I wrote the following for my comment to today’s Moon of Alabama article, “Trump And Ukraine Should Concede.” How I see that situation was again made clear in my note from yesterday that also cited the one I composed back in November after the election was well over.
I'll append Lavrov's answers to questions posed by Pavel Zarubin yesterday:
"Question: Twice this week, Joe Biden summed up the results of his presidency. At the first summing up, there was a feeling that he was trying to compare himself with Vladimir Putin, saying that it was not the President of Russia who was in the centre of Kiev, but him. It seems that he has a personal competition with our President.
"Sergey Lavrov: If a politician of the US caliber makes assessments of his term at the head of a powerful power on the basis of theatrical effects ("I was in Kiev, but Vladimir Putin was not there"), we can probably conclude how "seriously" he takes his duties.
"Question: In the entire history of bilateral relations, was it the Biden administration that caused, in your opinion, the greatest damage to Russian-American and even Soviet-American relations?
"Sergey Lavrov: I would not delve into this topic and make any analytical calculations. ****The damage is enormous****.
"And the Trump administration caused serious damage in its first term, including largely because Barack Obama left the legacy that Donald Trump and his people came to. The sanctions imposed by Barack Obama three weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration were dishonest and unethical. He expelled our diplomats and stole two diplomatic properties. This did not put our relations in the position of a good start.
"We see that the Biden administration is now trying to do the same."
Given the above compared to the assessment Lavrov gave today, the difference is clear. IMO, determining who is at fault for the current impasse in Outlaw US Empire-Russian relations goes back to the marriage of the Ds and Neocons at the end of GHW Bush's presidency combined with the degree of anti-Russianness held by Clinton thanks to his Rhodes Scholarship exposure and clear association with CIA Drug running while Arkansas governor. IMO, the Rs were more focused on making Greater Zionistan reality while the Ds were aimed at doing everything possible to keep Russia down. And of course, it was the Ds and Truman that kept Nazism alive after WW2 and supported the OUN in Ukraine.
Behind that the City may be lurking, which is something that Alex Krainer has been emphasizing. Rhodes scholars are a well known source for British influence peddling, and dare I say compromise. The British involvement in US Treasuries and the tax haven islands in Caribbean are in the mix. I would have thought the RICO act could be used on the cabal of organised crime. Waiting to see.
Trump's oratory today about targeting criminal cartels doesn't mean a thing unless he strikes at the heart of that animal. Writing about that has been done by some excellent detectives. The US Government and its insiders have been involved in the drug trade since the Opium Wars, if not earlier; the CIA feasts on it, which is a fact seldom mentioned by the former spook pundits.
There is a lesson and precedent in the manner by which MBS took a bonesaw to his entire royal hierarchy, locked them up and shook them down. That's the method Trump would need to adopt and give the englander team no chance to organise. From today news, I get the impression he up for it.
Of course, the goals for a greater zionistan and destroying Russia are one and the same. America has never wished to see a strong Russia and never will. Putin and Lavrov are talking niceties but they don't dare cut a double dealing deal with America.
Trump will only accommodate Russian needs and aspirations up to the point where he can contrive a chance to crush them. He is in no mood to share anything on this earth with any other nation and he has made that clear with his extreme attitude toward a range of things including China and BRICS trade.
I see today that Trump has underlined his malign intentions with Cuban 'blood' yet again by reinstating them to the terrorist nation list. This yankee thief and bully is going for plunder and I suspect he has no qualms about method or the attitudes of the onlookers. The folks in the usa are too bewildered and accustomed to betrayal to react fast enough to correct his trajectory.
The new deep state of todays non hereditary oligarchs that we see assembled is about to take office and evict the previous deep state - perhaps they will succeed. It will be a wild month or two coming up.
