In his speech declaring victory in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 6, Donald Trump made no mention of Ukraine yet alluded to just how consequential his second term in office will likely be for the country ravaged by Russia’s invasion.
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How does Trump plan to stop Russia's war against Ukraine?
That's the million-dollar question that is undoubtedly being discussed in capitals worldwide, not least in Kyiv and Moscow.
"Sure, I knew that voting for Trump meant more and worse genocides including on American soil, but I expected it from him. Seeing a genocide under Kamala Harris's tenure as not-president made me worry she wouldn't actually help once she became president. And then I'd be disappointed. Why would I want to possibly be disappointed when I can instead experience horrors that meet expectations?"
- Probably a couple million people who shot their foot with their own cut-off nose as ammunition
Never mattered to the Democrats either. No matter who has been in power America's geopolitical ambitions are all that mattered. To Trump, he is the only thing that matters.
While this is true, with the US, their geopolitical ambitions have sometimes aligned with positive developments (Germany, Japan, the Baltic nations and Poland in relatively more recent times). The same cannot be said for say Russia or China.
How so? Russia doesn't really have global ambitions anymore, but China is invested in seeing a larger global middle class and a weaker Western neocolonial hold over Africa. This can and has lead to positive developments.
Trump's vision is so myopic that he can't see beyond his own nose. Same for is ability to care.
If the US reneges on promises made as detailed in the Budapest Memorandum what chance will they have in other such promises. Countries are watching.
This is doubly ironic as Trump keeps talking about nuclear war.
We will almost certainly see more bad news in context of global democracy and rise authoritarianism/plutocracy. Unfortunately, it seems that the US is entering a permanent oligarch-fueled "bread and circuses" phase (Big Macs and iPhones for the modern equivalent?).