Trump, Putin and Changing Global Realities

George Friedman: Trump, Putin and Changing Global Realities
 
Geopolitical Futures
Mar 1, 2025

One month into Donald Trump’s second term, even those who closely followed his first time in office have struggled to keep up. Foreign policy shifts alone include tariffs, attacks on allies, and a proposed takeover in Gaza. Now, an apparent rapprochement with Russia has the potential to revolutionize US strategy. What is the US trying to achieve in its negotiations with Russia? And is this all just the new norm for a world without an anchor? GPF Chairman George Friedman recently sat down with Talking Geopolitics host Christian Smith to discuss this and much more.

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The Wolf Is At The Door
 
Andrew Weissmann
 Feb 28, 2025 #DOJ #Justice #LawFor years, people warned about creeping authoritarianism, the erosion of democratic norms, and the hollowing out of institutions. To some, these warnings felt like the boy who cried wolf—exaggerations, political fear-mongering, or just the usual noise of partisanship. But now, the wolf is no longer some distant threat on the horizon. It is at the door. And if we don’t acknowledge that reality, we may soon find there’s nothing left to defend. What we are witnessing isn’t just the implementation of Project 2025—it is something even more insidious: the systematic dismantling of the institutions that protect democracy itself. This is not hyperbole. It is happening now.

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Victor Davis Hanson: In Some Way, Zelenskyy Is An Authoritarian
 
The Daily Signal
Feb 28, 2025 #vance #whitehouse #UkraineA tense altercation between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy ensued in the oval office today. The bottom line: The United States of America will not be extorted by a country whose leaders are more interested in what they can get out of the American people than peace. The point of the meeting? To sign a U.S.-Ukraine mineral deal. Donald Trump is “very tired subsidizing and pay for far-distant problems when we’re running a $37 trillion national debt,” and this deal would not only offset those costs but also by inviting “American business in to Ukraine, to help rebuild it and to profit…Putin will be less eager to attack you if he understands there's a thriving American concession there,” argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:” “Donald Trump is incurring a lot of criticism lately on the Ukrainian war. He's trying to negotiate an end to the war. Remember, there's probably somewhere around 1.5 million dead, wounded, missing, and captured on both sides, together. That is the largest casualty rate figure total in Europe since the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942 and 1943. In his ‘Art of the Deal’ style he came in and he said some things the last week that got people very angry. I'll just give you two examples. He said that Zelenskyy was a dictator and that he “should have stopped the war and never started it. “That got people anguished because we know that Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24th of 2022. So, why did Donald Trump say that? Of course, he doesn't believe that Zelenskyy started the war because he has campaigned himself on the following narrative: "Under George Bush, in 2008, Russia invaded Ossetia and Georgia. “In 2014, under the Obama administration, they invaded the Donbas and Crimea. On February 24th of 2022, under Joe Biden, they tried to take Kyiv. However, of the last four administrations, there was one in which they did not leave their borders to invade another nation—my administration. Why? Because unlike the prior three presidents, I was able to establish deterrence.” Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?s... 00:00 Introduction: Trump's Controversial Comments on Ukraine 01:54 Trump's Perspective on the Ukrainian War 02:45 Criticism and Defense of Trump's Statements 03:31 Trump's Vision for Ending the War 07:19 Historical Context and Realpolitik 08:08 Conclusion and Call to Action


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Dangerously charming and convincing

Jeffrey Sachs DESTROYS NATO As EUROPE FALLS! RUSSIA CRUSHES Ukraine WAR IS LOST
 
THE FACE OF WAR


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