A second cup of tea is needed here. This is a long piece for the AM but I agree with it. This (on PN) is somewhat of a channel to deposit it in and sounds more like a speech a leader here should give on foreign policy. I hope that Kamala Harris ( I am counting on her winning) gets to make it or make choices through leadership position like Secretary of State ( Blinken pretty good imo). We are in a global world. And we must save it too. The majority of us want to work together for the good of all and the future. Life is beautiful here. Let's save it. That's what it looks like. In democracies this realization, or understanding and the acceptance of it, the urgency of it, has to get down to the grass roots. It's good that we have so much information floating around. But that means education and consistent leadership pointing in the right direction, warning about the dangers we face is needed more than ever. I have for a long time felt that evil ( basically or formerly a concept of religion) is when the universal good is usurped for selfish goals. Surely we make mistakes about what is universally good. But humans learn, or should. We don't have to go around in circles. The planet has to work as a whole.
So the disease of TrumpMAGA/Project 2025, so blatant, is a test. Are we willing to fight it? Fists up to meet theirs!!
Ukraine will remain whole and a wall against aggression only if we, the stronger, keep supporting with the best we have got- and stop arguing about it. Putin, the worst actor, cannot keep this going and he will lose. This is, for me essentially it. And by the way, Israel needs to get another leader ASAP to survive.
"In a recent commentary for Nature Medicine (Feb. 2024) , the Georgetown University biologist Colin Carlson used a decades-old formula to calculate that warming had already killed four million people globally since 2000 just from malnutrition, floods, diarrhea, malaria and cardiovascular disease." The World Health Organization expects the globe will see about 250,000 deaths annually as a result of climate change by 2030, which they say is a conservative estimate. (Calculated this is about 1,500,000 human beings. (WHO, April, 2024) And, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that 2023 was the warmest year on record for the Earth. (Global Climate Report, Dec. 2023) In the United States, there has been an increase in the number and strength of extreme weather events, including flooding, fires, hurricanes, high temperatures, and tornadoes. In 1980, there were 33 catastrophic storms costing $213B in the U.S. In 2023, there were 376 such storms costing $2,661B. (Statistics from Climate.gov) On a related note, Project 2025 plans to shut down NOAA and the National Weather Service because they promote Climate Change - and Trump has labeled our extreme weather a hoax. (LA Times, July 28, 2024).
At the same time that our planet is hitting record-high destructive and deathly temperatures worldwide - Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and perhaps others are preparing for nuclear war - the primary target is the United States. Each of these countries has their own reason for wishing to attack our country, but behind this group is one person provoking and instigating such destruction and/or war. This person is Vladimir Putin.
Putin's childhood was filled with the glory and expansive magnitude of the Soviet Union, and his dream was to join the KGB in order to protect his country against their number one enemy - which was perceived to be the United States. He obtained his law degree, and perfected his German language skills. In 2005, Putin stated: "First and foremost it is worth acknowledging that the demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the last century." (NBC News, April 2005)
In 1997, a book was published in Russia called The Foundations of Geopolitics. This book outlines Putin's presidential intentions and his hostile goals toward the West and especially the United States - who he blames for this "catastrophe." His goals include to return the world to the pre-NATO period, to destroy U.S. democracy from within, to return Russia to it’s glory days of the expanded Soviet Union, and so on.
Much like Mein Kampf (Hitler/Germany) and now the book called Project 2025 (USA), it is an aggressive description of how a society is susceptible to forms of massive mind manipulation (brainwashing) and over time subjugated to ONE MAN. In Germany, this "one man" was Hitler; in Russia it is Putin; and in the U.S. it is Trump.
The "only" difference in the United States is that Donald Trump is not the leader - but instead most likely a Russian asset controlled by Russian entrapment and bribery methodologies and led by Putin. The Soviet operational model was to place a person loyal to Russia as the head of each satellite country. They did this via bribery, ransom, threats, offers and loans of money, and KGB-employed “professional” women.
In the 1990's when Trump's businesses were financially failing, the Russians bailed him out. His tax records show multi-million dollar real estate transaction via Russians. His sons have bragged (www.vanityfair.com, www.businessinsider.com) about receiving $100 million from Russian banks - which are all controlled by Russian Intelligence (KGB/FSB). Most of all, the U.S. judicial system has found Trump guilty of being a sexual predator (including rape and sexual abuse). In Russian hotel rooms assigned to foreigners, there are cameras and listening devices. The chances of Trump being photographed in compromising positions with women are very high and was probably the bribery tool used by Putin at the Helsinki Summit in 2018.
