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Joyful Putin Pals Thank Trump for Victory in New Cold War
Joyful Putin Pals Thank Trump for Victory in New Cold War
Moscow is rejoicing after the much-anticipated call between Putin and Trump. Kremlin propagandists think they have Trump exactly where they want him.
“… Appearing on The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov on Tuesday evening, state TV experts didn’t hide their joy over what was happening. State Duma Deputy Andrey Lugovoy—one of the prime suspects in the poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko—commented, “Regardless of what happens in the near future, I can state with a full responsibility that we, Russia, have completely won the rematch of the unfortunate outcome of the Cold War, as a result of which the Soviet Union had fallen apart.”
Pleased with Trump’s decision to forego Russia’s isolation and embrace war criminal Putin as his equal, Lugovoy noted, “Over thirty years later, they started to take our interests into account. This is the direct outcome of the events we’ve been discussing for the last three years.”
… State TV’s experts have long predicted that Putin would not agree to an unconditional ceasefire—sometimes resorting to insults and unsavory gestures to illustrate their rejection of Trump’s simplistic plan. Regarding Trump’s proposal, Kulikov said, “It obviously didn’t fly—not because we’re so malicious, but because we know that it’s a dead end that leads nowhere and won’t lead to peace.”
… Kulikov referred to an “80-year war” between the United States and Russia—a belief that Russia did not lose the Cold War, but kept fighting it since 1945, with Ukraine as the latest manifestation of the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Washington. This theory that surfaced only after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is decidedly Orwellian, a modern take on “Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia,” where the current enemy is portrayed as someone with whom Russia was always at war.
Kulikov said, “If this ongoing 80-year war will be stopped, then the very existence of Ukraine will be rendered pointless. Who would need it and for what?”
He surmised that the terms of the partial ceasefire that is meant to preclude strikes against energy infrastructure won’t help Ukraine, stating, “Everything that should have been destroyed was already destroyed, as far as the electricity, oil and gas. Basically, we can wait it out for thirty days. They won’t be able to restore anything in thirty days. We’ll see what comes of it—but at least it brought Donald some pleasure, now he can talk about it.”
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The same disrespectful attitude was prevalent in the run-up to the phone call. Appearing at an event by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Putin smirked at his press secretary’s reminder of a scheduled conversation with Trump and urged everyone to disregard Dmitry Peskov’s nudge, which resulted in an uproarious laughter in the audience.
Mocking Putin’s lack of urgency in accepting Trump’s call, RT posted on X, “Putin’s speech at the conference lasted only 42 minutes, compared to 2.5 hours last year. Perhaps someone keeps relentlessly calling?” …”
