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Trump's election would be bad news for Russia, by Kirill Strelnikov for RiaNovosti. 01.25.2024..

The election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States in 2016 was remembered for the genuine jubilation of a certain part of the Russian establishment and the popping of champagne corks. Many respected people seriously believed that now relations with the United States would return to the time of bouquets and candy, friendly pats on the back, safe studies for their offspring at Yale and other attributes of the “well-fed noughties.”

Four Trump years flew by unnoticed and somehow indistinctly, and after them came grandfather Dementiy, but now there is a very high probability that Trump will return to the White House again.

Producers of elite champagne have perked up: fun is coming again in serious establishments. How can you not be happy?

The eternal and powerful enemy of Russia, through the mouth of the US President, in clear English, declares that he respects Putin, that Putin is smart and “he always got along with him,” and in general, Russians are not inherently bad guys, you can live and get along with them and make good money.

Moreover, Trump promised to end the conflict in Ukraine in 24 hours: “I want people to stop dying. Both Russians and Ukrainians are dying there.” Again: who doesn’t want to end the largest conflict since the Great Patriotic War so that the soldiers can finally return home?

Trump, a fan of Russia, went even further - he promised to withdraw America from NATO , stop sponsoring the armed forces of Europe and leave them to be devoured by the Russians: “NATO is dead,” “if Europe is attacked, the United States will not come to its aid.” Isn't this wonderful?

This is fueled by the impatient excitement and open hysteria of Europeans. Once you look at the headlines of the local newspapers, it immediately becomes clear that with the arrival of Trump, the evil Russians will immediately win, and the fluffy Europeans will be driven under the bench with a broom: “Does the European Union need to be afraid of Trump’s return to the White House?” (TV channel Euronews); “Europe prepares to go it alone as Trump heads for the White House” (European version of Politico); "Politicians are worried after Trump's victory in the primary elections" (German TV channel ZDF).

Against such a benign background, the statements of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov , which he made in an interview with CBS, were a clear dissonance with numerous opinions of respected experts who are confident that Trump’s return will be an unambiguous benefit for Russia (or at least will definitely be significantly better than Biden’s re-election).

And Lavrov said this: “I don’t believe that there will be any difference (between Trump and Biden).”

Previously, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke in a similar vein , saying that “Russia has no understanding of how former US President Donald Trump’s election promises to quickly resolve the conflict in Ukraine can be realized.”

And here two options arise in their heads: either Lavrov and Peskov have not read Trump’s declarations of love for Russia in general and Putin in particular, or they know something that the frantically buying champagne supporters of a strong and sincere friendship with the United States do not know.

And this is what they know.

Despite Trump's similar statements on Russia before his first term, he has done nothing during his presidency to improve relations with Russia. Moreover, the US anti-Russian policy has become tougher. A few typical examples: it was under Trump that a record number of “eternal” sanctions were introduced, massive deliveries of lethal weapons like the “Holy Javelina” began to Ukraine (which were slowed down by the most democratic Democrat Obama), the promise to recognize Crimea as Russian was withdrawn, and the Republicans led by Trump did their best to supported with their feet a bipartisan bill to simplify the procedure for confiscation of assets of Russians, proposed in the Senate.

If you look at Trump’s promise to end the conflict in Ukraine in one day a little more closely than at the cheerful headlines, it also becomes clear that it is too early to rejoice. The fact is that Trump did not say a word about how exactly he wants to end the conflict and what terms of the “deal” to offer Russia. And something suggests that these conditions will completely suit the United States, and no one will even think to ask Russia’s opinion in advance.

Trump, in an interview with Tucker Carlson, said literally the following: “I would say to Putin: if you don’t make a deal, we will give Zelensky a lot, we will give them more than they ever got if we have to.”

This means that any “deal” proposed by Trump to Russia will obviously be an ultimatum. For the United States, for many reasons, the result of the SVO in the form in which it was formulated by the leadership of our country is categorically unacceptable. The maximum that they can offer us with a broad gesture is to freeze the conflict so that the Kiev regime, with the help of the West, can recover, strengthen, rearm and begin military operations with redoubled force.

We wasted four years waiting for positive change during Trump's first presidency while Ukraine rapidly armed itself and trained to kill Russians. And there is no reason to think that in this case everything will be different.

In addition, Trump is known to have a negative fixation on China . This means that with 100 percent probability, part of the “deal” will be Russia’s obligation to betray its partner.