If Trump is elected, Americans will see a series of potential destructive events: NATO may dissolve resulting in the loss of century-old European allies -as they move to protect themselves, Ukraine will succumb to Russia and loose it sovereign freedoms, China may attack Taiwan knowing the U.S. will not come to the aid of this island nation, and the fate of many former Soviet satellites and many NATO nations may again fall into Russia’s control. If Trump follow’s Putin leadership, U.S. citizens may lose our right to vote, banking and financial institutions will be first to change ownership under the Trump government, and the DOJ will be ordered to prosecute those opposed to Trump resulting in the U.S. prison system swelling with political prisoners. Those who actually committed crimes: Manafort, Stone, Weisselberg, Navarro, and others will now be running the government.
"On November 9, 2016, just a few minutes after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, a man named Vyacheslav Nikonov approached a microphone in the Russian State Duma (their equivalent of the U.S. House of Representatives) and made a very unusual statement. He congratulated the Russian Duma for Trump's win of the U.S. presidency. The Russians were celebrating one of the greatest intelligence and clandestine operations in modern history. A Russian asset was now the President of the United States.” (Unger, American Kompromat)
We may never know for sure the details of how Trump was compromised, but above all I do not want him in the White House with his obviously subservient relationship to a man who wishes to destroy the United States or his belief that Climate Change is a “hoax.” Trump has shown Americans - and others worldwide - that his loyalty is to Vladimir Putin.
Through the entire 2016 election campaign I was joking at the dinner table that Trump or his wife was a deep cover agent for Russia. Her mission was to marry an American who was wealthy enough to propel into the presidency, and then sow chaos in the USA. Mission accomplished. While my husband and daughter would say I read too many spy books, which is true, because it interests me, I still think I was less off base than anyone thought when I would say this to them. Trump was a Russian asset, and they helped put him in for their own purposes.
Thank you Elizabeth, your book comes with your knowledge of living and working in Russia for so long. I ordered in Kindle ebook format for $3.25 but you can order in paperback $13.95 and hardcover for $24.99 on Amazon. It’s invaluable and full of knowledge. I always recommend this book because it’s interesting and a quick read. I also hope others will take the opportunity to read it”Democracy to Democrazy”.
Putin has a law degree. Was missing from the biography I read about him. I know that Zelenskiy has a law degree. Obviously between that and having parents who are in the technology field he is able to operate in the incredibly high level he has been operating on.
From the other side of the pond. A brilliant article, and hopefully it will be read by many people. The problem for me is: Does the average American care about the bigger picture of foreign policy and how linked US and Europe are? Do they understand the consequences of a second Trump presidency? Also, do they understand that Trump is only puppet for Xi, Putin and Kim? A weak Europe certainly makes US weaker too!
I am enjoying Public Notice because of the depth and sensibility of the people writing. 🙏🙏🙏
Everyone that I know living as expats in Europe does. I am living as both an expat and as a dual citizen in Europe and have always cared about both sides of the Ocean.
In the Biden presidency, so much went on behind the scenes, but it was hard not to recognize that he was a master at Statecraft. Prof. Timothy Snyder said he is one of the best natural negotiators. I felt we needed another 4 or 3 or 2 or 1 years or whatever we could get to help undo the damage Trump has done. In my Democrats Abroad group we are reading Project 2025 as a book club. I have read about 1/3 of the chapters including the forward. I have to say that the Intelligence Community section was very disturbing because it sounds like we could become like a 3rd world country, although I realize the writer did not think so. With our CI which they claim covers 18 departments, on hold for 60 days while they assess everything and replace pretty much everyone is the sense I get, it is going to be open days for the bad guys of the planet. Besides the document being poorly written, being filled with lies and grievances, one does see themes coming to the front. I am currently reading the DOD section and that is not making me feel more reassured.
Isn’t it obvious that Trump’s only goal is to become a fabulously wealthy autocrat like Putin? Beautiful article, but tfg really doesn’t care; he’s looking out for #1.
