What’s next? The treatment of Donald Trump by the European leaders is a puzzle. The general consensus appears to be to treat him like an educationally challenged child or perhaps a rather difficult mental patient. Do not disagree with him to prevent violent outbursts in retaliation and constantly offer supportive words whilst cajoling him to understand the actual substance of the problems he claims to be able to control. He has a very simplistic view of the world and because he is President of the United States, a country that still has the strongest economy as well as having the largest military arsenal, it is best not to antagonise him in any way. It is imperative to keep him on side and so what happened over the last couple of days was, in effect, an intervention.
After Mr Trump’s meeting with Mr Putin he announced his next step as meeting with Mr Zelensky. The European leaders quickly realised that to allow Mr. Zelensky to go alone to face Mr Trump in his bunker - sorry I mean, oval office, together with his usual sycophantic entourage and onside public relations press, it would be essential to stage manage an intervention to gently steer Trump in a more acceptable understanding of the middle European conflict.
This has possibly been successful. Mr Trump was clearly flattered by the arrival of so many world leaders to seek his advice and assistance. Mr Zelensky wore a more appropriate outfit and started with thank you’s galore, as well as a letter from his wife addressed to Mrs Trump. An entire scenario had clearly been developed by the western nations, together with Mr Zelensky, to gently push Mr Trump to make the necessary phone call to Mr Putin, to let him know that the supposed results of the Anchorage public relations exercise had been slightly altered. Whether anything will actually come of this is another matter.
Mr Putin has shown no sign whatsoever that he has any intention of stopping his aggressive invasion plans of Ukraine, regardless of what he might have said to Mr Trump. Will that reality finally sink into Mr Trump’s brain? The continued gentle pressure from the European allies is obviously necessary. My own view is that the European nations, collectively, are just as powerful as the United States. So far a I can tell, and from what we have seen in past conflicts in which they have taken part, the training and effectiveness of the British armed forces is as good as any, if not better than most. I am sure other European military are well qualified. Nonetheless, it does appears that so far as actual military hardware is concerned, nothing reaches the quantity of high performance killing machinery than that held by the United States. Indeed, given the numbers of guns just in private hands, there is a significant arsenal. At the present time then, they are a country to keep on side. Hence the egg shell treatment of the psychotic narcissist that is Mr Trump.
There are now developing umpteen discussion scenarios to be tried to reach an agreement should the meeting between Messrs Zelensky, Putin and Trump occur - including not really allowing Mr Trump to be alone in the room, where he can be controlled by Mr Putin. There will be have to be a babysitter of some kind to keep him in check. That will have to involve one of the more astute European leaders. Tis a pity Angela Merkel is no longer around as she has experience with Putin and his attempts to rattle her with his dogs, and with Trump and his petty narcissistic behaviour.
Whatever the developing situation, the momentum and pressure on Mr Trump is essential. If Mr Putin just stonewalls, as he just might, then further serious economic sanctions must be followed through. Maybe at some point the Russian people will have had enough and break through to overwhelm the officials who keep them in check. It would only take one percent of the population to effect that change, according to various old Russian revolutionaries.
There have been a variety of views expressed about the Anchorage event as well as the White House follow on with Zelensky and Co. Trump has since babbled away on Fox News and his barbie doll press secretary had whined and moaned about how badly he is being treated by the press and leftists generally and how no other person in the universe had stopped as many wars as he has, and how grateful we should all be that he is President of the United States of America. You note how she always says ‘United States of America’ and never just ‘United States’. Nonetheless, no amount of exaggeration and lies, however often repeated, will make them true. Trump acts and performs like a Putin stooge. There is no other way to put it. He would love to have the same type of control over the United States of America that Putin has over Greater Russia.
Mr Trump has recently added, as an afterthought, that Mr Putin may not want peace. In which case, where is the displeasure and imposition of new sanctions and hard talk? What happened to the magic of 24 hrs and the single phone call? What was the boast “He wants to do it for me, as crazy as that sounds, he’ll do it for me”? It’s crazy because it is a fantasy swimming around Trump’s limited brain.
We cannot escape, at least till 2028, that a narcissistic infantile blowhard is the leader of the free world. The western alliance is unfortunately in the difficult position of having to cope with him, because he has been voted into office and is being propped up by a Congress of the United States that has abrogated all responsibility of proper governance, under the rule of law, as proscribed by the constitution of the United States of America, with its checks and balances being completely ignored. There is no one in the executive branch of the United States of America with whom the European leadership can deal with on a professional and adult basis. It has all be reduced to egg shell diplomacy. So, we are all left in limbo and there appears to be no end, unless the 2026 elections in November changes the makeup of congress. Good luck with that.