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The election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States in 2016 was remembered for the genuine jubilation of a certain part of the Russian establishment and the popping of champagne corks. Many respected people seriously believed that now relations with the United States would return to the time of bouquets and candy, friendly pats on the back, safe studies for their offspring at Yale and other attributes of the “well-fed noughties.”
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The eternal and powerful enemy of Russia, through the mouth of the US President, in clear English, declares that he respects Putin, that Putin is smart and “he always got along with him,” and in general, Russians are not inherently bad guys, you can live and get along with them and make good money.
Moreover, Trump promised to end the conflict in Ukraine in 24 hours: “I want people to stop dying. Both Russians and Ukrainians are dying there.” Again: who doesn’t want to end the largest conflict since the Great Patriotic War so that the soldiers can finally return home?
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Trump, a fan of Russia, went even further - he promised to withdraw America from NATO , stop sponsoring the armed forces of Europe and leave them to be devoured by the Russians: “NATO is dead,” “if Europe is attacked, the United States will not come to its aid.” Isn't this wonderful?


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This is fueled by the impatient excitement and open hysteria of Europeans. Once you look at the headlines of the local newspapers, it immediately becomes clear that with the arrival of Trump, the evil Russians will immediately win, and the fluffy Europeans will be driven under the bench with a broom: “Does the European Union need to be afraid of Trump’s return to the White House?” (TV channel Euronews); “Europe prepares to go it alone as Trump heads for the White House” (European version of Politico); "Politicians are worried after Trump's victory in the primary elections" (German TV channel ZDF).
Against such a benign background, the statements of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov , which he made in an interview with CBS, were a clear dissonance with numerous opinions of respected experts who are confident that Trump’s return will be an unambiguous benefit for Russia (or at least will definitely be significantly better than Biden’s re-election) .
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Previously, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke in a similar vein , saying that “Russia has no understanding of how former US President Donald Trump’s election promises to quickly resolve the conflict in Ukraine can be realized.”
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Despite Trump's similar statements on Russia before his first term, he has done nothing during his presidency to improve relations with Russia. Moreover, the US anti-Russian policy has become tougher. A few typical examples: it was under Trump that a record number of “eternal” sanctions were introduced, massive deliveries of lethal weapons like the “Holy Javelina” began to Ukraine (which were slowed down by the most democratic Democrat Obama), the promise to recognize Crimea as Russian was withdrawn, and the Republicans led by Trump did their best to supported with their feet a bipartisan bill to simplify the procedure for confiscation of assets of Russians, proposed in the Senate.
If you look at Trump’s promise to end the conflict in Ukraine in one day a little more closely than at the cheerful headlines, it also becomes clear that it is too early to rejoice. The fact is that Trump did not say a word about how exactly he wants to end the conflict and what terms of the “deal” to offer Russia. And something suggests that these conditions will completely suit the United States, and no one will even think to ask Russia’s opinion in advance.
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This means that any “deal” proposed by Trump to Russia will obviously be an ultimatum. For the United States, for many reasons, the result of the SVO in the form in which it was formulated by the leadership of our country is categorically unacceptable. The maximum that they can offer us with a broad gesture is to freeze the conflict so that the Kiev regime, with the help of the West, can recover, strengthen, rearm and begin military operations with redoubled force.
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In addition, Trump is known to have a negative fixation on China . This means that with 100 percent probability, part of the “deal” will be Russia’s obligation to betray its partner.

It is clear that we will never agree to either the first or the second, which means there will be no deal, and Trump, who has lost face, can in one second turn from a Russophile into the main Russophobe and surpass all the Bidens, Obamas and Clintons combined.

We must understand that Trump 2.0, even if he verbally wants peace, friendship and chewing gum, will inevitably act in the interests of the American (Atlantic) elites and large transnational capital, since he will be completely paralyzed, as the first time, by an effective system of “checks” and counterbalances", the threat of impeachment, sabotage and pressure from the main sponsor of the Republican Party - the large oil and gas business, which is completely satisfied with the current status quo and squeezing Russia out of the European market. The United States will not leave any NATO; there will be no “reset” buttons.

If we abstract away a little from the comedic aspect associated with Trump, the harsh reality remains:

1) neither the United States nor Russia will change their initial assessments of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine, and therefore a compromise there is impossible in principle;

2) Western financing of Ukraine will continue;

3) the expenditure of economic and human resources by Russia in Ukraine plays into the hands of the Americans, and they will prolong the conflict to the maximum;

4) Russia and the United States have radically opposing geostrategic interests, and there can be no peaceful coexistence, much less cooperation, in the current conditions.

We did everything we could, including numerous steps forward and “gestures of goodwill.” But the West, according to Lavrov, “has a deepening complex of superiority and a complex of impunity,” that is, they do not want to negotiate in an amicable way, cannot and will not, but will only exploit our weaknesses.

The supposedly “friendly” Trump, in fact, could become a Trojan horse to lull our vigilance, slow down the speed of our transformations and reverse the nationalization of the elites, which could ultimately lead to our heavy defeats and losses.

