March 2025 Bourbon
...because with Bourbon comes good Sense
I think that Trump is fostering his bromance with Putin because he sees that the previous strategy of sanctions against Russia hasn’t worked. Hear me out. President Trump is playing nice with the Russians over the Ukranians because he wants to end the war and because he understands that Russia still has its nuclear arsenal. Maybe he can sweet talk the bully to accept a ceasefire in terms that are beneficial to both sides and that allow Trump to achieve his own goals of owning Greenland and the Panama Canal. It’s the art of the deal – nice guy style.
The New York Times reported bickering among the Cabinet Secretaries and Elon Musk. Trump reportedly stepped in and gave his Cabinet members authority to terminate the employees in their departments – a normal managerial right needed to run the bureaucracy. Now the firing will be decided with scalpel-like precision instead of chainsaw mayhem. May be too late for the government employees.
President Trump used an expression that may not be common with non-English speaking presidents hence the kerfuffle in the Oval Office with Zelensky. He certainly doesn’t hold all the cards as his people sacrifice their life while we sit back. Then, there is the outburst by the VP demanding gratitude from the Ukrainian leader, something he has done many times in speeches here and everywhere. Finally, there was the beratement of Zelensky for dressing up as if in a war – which he is! They let Musk show up in the same garb so why the fuss?
President Trump accused President Zelensky of causing the war with Russia, In effect, threatening Russia such that they felt compelled to invade. And it all could have been stopped with an early deal negotiated between the warring parties: Ukraine giving Russia land back. It sounds ridiculous but when you believe major powers have the right to grab land within their sphere of influence: for example Canada and Greenland. So President Trump’s reasoning makes sense to him and Putin.