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[[President Donald J. Trump]]'s radical [[foreign policy]] moves stunned observers.  President Trump openly dismissed [[Ukraine]], reducing it to a "burden" that [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] should no longer carry.  For Trump, [[Western Europe]] is a [[parasite]] living off American largesse.  His [[rhetoric]], infused with anti-[[elitism|elitist]] [[populism]], turned the usual [[Western alliance|Western]] mantras of [[democracy]] and [[human rights]] against the very [[nation]]s that long championed them.  

[[President Donald J. Trump]]'s radical [[foreign policy]] moves stunned observers.  President Trump openly dismissed [[Ukraine]], reducing it to a "burden" that [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] should no longer carry.  For Trump, [[Western Europe]] is a [[parasite]] living off American largesse.  His [[rhetoric]], infused with anti-[[elitism|elitist]] [[populism]], turned the usual [[Western alliance|Western]] mantras of [[democracy]] and [[human rights]] against the very [[nation]]s that long championed them.  

Trump's disdain for Ukraine is not driven by [[geopolitical]] [[strategy]] but by domestic calculations.  His focus is [[China]], not [[Eastern Europe]].  He wants to redirect American attention to [[trade imbalance]]s, the [[Arctic]], [[Latin America]], and the Indo-Pacific.  Yet, Ukraine, framed by [[Joe Biden]]'s regime as the defining battle between "[[good]] and [[evil]]", became an [[ideological]] lightning rod.  The [[Biden]] [[White House]] staked everything on a victory over Russia.  Trump, in typical fashion, sought to destroy that narrative, turning it inside out.

Trump's disdain for Ukraine is not driven by [[geopolitical]] [[strategy]] but by domestic calculations.  His focus is [[China]], not [[Eastern Europe]].  He wants to redirect American attention to [[trade imbalance]]s, the [[Arctic]], [[Latin America]], and the Indo-Pacific.  Yet, Ukraine, framed by [[Joe Biden]]'s regime as the defining battle between "[[good]] and [[evil]]", became an [[ideological]] lightning rod.  The [[Biden]] [[White House]] staked everything on a victory over Russia.  Trump, in typical fashion, sought to destroy that [[narrative]], turning it inside out.

On June 1, 2025 [[US]] [[proxy forces]] under [[CIA]] direction and planning violated the provisions of the new Strategic Arms Control Accord. The New Start Treaty between [[Russia]] and the [[United States]] mandated that nuclear bombers be visible and openly displayed on airfields so that the other side's [[satellite]]s can confirm that each side was remaining within compliance of those New START limitations. Taking advantage of that open display required by US-Russian arms control accords, US proxy forces attacked key elements of Russia's [[nuclear triad]]. [[Operation Spiderweb]] was a direct attack on the US-Russia treaty itself.<ref>[https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/key-nuclear-limitation-treaties-threatened Key Nuclear Limitation Treaties Threatened by Ukraine's Strike], [[Alastair Crooke]] interviewed by [[Judge Napolitano]], ''Conflicts Forum'', Jun 02, 2025. </ref>

On June 1, 2025 [[US]] [[proxy forces]] under [[CIA]] direction and planning violated the provisions of the new Strategic Arms Control Accord. The New Start Treaty between [[Russia]] and the [[United States]] mandated that nuclear bombers be visible and openly displayed on airfields so that the other side's [[satellite]]s can confirm that each side was remaining within compliance of those New START limitations. Taking advantage of that open display required by US-Russian arms control accords, US proxy forces attacked key elements of Russia's [[nuclear triad]]. [[Operation Spiderweb]] was a direct attack on the US-Russia treaty itself.<ref>[https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/key-nuclear-limitation-treaties-threatened Key Nuclear Limitation Treaties Threatened by Ukraine's Strike], [[Alastair Crooke]] interviewed by [[Judge Napolitano]], ''Conflicts Forum'', Jun 02, 2025. </ref>