Will Trump End the Proxy War in Ukraine?

Glenn Diesen interviewed by Weltwoche

Nov 14, 2024

I was interviewed by Roger Köppel from Die Weltwoche about the possibility of Trump ending the proxy war in Ukraine. Among other topics, we discussed the energy of Putin and his engagement with the media; to what extent Russia made a mistake when it invaded in February 2022; Europe’s proclivity to ideology and moral crusades; Trump recovering from the last election and winning seemingly against all odds.

(The introduction is in German, the rest of the interview is in English):

Per Dørup

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13 hrs ago

No, it is no Marxist to individualize history. It is a matter of structure and those who hold the power are capitalists-imperialists. - Or the so called "deep state" centered around the Military Industrial Complex, which together with the techno industry run the American economy."

On the other hand, it is essential for American and European economic growth, which is in accordance with imperialist theory, and thus maintain the popularity of capitalism-imperialism (CI) among the mainstream population, to expand on the Euro- Asian continent (China next).

So Trump can at most delay CI and provide a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine if he makes concessions in other areas, fx. if he, as he has announced, demands an increase in military spending from 2 to 3 percent and promises to focus on war against China.

And no, Russia had no choice. It was on time to react on the CIA-Nazi coup in 2014 which overthrew the legitimate democratically elected Yanukovitj. Putin had to long had illusions about his "partners". The USA and Europe would have intervened immediately if the were militarily corned and their minorities were exposed to war.

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