Trump: The Asset in Commandjohn raymond2 days ago2 min read1. Donald Trump is not being played by Vladimir Putin. He is not a victim of Russian manipulation. He is the success of it. 2. Since the beginning, Trump has acted not as a rogue actor but as a functional general in an ongoing asymmetric war aimed at destabilizing the Western liberal order. 3. From his financial dependence on oligarch money to his predictable alignment with Kremlin geopolitical objectives, every move he makes — whether posturing as tough or retreating into denial — serves a strategic architecture that benefits Moscow. 4. The West’s greatest error has not been in failing to stop Trump, but in failing to recognize what he is. 5. He is not an unpredictable egotist; he is an operational constant. 6. He doesn’t need briefings from the Kremlin. 7. His instincts, behaviors, and public performances are calibrated by the same logic as any well-placed asset: create division, erode trust, neutralize the truth, and reward power over principle.8. Trump’s return to the White House in 2025 has not changed the game; it has clarified it. He is once again delaying action against Putin, framing negotiation as strength, and weakening alliances with the same skill that made him valuable to the Kremlin the first time. 9. His performances on Truth Social, his faux warnings to Putin, his refusals to punish Russian aggression — all of these are camouflage, just like before. 10. What appears to be contradiction is cover. What appears to be chaos is consistency. 11. Trump has never sanctioned Russia in meaningful ways, never defended Ukraine without a caveat, never empowered NATO without undermining it in the same breath. 12. Every opportunity he’s had to stand against Putin, he has declined. Every opportunity to divide America or fracture its alliances, he has seized. 13. And every time he does it, the media says he is confused, or erratic, or “just being Trump.”14. But this is not confusion. This is the plan. And the West’s refusal to see it for what it is — that refusal is part of the war. 15. Trump is not the side effect of Russian strategy. He is its highest achievement. 16. He was never played. He has always been playing his part. https://discord.gg/N8Me7ngpr9https://bsky.app/profile/johnrraymond.bsky.social
