The U.S. Deep State will not allow Trump to reach a meaningful peace agreement with Putin. From Paul Craig Roberts at paulcraigroberts.org:
A couple of days ago Trump said it wasn’t worthwhile meeting with Putin, but suddenly ordered his aides to arrange a meeting with Putin in a week. The explanations we have been given for this is that Putin said Trump’s negotiator Witcoff had made an acceptable proposal. Putin’s negotiator Kirill Dmitriev declared “a historic meeting in which dialogue will prevail.” One dreamer proclaimed that Putin and Trump “may reconfigure the world order.”
These premature declarations of agreement and success have led to further romantic theorizing. One Russian commentator declared that Alaska was chosen for the historic meeting because it “so clearly embodies the spirit of neighborliness and mutually beneficial cooperation lost during the Cold War.” The Russian Atlanticist-Integrationists whose hearts and interests are in the West are hopeful that their declarations of bliss, even if involves Russian surrender, will prevail over Russian nationalism.
For example, Putin’s negotiator is Kirill Dmitriev, nominally a Russian, but in fact a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School–entrances into the American Establishment–who began his career at Goldman Sachs, an establishment member. He is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. His long list of honors and directorships of Russian companies is provided by the WEF. Currently he is chief of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Putin’s Special Envoy on International Economic and Investment Cooperation. Could Putin have chosen a more conflicted person to negotiate with Washington?
Among these and other highly hopeful statements, what is the reality of the situation? Does it conform to the expressed expectations?
The faculty lounge is so cute in thinking that they could partition Russia for lebensraum and resources.
It is like that statue of the girl in front of the bull in its hubris.
The Waffen SS lived up to their give death and receive death motto on the Eastern Front.
Ivan had tremendous KIA & POW losses but was still the last man standing.
Marshal Chuikov smiles.