Trump is trying to gaslight Putin into suing for peace…
Trump is threatening the most sanctioned country with new sanctions.
Trump thinks the Russian economy would suffer so much if the oil dropped in price. That could be true but since the new prime minister, Mishustin, Russia became much more effective at filling its budget through taxes rather than oil incomes.
Murica is pushing for the war to end and this is commendable but Russia is on the march, there is no indication they should accept a settlement. They should not accept anything but a full, unconditional, capitulation from the Zelensky regime, and a peace treaty should be signed with a government that comes out of elections.
Putin says that if Trumps 2020 reelection wasn’t stolen, the war would not have started. In the recent elections he endorsed Kamala. 😆
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For those who have even the most basic skills on how to read social cues, they can all tell that Putin is simply being sarcastic. I doubt he really gives a fuck about who’s in charge of US at this point. He also understands that any sanction applied against Russia is not going to hurt Russia. I mean, Putin learned a lot from dealing with Obama’s sanction on Russia. Does US and EU actually believe that just by intensifying Obama’s approach, they get to really destroy Russian economic?
That said, one thing I fear the most, is that if all these sanctions won’t work, then the West will simply churn out some conspiracy theories on how “China orchestrated the crisis in Ukraine” and shits like that. Sheeple will believe it, and bitches will believe it. If such conspiracy theory becomes big, and knowing Beijing’s rather “East Asian like” ability at challenging the West when it comes to narratives (not economic nor technology, but narratives and perspectives), I can’t help but worry about it.
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Sanctions do have an effect though. The Russians cannot use the World currency, the dollar, and alternatives like BRICS Pay and others are in their infancy. I hear, Chinese ports comply with sanctions on ships. For the Russians this is not business as usual. The longer these sanctions last, the lesser effect they will have because Russia will find go arounds. But at this point, the World is cucked by Murica hard. I have some material prepared on the narratives spun now.
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The thing is, the more you have to rely on others, the more likely the sanction and tariffs will have its effect on you. China’s problem is this; the private sectors, who’re mostly cucks one way or another (whether they admit it or not), probably afraid of pissing off the West too much. Because of that, there will be some official procedures from Beijing – I don’t think Xi himself view these private sectors highly at all, but the private sectors do have some influence within politburo, as there are some within the Party who view them as main revenue generators, that’s the thing.
This is very bad for PR, of course, and no, I don’t think by complying on this will really ease up any attacks when it comes to trade war, nor is it going to ease up the sanctions many of these chip makers are already facing. Honestly, in order for China to gain some real advantages on this, Beijing needs to truly understand why Muricans, especially the Trump camp, is supporting all of these trade war. I’ve made quite a bit of theories based on Murican socioeconomic development since the end of WW2. I’m sure you’ve known it by now.
However, there are some new developments. This is straight from Foreign Ministry of China.
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/zwbd_673032/wjzs/202501/t20250127_11546524.shtml
You can use translator to read the entire article. Here’s the thing: Chinese private sectors, especially the tech firms, are notorious to work for and yes, they cuck out to the West a lot. But when it comes to things that will seriously affecting their profits, I don’t think they’ll be that happily complying and may be willing to seek customers elsewhere.
I mean, the thing with US and much of Western world for that matter, is that it got consumer base, and therefore, it gets to throw its weight around and impose its will onto the world. Such trend can’t really last long, as you can’t have functional economic when you have higher imports than exports and barely produce anything other than cultural products and most of all, bitchiness (lol but I mean really), as of late – all of them would eventually lead to the complete diminishing of middle-class. But that’s beside the point. The point is, Chinese already have partners elsewhere, and therefore, Chinese companies, such as those chipmakers, could line up buyers a lot easier than other guys in the region if Beijing can play well, and Chinese private sectors can finally get their shits together. Now, with Trump’s recent call for sanctions and tariffs on not just China, but Canada, Mexico, EU and what not, it’s likely that China would just simply find partners for those who were also hit by Trump’s sanction and tariffs. When that happens, Trump better be able to find ways to boost up US’ productivity. If Trump fails to do that, US will be in some deep shit.
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