Ukraine War - Russia is actually fighting NATO forces

I see another chickening out by Trump going into Alaska. Now the mantra trotted out by Trump is not about ending the conflict, which is clearly impossible, but having a 'constructive' meeting with Putin. This is TACO in all his glory. What constructive meeting is he talking about without trying to end the war? This is sales talk to fool the unwary. I knew this is what was going to happen, a diversion tactic that he is using in all his negotiation. But Trump will come away with another 'big, beautiful and constructive' meeting with Putin, which he will gloat in front of everyone.

Now, why would Putin want a 'constructive' talk with Trump when he has the upper hand and the meeting is not about ending the war? Another blockbuster love story being played out in the same fashion as what Trump did with Kim Jong Un? Now Kim Jong Un is not even interested in another tete a tete with Trump, probably because the latter stinks.

If Trump is just trying to set a trap for Putin in Alaska, he is mistaken. Putin is not going to concede territories and is even demanding Ukraine stop troop movements and that NATO stop providing more arms for Zelenskyy to fight his war.

Moreover, NATO is even giving Zelenskyy all the push that he needs to continue with the war. Putin just ignored talking to the Europeans and is letting them seethe with anger. The fact that even Trump does not think the Europeans are in any way relevant in any peace talks makes them even more crazy with rage and running amok.

So, in my two cents worth, the war is going to continue. It did not end within 24 hours, right?. It did not end with more sanctions. It did not end with Trump already six months in office. Have we been swallowing the kidding so far?


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Tom Friedman - Why Trump could lose his trade war with China

 

I was asking myself, why would I want to spend 65 min of my time on this clip, the Ezra Klein show? The title is enticing, something in the same line as what I have been posting. Eventually I did sat through the whole video to understand the thinking of Trump's supporters and their version of truth, and what they were trying to do to bring down China. The whole discussion turned out to be a tutorial lesson when a student thought he was clever enough to take on his supervisor, a world renowned economist, Tom Friedman, to want to change the thinking of Friedman.

The intent of this production was serious. It was a setup to try to convince Tom Friedman that he was wrong and Clown Trump was right in what he was doing. Ezra Klein, a Jew by name, stood out as a typical brain dead hillbilly with a set of assumptions and premises, China is bad, China is collapsing, everything China did was wrong, China is expansionist, wanting to take over the world, Chinese are stupid, no talent, cannot innovate and are behind the Americans in science and technology. China's progress is all about copying and stealing technology from the Americans. Friedman said, bullshit.

Klein's introductory clips on the far right extremist American views, including the comments of drag queen Vance, were not put up innocently. That was what he painted of China and wanted his viewers to see China in that light.

Tom Friedman was no pushover. He knew exactly what was the agenda and motive of Klein. He gave him a good lecture on the realities in China and how advance China is, how well organised and competitive the Chinese have become in the new industries. His suggestion was for America to cooperate with China to go forward. At one point he was so exasperated and used the four letter word on what Trump was doing. Trump sneered the EV industry as a sissy industry and wanted to promote manly jobs like combustion engine automobile workers and coal miners, jobs that are befitting for the illiterate hillbillies. Another good traditional jobs for the macho Americans would be cowboys chasing after herds of cows.

Klein stood his ground, that the only way to tackle China was to bring down China, and everything Trump was doing is a great plan and the only plan to succeed. Cannot compete with China, bring down China.

If you have the time, I will not want to waste a second listening to this Klein. But with Tom Friedman and the content, and what Friedman said, it was worth the time to have an insight into the dated minds of hillbillies.

Why Xi would not be at ASEAN Summit

KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING: A potential meeting with United States President Donald Trump, a desire to signal further the importance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to China, and a keenness to advance regional trade pacts amid global tariff tensions.

These are several reasons why Chinese President Xi Jinping might make a rare appearance at the upcoming ASEAN Summit and attend its related meetings, said analysts....

As ASEAN’s rotating chair, Malaysia needs to create a conducive environment for Xi to attend the regional bloc’s summit in October, said analysts.

This includes setting up a possible meeting with Trump and ASEAN leaders to address mutual concerns about trade, and ensuring ceremonial, logistics and protocol considerations are in order.  CNA

Anwar as Chair of ASEAN is hoping that Xi will attend the Summit to give it more credence and importance. I believe Xi would like to attend to support Anwar as a good friend of China. But the condition must be right, be conducive for Xi to attend. The analysts suggested that Anwar should arrange a meeting for Xi and Trump. I disagree. Trump is exactly the reason, the only reason for Xi not to attend the Summit. Scoundrel Trump has launched an all out war with China, everyday, everywhere, while smiling like a duck to mislead the world that he is really friendly to China and a nice man. China is watching all his moves and every move is hostile and not ending, to think he can pressure Xi to yield to him.

