The Dems, Marxists, and Never-Trumpers are on this boat claiming Trump is doing Putin’s bidding. It’s almost hilarious when you consider these brutal harsh facts about Trump’s actual conduct towards Putin and Russia:
1. Trump unleashing of US energy dominance and cheap pricing to fuel the US economy. This wasn’t done to hurt anyone else, just help the US. As a result, it sent the WTI into 1/4th of what it needs to be for Russian GDP growth. This was probably the most damaging thing Trump did in his first 4 years to Russia’s oil/NG-dependent economy.
2. Battle of Khasham, Feb 2018, Syria. Putin sent a Russian Wagner-led armored battle group with 2 armored battalions, artillery support, air support, and engineers to attack a tiny group of US SOF personnel at the Conoco plant near Khasham, which was across the river and well-past Russia’s line of demarcation agreed upon by the US and Russia. Trump WH responded by authorized total gloves-off annihilation of the Russian forces over a 6hr period through the night, resulting in scores of Russian Wagner mercy KIA, and scores of Syrians killed. No US President has ever taken the gloves off of US forces in any potential conflict between Russians and US personnel.
3. Just in case Putin didn’t get the message, Trump signed off on massive foreign military sales to Ukraine that they paid for, including huge shipments of Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Missiles and CLUs, as well as patrol boats and associated weapons. The Javelin ATGMs sent by Trump were crucial in stopping Putin’s armored columns later in 2022. No other US President authorized weapons sales to Ukraine, and in fact, several worked hard to stop European allies from sending weapons even when they wanted to. Example: Obama and David Cameron in Sep., 2014.
4. Trump shut down German involvement with Putin’s Nordtream 2, threatening enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act in 2019. This hurt Russia’s energy industry and helped to prevent Europe from being even further-beholden to Russian oil/NG exports than they already were.
US energy focus, Khasham, Javelins to Ukraine, and Nordstream 2 shut down. All some of the most effective counter-Russian foreign policy moves from a US President in history. It’s weird that no corporate US media covers any of these facts.
1. Trump unleashing of US energy dominance and cheap pricing to fuel the US economy. This wasn’t done to hurt anyone else, just help the US. As a result, it sent the WTI into 1/4th of what it needs to be for Russian GDP growth. This was probably the most damaging thing Trump did in his first 4 years to Russia’s oil/NG-dependent economy.
2. Battle of Khasham, Feb 2018, Syria. Putin sent a Russian Wagner-led armored battle group with 2 armored battalions, artillery support, air support, and engineers to attack a tiny group of US SOF personnel at the Conoco plant near Khasham, which was across the river and well-past Russia’s line of demarcation agreed upon by the US and Russia. Trump WH responded by authorized total gloves-off annihilation of the Russian forces over a 6hr period through the night, resulting in scores of Russian Wagner mercy KIA, and scores of Syrians killed. No US President has ever taken the gloves off of US forces in any potential conflict between Russians and US personnel.
3. Just in case Putin didn’t get the message, Trump signed off on massive foreign military sales to Ukraine that they paid for, including huge shipments of Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Missiles and CLUs, as well as patrol boats and associated weapons. The Javelin ATGMs sent by Trump were crucial in stopping Putin’s armored columns later in 2022. No other US President authorized weapons sales to Ukraine, and in fact, several worked hard to stop European allies from sending weapons even when they wanted to. Example: Obama and David Cameron in Sep., 2014.
4. Trump shut down German involvement with Putin’s Nordtream 2, threatening enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act in 2019. This hurt Russia’s energy industry and helped to prevent Europe from being even further-beholden to Russian oil/NG exports than they already were.
US energy focus, Khasham, Javelins to Ukraine, and Nordstream 2 shut down. All some of the most effective counter-Russian foreign policy moves from a US President in history. It’s weird that no corporate US media covers any of these facts.