Trump can give Putin 12 hours to make the deal, hoping Putin does not have the time to make enough weapons, but it makes little difference. Russia has already all the weapons made to expand the war, to destroy Ukraine if necessary. Putin does not need 12 hours or 90 days to make enough weapons to sink Ukraine. The same with China, weapons all ready for any war with the USA. Both Russia and China have the greatest advantage in raw materials to do that. Not the USA nor the EU, with rare earth restrictions hanging like the Sword of Damocles which everyone knows.
Now Trump is rushing to take credit for the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia. He is again throwing trade deals as his 'Art of the Deal' to make peace between Thailand and Cambodia, just like between India and Pakistan. Trump is truly desperate to get the Nobel Peace Prize by hook or by crook. Laughable, calling himself a peace President.
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Trump can bankrupt anything in 1 week. That's a reliable statistic.
Trump thinks he can order Putin around like he orders Scott Bessent, Pete Hegseth or Howard Lutnik to do his bidding. Trump can only be around for four years if he can even last that long, while Putin is going to rule Russia in infinity.
Trump can't even order Netanyahu to do anything in Gaza. Actually, they are working hand in glove in Gaza, the same as bombing Iran and feigning ignorance. Netanyahu does not need the nod from Trump to do his genocide in Gaza. They are complicit to say the least.
Trump is trying to take credit for stopping the India/Pakistan war using trade deals, of all things, if you believe him. He is also trying to do the same with the Thailand/Cambodia conflict trying to fool the unwary. But he could not do what he gloated about a year ago, which is stopping the Ukraine War within 24 hours of taking office. Let us see how Putin will do in the next 12 days. It will again be water under the bridge, just flowing away undisturbed and another ultimatum.
Thailand is under a regime on the side of the USA, trying to destabilize Cambodia, a long-time ally of China. Taking action against Cambodia is all about countering China. The USA tried to do that using Myanmar years ago, thinking that Aung San Suu Kyis's rise to power will led to carrying out its agenda to break off Myanmar's China ties, but failed against the strongmen military regime. Now the USA is using Thailand to destabilize Cambodia, knowing there is an unsettled border issue between the two countries for decades, even centuries.
What was the issue all about? The border issue was there for centuries. It was all about the Thai PM, Paetongtarn Shinawatra calling Hung Sen 'uncle', which is a big issue with the partisan Thais, or should I say a big issue with the ground in Thailand bought by the USA. Thaksin Shinawatra, the father, is an economic adviser to the Cambodian Government, and also personal adviser to Hung Sen, so in my opinion for Thaksin's daughter to call Hung Sen 'uncle' is just an Eastern form of respect, nothing else.
In Thailand, any issue that can be exploited by the USA will be exploited. Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts are just opposite camps supported by pro and anti-USA elements, nothing more. He who pays the piper calls the tune.
Among all world leaders, the one leader you do not threaten is Putin.
Trump is threatening Putin with more of what? Sanctions or tariffs? They do not work. China is not cutting off oil imports from Russia. India can do it at its own peril, but China will step into the void. It is what we call Making China Even Greater or MCEG.
The USA is even trying to threaten countries doing business with China using higher tariffs. Didn't they tried that with BRICS by threatening 100% tariffs against them and failed miserably? Countries will not die without the USA, but they cannot do without China. That is the reality.
When there was no BRICS and no Global South countries coming together like today, the USA could dictate what it likes with global trade. It is now a different era, with the USA not the center of global trade anymore. The USA is now looked upon as a spoiler, nothing more. The more it tries to threaten countries, the more they distance themselves from the USA.
Diplomatically aware leaders of Countries do not do that openly, but discreetly to avoid too much attention, but there are still enough smart and enlightened leaders around. Ibrahim Traore, the interim President of Burkina Faco, is one such leader who is more daring and open in his thinking. But he must be extra vigilant as many assassination attempts have been made on his life and more to come. Nicolas Maduro, the President of Venezuela, is another leader of high intellect. And then there is Lius Inacio Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil and Naledi Pandor, the South African Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, a lady I admired for her eloquent speeches. Nelson Mandela would be proud of her. There are other African leaders just as capable and intelligent in their thinking.
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