After Mr Trump’s meeting with Mr Putin he announced his next step as meeting with Mr Zelensky. The European leaders quickly realised that to allow Mr. Zelensky to go alone to face Mr Trump in his bunker - sorry I mean, oval office, together with his usual sycophantic entourage and onside public relations press, it would be essential to stage manage an intervention to gently steer Trump in a more acceptable understanding of the middle European conflict.
This has possibly been successful. Mr Trump was clearly flattered by the arrival of so many world leaders to seek his advice and assistance. Mr Zelensky wore a more appropriate outfit and started with thank you’s galore, as well as a letter from his wife addressed to Mrs Trump. An entire scenario had clearly been developed by the western nations, together with Mr Zelensky, to gently push Mr Trump to make the necessary phone call to Mr Putin, to let him know that the supposed results of the Anchorage public relations exercise had been slightly altered. Whether anything will actually come of this is another matter.
Mr Putin has shown no sign whatsoever that he has any intention of stopping his aggressive invasion plans of Ukraine, regardless of what he might have said to Mr Trump. Will that reality finally sink into Mr Trump’s brain? The continued gentle pressure from the European allies is obviously necessary. My own view is that the European nations, collectively, are just as powerful as the United States. So far a I can tell, and from what we have seen in past conflicts in which they have taken part, the training and effectiveness of the British armed forces is as good as any, if not better than most. I am sure other European military are well qualified. Nonetheless, it does appears that so far as actual military hardware is concerned, nothing reaches the quantity of high performance killing machinery than that held by the United States. Indeed, given the numbers of guns just in private hands, there is a significant arsenal. At the present time then, they are a country to keep on side. Hence the egg shell treatment of the psychotic narcissist that is Mr Trump.
There are now developing umpteen discussion scenarios to be tried to reach an agreement should the meeting between Messrs Zelensky, Putin and Trump occur - including not really allowing Mr Trump to be alone in the room, where he can be controlled by Mr Putin. There will be have to be a babysitter of some kind to keep him in check. That will have to involve one of the more astute European leaders. Tis a pity Angela Merkel is no longer around as she has experience with Putin and his attempts to rattle her with his dogs, and with Trump and his petty narcissistic behaviour.
Whatever the developing situation, the momentum and pressure on Mr Trump is essential. If Mr Putin just stonewalls, as he just might, then further serious economic sanctions must be followed through. Maybe at some point the Russian people will have had enough and break through to overwhelm the officials who keep them in check. It would only take one percent of the population to effect that change, according to various old Russian revolutionaries.
There have been a variety of views expressed about the Anchorage event as well as the White House follow on with Zelensky and Co. Trump has since babbled away on Fox News and his barbie doll press secretary had whined and moaned about how badly he is being treated by the press and leftists generally and how no other person in the universe had stopped as many wars as he has, and how grateful we should all be that he is President of the United States of America. You note how she always says ‘United States of America’ and never just ‘United States’. Nonetheless, no amount of exaggeration and lies, however often repeated, will make them true. Trump acts and performs like a Putin stooge. There is no other way to put it. He would love to have the same type of control over the United States of America that Putin has over Greater Russia.
Mr Trump has recently added, as an afterthought, that Mr Putin may not want peace. In which case, where is the displeasure and imposition of new sanctions and hard talk? What happened to the magic of 24 hrs and the single phone call? What was the boast “He wants to do it for me, as crazy as that sounds, he’ll do it for me”? It’s crazy because it is a fantasy swimming around Trump’s limited brain.
We cannot escape, at least till 2028, that a narcissistic infantile blowhard is the leader of the free world. The western alliance is unfortunately in the difficult position of having to cope with him, because he has been voted into office and is being propped up by a Congress of the United States that has abrogated all responsibility of proper governance, under the rule of law, as proscribed by the constitution of the United States of America, with its checks and balances being completely ignored. There is no one in the executive branch of the United States of America with whom the European leadership can deal with on a professional and adult basis. It has all be reduced to egg shell diplomacy. So, we are all left in limbo and there appears to be no end, unless the 2026 elections in November changes the makeup of congress. Good luck with that.
Oh Edward, I can hardly bear to hear the voice of the person who is destroying our country. I am in such despair.
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