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So the #DeathTsar Putin, faithless and cursed, has proposed a ceasefire over the Easter weekend. With absolutely no intention of keeping to the ceasefire himself and knowing that the Trump regime has said that it will walk away from #Ukraine in the event that a peace deal cannot be secured, the Death Tsar will claim that Ukraine reneged on the ceasefire. If #Trump is true to form, he too will blame Ukraine and will probably withdraw material and logistical support for a second time, exactly in line with the mass murderer’s wishes.

Trump has been played by #Putin except that he is too stupid to see it.

The wonder is that Witkoff thinks it’s OK to negotiate with a mass murderer, someone who has been accused of genocide and multiple war crimes, a liar and a thief; a man totally without honour who has shown the world time and again that he cannot be trusted. Then we turn our eyes to the USA, to the Trump agenda and the gentle ways of the ICE which has been disappearing innocent people to the concentration camps of El Salvador and realise that Witkoff’s positive view of #DeathTsar Putin is perfectly understandable for a loyal member of #TeamTrump.

Anyone who has any doubts about Putin’s trajectory should read ‘Foundations of Geopolitics’ by alt-right (some would say fascist) geopolitical philosopher Aleksandr Dugin. Used as a textbook by the Russian military, the book contains a blueprint for the extension of Russian hegemony over the whole of Eurasia.

The neutering and erasure of Ukraine, the absorption of Eastern Europe into Russia’s ‘sphere of influence’, Brexit in the UK, election interference in Europe and the USA, terrorism, sabotage and the spreading of disinformation in the West, and the exploitation and promotion of socio-racial divisions in the USA with the help of ‘useful idiots’ (e.g. Team Trump). It’s all there.

Now is not the time to go soft on Putin. He is guilty of spectacular levels of criminality. He is definitely not our friend. #Trump #Putin #DeathTsar #Russia

Photograph appeared in a recent article on Dugin by the Wall Street Journal.

It is now a day since #DeathTsar Putin brutally murdered 34 people in Sumy, including children. Has Team Trump been hitting the airwaves in outraged condemnation of Putin’s actions? Has Vance been on Fox Propaganda (sorry - News) to declare Putin a war criminal? Has Witkoff realised at last that, actually, Putin is a very bad man? What about Trump? Has he hastened back from Mar a Lago to sign EOs imposing immediate punitive sanctions on Russia; literally the biggest sanctions anyone has ever seen?

No! None of these things. Team Trump will carry on sucking up to new bestie Vladimir Putin as per normal. There will be no consequences for Putin, at least not from the USA. #Putin #Trump

Real estate mogul Steve Witkoff’s reputation as a negotiator rests on his ability to understand the other party’s point of view. Apparently. He should consider, though, that there is no obligation on anybody to understand #DeathTsar Putin’s point of view any more than there is, say, to understand Hitler’s point of view in implementing the Holocaust. Putin is a war criminal, guilty of crimes against humanity and genocide. One does not ‘negotiate’ with such people. He is beyond that. He should be serving a life sentence in a supermax. #Putin.

So Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ has weakened demand for oil and gas resulting in a drop in prices of roundly 15%. Question: will the collection of equity companies and vulture capitalists who ‘own’ the UK’s power distribution network lower their prices as eagerly as they increased them following #DeathTsar Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? Will this be something that Ofgen and Government will actively seek? The cynic in me says no.

If true, Chinese soldiers fighting against Ukraine in #DeathTsar Putin’s war of aggression will be a game changer. Will the #Trump regime change its strategy of appeasement to #Putin as a consequence? Don’t hold your breath.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Chinese soldiers captured by Kyiv fighting for Putin, Zelensky claims - The Independent apple.news/AVgp43OlMQGadwDH73b

apple.newsUkraine-Russia war latest: Chinese soldiers captured by Kyiv fighting for Putin, Zelensky claims — The IndependentZelensky released a video of the Chinese troops, two of whom were captured by Kyiv’s forces

After 9/11, the USA invoked NATO article 5 and we responded, mobilising our forces to Afghanistan. Other NATO countries did likewise. We lost over 400 of our service personnel during that campaign; personnel who soaked the sands of Afghanistan with their blood. For you America. Now we learn from talk show host Pete Hegseth, aka the US Defence Secretary, that Trump would probably not support Europe in the event that #DeathTsar Putin launches an invasion against us.

America’s sense of entitlement runs as deep as ever. Thanks for nothing USA! #Trump #Putin

#DeathTsar Vladimir Putin's former economic adviser Andrei Illarionov says there's only one way to stop his war of aggression: Resistance! Resistance by brave Ukrainians and the wider World. But there is another way. ‘Retirement’. When will some brave Russians who want to see their motherland flourish engineer his retirement? #Putin

The Trump regime should understand that it isn’t the only entity with skin in the game. Europe has more to lose from a bad outcome in Ukraine than the USA so the drunk talk show host and the perma-angry VP should quit bad mouthing Europe. (Or, maybe, just quit.) We are supposed to be allies after all.

In a nutshell, if you don’t have anything constructive to say about Europe (and I include the UK in there) just STFU! #Trump #Hegseth #Vance #Putin #DeathTsar

Trumpers, MAGAs and other followers of His Imperial Majesty Donald #trump should pause from unthinkingly following Trump’s narrative, telling #Ukraine to ‘stop the war’ whilst ignoring the part played by #Putin - aka the #DeathTsar - in all of this.

Thinking may be difficult for Trump cultists but it should be Putin who stops the war. Ukraine is trying to stop the invasion. And if it stops trying to stop the invasion, Ukraine will be absorbed into the Russian hegemony and the genocide will begin (again).