Yesterday was indeed a date which will live in infamy. Obviously not in terms of casualties, but much as December 7th fundamentally changed the global role of the US (marking its step toward full western leadership), Feb. 28th, 2025 definitively marks the end of that cycle. Even if a new, more congenial president takes over in 4 years time (and there's no guarantee that the US will even have an election in 4 years' time, given the prevailing corruption of its institutions), the fraying bonds uniting the west are over. From the greatness of FDR to the buffoonery of Trump and Vance, it's symptomatic of an empire rapidly collapsing amongst its own internal contradictions.
Well said, Alex. 2016-20 wasn’t a clear warning about what Trump 2 would be like, and now he really has surrounded himself with the mad, bad and dangerous to know. Zelenskyy could perhaps have moderated his hostility, but nothing short of him rolling over would have satisfied Trump and Vance. One of the awful things is that, if anything were to happen to Trump, we get Vance.
I must say, my very first thoughts on Trump & Vance were that they had set out to bush-wack Zelenskyy. Your analysis confirms this. I surmise that Trump wants stability in Russia so he can tackle the Chinese. He clearly doesn’t want to be fighting on two fronts.
Excellent article. The tone was perfect, as usual.
Yesterday was indeed a date which will live in infamy. Obviously not in terms of casualties, but much as December 7th fundamentally changed the global role of the US (marking its step toward full western leadership), Feb. 28th, 2025 definitively marks the end of that cycle. Even if a new, more congenial president takes over in 4 years time (and there's no guarantee that the US will even have an election in 4 years' time, given the prevailing corruption of its institutions), the fraying bonds uniting the west are over. From the greatness of FDR to the buffoonery of Trump and Vance, it's symptomatic of an empire rapidly collapsing amongst its own internal contradictions.
A global disaster and one which could have been avoided if only enough people had voted for a woman.
If they had had a woman to vote for whose party hadn’t embraced the ‘gender’ nonsense. That cost Harris a lot of votes.
But yes, a cataclysm that demonstrates what it is like with the Red Queen in charge.
Well said, Alex. 2016-20 wasn’t a clear warning about what Trump 2 would be like, and now he really has surrounded himself with the mad, bad and dangerous to know. Zelenskyy could perhaps have moderated his hostility, but nothing short of him rolling over would have satisfied Trump and Vance. One of the awful things is that, if anything were to happen to Trump, we get Vance.
I must say, my very first thoughts on Trump & Vance were that they had set out to bush-wack Zelenskyy. Your analysis confirms this. I surmise that Trump wants stability in Russia so he can tackle the Chinese. He clearly doesn’t want to be fighting on two fronts.
Naw -- Trump is a toady. He'll take a dive for Xi.
Great article!
So we now have 3 big bullies in charge: Trump, Putin & Xi. Who’s going to fall out with who?