As I reported in my last blog post (11 July 2025),
" Mallory Moench (left) and Paul Adams (right) have just reported that,
"US President Donald Trump has said he will send weapons, including Patriot air defence systems, for Ukraine via Nato.Trump told NBC News that in a new deal, "we're going to be sending Patriots to Nato, and then Nato will distribute that", adding that Nato would pay for the weapons. (BBC News: 11 July 2025) (my emphasis) "
The 'internet ether' has since been inundated with with Trump 'ostensibly' standing up to Putin's 'demented' drone and missile onslaught against the civilians of Ukraine.
As RTE News reported,
"US President Donald Trump has told Russia to resolve its Ukraine war within 50 days or face massive new economic sanctions as he laid out plans for new infusions of weaponry for Kyiv.
"We're very, very unhappy" with Russia, Mr Trump told reporters as he met with NATO chief Mark Rutte in the White House." (RTE: 15 July 2025) (my emphasis)
"In January President Trump said, "If Russia did not end the war in Ukraine, he would hit them with new sanctions, and also tariffs. Vladimir Putin ignored him and then Trump did nothing in response" (MSNBC: 15 July 2025) (my emphasis)
She goes on to outline that Putin continued to ignore Trump's subsequent, and similar, threats.
She continues,
"And that brings us to today, and can you guess how it went? Trump threatens 'very severe sanctions ... very severe tariffs ... against Russia" (ibid Rachel Maddow)
But, more importantly, she points out that,
"No Ukraine deal within 50 days. So Putin gets to keep doing whatever he wants to do in Ukraine for ANOTHER 50 DAYS .." (ibid Rachel Maddow)
"I don't see anything new here. We shouldn't attach too much importance to what he [Trump] says. We need to understand what we need to do and do it" (AP : 14 July 2025) (my emphasis)
Similarly, as Bill Browder (left) points out in an interview on Radio Times,
"A lot of people are jumping up and saying, "Trump has changed his tune. It's not exactly changing his tune. ... [He's really saying to Putin] "Sorry pal. I'm still going to sell weapons to my allies ... and what they do with those weapons is really not up to me ...." (Radio Times: 14 July 2024: YouTube) (my emphasis)
"The rules of the [vertical of power] games in Russia] was changed on July 7th.
[Roman] Starovoit (right) was on the way out of his minister job [Minister of Transport in Russia] .....
Russian president Vladimir Putin fired the Minister of Transportation, Roman Starovoit, and four hours later, Starovoit's body was found in a car near his house.
Right from the moment Starovoit's death was announced, oddities started appearing all over.
Since July 7th two deaths, one after another. And there will be others. ....
There are still a lot of open questions about these two mysterious deaths ...
The top man [Staravoit], one of Putin's favourites ... and he's dead now.
Now every single member of the 'vertical of power' is not so sure of their immunity.
If death can happen to Staravoit then it certainly can happen to everyone.
We just saw [the foundation of the] vertical of power crack.
We are seeing this crack because the Russian state has run out of money! (Inside Russia: 15 July 2025: YouTube) (my emphasis)
With members of Putin's 'siloviki' now realising that what happened to Staravoit can also happen to them, and NATO now being supplied with US weapons, which will then be transferred to Ukraine, Putin's Russia is fast crumbling at his feet.
If before Putin's 'demented' frame-of-mind was turning into a state of absolute paranoia, his mental state has now become overwhelmed by his 'fear' of being deposed and, possibly, assasinated.
We now have to ask ourselves, "Is Putin now a 'dead man walking' "?
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