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Dots that need connecting, and things that make me say, “Hmm…”
1) The seeming overreaction to Trump 45 asking about Biden’s possibly corrupt involvement in Ukraine (i.e., Shrieking followed by impeachment).
2) Hunter Biden’s gravy train in Ukraine.
3) Weirdly reckless continual escalation of the war in Ukraine by Biden, et al.
4) All the missing money sent to Ukraine.
5) Trump 47 calling for new elections.
6) Trump 47 treating Zelensky like a serious problem.
7) Trump 47 negotiating with Russia without (apparently) consulting with Zelensky.
I have no idea what to think about any of these things, but something about it all doesn’t add up. Everyone is starting to scream about the Trump administration’s negotiations with Russia and suggesting it’s unheard of; it’s improper; etc.
I think it’s probably safe to assume that everyone at the level of Trump/Putin/Zelensky knows more about the real causes and pressure points in the Ukraine War than the rest of us. I’ve seen this at a mini scale just in medium-sized businesses, where all the employees think they know things, but they really have no idea what the CEO is informed about and dealing with. That has to be true in this situation and by many multiples over. Everyone is focused on the negotiations, but those negotiations are happening in a context — downstream from specific events. So why is almost no one talking about the context?
What is going on, exactly?
I have a theory. Total wild speculation. It may not be original to me. It goes like this:
What if Ukraine/Zelensky has some kind of information on the Bidens that totally compromised them? That’s not such a wild idea given the known history of the relationship. What if the left's overreaction to Trump 45 nosing around is because this is widely known in some circles? And what if Ukraine used that compromising information as leverage over Biden during his time in office?
What if many of the people in Ukraine and Russia who died, ultimately died because Zelensky/Ukraine had something they were holding over Biden’s head? What if Zelensky et al. extorted Biden into responding in ways that they found profitable?
What if Trump knows this, and he’s just not publicizing it? Yet, at least. Maybe to protect sources or intel methods. 🤷♂️ Might that explain Trump’s call for elections? Could it explain why he’s acting like Zelensky is not a reliable partner at the negotiations?
It’s a dumb mistake on the part of the press to interpret Trump as just some kind of bumbling loose cannon. I have no idea whether he’s doing something that will work, but the only reasonable assumption to make is that he is acting in ways that take into account the information he actually has in his possession — he undoubtedly knows far more than the rest of us. And that includes the press and, even, anyone in Congress.
It's possible that I'm crazy far off target. Maybe the press is right with their endlessly implying that Trump has a fondness for Putin. Maybe they're right and I'm wrong. But so far, the press has been wrong about Trump pretty much every...single...time.
So I'm OK with the odds.
I don’t think any of us really knows half of what has gone on with that war.
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This is certain. But lots of people had blackmail material on the Bidens, so maybe it all kind of canceled out. Why it matters is that our collective political leadership is the largest criminal enterprise that ever existed and they know that snitches get stitches (or botches robberies in an alley), so the politicians circled the wagons to protect Biden and impeach Trump.
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If it is purposeful, can it be a mistake? The strategy might not work in the end, but does that make it a mistake?
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If it doesn't work, doesn't that mean it was a mistake?
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Not necessarily. It may be the best strategy they have available in a losing war.
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You are on the right trail. To view Zelensky as anything higher than a corrupt player is fooling yourself. That in itself might not be a final deciding factor but is something that has to be remembered throughout the process. Zelensky will be an obstruction to most settlement arrangements. Trump will go around him to get a framework just as he did in formulating the Abraham Accords. To hold the Ukrainian elections that have already been skipped is not unreasonable at all. If Zelensky was to be voted out by the people who are suffering the most from all of this, I am sure he will turn up somewhere like Florida in a mansion and 100plus million bank account. Assuming some other thug doesn't "off" him first.
The real question remaining from all of the tangle we are in now is to stop the fighting with some firm boundaries (yes, no matter who loses a few acres). It is silly for any to talk of us playing favors with the Russians because the hard fact is that up to now they have not been a part of any of the so-called talks. They will have to a part of it unless you really want no real stop to this thing. Probably the most constructive thing that can happen to keep the Russians at bay from anymore territory grabs in the area is for the U.S. to be actively getting use of the rare earth minerals we are asking for. That will do more than all the saber-rattling from the forever war crowd here or the all talk and no show socialists of western Europe.
This deal has to be done from where we are now and not what should have been.
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