I find it very hard indeed to imagine that Russia can bring itself to trust any USA President’s pledges of goodwill. While they may be amenable to a change in tone, Trump will be gone in 4.5 years and then what? If every single promise, agreement or treaty has been broken (which has been done), thousands of sanctions been imposed, reserve assets frozen and misused, key infrastructure like Nordstream 2 sabotaged and missile targeting assistance provided to Ukrainian military, not to mention the despective insulting ad hominem attacks - if all of these have taken place, then what does it take to reset relations?
Compensation and restitution will be required as well as the removal of sanctions, as well as the security guarantees.
Is Trump asking Russia to ‘take a haircut’ to help him get there and sell his deal? Sure he is..
If I was in charge, I'd arrest the neocon warmongers and offer them to Putin with a public apology.
Let them be tried in the ICC and let the world see the evil bastard's plans. Expose the Burisma deals and the covid scam.
If Pelosi and son, Romney and son, Kerry and stepson, Nuland, Monaco, Powers, McCord, Paul Ryan Lindsey Graham and the rest were properly tried and hanged, it would go a long way to allowing peace to prosper in the world.
Maybe the US could regain some lost credibility and respect.
I thought I might have clicked by accident on the Babylon Bee! Too good to be true, especially the news that Rutte is finally rubbing a few brain cells together! When you look at Starmer hitching his wagon to the imploding Ukrainian star - for 100 years! Now if the “Maggot Queen” Ursula (Simplicius) would pack her bags…Interesting that Trump Rampant simply ignores her!
DOGE should become required by all peoples everywhere. It should be a fundamental model used by all countries, and any politician/leader who is not on board is ejected - and ANY means of doing that will do just fine.
My hope is that Blackrock and Big Ag are the carcasses that We The People are devouring. I don't read everything Elizabeth Nickson writes, but she is fantastic with what Canada's, and the US's, governments have stolen from the citizens. I'm old enough that I don't expect any return, but t hose companies have killed millions of people.
Is there some nupital contract that requires those that work in the beltway to marry, live, and prosper on behalf of the taxpayers? Oh, and also to conform to the Deep State etiquette? Asking for a friend.
If you read between the lines above, you’ll note Ukraine barely covered a fraction of the talk, which included artificial intelligence and a host of other geopolitical issues. Likewise, Trump’s guarded remarks in press statements afterwards also left much to be desired, for instance describing the only Ukraine-related ‘achievement’ of the talks being Putin acknowledging that ‘he would like to end the killing’.
This is the clear definition of reaching: Trump’s team is trying to sell the phone chat as a much larger leap of progress than it really was. The added declaration that Putin intends to meet Trump in Saudi Arabia was empty garnish, as no urgent date was set, and they were bound to meet at some point in the future anyway. The same goes for the timed release of “political prisoner” Mark Fogel, which was meant to dress up the occasion, to add grist to the narrative that Trump is making some big ‘headway’ with Russia—nothing of the sort; this is desperate trickery to mask the major failure of Trump’s braggadocio about swiftly ending the war.
In short: the talk was the perfunctory, basic exchange of pleasantries and customary political gestures, nothing more. If you read the actual quotes and soundbites from various Russian officials, it is clear that Russia is no closer to any real negotiations, and is merely indulging the US its moment in the limelight of ostensibly ‘leading the peace charge’. In fact, I believe Trump even said he offered Putin a temporary ceasefire, which was quickly swept under the rug after Putin declined.
Perhaps you’re right. Russia has set its conditions and because they’re the ones under the biggest threat known by those that understanding this ploy to take over Ukraine, Russia will not back down. It’s good to talk though and get
While an ardent reader and subscriber when it comes to real facts on the Ukro War, I am fading on Simplicious and his read of Trump’s moves. He seems cynical and of the school that Trump will be no different than any other POTUS of the recent past. I get it. Past is prologue, sometimes. But not this time. I look at the incredible moves and changes since 1/21 and see no evidence to support that. I say wait and see, too many sideline QBs. I don’t want to sound like Q but it feels like something very very big is moving forward we just can’t see it.
