Morality and normality

That former Honduran president who was extradited, tried and convicted in the US for aiding drug traffickers receives a pardon from Trump and at the same time the US is blowing up boats by Venezuela that are said to be drug traffickers. It doesn’t add up. And just now Netanyahu will get a pardon, well, because Trump has normalized this.

So many people say “follow the money”. Trump is all about money and he and his greedy family are all in. There is now friction with Nigeria, and, well, they have oil. Venezuela is the oil motherload. And as for Russia and their war in Ukraine, well, Trump and his family are clearly doing everything they can to help Russia, and they think (stupidly) there is a lot of money to be made. All of this while Ukraine, who are the victims here, are told to accept this nonsense peace plan, and that’s it. Where is the morality in the world … ???

The war in Ukraine is the biggest threat to Europe since the EU’s creation. Lagarde and Belgium have their heads in the sand. If only Belgium’s PM and the rest of Europe’s leaders defended Ukraine’s children with as much conviction as they defend Russia’s frozen assets. And then there is Trump, who blames President Biden, not Vladimir Putin, for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

From what I can see Europe is pretty much doing business as usual with Russia. The fact that almost wherever you go in the world there are Russians on holiday means that all of these sanction and restrictions are window dressing. If Russia does attack the Baltic countries then the only country they will be able to count on is Ukraine. Yup, we can forget about America as Trump is insane. The US plans to return Russia’s frozen assets once a peace agreement is signed and this makes no sense. Here is Trump’s plan: Russia destroys Ukraine, Europe has to pay for the reconstruction, and Trump and his family/friends does business with the Russians.

It seems some Europeans are afraid of the wrong thing. “Russia goes nuclear” is not the worst-case scenario. Russian occupation is. This is 10 times scarier than a nuclear bomb.

The current nonsense negotiations are designed to prevent stronger actions against Russia with the excuse that such measures could hurt the so-called peace plan. Senator Graham’s sanctions bill goes nowhere, weapons aren’t sent, and Europe has another excuse to talk instead of act.

There was never any intention from Russia to settle this war. Russia’s entire aim is to derail the oil sanctions that had been tee’d up and also, to mess up the EU plan to transfer the Russian frozen assets to Ukraine. As a result of these so called “peace negotiations” both of these serious consequences have been kicked into the long grass. Putin is happy and Trump will say “we can’t impose sanctions on Russia while we’re trying to get peace”. And he will lean heavily on the EU to not confiscate the frozen assets so they don’t “derail these productive negotiations”. For anyone who understands what Russia cares about, this whole thing is so obvious. America and the West got played by Putin. And, sadly, the Russian terrorism against innocent Ukrainians will continue.

If Europe gives back the Russian frozen assets, it will be pretty ironic when Russia uses that money to rebuild its military and attack Europe.

Ukraine also has the corruption issue that is not helping. And it is getting way too much airtime, thanks to Russian propaganda. Yes, it is not a good thing, and Zelensky is feeling the heat, but the real issue is still Russian aggression. The war is the way bigger problem.

I can’t see Ukraine giving in to these insane and unfair demands that Trump and his merry men are driving. I can’t see the war ending any time soon. It is one big tragedy and evil is on the rise. Trump and Putin are disgusting, and if they both left this world I think everyone I know would celebrate.