Beyond Anders Puck Nielsen... Dear European Leaders, It Is 100% Clear That Trump Is Working for the Russians
- john raymond
- Jul 8
- 3 min read
Anders Puck Nielsen’s recent update on Russia’s summer offensive is measured, cautious, and thoughtful. And yet, in all his talk of drones, logistics, and the fog of war, he still does what too many conventional analysts do: he stops short of naming the betrayal.
He outlines the evidence. He explains the delay. He describes the sabotage. And then he says: “I’m not saying Trump is doing this on purpose… because I don’t know.”
Well, we do know. And you should too.
Dear European leaders: it is 100% clear that Donald Trump is working for the Russians.
Not metaphorically. Not ideologically. Strategically. Operationally. In practice.
We’re past the point of ambiguity. Trump has now presided over multiple instances of intentionally delayed weapons shipments, false reversals, fake sanctions threats, and contradictory public messaging—all of which work to help Putin, weaken Ukraine, and confuse the West. This is not a one-off. This is not confusion. It is a pattern. It is a method.
And in asymmetric warfare, the lie is the attack.
Anders walks through the mechanics: Trump delays delivery of Patriot systems and critical air defense while promising on camera that they’re “just around the corner.” Trump publicly blames underlings—Pete Hegseth, Elbridge Colby—for holding things up, then refuses to discipline them.
Trump “rebukes” Putin in one breath, then retracts it in a deleted Truth Social post celebrating their “good conversation.” And what happens? Everyone stays frozen. NATO hesitates. Ukraine suffers.
It is time to stop pretending this is accidental.
If you were trying to help Putin without admitting it, this is exactly how you’d do it:
Talk tough publicly to deflect criticism.
Stall in the background to slow Ukrainian defense.
Blame confusion or bureaucracy.
Say “we’re reviewing stockpiles.”
Make sure no one else picks up the slack while pretending something big is coming.
This isn’t policy confusion. This is strategic fog—a psyop waged not only against Ukraine, but against you, against Europe.
Trump wants you confused, demoralized, and waiting. Putin wants you divided and doubting American resolve. And the two of them are achieving just that.
So let’s be honest: Anders Puck Nielsen is too polite to say what we all know. He’s operating from the assumption that everyone is playing by the old rules of war and diplomacy. But this is not a rules-based conflict anymore. It is asymmetric. The weapons are disinformation, delay, and perception.
And Trump is fluent.
European leaders, you don’t have the luxury of that same politeness. You are in the crosshairs. The time for hedging is over.
You need to plan now for a future in which:
Trump remains an obstacle to Ukrainian victory.
U.S. support is weaponized as leverage, not aid.
The MAGA bloc increasingly mimics Russian talking points.
Any U.S. promises come with expiration dates—or strings attached.
Trump is not on your side. He is on Putin’s. And the longer you wait to say it out loud, the more damage he does.
So yes, Anders is right about the effect: the delay is devastating. But he still can’t name the cause. So let’s name it for him:
Donald Trump is helping Putin win. Intentionally. Repeatedly. Systematically.
And until Europe accepts this fully—until it builds a strategy that treats Trump as compromised rather than confused—your own defense posture will remain vulnerable to sabotage from within the alliance.
This is your warning. Anders laid the groundwork. Now finish the thought.
Trump isn’t confused.
He’s committed to your destruction.
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