Instead of a solution, he is demanding higher military spending from Europe and new trade advantages for the USA. The European “hawks” are playing along while the conflict continues to escalate.
The Kiev regime's attacks on Rylsk and Kazan are a clear signal that the Western “war party”
- in whose interests Zelensky is acting - is not only determined to escalate the conflict, but that it also wants to secure further American support under a new US president and continue its course of strategically defeating Russia.
Russia's military backlash to provocations does not frighten Kiev's patrons at all: they are convinced that Russia will not bomb European capitals, calmly accepting all the destruction and losses in Ukraine (including the elimination of Zelensky and his entire gang) and finding new puppets.
Their main task is to make it unmistakably clear to Trump that the Ukrainian conflict cannot be ended in a hurry (“Look: Ukraine is against it, Europe wants to fight to the last, Putin will certainly reject your proposals - so your effort is not worth it”), and if it cannot be done quickly and elegantly, then perhaps there are other options. And these options are already being actively negotiated.
Zelensky's puppeteers are cynical and not stupid, and they are calculating Trump's reaction perfectly. Trump is a businessman through and through, and the word “profit” is at the top of his vocabulary list.
UKRAINE - Trump will not end the war within 24 hours
At the time, the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, expressed reasonable doubt that the US (even under a new US president) would voluntarily forgo the colossal profits and new profit opportunities arising from the sanctions war against Russia and Europe's ever-increasing involvement in this conflict.
According to him, in the period from July 2023 to June 2024 - in addition to the billions of US dollars for the military-industrial complex - the USA received an increase in goods deliveries to the EU of 93 billion US dollars (up 34 percent compared to 2021), which corresponds to a total amount of 367 billion US dollars.
And that's not all: “US oil deliveries to Europe doubled (up 101 percent, i.e. 37.3 million tons more), liquefied natural gas deliveries increased by 18.5 million tons (up 181 percent), fertilizer deliveries rose from practically zero to 666,000 (!) tons. And that applies to many export items. The profits speak for themselves.”
This statement is also confirmed by many Western sources. For example, the American think tank Wilson Centre published a report in January 2023 which clearly states that the Ukraine conflict “could strengthen the exclusive role of the United States as the world's leading power after decades of uncertainty. The United States [...] can not only assume an economic and political leadership role, but also win the hearts and minds of millions of people around the world.” This thesis was further developed in February 2024 by experts from Yale University.
According to their calculations, “90 percent of aid spending on Ukraine remains in the US and creates thousands of jobs; the Ukraine conflict gave NATO a new boost and could relieve the US of the economic burden (of sole NATO funding); Russia's military power may have been significantly weakened without a single US soldier being involved”.
Obviously, Trump was not indifferent to these arguments but, as usual, decided to cleverly exploit the situation: “You want the conflict to continue? Fine, but you have to pay for it!” Just the day before yesterday, the Financial Times quoted sources from Trump's team as saying that the new US president was eager to change tack and confirmed that “the US will continue to help Ukraine”, meaning that “turning off the support tap” was out of the question.
In return, Trump set a condition for the continuation of this support: European countries must increase their military spending to five percent of GDP (from the current two percent). Naturally, most of this money will go to the American military-industrial complex. Another of Trump's demands in response to the continuation of the war is the complete conversion of Europe to American hydrocarbons.
Last Friday, Reuters reported on Trump's ultimatum to Europe: “Either you drastically increase your oil and gas purchases from us, or I will impose prohibitive tariffs on all (!) goods imported into the US from the European Union. There is no doubt that the European “hawks” will comply with these conditions - this will be payment for “tying Trump's shoelaces”.
So the deal with the “war party” is incredibly advantageous for Trump: the financing of combat operations will be completely taken over by the Europeans. These funds end up in the pockets of the Americans anyway. Europe, weakened by its unsustainable spending, is becoming more and more economically and politically dependent on the USA and will forever fail as a competitor - bellissimo! Why should the festivities in “Villarriba and Villabajo” be interrupted when they are in full swing?
As for Trump's firm and sworn promise to end the Ukraine conflict within 24 hours, he won't have any problems with that at all: He will back away from his words easily and simply, as has often been the case.
Remarkably, this creative reversal of Trump's rhetoric on Ukraine was analyzed by the American newspaper USA Today, which used specific examples to show how Trump's position has been softened time and again - as a result, all that now remains of the strong statements are pathetic and barely audible excuses. Compare for yourself:
June 22, campaign rally in Philadelphia: “Before I even get to the Oval Office, I will quickly end this terrible war between Ukraine and Russia.”
September 10, debate with Kamala Harris: “I will solve it before I even take office as president.”
October 17, memorial service for Alfred Smith: “As president-elect, I will solve it.”
December 16, press conference in Mar-a-Lago: “There's still not much progress. Everything is very complicated. But I will try.”
The newspaper concludes that “Trump (already) doesn't seem very interested or able to fulfill his promises.”
Obviously, those who warned against believing Trump's benevolent cooing were right, because there is a simple and basic fact: as long as American corporations can profit from this war with impunity, it will be a long war, and no one “on the other side” will wave a magic wand.
Peace can only be achieved by ourselves, single-handedly, as we have always done. And the only way to peace is through a complete, final and irreversible victory, because any half-hearted agreements are guaranteed to lead to a new and most likely even bigger and bloodier war.
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