President Donald Trump floated the idea of a three-way meeting with the leaders of Russia and China in which the countries would agree to cut defense spending in half.

President Trump has stated that he has begun to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin to put an end the war between Ukraine and Russia “immediately.” Yet to do so, he will need to think and act outside the stereotypes of narrow neo-conservative and neo-liberal thinking that have governed the post-Cold War era.

‘We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations,’ Trump says

The diplomatic tango between Washington and Moscow is underway, but Trump’s promise to bring a quick end to the war in Ukraine on Trump’s terms appears more unlikely with each passing day. Prior to the conversation between the two leaders during the last four days, diplomats representing Moscow and Washington in their respective embassies did the detail work of arranging the phone diplomacy. But, according to Borizzkman, there were two, not one, conversations (this is Borizzkman’s concise eight-minute video presenting the latest developments):

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he believed the United States was making progress in its talks to end thewar between Russia and Ukraine, but declined to provide details about any communications he had had with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It’s fun to watch “independent” media and NGOs get outed, but Washington will always find ways to manipulate others

A leaked document has given us a first glimpse at Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian online newspaper Strana, U.S. officials handed the plan to European diplomats who then passed it on to Ukraine.

President Donald Trump said his administration wants an agreement with Ukraine for the war-torn country to offer access to its critical mineral resources in return for aiding its defense against Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has complained that Ukraine has only received $75bn from a pledged $177bn of aid pledged by the US to support Ukraine last year and he doesn’t know where the missing $100bn money is, he said in an interview with The Associated Press on February 1.

Former US Diplomat Jim Jatras joins Counter Currents host and former CIA analyst Larry Johnson to discuss the following issues: What can we expect from Donald Trump’s foreign policy? More war, more color revolutions or a chance for peace? Can Trump strike a deal with Putin over Ukraine?