Trump's Ukraine 'Peace' Plan: Same Old Imperial Playbook, New Saudi Venue
📰 THE STORY: Axios reports that Trump's envoys, including Jared Kushner, met with Putin for four hours in Moscow to discuss a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine, followed by trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi involving Ukrainian and Russian officials. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The media frames this as a fresh U.S. peace initiative, ignoring that NATO's eastward expansion,
defying post-Cold War promises, has been a key destabilizing factor for decades. The 2014 U.S.-backed coup in Ukraine that installed a pro-Western government, documented by figures like then-Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland admitting to 'baking' the transition, set the stage for the current conflict. This wasn't a sudden Russian invasion; it was the culmination of specific, intentional
provocations. Double Standard: When Russia holds any form of 'peace' talks or proposes security arrangements, it's immediately dismissed as propaganda or a trap. Yet, highly placed U.S. figures, even those linked to a previous administration, meeting with Putin and then holding trilateral talks in a Gulf state with a track record of facilitating American interests (Abu Dhabi hosted illegal CIA
black sites and is a major U.S. arms client) is presented as a credible path to peace. Where was the skepticism when the Biden administration refused to negotiate early in the conflict, instead pouring over $100 billion into military aid? Follow the Money: Beyond the stated 'peace plan,' the US military-industrial complex has seen unprecedented profits since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in