I tend to agree with you in this regard. Gilbert Doctorow says that the plane that came for the knucklehead American prisoner did also bring Witkoff, and that Witkoff did meet with high Russian officials for about 3 hours. Doctorow maintained that Kellogg had been largely dumped. It's quite clear that Trump is trying to move things quickly, but to do that he has to concede to Putin's well known positions. Presumably Witkoff was there to tell the Russians, Look, we're sending our people to Europe and tomorrow or the next you'll see us publicly commit to most of what you want, but we need to give us some room to say we're negotiating and not just caving, and we need you to make a public gesture, too.
While Putin has the winning hand, he also very much wants to keep casualties down and wants to show Russians that he is commanding respect for Russia from the rest of the world. Thus, Trump said he wants Russia back in the G7, etc.
I still believe that the Russians want a bigger battlefield win before any deal. We shall see. There seems to be movement in the Middle East, too. Trump sat on Netanyahu--hard--and is committing to pulling US out of Syria. That has to please Russia, which will not want to become embroiled in defending Iran. Russia probably also prefers a multipolar Middle East, one which Trump seems to be hinting at with these moves: Iranians, Arabs, and a Turkey that's largely independent of NATO as a power center in the region.
it is all very interesting and difficult to keep up with
More and More apparent that the plan is Valerii Zaluzhnyi is in, and Zelensky out - One question I have for Imelda Zelensky or some may say Volodymyr Marcos is will his own citizens sue him for apparently disappeared funds; or will he run off into the sunset on a Miami beach.
And for Miriam Adelson, it appears afterall that she may have a sense of humanity and not wanting to be associated with a Genocide - hard to tell but hoped for - hoped the entire administration raises the level of decency and morality.
On December 6, 2017, President Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and stated that the American embassy would be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Perhaps interesting
Jerusalem was a unified city in Palestine home to Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Under the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan calling for the establishment of separate Arab and Jewish states in Palestine, Jerusalem was to be governed by a special international regime administered by the UN.
Since 1967, the eastern portion of Jerusalem, including the Old City and its historic Muslim, Jewish, and Christian holy sites, has been under Israeli military occupation and is considered occupied Palestinian territory under international law, not legally part of Israel,
After it occupied East Jerusalem, Israel massively expanded the municipal boundaries of the city into the West Bank and annexed it in a move that has been repeatedly rejected as illegal by the UN, including several Security Council resolutions.
Taiwan's chip company executives are in Phoenix. They are building chip factories frantically and have been for a few years. They know they will lose them to The Chinese if and when The Chinese take Taiwan. They are already producing chips
Yes, 2 large foundries. Over $20 billion each. I've been watching the southeast one being built for the last few years while driving up and down I-10. I've never seen that many huge cranes in one place before. And I've seem Silicon Valley outfits.
I remember a CTH post by Sundance saying that Trump was going to defeat the Deep State by starving it of funds. Read this maybe 6-9 months ago, I think. It appears this strategy is being utilized and showing initial signs of success. And realizing the Deep State is very aggressive both towards US citizens and foreign countries Trump is going after the foreign policy side of the Deep State to support the domestic MAGA policy. It truly is an integration that is dealing with two apparently separate items, but in real outcomes, the two affect each other significantly.
This episode was interesting. Benz explains why USAID spent money on outrageous things. It came down to the fact that, when we want to overthrow a foreign government, that if they are popular we don't exactly get the pick of the litter for allies in that country. So, well-funded tranny festivals fund more than just the dance festival. And sometimes, like maybe the millions for a gas station in Afghanistan that noone goes to; it's because it is a front.
Benz said that USAID was the vehicle of choice for funding & doing things that were beyond the pale for the CIA. I bring all of this up because it's sister organization (also no oversight) was NED.
"It's also still not clear how the Ukrainians themselves fit into all this."
If you look at what's been done to them by Zionist Neocons it's very clear they do not fit into what Zelensky has referred to as big Israel. Blackrock intends on getting their pound of flesh for the land they and other American corporate Ag giants believe they own.