The change in Cuba's status is due to Rubio. Recall how China greeted Biden's team in Alaska--China said the US had no position of power to enforce any diktat it might attempt. That situation hasn't changed as the Empire's grown weaker. China refuses to be fucked with as this report on the Tic-Tok fiasco illustrates, https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202501/1327232.shtml
New Strategy of the USA (Trump) towards Russia: Trump and his new advisors are going to apply the strategy of SEPARATING or distancing Russia from China by all possible means... They know that the USA screwed up by SEPARATING Russia from the European Union, forcing it to fall into the logical embrace of China. And what would they care if the European Union was FUCKED, as has actually happened. But as always happens with bad temper (Negative Karma) they outgrew themselves and now the China-Russia Strategic Alliance is becoming the New Pole of World Power.
The Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation was signed by Putin and Jiang Zemin in July 2001 with the intent of their becoming the symbiotic pair they are today. There’s no way Trump or anyone else is going to change that relationship that grows stronger and closer daily. Medvedev’s expressed thought is shared by many and doesn’t seem to have been noticed by Team Trump.
True, but upon reflection, I doubt this deal will be done nor can be done by anyone but Trump. Kellogg as envoy may be more strategic window dressing than player. Plus look at how Rubino is now singing a different tune on Ukraine.
And remember, Trump is a man who holds a grudge. Zelensky covered up for Joe on Burisma when he spoke with Trump, which led to an attempted impeachment of Trump. That left a mark.
There's a long trail of criminality to address, so I'd hope that various Ukro-nazis don't find refuge in the US. As for Kellogg, from his comments I'd suggest at best he'll get a polite hearing and then be ushered out.
I think one way Trump will shut down and jail those responsible for the dog's breakfast commonly called Ukraine is to have the DOGE team run a forensic audit of the dollars given to the govt with hefty rewards offered for whistle blowers. On that basis alone he can jail all of the govt.
I think most of the Nazi's who do manage to escape will head for France not the US.
If you had a chance to watch Trump at the Capitol One auditorium, he gave a nod to Jared and spoke of the great job Jared did on the Abraham Accords. THAT is who will run the big peace play game in the ME.
And soon we will see who the real Ukraine team leader is, and I agree; it's not Kellogg.
You mean where they tell Bibi it's no holds barred to destroy Gaza and take the West Bank as soon as the ceasefire ends? Because it will end as all such ceasefires have been ended by Israel.
Trump no longer "needs" Israel, assuming he ever really did. He wants to restore the Abraham accords, which if you read them, they are actually a ME nations trade deal not an Israeli one.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have said no deal unless there is a Palestinian state, that was not an issue before. It is now. Israel now has 50% of the world hating them, their govt and economy are collapsing. With each Palestinian death they sink further in the world's view.
It may take more time and more death but Trump will get his peace. Don't pay attention to what he says, watch what he does.
«Trump no longer "needs" Israel, assuming he ever really did.»
The long term usefulness of Israel to Europe and Russia (directly), and also to the USA (indirectly) is to destabilize the entire West Asia area because from that area have come 3 big empires (persian etc., arab, ottoman) that have repeatedly attacked Europe and Russia. The USA have sponsored also the kurds for a similar but less powerful role.
The power of the persians, arabs, turks seems to be considerably reduced in our current era and do not seem able to be such a huge threat as in centuries past but putting a bunch of ruthless fanatics (very willing to be patsies) among them can always help. For that role Natanyahu is wonderful. Too bad for palestinian arabs who got caught in this scheme.
If the fall of Syria means that the turkish and israeli armies become neighbors (and some israeli military people have declared that at this point they need to prepare for war with the turks) leading to troubles between them that is going to please the european and russian governments a lot.
I'll append Lavrov's answers to questions posed by Pavel Zarubin yesterday:
"Question: Twice this week, Joe Biden summed up the results of his presidency. At the first summing up, there was a feeling that he was trying to compare himself with Vladimir Putin, saying that it was not the President of Russia who was in the centre of Kiev, but him. It seems that he has a personal competition with our President.
"Sergey Lavrov: If a politician of the US caliber makes assessments of his term at the head of a powerful power on the basis of theatrical effects ("I was in Kiev, but Vladimir Putin was not there"), we can probably conclude how "seriously" he takes his duties.
