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Behind the Green Door
May 11, 2025
I must confess that the dark clouds of despair are starting gather in my mind regarding the direction of the Trump administration. They are losing momentum, and it feels like the bad guys have regained their footing and are now finding ways to throw sand in the gears. For example, the Trump people have not solved the lawfare stuff or done anything other than mew about it. Congress is sitting on its hands on the issue, when it could step in and stop much of it.
That last bit is a tell. Congress was enthusiastic for Trump initially but now they are strangely quiet as the bad guys try to regain the initiative. Given how cowardly and corrupt the GOP is, it suggests they are about to switch teams. Of course, they were never on the Trump team, so it is not really switching teams, but publicly announcing their perfidy. I could be reading too much into this, but it feels like the Trump admin is sinking back into the tar pit of Washington politics.
The Ukraine deal is a good example. For reasons that are not clear, Trump has done a one-eighty and is now backing the European ceasefire deal, which has no chance of success. This is just the Fleitz – Kellogg scheme that was cooked up by the neocons in 2024. The purpose is to create a set of choices. One is the Russians give NATO time to resupply Ukraine and the other is Washington cuts off all talks with Russia and continues the Biden war.
In the show, I talk about one possible reason for Trump going along with this. Since it is doomed to failure, he can use it for domestic reasons. Lindsay Graham has a bill ready to go with the full support of the Senate that would impose tariffs on every country doing business with Russia, unless the Russians surrender immediately. Since every country in the world does business with Russia, even the EU countries, this is Trump’s tariffs with a different label.
Time will tell, but Trump’s passivity as the Europeans make a mess of what he has been trying to do to end the war feels like he has thrown in the towel. He is no spring chicken, and he has been through more in the last decade than most young men could handle. He could be running out of steam. The will to get up every day and fight the system is starting to wane. It is the thing to watch now that the honeymoon is over and the bad guys have reorganized.
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