Given a relatively weak hand in Russia, Trump’s best option may be to use the peace agreement everyone agreed to back in 2022 as a template for an agreement now. From Andrew Korybko at korybko.substack.com:
Trump has everything to gain by picking up where everyone left off over two and a half years ago.
The Wall Street Journal’s report that Trump wants to create a Western-patrolled DMZ along the Line of Contact (LOC) for freezing the Ukrainian Conflict, which was analyzed here and here, dangerously runs the risk of escalating tensions with Russia to the point of a Cuban-like brinksmanship crisis. It would therefore be much better for him to revive the draft Russian-Ukrainian peace treaty from spring 2022 instead. Other than averting World War III, which is an obvious motivation, here are five others:
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1. Fulfill His Democratic Mandate To Bring Peace To Europe
Trump won the popular vote and therefore has a democratic mandate to fulfill his campaign pledge to bring peace to Europe. Doing so would be a strong start to his second term and reassure his supporters that he won’t backtrack on his commitments like last time. Additionally, other countries will see that he’s serious about doing what he promised, thus leading to them taking him more seriously and making them less likely to haggle with him. He might also set himself up to win the Nobel Peace Prize too.
2. Create Less Space For The Deep State To Manipulate Him
Another one of Trump’s promises is to purge the country’s permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (“deep state”) of warmongering neoconservatives. If he backtracks on the most important of his foreign policy promises, then they’ll have more space to manipulate him. After all, it was his decision to bomb Syria early on into his first term that set the stage for every other foreign policy disappointment. Failure to hold his ground on Ukraine would be a very bad omen.
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Comrade kommissar Rutte of the land of dykes and two lips (rimshot) says he will expel the FUSA from NATO!
He is readying the stone tablets for his imperial decree.
Don’t do anything you just got dealt the winning hand.
The 2022 offer still stands from Putin but some are just too dense for the deal of the day, you never pass that up.
USA uber alles (hee har) you’re on your own Europastan.
Maybe Sorrows or Red Shield clan will help you?
Klaus vill keep you safe, Jawohl!
LMFAO!
Breaking from Drop Dead (U.S.):
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