries. — Ed.) afraid of the American president? Or are they not afraid of him and do not respect him?”; “If the American president is the one that evil dictators (referring to Russia, Iran and North Korea) are afraid of, that means a huge difference in security in the world.” In other words, the conversation clearly emphasized the theme of resolving issues through intimidation, pressure and force, rather than negotiations.
Moreover, the inflated Trump openly and proudly admitted that he personally destroyed Nord Stream 2 , which can hardly be considered a favorable background for discussing peace - but rather the opposite.
But the main thing is that Trump did not say a word about the terrorist attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, and even more so did not condemn its organizers and inspirers.
The reaction of Russian officials to Trump's grandiose peace plans for Ukraine was more than restrained at first, and recent events have finally put an end to them.
For our leadership (and sober-minded Russians who do not succumb to the provocations of "war blogger" couch channels) it is obvious that in the foreseeable future the same US, under any president, will retain its idée fixe about inflicting military and economic defeat on Russia.
At one time, our president jokingly hinted that Biden would be preferable for us as a future president: at least we understand who we are dealing with and what to expect, but “we will work with any president that the American people choose.”
However, as we can see, the "dove of peace" Trump is quickly disappearing.
In the case of Kamala Harris , if she becomes the next US President, nothing will change for Russia, not even "at all". Harris, who is essentially the mouthpiece of the Russophobic part of the Democratic Party and the "deep state", will 100% likely continue "Biden's work" - namely, the stubborn assistance to Ukraine and the military strengthening of NATO. This is confirmed by her extremely anti-Russian rhetoric and specific actions as the current US Vice President. A characteristic quote: "If Putin thinks he can "outlast" us, he is dangerously mistaken. Time is on our side."
Harris only forgot to say that time is not on the side of the Americans, but on the side of the American military-industrial complex, whose representatives generously sponsor both Democrats and Republicans, because they will force every US president to continue the war, which brings them incredible profits every day.
According to the SPADE Defence index, shares of the largest US defense companies have risen by almost 50 percent since the start of the CBO. The value of defense-related exchange-traded funds has risen by 268 percent. US defense company reports show historical highs: for example, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin showed profits of $202 billion and $159 billion, respectively, for the first quarter of 2024 alone.
This means that even if some presidential candidate has a burning desire to become a peacemaker, he (or she) will be made an offer that is impossible to refuse, and the beautiful words about peace will be immediately forgotten, and instead military-terrorist operations will be launched with the murder of civilians, as happened in the Kursk region.
Yesterday, at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky recalled that in June, Russia, represented by Vladimir Putin, made a "very generous offer of negotiations": "We received a response to our offer a week ago - the Zelensky regime chose escalation and war through an invasion of a peaceful Russian region. This is a fatal mistake, which Ukraine will later deeply regret. But the choice has already been made."
Well, if no, then no, as they say.
And a couple of days ago, at an operational meeting on the situation in the Kursk region, Vladimir Putin explained clearly and distinctly: there can be no talk of negotiations with such people, the enemy will receive a worthy response, and all the goals facing Russia will be achieved.
Maybe not in 24 hours, as some dream, but at least for sure.
https://ria.ru/20240814/tramp-1966013042.html
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