US presidential candidate Donald Trump, in the midst of an election race, gave a long interview to Elon Musk on the X platform
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When Donald Trump promises to “get along” with one of the foreign leaders, it should be understood that he is not going to attack his country, at least in the foreseeable future. If we perceive the promise that the former, and possibly future president of the United States, made in his interview with billionaire Elon Musk, to “get along with Vladimir Putin again” in this way, then this is already encouraging. With all the knowledge of how diligently Trump, when he first came to the White House, destroyed relations with Russia in order to “excuse himself” from absurd accusations of winning the election with its help, then this is already encouraging.
The presidential candidate’s intentions regarding the leaders of countries with which the United States is openly in conflict may be perceived as part of his foreign policy program if he comes to power.
Compare this to what the Democrats intend to do if Kamala Harris wins, who – let’s not forget – is not only a presidential candidate but also the current vice president of the United States. In other words, the country’s foreign policy is unlikely to change drastically if she wins the election.
The intention of the current Democratic administration towards Russia is well known: to inflict a “strategic defeat” on us with the help of Ukraine, destroy our economy with sanctions and isolate us in the international arena. How it does this is another question. But there is no doubt that the Democrats, if they remain in power, will continue to maintain their line: abandoning it is equivalent to admitting fundamental mistakes that led the world majority to refuse to submit to American hegemony. Trump pointed out these mistakes in the interview.
Without forgetting the role of the subjunctive mood in history, let us pay attention to what Trump, according to him, would not have allowed if he had remained for a second term.
First, he insists that he would not allow an armed conflict in Ukraine. How would he do it, the politician hinted. The reason, he said, was that “Biden started talking nonsense.” That is, he started promising Kiev membership in NATO.
The conclusion suggests itself: Trump would not have done “such stupid things” and therefore will not do so if he wins and returns to the White House. The former president has already promised more than once to end the conflict after his victory and even before his inauguration in January next year. It is logical to assume, although Trump never specified how he will immediately extinguish the conflict in Ukraine, that if he sees Biden’s “stupidity” as its root cause, he will start by canceling it, explaining to kyiv that NATO membership does not guarantee its security. And he will turn off the light in Zelensky’s beloved window…
Another big mistake of the Democrats, according to Trump, is that first Obama and then Biden practically allowed a rapprochement between Russia and China. Here, of course, he did not discover the United States, but we can recall how Trump himself, during his presidency, maneuvered between Moscow and Beijing, combining extreme toughness with the promise of “getting along” with their leaders.
By the way, it was under the Republicans that the White House in the early 1970s improved relations with both the USSR and the People’s Republic of China, while further dividing their mutual interests and deepening the difficulties that arose between them. He did not reveal what to expect from Trump himself in this regard. But if we recall his first term, it is not difficult to imagine a set of tools.
It is now clear that no one will be uncorking champagne for the Republican candidate’s possible victory in the elections in Moscow, as in 2016. Everyone understands that Trump, with his business acumen, will fiercely defend the interests of the United States, as he understands them. He has even threatened sanctions against those countries that decide to abandon the American dollar.
But as a leader who came to politics from a business background, he is not ideologically closed-minded, unlike Democrats. So one can expect him to be willing to make a reasonable compromise if he sees that this is the only way to solve the problem.
For Democrats, as can be judged by Biden’s anti-Russian statements and his insults to the Russian leader, the victory of liberal dogma determines everything.
In Trump’s interview, one should pay attention to his statement that the greatest threat to humanity is not global warming, which has become a “fetish” of the Democrats, but “nuclear warming.”
These arguments seem convincing. To know what kind of compromises Donald Trump will seek if he returns to power to avoid World War III (which, as the Republican is sure, Biden, Harris and company are leading to), we do not have to wait long.
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