From Moon of Alabama comments section:

Oh Trump, only you could play both good cop and bad cop at the same time to all side in a conflict. Trump is turning this conflict from NATO vs Russia, to the US vs EU/UK vs Ukraine vs Russia. I think Trump really is trying to sign a deal with Russia to split Ukraine between the two of them and leave UK/EU out in the cold, with no economic ties to Russia and without even the runner up prize of Ukraine. Doing this will cripple the EU economically for a decade, without Russian gas/oil, the EU will have to cancel the whole net Zero carbon Green economy plan and bring back coal fired power plants as that is the only cheap energy source they have that can power their industries to make them competitive.

Without ownership of Ukraine food resources they will have to buy food from the US and Africa to feed their population (they might even be forced to abandoned their war on farmers to restore domestic production), without Ukraine’s minerals the EU will have to buy raw materials on the international market (US, Canada, Brazil, Africa), meaning higher prices for all finished goods. Since the Europeans will be forced to buy everything on the international market to survive, where will they get the money – well logically they will need to sell ownership of their domestically economies to either the Chinese or the Americans.

Oh the delicious irony, the EU pushed for this war in the hopes of recreating the 1990’s Rape of Russia, and now the Americans have decided it will be easier to make 2025 be remembered as the starting point of the Rape of the EU.

Posted by: Kadath | Feb 28 2025 18:42 utc | 95

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