US imperialists finally got what they feared in Ukraine under Trump

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As we wrote back in 2022, a document by the top US think tank RAND Corporation was impressively revealing the goals of US imperialism regarding a Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

 

It seems that the US imperialists managed to achieve some of these goals. For example, the RAND report revealed that the primary goal of the US was to make "Russia to overextend itself militarily". A secondary pursuit in the geopolitical  battlefield was to intensify "NATO’s relationship with Sweden and Finland", which was achieved beyond target, through the inclusion of both Sweden and Finland in the NATO alliance, as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

However, the RAND report was also identifying the dangers of provoking Russia to take military action. The US imperialists were acknowledging that such a development could also "increase the loss of Ukrainian lives and territory or result in a disadvantageous peace settlement. This would generally be seen as a serious setback for U.S. policy."

 

It seems that these fears are about to become reality under the Trump administration. And the most tragically important part, which is the huge loss of Ukrainian lives, already happened.

 

It would be worth to highlight that the RAND report was written in the midst of Trump's first term. This means that the US deep state probably feared that a second successive Trump term would finally lead to these "unpleasant" developments, if not cancel the invasion scheme entirely, as a result of a more uncontrollable and unpredictable Trump.

 

Biden's victory must have sent waves of relief throughout the US imperialist apparatus, as things were about to be restored according to the plan. According to this, the invasion scheme would be executed as planned and the war would continue - with the help of the US imperialists and their Western allies - until Russia's military exhaustion. And then, Russia would be dragged to the negotiating table under humiliating terms, including the retreat from Crimea and the inclusion of Ukraine in the NATO alliance. 

Of course, a significant part of the plan, was the looting of Ukraine by US big banks and corporations. Zelensky himself openly called US big financial predators, like BlackRock, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, to essentially loot the country.

 

But Trump eventually returned and blew up the whole set. We need to understand that Trump doesn't particularly care about peace, but also, he doesn't act impulsively. Trump's plan is to sabotage the liberal project (a major part of which are the for-profit wars) on behalf of the capitalist faction that brought him to power. 

 

That's the main reason he makes surprising moves like the recent proposition to Russia and China, for a mutual reduction of the military budget by half, as well as for denuclearization. And that's the main reason he bypassed the leaderships of all major European powers (currently under the liberal rule), to negotiate straight with Putin. 

 

In short, through this strategy, Trump achieves two major goals. First, he destroys the liberal project for Ukraine, which is basically the complete looting of the country by the US-Western liberal capitalist faction. Second, he opens widely the road for the Musk-led oligarchy to replace its liberal capitalist rivals in the race for Ukraine's valuable assets. 

 

It should not be considered accidental that Mark Zuckerberg rushed to change camp in the capitalist civil war to join the Musk-led camp, shortly after Trump's victory. Obviously, the hi-tech oligarch understood that Ukraine is only the beginning of a ruthless race for global domination between the capitalist factions, as we enter the era of 21st century corporate feudalism. Therefore, he decided to pick the side that, under current circumstances, has got better chances to win.

 

We should also mention Zelensky's impressive 360 degrees turn regarding the US "investments" in Ukraine. As he stated yesterday, "he would not "sell" his country in any deal with the United States for access to Ukraine's critical resources." Naturally, the liberal puppet wants to signal his loyalty to the liberal capitalist faction that brought him to power (in order to pave the way for the liberal capital in Ukraine), in a last desperate effort to remain a significant player during final negotiations, as it seems that he was also bypassed by Trump in an almost humiliating manner.

In any case, we should wait to see the final terms of the negotiations between Putin and Trump, and who will benefit most from the destruction of another nation by the US-UK-EU-NATO sinister cabal.