"Question: In the entire history of bilateral relations, was it the Biden administration that caused, in your opinion, the greatest damage to Russian-American and even Soviet-American relations?
"Sergey Lavrov: I would not delve into this topic and make any analytical calculations. ****The damage is enormous****.
"And the Trump administration caused serious damage in its first term, including largely because Barack Obama left the legacy that Donald Trump and his people came to. The sanctions imposed by Barack Obama three weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration were dishonest and unethical. He expelled our diplomats and stole two diplomatic properties. This did not put our relations in the position of a good start.
"We see that the Biden administration is now trying to do the same."
https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1992034/
Given the above compared to the assessment Lavrov gave today, the difference is clear. IMO, determining who is at fault for the current impasse in Outlaw US Empire-Russian relations goes back to the marriage of the Ds and Neocons at the end of GHW Bush's presidency combined with the degree of anti-Russianness held by Clinton thanks to his Rhodes Scholarship exposure and clear association with CIA Drug running while Arkansas governor. IMO, the Rs were more focused on making Greater Zionistan reality while the Ds were aimed at doing everything possible to keep Russia down. And of course, it was the Ds and Truman that kept Nazism alive after WW2 and supported the OUN in Ukraine.
Behind that the City may be lurking, which is something that Alex Krainer has been emphasizing. Rhodes scholars are a well known source for British influence peddling, and dare I say compromise. The British involvement in US Treasuries and the tax haven islands in Caribbean are in the mix. I would have thought the RICO act could be used on the cabal of organised crime. Waiting to see.
Trump's oratory today about targeting criminal cartels doesn't mean a thing unless he strikes at the heart of that animal. Writing about that has been done by some excellent detectives. The US Government and its insiders have been involved in the drug trade since the Opium Wars, if not earlier; the CIA feasts on it, which is a fact seldom mentioned by the former spook pundits.
There is a lesson and precedent in the manner by which MBS took a bonesaw to his entire royal hierarchy, locked them up and shook them down. That's the method Trump would need to adopt and give the englander team no chance to organise. From today news, I get the impression he up for it.
We shall see.
Of course, the goals for a greater zionistan and destroying Russia are one and the same. America has never wished to see a strong Russia and never will. Putin and Lavrov are talking niceties but they don't dare cut a double dealing deal with America.
The englanders are scheming and Alex Krainer can smell a Thames rat: https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/it-starts-tomorrow-people-vs-the
There is no end to the ways and means the old country will deploy to keep their colony on the reservation ;)
Fascinating article by Alex. Even more outstanding commentary by Frances Leader beginning here, https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/it-starts-tomorrow-people-vs-the/comment/87209207 I’m going to post the link to Alex’s article at Dr. Hudson’s Patreon site to get his remarks.
Thank you Karl, Frances Leader is a warrior of delight. Perhaps a samurai in english garb.
Trump will only accommodate Russian needs and aspirations up to the point where he can contrive a chance to crush them. He is in no mood to share anything on this earth with any other nation and he has made that clear with his extreme attitude toward a range of things including China and BRICS trade.
I see today that Trump has underlined his malign intentions with Cuban 'blood' yet again by reinstating them to the terrorist nation list. This yankee thief and bully is going for plunder and I suspect he has no qualms about method or the attitudes of the onlookers. The folks in the usa are too bewildered and accustomed to betrayal to react fast enough to correct his trajectory.
The new deep state of todays non hereditary oligarchs that we see assembled is about to take office and evict the previous deep state - perhaps they will succeed. It will be a wild month or two coming up.
Yet I will be happy if events can prove me wrong.
The best thing about the arrogant American exceptionalist Trump is that he will accelerate the end of the American empire.
The faster this happens, the better off the world will be.
