Is Trump 2.0's 'Escalation' Strategy Against Russia Starting To Take Shape?
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Is Trump 2.0's 'Escalation' Strategy Against Russia Starting To Take Shape? Authored by Andrew Korybko, The US is preparing to radically intensify the Ukrainian Conflict over the coming year... Trump’s decision to sign the “ G7 leaders’ joint statement on geopolitical issues ” calling for more arms to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia signaled that he’ll now “ escalate to de-escalate ” (E2DE) through a “ war of attrition ” waged by Ukraine. The EU will back this campaign to the hilt and Trump 2.0 will seek to obtain control over Russia’s natural resources companies as its top goal via the coercive selling of shares under pain of continued NATO-backed Ukrainian strikes against associated infrastructure if Putin refuses. The contours of his administration’s E2DE strategy are now starting to take shape. Nearly two weeks before he signed the abovementioned joint statement, the House passed a bill that would “provid[e] more than $1 billion in security and reconstruction aid. It would make another $8 billion available for Ukraine’s defense through loans.” On the sidelines of the G7 Summit, Trump then said that he’ll soon reimpose oil sanctions against Russia, which would disrupt Putin’s Sino-Indo balancing act . Around the same time , “A group of US senators has introduced legislation that would amend existing law to allow Ukraine to use assets confiscated from the Central Bank of Russia and other Russian sovereign assets to purchase military equipment.” All of this coincided with reports that the Senate also introduced language into the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) calling for continued intelligence support to Ukraine across all of next year to aid its quest to reconquer its lost land ( and possibly more ). To top it all off, Zelensky then expressed confidence shortly thereafter that Trump will follow through on his explicitly conveyed interest in allowing US companies to manufacture air defense missiles (and likely also other arms) in Ukraine, thus treme
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