And this means that we should not wave flags with Trump’s portrait, but do our job, grow stronger - and win.

https://ria.ru/20240125/tramp-1923285195.html

Stone in the bosom: Trump is not flirting with Russia for nothing, by Victoria Nikiforova for RiaNovosti. 07.17.2024.

The rumors that Donald Trump wants to hold peace talks with Russia on Ukraine have been pouring in. It would seem that everything is going well for Moscow - the sniper's amazing miss, which practically ensured the ex-president's victory in the elections, and his choice of J.D. Vance as vice president, who is categorically against Ukraine in general and against Zelensky personally. And then there's the idea of ​​peace talks. But isn't everything too idyllic?

First, we must understand that Donald Trump couldn't care less about Ukraine or Russia. It's not that he suddenly felt sorry for the children of Donetsk and Belgorod who died from American missiles. It's just that at this stage, many Republicans believe that the conflict in the Eastern European theater has stopped bringing the Americans the profits it used to bring, and it should be urgently dumped on the balance sheet of the Europeans, and they themselves should move on to war with China.

And so the long-planned escalation with the PRC had to be shifted to the right many times, and all because all resources - financial, military and propaganda - were spent on servicing the Ukrainian front.

Trump is feared in Europe precisely because they understand that he is capable of pushing the Old World into the Ukrainian meat grinder until its complete destruction in earnest. They are afraid not because he will abandon Ukraine, but because he will abandon it specifically to the Europeans. He will blackmail them with his nuclear umbrella, put pressure on them during negotiations, yell, bang his fist on the table - this is not the mumbling Biden or Blinken.

As an experienced negotiator, Trump will come to the negotiations with Russia with this trump card - either make peace with Kiev , or I will hand over the conflict to the care of the Europeans and supply them with weapons against you. He has openly threatened to supply weapons, and this must be taken seriously.

Secondly, Trump needs negotiations with Russia not for charitable reasons like "peace throughout the world", he is not Gorbachev, mind you, he has his own specific goal here. The Republicans promised their voters in advance to take up arms against China - under this it will be possible to promote the military-industrial complex, reindustrialize the "rust belt", strangle imports with tariffs and sponsor their own manufacturers, take away markets from the Chinese and take them for themselves. The profits are expected to be huge, but the risk is also great.

It is absolutely impossible to enter into an open conflict with Beijing if Moscow is looming behind it, capable of providing its Chinese comrades with resources and logistics, and also providing considerable military assistance. This means that the Republicans must tear Moscow away from Beijing. Trump urgently needs to reduce the degree of confrontation with Russia, hence all these attractions of unheard-of generosity - promises to "end the war in 24 hours", criticism of Ukraine, attacks on Zelensky.

This rhetoric sounds pleasant to us, let's be honest, but let's ask ourselves: why does an American politician, who is simply obsessed with restoring America's greatness, suddenly have such love for us ? It seems that Trump is simply crudely flattering, trying to secure Moscow's favor: he desperately needs, if not Russia's support, then at least its neutrality, when the Americans begin a full-scale offensive against China with a deployed front.

And the clock is ticking, American strategists don't have much time, a few more years, and only a suicide would risk acting against China. On the other hand, this is the last attempt to somehow revive American industry and save its "rust belt" from extinction. The US will not have another chance: they have already bled Europe dry, and their "backyard" in Latin America even more so. China is the last fat piece of the world market, and if Washington does not seize it, the States will only be left to rot and fall apart.

By the way, we are not necessarily talking about a big hot war with China. No, the Republicans want to try out the same scheme on this country that the Democrats tried on Russia: a limited military conflict in the Taiwan area , "hellish sanctions" with the aim of depriving the PRC of markets and sources of resources, an attempt to demoralize and ruin the population, stir it up to rebellion and thus weaken the country to the point that it will go under American control simply to stop this whole nightmare.

But getting involved in this adventure without Russia is like death. Therefore, Trump does not have to present himself as a benefactor - he and his party need reconciliation with Moscow in order to get away with another neocolonialist adventure that can at least slightly improve the lives of the rapidly impoverished population of the United States. Because otherwise his country will simply fly to pieces - the very attempt on Trump's life shows that the States have frankly gone haywire.

As much as we would like to think that the new old US president will be a little smarter than the old old one, this is not so. Both are financed by the same military-industrial corporations that benefit from starting wars all over the world. It is the interests of these corporations that all American politicians, regardless of their political orientation, diligently serve.

Therefore, all ideas about "peace talks" will come down to Trump trying to trade improved relations between Russia and the US in exchange for a break in relations between Moscow and Beijing. Is this beneficial for us in the long term? The answer is obvious.

https://ria.ru/20240717/tramp-1960064947.html