Trump "Truths" Are Camouflage, Just Like Before
- john raymond
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
His performances on Truth Social, his faux warnings to Putin, his refusals to punish Russian aggression—all of these are camouflage, just like before.
Trump is a man who understands the power of performance. He built his brand on spectacle, and he governs no differently. His statements are theater, calibrated not to express conviction but to maintain a veneer of plausible deniability. He knows the public has a short memory. He knows the media craves conflict more than consistency. And he knows that by saying one thing and doing another, he can create a smokescreen thick enough to obscure even the most damning patterns.
When Trump posts on Truth Social about Putin “playing with fire,” it is not a pivot—it is a performance. A headline generator. A distraction. It is the same play he ran during his first term: say something stern about Russia, wait for the headlines to claim he's turning the corner, then quietly undercut Ukraine, scuttle sanctions, and undermine NATO.
These faux warnings have a dual function. They provide cover for his loyalists to argue he is “not in Putin’s pocket,” while simultaneously reassuring the Kremlin that the underlying alignment hasn’t changed. Trump talks tough while acting soft. And in asymmetric warfare, where perception management is everything, this tactic is gold.
His refusal to punish Russian aggression isn’t a matter of poor prioritization. It is design. He signals support through inaction. He allows atrocities to unfold under the excuse of negotiation, or fatigue, or false neutrality. And through that passivity, he grants Putin time, space, and legitimacy.
Nothing about this is new. These moves are identical to those in his first term. The posturing, the contradictions, the vanishing red lines—this is the camouflage. It is the theater that conceals the architecture. And every time the press treats these moments as independent or surprising, they become part of the cover.
Trump's method is not about hiding the truth; it's about flooding the space around it until no one can tell what matters. His social media posts, his statements, his contradictions—they are not slips. They are strategy.
The camouflage is working. Because just like before, we are still pretending to take him at his word, instead of watching what he does.
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