The change in Cuba's status is due to Rubio. Recall how China greeted Biden's team in Alaska--China said the US had no position of power to enforce any diktat it might attempt. That situation hasn't changed as the Empire's grown weaker. China refuses to be fucked with as this report on the Tic-Tok fiasco illustrates, https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202501/1327232.shtml
Crooke's recent essay spoke to the unreality the Empire tried to construct that began in the 1990s, and it appears that Trump and team are still captured by that overall meme. https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/01/20/competency-crisis-proliferating-west/
New Strategy of the USA (Trump) towards Russia: Trump and his new advisors are going to apply the strategy of SEPARATING or distancing Russia from China by all possible means... They know that the USA screwed up by SEPARATING Russia from the European Union, forcing it to fall into the logical embrace of China. And what would they care if the European Union was FUCKED, as has actually happened. But as always happens with bad temper (Negative Karma) they outgrew themselves and now the China-Russia Strategic Alliance is becoming the New Pole of World Power.
The Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation was signed by Putin and Jiang Zemin in July 2001 with the intent of their becoming the symbiotic pair they are today. There’s no way Trump or anyone else is going to change that relationship that grows stronger and closer daily. Medvedev’s expressed thought is shared by many and doesn’t seem to have been noticed by Team Trump.
Well, I would like to think the trumpster can overcome deep state, but no one has so far not that any have tried. Time will tell.
Thanks KS
Thank you! I was encouraged by Trump's envoy to Israel's no nonsense approach. Let us see if his Ukraine envoy will be cut from the same cloth.
Well, there’s no dictating to Moscow as there was with the Zionists, and what Kellog’s said so far indicates he hasn’t studied the situation at all.
True, but upon reflection, I doubt this deal will be done nor can be done by anyone but Trump. Kellogg as envoy may be more strategic window dressing than player. Plus look at how Rubino is now singing a different tune on Ukraine.
And remember, Trump is a man who holds a grudge. Zelensky covered up for Joe on Burisma when he spoke with Trump, which led to an attempted impeachment of Trump. That left a mark.
There's a long trail of criminality to address, so I'd hope that various Ukro-nazis don't find refuge in the US. As for Kellogg, from his comments I'd suggest at best he'll get a polite hearing and then be ushered out.
I think one way Trump will shut down and jail those responsible for the dog's breakfast commonly called Ukraine is to have the DOGE team run a forensic audit of the dollars given to the govt with hefty rewards offered for whistle blowers. On that basis alone he can jail all of the govt.
I think most of the Nazi's who do manage to escape will head for France not the US.
If you had a chance to watch Trump at the Capitol One auditorium, he gave a nod to Jared and spoke of the great job Jared did on the Abraham Accords. THAT is who will run the big peace play game in the ME.
And soon we will see who the real Ukraine team leader is, and I agree; it's not Kellogg.
You mean where they tell Bibi it's no holds barred to destroy Gaza and take the West Bank as soon as the ceasefire ends? Because it will end as all such ceasefires have been ended by Israel.
Trump no longer "needs" Israel, assuming he ever really did. He wants to restore the Abraham accords, which if you read them, they are actually a ME nations trade deal not an Israeli one.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have said no deal unless there is a Palestinian state, that was not an issue before. It is now. Israel now has 50% of the world hating them, their govt and economy are collapsing. With each Palestinian death they sink further in the world's view.
It may take more time and more death but Trump will get his peace. Don't pay attention to what he says, watch what he does.
Actions always speak louder than words.
«Trump no longer "needs" Israel, assuming he ever really did.»
The long term usefulness of Israel to Europe and Russia (directly), and also to the USA (indirectly) is to destabilize the entire West Asia area because from that area have come 3 big empires (persian etc., arab, ottoman) that have repeatedly attacked Europe and Russia. The USA have sponsored also the kurds for a similar but less powerful role.
The power of the persians, arabs, turks seems to be considerably reduced in our current era and do not seem able to be such a huge threat as in centuries past but putting a bunch of ruthless fanatics (very willing to be patsies) among them can always help. For that role Natanyahu is wonderful. Too bad for palestinian arabs who got caught in this scheme.
If the fall of Syria means that the turkish and israeli armies become neighbors (and some israeli military people have declared that at this point they need to prepare for war with the turks) leading to troubles between them that is going to please the european and russian governments a lot.
Yet, it appears Trump has no interest in war as a foreign policy, let's see how he does