A second cup of tea is needed here. This is a long piece for the AM but I agree with it. This (on PN) is somewhat of a channel to deposit it in and sounds more like a speech a leader here should give on foreign policy. I hope that Kamala Harris ( I am counting on her winning) gets to make it or make choices through leadership position like Secretary of State ( Blinken pretty good imo). We are in a global world. And we must save it too. The majority of us want to work together for the good of all and the future. Life is beautiful here. Let's save it. That's what it looks like. In democracies this realization, or understanding and the acceptance of it, the urgency of it, has to get down to the grass roots. It's good that we have so much information floating around. But that means education and consistent leadership pointing in the right direction, warning about the dangers we face is needed more than ever. I have for a long time felt that evil ( basically or formerly a concept of religion) is when the universal good is usurped for selfish goals. Surely we make mistakes about what is universally good. But humans learn, or should. We don't have to go around in circles. The planet has to work as a whole.
So the disease of TrumpMAGA/Project 2025, so blatant, is a test. Are we willing to fight it? Fists up to meet theirs!!
Ukraine will remain whole and a wall against aggression only if we, the stronger, keep supporting with the best we have got- and stop arguing about it. Putin, the worst actor, cannot keep this going and he will lose. This is, for me essentially it. And by the way, Israel needs to get another leader ASAP to survive.
Thank you
"In a recent commentary for Nature Medicine (Feb. 2024) , the Georgetown University biologist Colin Carlson used a decades-old formula to calculate that warming had already killed four million people globally since 2000 just from malnutrition, floods, diarrhea, malaria and cardiovascular disease." The World Health Organization expects the globe will see about 250,000 deaths annually as a result of climate change by 2030, which they say is a conservative estimate. (Calculated this is about 1,500,000 human beings. (WHO, April, 2024) And, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that 2023 was the warmest year on record for the Earth. (Global Climate Report, Dec. 2023) In the United States, there has been an increase in the number and strength of extreme weather events, including flooding, fires, hurricanes, high temperatures, and tornadoes. In 1980, there were 33 catastrophic storms costing $213B in the U.S. In 2023, there were 376 such storms costing $2,661B. (Statistics from Climate.gov) On a related note, Project 2025 plans to shut down NOAA and the National Weather Service because they promote Climate Change - and Trump has labeled our extreme weather a hoax. (LA Times, July 28, 2024).
At the same time that our planet is hitting record-high destructive and deathly temperatures worldwide - Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and perhaps others are preparing for nuclear war - the primary target is the United States. Each of these countries has their own reason for wishing to attack our country, but behind this group is one person provoking and instigating such destruction and/or war. This person is Vladimir Putin.
Putin's childhood was filled with the glory and expansive magnitude of the Soviet Union, and his dream was to join the KGB in order to protect his country against their number one enemy - which was perceived to be the United States. He obtained his law degree, and perfected his German language skills. In 2005, Putin stated: "First and foremost it is worth acknowledging that the demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the last century." (NBC News, April 2005)
In 1997, a book was published in Russia called The Foundations of Geopolitics. This book outlines Putin's presidential intentions and his hostile goals toward the West and especially the United States - who he blames for this "catastrophe." His goals include to return the world to the pre-NATO period, to destroy U.S. democracy from within, to return Russia to it’s glory days of the expanded Soviet Union, and so on.
Much like Mein Kampf (Hitler/Germany) and now the book called Project 2025 (USA), it is an aggressive description of how a society is susceptible to forms of massive mind manipulation (brainwashing) and over time subjugated to ONE MAN. In Germany, this "one man" was Hitler; in Russia it is Putin; and in the U.S. it is Trump.
The "only" difference in the United States is that Donald Trump is not the leader - but instead most likely a Russian asset controlled by Russian entrapment and bribery methodologies and led by Putin. The Soviet operational model was to place a person loyal to Russia as the head of each satellite country. They did this via bribery, ransom, threats, offers and loans of money, and KGB-employed “professional” women.
In the 1990's when Trump's businesses were financially failing, the Russians bailed him out. His tax records show multi-million dollar real estate transaction via Russians. His sons have bragged (www.vanityfair.com, www.businessinsider.com) about receiving $100 million from Russian banks - which are all controlled by Russian Intelligence (KGB/FSB). Most of all, the U.S. judicial system has found Trump guilty of being a sexual predator (including rape and sexual abuse). In Russian hotel rooms assigned to foreigners, there are cameras and listening devices. The chances of Trump being photographed in compromising positions with women are very high and was probably the bribery tool used by Putin at the Helsinki Summit in 2018.