Same as what has been said many times, one world order under one world government , by you know who. US only as the enforcer of their world. The makeup of the US foreign policy establishment is not at all representative of the US.
I just witnessed a surprise plane watching: a USAF Gulfstream C-37B, call sign SAM080, was in Moscow; landed in Warsaw about 10 minutes ago. This is a "blue & white", like AF1, that comes out of Camp Springs where most of those White House VIP planes are located. Usually flies in the continental US, per its flight history. It went from Rotterdam to Moscow to Warsaw. No idea who was on it, but it was a bit of a shock to see it & thought I'd share that info.
Starving NED makes my day; I bet Nuland's head is spinning around like Regan from the Exorcist. Things appear to be happening with lightning speed!
I hope it spins off into oblivion. If that creature hurts she must be hurting now, along with her likewise mad and bad husband, a pleasing thought. Trump needs to ensure PNAC fanatics don't ever get their claws into the handles of power again.
I looked up the Gulfstream C-37B - as you say its a military prepped 550 (nice!) - apparently we have quite a few & info I found states that they generally are used by the VP and cabinet members...so it could very well have been someone on the negotiating committee.
I think the other member of the team is Steve Witkoff.
I love plane-geeking on flightradar & skyglass...you never know what you're going to see!
There is even less democracy in NED than there is aid in USAID.
some additional (and Biblical) context to Trump 47: https://iangiatti.substack.com/p/trump-israel-the-ritual-of-the-two-goats
I find it very hard indeed to imagine that Russia can bring itself to trust any USA President’s pledges of goodwill. While they may be amenable to a change in tone, Trump will be gone in 4.5 years and then what? If every single promise, agreement or treaty has been broken (which has been done), thousands of sanctions been imposed, reserve assets frozen and misused, key infrastructure like Nordstream 2 sabotaged and missile targeting assistance provided to Ukrainian military, not to mention the despective insulting ad hominem attacks - if all of these have taken place, then what does it take to reset relations?
Compensation and restitution will be required as well as the removal of sanctions, as well as the security guarantees.
Is Trump asking Russia to ‘take a haircut’ to help him get there and sell his deal? Sure he is..
If I was in charge, I'd arrest the neocon warmongers and offer them to Putin with a public apology.
Let them be tried in the ICC and let the world see the evil bastard's plans. Expose the Burisma deals and the covid scam.
If Pelosi and son, Romney and son, Kerry and stepson, Nuland, Monaco, Powers, McCord, Paul Ryan Lindsey Graham and the rest were properly tried and hanged, it would go a long way to allowing peace to prosper in the world.
Maybe the US could regain some lost credibility and respect.
That would still not get at the main source of the problem unfortunately .
I thought I might have clicked by accident on the Babylon Bee! Too good to be true, especially the news that Rutte is finally rubbing a few brain cells together! When you look at Starmer hitching his wagon to the imploding Ukrainian star - for 100 years! Now if the “Maggot Queen” Ursula (Simplicius) would pack her bags…Interesting that Trump Rampant simply ignores her!
DOGE should become required by all peoples everywhere. It should be a fundamental model used by all countries, and any politician/leader who is not on board is ejected - and ANY means of doing that will do just fine.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-aircraft-carrier-damaged-after-colliding-huge-merchant-ship-egypt
The services can't fly helicopters either.
hopefully Blackrock and Big Ag, like the vultures they are, they will move to another tree and look for a different carcass to devour.
My hope is that Blackrock and Big Ag are the carcasses that We The People are devouring. I don't read everything Elizabeth Nickson writes, but she is fantastic with what Canada's, and the US's, governments have stolen from the citizens. I'm old enough that I don't expect any return, but t hose companies have killed millions of people.
Is there some nupital contract that requires those that work in the beltway to marry, live, and prosper on behalf of the taxpayers? Oh, and also to conform to the Deep State etiquette? Asking for a friend.
I don’t know about on behalf of the taxpayer, but it appears at the expense of the tax paying subjects.
You say it much better than I D.F.
