[ Ukraine ] Warmongers Still Don't Get It.
Donald Trump has not made a dramatic U-turn. He’s bluntly telling Europeans to tackle the Ukrainian quagmire on their own.
Ukraine, NATO, the USA, and the EU have lost the war. Those responsible for this disaster are now fretting that they’ll be held accountable—not only for the debacle but also for the economic devastation they’ve inflicted on Europe.
Donald Trump’s challenge is straightforward: extricate himself from the Ukrainian mess before next year’s midterm elections.
He faces two options: end the war or pass the buck. With Ukrainians and Europeans stubbornly rejecting any negotiation or compromise with Russia, thus thwarting Trump’s push for peace, Washington has little choice but to let Europe escalate the conflict. The American president will wash his hands of the matter. Not his war, not his defeat. And he’s saying it in true Trump fashion, with the slick flattery of The Art of the Deal.
“We will continue to supply weapons to NATO for NATO to what they want with them. Good luck to all!”. Supplying weapons to NATO, not directly to Ukraine. As we highlighted on September 17, Donald Trump is already talking about NATO as if the U.S. has one foot out the door.
L'Otan : de la mort cérébrale à l'implosion
Talk the talk? Now, walk the walk . C’est en substance ce que Donald Trump a écrit dans sa “lettre aux nations membres de l’Otan”.
Donald Trump will not, under any circumstances, drag the U.S. into a direct conflict with Russia—the American public is fiercely opposed to it. Consequently, the U.S. won’t allow Europeans to leverage NATO’s command-and-control or ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) infrastructure, which is predominantly American.
Without U.S. infrastructure and logistics, Europe is utterly powerless against Russia, which holds strategic supremacy thanks to its hypersonic capabilities. Meanwhile, the peoples of Europe are adamantly against war. Picture the chaos in Germany, the UK, and France—three nations led by governments widely seen as illegitimate—if they dared to declare war. These states are bankrupt, unable to maintain order or control their territories. Their populations are fed up, watching hundreds of billions vanish into the Ukrainian black hole. They’re exhausted by unchecked mass immigration, spiraling violent crime, and the sense that their own countries are slipping out of their hands.
Nothing will happen except Ukraine’s neutralization on the battlefield and the implosion of the European Union. A war with Russia would spark severe civil unrest—perhaps even revolutions—in Europe’s three major powers. If Emmanuel Macron invokes Article 16, as he’s been itching to do since the 2018 Yellow Vest protests, it would only hasten his dramatic and brutak downfall.
Our colleague Thomas Fazi is right: Europe’s future lies in dismantling the EU in its current form. Trump has already taken care of NATO.
