Politics aside, it is in America's & Europe's interests to do what is necessary to stop Russia as quickly as possible. The next war, if Russia is left unchecked, will be in Poland. etc.. (And will almost defiantly involve Nukes.)
Hi Richard! I agree with you completely. I wish there was a world in which Europe stepped up and realized that peace times are over, and that they can't rely on the US forever...
Trump is all about himself; he can be swayed with flattery and it's all about money for himself and those he favors, because then he can use those who benefit to benefit himself. Trump would never give in to Putin unless there was something valuable in it for him. He is, down to his DNA, transactional. Putin may give him access to real estate in Russia but that has a ceiling. Putin doesn't want Trump on his home turf unless he can put him on a very short leash. If Trump stops the flow of weapons to Ukraine he damages the US defense industry. Most Americans don't realize that, by and large, the US is giving older weapons to Ukraine and replacing those with US defense contracts to build more weapons. Even newer weapons sent to Ukraine have to be replaced for the US stockpile. That's a lot of money lost to contractors. There's also the fact that every US defense contractor is located in various US states and that means access to Congress members who want all that money flowing into their states. Unfortunately, Ukraine also has to worry about Musk and Starlink, but Musk is also about ego and money. These men are not governed by ideology but by greed, for power and for money. It's not pretty but these flaws can be used against these petty men.
"Biden’s Ukraine policy is a failure" - Exactly, sad but true. Too little, too late. Biden is a decent man, a good guy, but he is simply too old, he shouldn't have been a president. He gave in to his fears, possibly due to his age. I wish the Republican Party was running with Nikki Haley.
Politics aside, it is in America's & Europe's interests to do what is necessary to stop Russia as quickly as possible. The next war, if Russia is left unchecked, will be in Poland. etc.. (And will almost defiantly involve Nukes.)
Hi Richard! I agree with you completely. I wish there was a world in which Europe stepped up and realized that peace times are over, and that they can't rely on the US forever...
Trump is all about himself; he can be swayed with flattery and it's all about money for himself and those he favors, because then he can use those who benefit to benefit himself. Trump would never give in to Putin unless there was something valuable in it for him. He is, down to his DNA, transactional. Putin may give him access to real estate in Russia but that has a ceiling. Putin doesn't want Trump on his home turf unless he can put him on a very short leash. If Trump stops the flow of weapons to Ukraine he damages the US defense industry. Most Americans don't realize that, by and large, the US is giving older weapons to Ukraine and replacing those with US defense contracts to build more weapons. Even newer weapons sent to Ukraine have to be replaced for the US stockpile. That's a lot of money lost to contractors. There's also the fact that every US defense contractor is located in various US states and that means access to Congress members who want all that money flowing into their states. Unfortunately, Ukraine also has to worry about Musk and Starlink, but Musk is also about ego and money. These men are not governed by ideology but by greed, for power and for money. It's not pretty but these flaws can be used against these petty men.
VP Vance famously called Trump America's Hitler just a few years back, so hopefully the negativity he's spoken about Ukraine also reverses -
"Biden’s Ukraine policy is a failure" - Exactly, sad but true. Too little, too late. Biden is a decent man, a good guy, but he is simply too old, he shouldn't have been a president. He gave in to his fears, possibly due to his age. I wish the Republican Party was running with Nikki Haley.