My take, there is no reason for Xi to meet up with this unreliable and untrustworthy rogue. Trump has been sending endless signals to Xi for a meeting and has been met with total silence. Xi is cold shouldering him, not wanting to be seen with him. So, to think of arranging a meeting for Xi and Trump is the last thing that Xi would want. The only possibility for Xi to attend is when Trump, hoping that Xi would attend but knows that Xi is not attending, and cancel his attendance. Perhaps then Xi would attend at the last moment to avoid meeting up with Trump. 

Xi is treating Trump as a pariah that no deals can be made without being torn away or with new demands, sanctions and more bans after a deal. Only the dull would want to talk to Trump and think they could come to a decent deal with this scoundrel.

Sorry Anwar, Xi not attending has nothing to do with you. It is never about Anwar. The condition is just not right for Xi to be seen together with a pariah.

Americans greatest challenge

 Trump is the epitome of what democracy can bring about, the 'best' man to lead a nation. It is very tough for America to find another man or woman to be better than Trump to be the next president.

When George Bush Junior was elected as President of the USA, no one believe that it could be real, a dunce being elected to the most powerful job in America, and also the whole world. The American Empire was headed by a below average intellect American, and the Americans loved it and celebrated the event of the century. Maybe they thought it was alright, the Empire could afford some slacks, of having not so able man to lead for a term or two. The next president would pick up the mess and make America great again, so they hoped.

It would be a very difficult task for the Americans to pick another dunce that is duller than Bush Junior. And then came Trump of all things. Trump is not only of the same grade as Bush Junior, but also a rascal, a scoundrel, a cheat and everything contrary to virtue, all built into one. That was what America got after Bush Junior because of their great democratic system. The American hillbillies did not see anything wrong with it, with a scoundrel as their President and with low IQ but, ok, good EQ. And they loved him, without a care of what harm this scoundrel could bring to the Empire or to bring down the Empire.

Trump is about the lowest the Americans could pick from the bottom of the barrel to be their president. It cannot be any worse after Trump. The next president would definitely be better than Trump and Bush Junior. And they had Biden, a decent man with decent records. So not that bad. But they forgot one serious thing about nature. Biden was not himself. He had dementia. He did not know what he was doing or saying. Only a man with a dead brain could be duller than Trump and Bush. Biden was just a zombie. Biden as President was as good as having no president at all. The two dunces, his predecessors, at least could go about like normal people, aware of what is going on.

With two dunces and a walking corpse, the fate of the Empire could only go downhill. No amount of luck or momentum of the past could keep the Empire like before. The Empire began to fade and losing its shine. The Empire needs to be saved. It is not great anymore. Every American knows it. Even a clown like Trump knows it. And yes, they brought back Trump the clown again to replace the walking corpse. And the clown Trump knows that he has to make America great again. Can he, could he, with all the clowns he handpicked as the best team to make America great again?

The silly works of all the clowns in the White House and Washington are so glaring that no one can miss them. America is falling apart, and falling fast. America cannot be saved by clowns. You need real talented men and women to save America, not wishy washy schemes that cropped up in the middle of the night in the head of a clown and turned into official policies.

The American Empire is declining fast, and there is a big challenge to find the best men and women to save America. Not the current bunch of clowns in Washington. They are all rednecks and hillbillies pretending to be tough and rough. They think they are able to run the Empire by bullying and threats like gangsters. Holy cow!

What's next America? Can America find really good men and women quickly for the next Presidential election, in time to prevent its fall from grace? Where are the great men and women waiting in the queue for the next POTUS, to save America? D graders and scoundrels, gangsters etc cannot make America great again. All the foolish talks by Trump and clowns are just that, foolish talks.

Is there any hope for America to find the real good men and women? What they have now, those waiting in line, is another joke. There is a woman that laughs and laughs without knowing why, asnd is the best contender from the Democrats. And from the Republicans, clown Trump has picked his successor. Can he be better or worse than Trump? Can a drag queen be better than clown Trump to save the American Empire, to make America great again? He would spend most of his time in front of the mirror with eyeliners and mascara to beautify himself.

What do you think?

Who is the USA to tell China or India who to buy oil from?

Who is the USA to tell China or India from where they can buy oil that is cheaper and more beneficial? China is not the obedient attack dog of the USA like the UK, EU, Australia, Japan and South Korea.

China knows who it can be friendly with and trade with and who it has to avoid. Russia is not making trouble for China, so why must China rake up animosity towards Russia by avoiding its discounted cheap oil? Both are member of BRICS, whose formation is all for an alternative trading bloc to rival the US$ bloc.

Having said that, if China and Russia go against each other, it will only benefit the USA and the Anglo-Saxon war mongers. The USA will still go after China, to collapse China by all means possible after dividing it from Russia, which is the profoundly immoral and wicked agenda of the war mongers.

The most important criteria for Russia and China to be able to stand in the way of the USA and the Anglo-Saxon war mongers is to remain as close allies, an arrangement that the USA and the West is trying very hard to use all forms of propaganda to pry them apart.


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