By talking of making Canada the 51st state, “Trump is basically saying, ‘Russians, you can take the Baltics,’” said TV host
in Washington D.C.
Tuesday 31 December 2024 22:33 GMT
President-elect Donald Trump has boasted on social media about taking over Greenland, making Canada the 51st state, and wresting control of the Panama Canal.
His expansionist rhetoric has worried allies but elated enemies, with Russians viewing the statements as evidence that Trump isn’t opposed to foreign wars of conquest, as is the Kremlin, despite what he has otherwise stated.
To Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top propagandists, Trump’s statements have revealed that he would blithely invade a country unable to fight back, according to Julia Davis, an observer of Russian media and columnist at The Daily Beast.
The president-elect would expect a victory parade, like after Russia’s 2014 seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, which Trump called “genius” and “savvy.” Putin tried and failed to take the whole of Ukraine in 2022, with Kremlin insiders believing that Trump only disapproved of the war because it grew in length and cost.
The top Kremlin supporters in Russia believe that Trump can be convinced to back Russia’s expansionist goals if Putin gets a chance to influence him. They’re strongly opposed to the notion of negotiating with Trump’s Ukraine envoy, retired Lieutenant-General Keith Kellogg. The ultimate scenario for them would be to make the Russian invasion of Ukraine appear legitimate, and the recognition of their territorial requirements.
They view Trump’s statements about Greenland, Canada, and Panama as validating Russia’s current and future acquisitions.
Host Dmitry Kiselyov of Vesti Nedeli, or The Weekly News, used part of his Sunday broadcast to outline American expansionism under Trump.
“Trump isn’t joking. He is determined to expand American territorial possessions. Personally, I am convinced that he will succeed,” said Kiselyov, according to a translation by Davis.
“Trump will grab strategically important parts of the world for America … What is funny is to see whether anyone in the Old World will try to sanction the United States in response to its territorial expansion. This is when we will find out how principled the lovers of sanctions truly are,” he added.
“Think about it. If Trump gets away with all of this, inspired by his success, he might look at the rest of the globe, focus on vulnerable spots, and keep going. Where will he stop? Doesn’t it mean that others can do the same?” Kiselyov asked.
Pundits on The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov spent most of last Thursday’s broadcast celebrating how the world will change under Trump.
“Trump politely announced that the U.S. will be expanding its borders,” Soloyov pointed out, though many in the U.S. would take issue with “politely.”
Andrey Lugovoy is a member of the State Duma and was involved in the lethal poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko.
He noted on the program: “It feels like we spent the last four years in Biden’s madhouse and now we’re gradually transitioning to Trump’s circus,” though he added that it’s unclear if Trump is “joking” when he speaks about Canada, Greenland, and Panama.
“These are awesome statements! No, he is not joking … of course he isn’t joking!” Solovyov responded. “Do you think I’m kidding when I say that Finland, Warsaw, the Baltics, Moldova, and Tallinn should come back home? Do you think I’m joking? No! They should all rejoin the Russian Empire. Followed by Alaska, by the way. Give it back.”
The “way he is rationalizing it is tremendous. We should follow his example and quietly take everything back,” he added.
Lugovoy indicated how Trump’s takeover threats should embolden Russia’s violent aggression in the Ukraine. “My friends, Trump’s insane statements show that there should not be any ceasefire. Why would we need a ceasefire when we’re confidently moving forward?” Lugovoy asked.
Solyov added: “By taking Canada, Trump is basically saying, ‘Russians, you can take the Baltics.”
He underscored: “I believe that what Trump is doing benefits us greatly. Trump is totally destroying any illusions that anyone might have still had about the summit of democracies, about respecting the opinions of NATO allies.”
Professor Dmitry Evstafiev argued that “with his approach of geographical enlargement” Trump has “buried the entire collective West. There is no collective West, and it will never be united again.”
Military expert Mikhail Khodaryonok said in the wake of Trump’s statements about Canada, Greenland, and Panama, “we can now consider special military operations as the norm for resolving arguments between countries.”
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Comment from :
Chuck
trump will be the first president in US history that should be required to register as the agent of a foreign government.
He really is an imbecile, too dumb to know he’s being played like a fiddle.
We will only survive with a great deal of luck as he constantly strokes his ego with behavior that threatens civilization itself.
Robin Baldock
certainly putin, xi and trump all are in basic agreement about totalitarian rule, and will instinctively be drawn to the idea of carving up the world between them a mutually beneficial balance of power.
Welcome to oceania, eastasia and eurasia.
I do think the world is too big and messy for this to work, but the harm to humanity caused by it will be significant if not actually civilisation ending.
Bejeebers
So, once he’s taken the oath of office, Trump will dump NATO, establish an alliance with Russia, China, Iran, & North Korea & proceed to militarily take over the world, each ally seizing their region. Trump’s been talking about how we’re near WW3 – he just left out that he intends to start it.
The problem will be Elon Musk who, through the tech army he’s building through the H-1B visa program, will dominate all the allied nations by hacking their government computers & threatiening to shut down their operations unless he is put in charge.
Welcome to 2025!
Uaau
Russia can barely sustain their illegal and barbaric invasion of Ukraine across their own border:
and their failure in Afghanistan is well known.
Lugavoy; a psychopathic poisoner, is a highly respected pundit in the cauldron of devilry.
It’s like having the Yorkshire Ripper or Charles Manson as honoured guests on Fox or CNN.
When Lugavoy murdered Alexander Litvinenko btw, an Irish pianist working at the same London hotel, caught a dose of the radioactive poison by drinking tea from the same pot. He nearly died and his life was ruined.
Anyone that takes Soloyov seriously shouldn’t be in journalism. But I doubt this rag was ever accused of having journalists on staff…
It’s an outstanding article. Simply reporting factual information.
Of course kremkrappers should be taken seriously: their job is to present the thoughts of the Kremlin murder gang to their fans: ie vatniks inside ruZZia and vermin like Karlsonov outside ruZZia.
They were calling for Kyiv to be bombed at least 3 years before it happened. They were laughed at then. Not now.
They are simply responding to Trumkov’s sick, demented and bizarre imperialist ambitions. He’s thrown cunts like them a lifeline.
We could equally well say that anyone that takes trumpkov seriously shouldn’t be in journalism. But as Sir Scradge pointed out, the article is simply reporting what various people said. And isn’t that part of the job of journalists?
Only you could take a comment about the propagandist Soloyov and turn it into a bash on Trump. You really should seek professional help for that. Or perhaps, Google: civility.
It wasn’t the specifically the comment about Soloyov. It was your questioning the credentials of a journalist for simply reporting what someone had said.
Trump’s insane ideas are the fueling reasons for every country to build its own nukes. A brave new world awaits us…