11 months with Trump

Warmonger or Peacemaker?

President Trump has implemented his policies for eleven months, and there is no sign of a safer world compared to global affairs under the frail President Biden. I supported Trump during his campaign, believing that, despite possibly being a narcissist without a personal philosophy, he opposed war and seemed to have the right instincts to improve some of what has gone wrong, particularly by defending traditional Western values, which I believe are essential for maintaining a positive outlook for our children and grandchildren.

So, what has President Trump achieved till now?

He has closed the border and appears to have had some success in stopping the massive flow of money to corrupt NGOs. DEI and ESG initiatives have also been targeted with some success, giving merit and truth a better chance to reestablish itself as a force of good. Additionally, he has taken a clear stance against the Green New Deal, a narrative designed to transfer wealth from taxpayers to global elites. Overall, I think it’s fair to say he has made some progress on domestic issues. His inner circle has not opposed his actions on the domestic front, primarily because it consists of warmongering neocons. Most of us have long time concluded that neocons do not care about the well-being of everyday Americans. Neocons are about regime changes and foreign wars.

Trump`s foreign policies—or lack thereof- appear abysmal to geopolitical stability. Trump boasted he would stop the American quest to dominate the world through instigating regime changes. He claimed the Ukrainian conflict would be resolved in 24 hours. None of his promises has materialized, even he has the power to do so. If he found the courage to terminate the weapon and dollar deliveries to Ukraine, the war would stop on the blink of an eye.

Trump’s alleged peace in the Palestinian territories may have been an honest attempt, but it remains a feeble illusion. Granting Israel de facto approval to act without restraint has fuelled widespread antisemitism in European capitals, and consequently, the weaker minds are openly supporting Hamas, an organization more akin to a death cult than anything else. Middle Eastern strife will go on beyond the lifetime of us all.

When it comes to Trump`s tariffs, we understand what he is trying to achieve: reindustrializing the USA after President Clinton and Wall Street, in 2000, gave China the green light to compete on an uneven playing field, draining jobs from the West to the East. This decision, combined with domestic cultural attacks on traditional values like family and merit, has eroded Western exceptionalism and competitiveness. What will eventually come out of the tariffs is anyone's guess. Our best to hope is a partial return of critical manufacturing jobs to the USA. The worst-case scenario will be the slow death of the dollar as a reserve currency, followed by a collapse in Western living standards.

We now live in an era where individual hard work and responsibility are considered relics of an oppressive past. This attitude is relentlessly touted by the radical left. Self reliance has somehow become “white supremacy” or even racist in nature.   Incentives to strive and provide for oneself are slowly eroding due to higher taxes and unfettered immigration from incompatible cultures. Why socialism and communism have become popular among the youngest generations is no surprise. Why work when the government will house and feed you from cradle to grave?

When it comes to the state of Western economies, they are, with very few exceptions, bankrupt due to massive spending on war and welfare. EU countries are the worst off, burdened by unsustainable social welfare programs, open borders and political mismanagement. Recently, the economic slowdown has accelerated due to Germany’s self-inflicted deindustrialization through green policies and its subservient alignment with U.S. neoconservatives, who prioritize the military-industrial complex over productive taxpaying citizens. The US decision to literally sabotage cheap Russian energy to Europe has delivered the final blow to Germany as Europe’s industrial powerhouse. Leading European figures like Starmer, von der Leyen, Macron, Merz, and even Italy’s Meloni are products of a failing system— incompetent, arrogant, and unpopular, with little democratic legitimacy. These people, and Trump too I suspect, have never opened a history book and they never look beyond the length of their nose. EU countries should be united by prosperity but the only thing holding the EU together today is gaslighting its citizens to hate Russia.  Corrupt unaccountable politicians and bureaucrats have brought us closer to nuclear Armageddon than ever before. The EU populations seem insouciant or ignorant of what is taking place. The prospects of war, deindustrialization, debt, social and cultural fragmentation, demographic decline, and a host of other issues seem to go under the radar. Much more interesting is the latest dance videos spewed from social media, it seems.  

The White House and Brussel seem to be preparing Europe for a war with Russia—a war the EU lacks the manpower, resources and resolve to win. Imagine sending the caffe latte drinking European boys and girls to fight battle-hardened Russian veterans. The “EU army” is in no condition to fight any serious adversary, least not Russia, which views the current conflict as existential for Russian survival as an independent nation. The EU is sailing towards a cliff without anyone on the bridge. Still, correct political decisions will be made sometime in the future, but not until a massive fiscal, social, or cultural crisis breaks the frail cohesion between the EU members. Maybe Germany will be the second EU member to wake up and leave the failing club.

Trump’s legacy will likely be that of a failure. He pretends to aim for peace but ultimately dared not stand up to the warmongering swamp he promised to drain. He failed to learn from his first presidency not to surround himself with neo

cons. Neocons are destructive, evil, persistent, and will spin the Russia narrative to exhaustion. Senator Lindsey Graham said during a visit to Ukraine that the support to Ukraine was the best money spend ever, killing Russians and this despicable statement was even repeated by then NATO chief Stoltenberg.  Imagine someone said that about Muslims or any other group of people. The world would be up in arms about it but the killing of Russians and Ukrainians with Western money is presented not only as justified but as morally righteous.  There seems to be no end to the depravity of Western politics.