Clarity Is Possible for Those With the Eyes to See—And a Mind Which Remembers
- john raymond
- Aug 23
- 3 min read
In this article, we remind people that clarity is possible. Not only possible—it should be demanded of those who would speak with authority on any subject. No more should people wonder what is happening.
At times, flashes of clarity come from the darkness, from the gloom...
One such moment was the full invasion of Ukraine in 2022. It gave us horror after horror and proved that there is good, but more importantly there is evil, and men willing to dominate and kill for their own sake and mythology. And not just a few men dead, but women and children, whole cities scarred, whole families erased.
That moment stripped away excuses. And now we have another moment.
For so long, analysts have talked about the war and about Trump and his relationship to Russia and Putin. They have speculated, debated, pretended there was fog. But now Trump has made it clear.
Where there has always been some narrative haze for those who should have known better, there is now only cold, hard clarity.
They should have always seen the truth of Trump and his subservience to Putin. But they saw little, remembered less, and knew virtually nothing of value.
That time is past. That time is gone. There is no more room for ambiguity. None.
The Clarifying Sequence of Events
The facts are not in dispute.
November 2024: President Biden authorizes Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied ATACMS to strike inside Russia. This came after North Korean troops entered the war and Ukraine urgently needed deep-strike capacity.
January 2025: Trump takes office. He declares Biden’s move a mistake, saying U.S. missiles should never have been used “hundreds of miles into Russia.”
Spring 2025: Trump reverses Biden’s policy. The Pentagon, under his administration, quietly imposes a review system that blocks Ukraine from using ATACMS against Russia without direct approval. At least one Ukrainian strike request is denied.
August 2025: Trump publicly says that Ukraine “cannot win” without striking Russia. He uses the sports analogy: a great team with a great defense that is not allowed to play offense has “no chance of winning.” And then, in the same breath, he blames Biden for the very restrictions he himself imposed.
That is clarity. As clarifying as Putin pushing his troops into Ukraine in 2022, as if he were playing a computer game like Sid Meier’s Civilization and going for a domination victory.
Trump has played his cards out. He lied his way from 2015 to 2025, but the lies have imploded. The fog is gone.
The Perfect Traitor
These events surrounding Ukraine’s deep-strike capabilities and U.S. involvement prove beyond a shadow of a doubt where Trump’s loyalties lie. They are not “America First.” They are not Western in contour.
Trump is more than just sympathetic to Putin. He is a Kremlin animal, crafted from narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellian calculation. He is the perfect traitor to the alliance. The perfect traitor to the United States. The perfect subject to Russian whims.
He is Putin’s puppet.
No Excuses Left
If anyone cannot see this now, they are not smart. They are not wise. They are not analytical. They are liars pretending to be smart. Fools pretending to be wise. Idiots depriving some village of their presence.
The fog has lifted. The sequence of events is clear. And anyone who fails to acknowledge that Trump is Putin’s creature is not just wrong, but stupidly so.
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