WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he sympathized with the Russian position that Ukraine should not be part of NATO, and he lamented that he will not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin before his inauguration.

Post-Cold War NATO is an avatar for globalism’s war on the national interest, guarding the church of the liberal international order as a sacred space.

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Nixon’s secretary of state Henry Kissinger and Reagan’s ambassador to the USSR Jack Matlock debated the future of NATO and Russia during the Budapest Summit on Dec. 5, 1994. Robert MacNeil moderated the discussion.

Less Reliance on America Would Yield a Stronger Alliance and a Safer Europe

To preserve or reassert its standing as a great power and guarantee its security, post-conflict Russia will almost certainly seek to push the military threat it sees emanating from Europe as far away from its border as possible. Is coexistence possible after the Ukraine war?

Deputy editor of the Washington Post Bob Woodward has written and published a new book to serve Democrat Party-State interests. It is aptly titled War and has been released in October 2024 in order to discredit Republican Party candidate and former US President Donald J. Trump, to influence the outcome oft he US presidential campaign and to rally flagging support in the US for the NATO-Russia Ukrainian War. Several publications leaked excerpts form portions of the book in order to ensure that it shapes the Ameerican public opinion.

NATO showed no sign on Wednesday of inviting Ukraine to join the alliance soon, as members sought more details from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about his “victory plan” to end the war with Russia.

Another park, another Sunday;

Why is it life turns out that way?

Just when you think you got a good thing

It seems to slip away…
Another park, another Sunday; It’s dark and empty thanks to you, I got to get myself together, But it’s hard to do…” – The Doobie Brothers, from “Another Park, Another Sunday”. “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” – Plato