Simplicius on all the brouhaha:
If you read between the lines above, you’ll note Ukraine barely covered a fraction of the talk, which included artificial intelligence and a host of other geopolitical issues. Likewise, Trump’s guarded remarks in press statements afterwards also left much to be desired, for instance describing the only Ukraine-related ‘achievement’ of the talks being Putin acknowledging that ‘he would like to end the killing’.
This is the clear definition of reaching: Trump’s team is trying to sell the phone chat as a much larger leap of progress than it really was. The added declaration that Putin intends to meet Trump in Saudi Arabia was empty garnish, as no urgent date was set, and they were bound to meet at some point in the future anyway. The same goes for the timed release of “political prisoner” Mark Fogel, which was meant to dress up the occasion, to add grist to the narrative that Trump is making some big ‘headway’ with Russia—nothing of the sort; this is desperate trickery to mask the major failure of Trump’s braggadocio about swiftly ending the war.
In short: the talk was the perfunctory, basic exchange of pleasantries and customary political gestures, nothing more. If you read the actual quotes and soundbites from various Russian officials, it is clear that Russia is no closer to any real negotiations, and is merely indulging the US its moment in the limelight of ostensibly ‘leading the peace charge’. In fact, I believe Trump even said he offered Putin a temporary ceasefire, which was quickly swept under the rug after Putin declined.
Perhaps you’re right. Russia has set its conditions and because they’re the ones under the biggest threat known by those that understanding this ploy to take over Ukraine, Russia will not back down. It’s good to talk though and get
an understanding of where both sides stand now.
While an ardent reader and subscriber when it comes to real facts on the Ukro War, I am fading on Simplicious and his read of Trump’s moves. He seems cynical and of the school that Trump will be no different than any other POTUS of the recent past. I get it. Past is prologue, sometimes. But not this time. I look at the incredible moves and changes since 1/21 and see no evidence to support that. I say wait and see, too many sideline QBs. I don’t want to sound like Q but it feels like something very very big is moving forward we just can’t see it.
I tend to agree with you in this regard. Gilbert Doctorow says that the plane that came for the knucklehead American prisoner did also bring Witkoff, and that Witkoff did meet with high Russian officials for about 3 hours. Doctorow maintained that Kellogg had been largely dumped. It's quite clear that Trump is trying to move things quickly, but to do that he has to concede to Putin's well known positions. Presumably Witkoff was there to tell the Russians, Look, we're sending our people to Europe and tomorrow or the next you'll see us publicly commit to most of what you want, but we need to give us some room to say we're negotiating and not just caving, and we need you to make a public gesture, too.
While Putin has the winning hand, he also very much wants to keep casualties down and wants to show Russians that he is commanding respect for Russia from the rest of the world. Thus, Trump said he wants Russia back in the G7, etc.
I still believe that the Russians want a bigger battlefield win before any deal. We shall see. There seems to be movement in the Middle East, too. Trump sat on Netanyahu--hard--and is committing to pulling US out of Syria. That has to please Russia, which will not want to become embroiled in defending Iran. Russia probably also prefers a multipolar Middle East, one which Trump seems to be hinting at with these moves: Iranians, Arabs, and a Turkey that's largely independent of NATO as a power center in the region.
Thank you Mark
it is all very interesting and difficult to keep up with
More and More apparent that the plan is Valerii Zaluzhnyi is in, and Zelensky out - One question I have for Imelda Zelensky or some may say Volodymyr Marcos is will his own citizens sue him for apparently disappeared funds; or will he run off into the sunset on a Miami beach.
And for Miriam Adelson, it appears afterall that she may have a sense of humanity and not wanting to be associated with a Genocide - hard to tell but hoped for - hoped the entire administration raises the level of decency and morality.
Why would you suspect that of Miriam Adelson? Anything to support that?
Though there is this lingering thought
On December 6, 2017, President Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and stated that the American embassy would be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Perhaps interesting
Jerusalem was a unified city in Palestine home to Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Under the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan calling for the establishment of separate Arab and Jewish states in Palestine, Jerusalem was to be governed by a special international regime administered by the UN.