If Trump is elected, Americans will see a series of potential destructive events: NATO may dissolve resulting in the loss of century-old European allies -as they move to protect themselves, Ukraine will succumb to Russia and loose it sovereign freedoms, China may attack Taiwan knowing the U.S. will not come to the aid of this island nation, and the fate of many former Soviet satellites and many NATO nations may again fall into Russia’s control. If Trump follow’s Putin leadership, U.S. citizens may lose our right to vote, banking and financial institutions will be first to change ownership under the Trump government, and the DOJ will be ordered to prosecute those opposed to Trump resulting in the U.S. prison system swelling with political prisoners. Those who actually committed crimes: Manafort, Stone, Weisselberg, Navarro, and others will now be running the government.
"On November 9, 2016, just a few minutes after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, a man named Vyacheslav Nikonov approached a microphone in the Russian State Duma (their equivalent of the U.S. House of Representatives) and made a very unusual statement. He congratulated the Russian Duma for Trump's win of the U.S. presidency. The Russians were celebrating one of the greatest intelligence and clandestine operations in modern history. A Russian asset was now the President of the United States.” (Unger, American Kompromat)
We may never know for sure the details of how Trump was compromised, but above all I do not want him in the White House with his obviously subservient relationship to a man who wishes to destroy the United States or his belief that Climate Change is a “hoax.” Trump has shown Americans - and others worldwide - that his loyalty is to Vladimir Putin.
Elizabeth
From Democracy to Democrazy
Through the entire 2016 election campaign I was joking at the dinner table that Trump or his wife was a deep cover agent for Russia. Her mission was to marry an American who was wealthy enough to propel into the presidency, and then sow chaos in the USA. Mission accomplished. While my husband and daughter would say I read too many spy books, which is true, because it interests me, I still think I was less off base than anyone thought when I would say this to them. Trump was a Russian asset, and they helped put him in for their own purposes.
Thank you Elizabeth, your book comes with your knowledge of living and working in Russia for so long. I ordered in Kindle ebook format for $3.25 but you can order in paperback $13.95 and hardcover for $24.99 on Amazon. It’s invaluable and full of knowledge. I always recommend this book because it’s interesting and a quick read. I also hope others will take the opportunity to read it”Democracy to Democrazy”.
I had no idea Putin had a law degree. Seems that he forgot everything he was taught.
Putin has a law degree. Was missing from the biography I read about him. I know that Zelenskiy has a law degree. Obviously between that and having parents who are in the technology field he is able to operate in the incredibly high level he has been operating on.
From the other side of the pond. A brilliant article, and hopefully it will be read by many people. The problem for me is: Does the average American care about the bigger picture of foreign policy and how linked US and Europe are? Do they understand the consequences of a second Trump presidency? Also, do they understand that Trump is only puppet for Xi, Putin and Kim? A weak Europe certainly makes US weaker too!
I am enjoying Public Notice because of the depth and sensibility of the people writing. 🙏🙏🙏
Everyone that I know living as expats in Europe does. I am living as both an expat and as a dual citizen in Europe and have always cared about both sides of the Ocean.
In the Biden presidency, so much went on behind the scenes, but it was hard not to recognize that he was a master at Statecraft. Prof. Timothy Snyder said he is one of the best natural negotiators. I felt we needed another 4 or 3 or 2 or 1 years or whatever we could get to help undo the damage Trump has done. In my Democrats Abroad group we are reading Project 2025 as a book club. I have read about 1/3 of the chapters including the forward. I have to say that the Intelligence Community section was very disturbing because it sounds like we could become like a 3rd world country, although I realize the writer did not think so. With our CI which they claim covers 18 departments, on hold for 60 days while they assess everything and replace pretty much everyone is the sense I get, it is going to be open days for the bad guys of the planet. Besides the document being poorly written, being filled with lies and grievances, one does see themes coming to the front. I am currently reading the DOD section and that is not making me feel more reassured.
Excellent article. Thank you.
Isn’t it obvious that Trump’s only goal is to become a fabulously wealthy autocrat like Putin? Beautiful article, but tfg really doesn’t care; he’s looking out for #1.