Since 1967, the eastern portion of Jerusalem, including the Old City and its historic Muslim, Jewish, and Christian holy sites, has been under Israeli military occupation and is considered occupied Palestinian territory under international law, not legally part of Israel,
After it occupied East Jerusalem, Israel massively expanded the municipal boundaries of the city into the West Bank and annexed it in a move that has been repeatedly rejected as illegal by the UN, including several Security Council resolutions.
Taiwan's chip company executives are in Phoenix. They are building chip factories frantically and have been for a few years. They know they will lose them to The Chinese if and when The Chinese take Taiwan. They are already producing chips
https://www.techspot.com/news/104622-tsmc-arizona-facility-matches-taiwan-production-yields-early.html
Yes, 2 large foundries. Over $20 billion each. I've been watching the southeast one being built for the last few years while driving up and down I-10. I've never seen that many huge cranes in one place before. And I've seem Silicon Valley outfits.
I remember a CTH post by Sundance saying that Trump was going to defeat the Deep State by starving it of funds. Read this maybe 6-9 months ago, I think. It appears this strategy is being utilized and showing initial signs of success. And realizing the Deep State is very aggressive both towards US citizens and foreign countries Trump is going after the foreign policy side of the Deep State to support the domestic MAGA policy. It truly is an integration that is dealing with two apparently separate items, but in real outcomes, the two affect each other significantly.
In my best Agent 86 voice, "And loving it!"
https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-mike-benz-2025
This episode was interesting. Benz explains why USAID spent money on outrageous things. It came down to the fact that, when we want to overthrow a foreign government, that if they are popular we don't exactly get the pick of the litter for allies in that country. So, well-funded tranny festivals fund more than just the dance festival. And sometimes, like maybe the millions for a gas station in Afghanistan that noone goes to; it's because it is a front.
Benz said that USAID was the vehicle of choice for funding & doing things that were beyond the pale for the CIA. I bring all of this up because it's sister organization (also no oversight) was NED.
"It's also still not clear how the Ukrainians themselves fit into all this."
If you look at what's been done to them by Zionist Neocons it's very clear they do not fit into what Zelensky has referred to as big Israel. Blackrock intends on getting their pound of flesh for the land they and other American corporate Ag giants believe they own.
What was the goal of Victoria Nuland anyway? We need a detailed chart to see all the players.
Same as what has been said many times, one world order under one world government , by you know who. US only as the enforcer of their world. The makeup of the US foreign policy establishment is not at all representative of the US.
A chart would be nice
Revenge and theft of scarce resources.
What happens to Blackrock and other American corporate Ag giants if and when Russia takes that land?
Good question. I don't have an answer, but like you, I am very curious to know what it is.
I just witnessed a surprise plane watching: a USAF Gulfstream C-37B, call sign SAM080, was in Moscow; landed in Warsaw about 10 minutes ago. This is a "blue & white", like AF1, that comes out of Camp Springs where most of those White House VIP planes are located. Usually flies in the continental US, per its flight history. It went from Rotterdam to Moscow to Warsaw. No idea who was on it, but it was a bit of a shock to see it & thought I'd share that info.
Starving NED makes my day; I bet Nuland's head is spinning around like Regan from the Exorcist. Things appear to be happening with lightning speed!
I hope it spins off into oblivion. If that creature hurts she must be hurting now, along with her likewise mad and bad husband, a pleasing thought. Trump needs to ensure PNAC fanatics don't ever get their claws into the handles of power again.
I think Mark's blog yesterday shared the "committee" involved with the Russia negotiations. Walz, Ratcliffe, Marco, and one other I forget.
Also, I'm a fan of flightradar24 too. That plane is a Gulfstream 550. Similar paint to AF1.
I looked up the Gulfstream C-37B - as you say its a military prepped 550 (nice!) - apparently we have quite a few & info I found states that they generally are used by the VP and cabinet members...so it could very well have been someone on the negotiating committee.
I think the other member of the team is Steve Witkoff.
I love plane-geeking on flightradar & skyglass...you never know what you're going to see!