America, did you vote for WWIII?

Yes, I know you didn't, but you must have known Trump is unpredictable, and now he is pushing so hard that Russia is issuing nuclear warnings. And we're only less than a week into Trump 2.0.

So far, I have reposted 3 articles in translation from Russian sources, each one with warnings to Trump. The first, from Jan 22, warns vaguely of a possible strike on Kiev with the new super-missile Oreshnik. This older response is the last of the 3 warnings reposted hereinafter.

The first 2, bearing later dates, warn of a nuclear response from Russia.

It is unfortunate that US media do not bother to translate and publish these warnings. Clearly, our journalists. beholden to Washington (and Langley) underestimate Russian power. This reflects the lack of seriousness of the US authorities and public toward the recklessness of our clueless leaders.

And it is this cluelessness that we must fear. Perhaps if we stopped electing dumbbells …?

The Russians are in a superior military position and have the capability to respond powerfully to the US regime’s reckless statements and actions.

This is not a good time to be playing games with Russia. Its patience is wearing thin.

I hope the reader will read these warnings attentively and soberly.

The thing is, Russia is winning handily in Ukraine, advancing in Donbass like a hot knife through butter. Therefore, the pretentious Trump is in no position to be threatening Putin - who is clearly winning and has no reason to negotiate with the nonentity Zelensky.

Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]

https://tsargrad.tv/dzen/jeto-proval-tramp-sryvaet-peregovornyj-process-delo-idjot-k-tretej-mirovoj-vojne_1138335

24 January 2025 21:41

This is a failure

Trump is disrupting the negotiation process. Things are heading towards World War III

Is Donald Trump disrupting the negotiation process? There are opinions that things are heading towards World War III. In this case, attempts at a peaceful settlement are doomed to failure.

During the US elections, Donald Trump made loud statements that he would end the conflict in Ukraine in the first 24 hours of his term in office. Later, the newly elected president decided to move the deadline to six months. We have already received the first signals about how the Republican sees the outcome of the crisis. However, four days after the inauguration, no specific actions have been taken.

The billionaire only gave Russia an ultimatum - to stop military action or face new destructive sanctions. At the same time, Russia, which continues to successfully develop the offensive, was not offered anything in return. [Trump vaunts his skill in the "art of the deal," but in reality, he is a failure in this art. One of the basics in negotiating is reciprocity. Never demand anything without making a counter-offer. Trump ignores this basic rule, often doing nothing but raw arm-twisting. In the case of Iran, for example: if you don't do X we will destroy your country] If the billionaire continues in the same spirit, things may even go as far as World War III.

[Our yesterday's translation of an article by Sergey Karaganov [Russian political scientist who heads the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy] - about the 4th segment here: https://donhank.substack.com/p/our-sincerest-thanks-to-our-middle - is a stark warning by Karaganov about a war that might ensue under certain circumstances. The author specifies the tools to avoid nuclear war:

I will only name the most important ones.

Excerpt

And the Americans simply need to be told that if they continue to add fuel to the fire of the Ukrainian conflict, we will cross the nuclear Rubicon in a few steps, strike their allies, and if there is a non-nuclear response, as they have threatened, there will be a nuclear strike on their bases in Europe and around the world. If they decide to respond nuclearly, they will receive a nuclear strike on their own territory.

First , we must finally tell ourselves, the world and our opponents the obvious. Europe is the source of all the main ills of humanity, two world wars, genocides, anti-human ideologies, colonialism, racism, Nazism and so on down the list. The metaphor of a well-known European official [EU Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell] about Europe as a “blooming garden” sounds much more realistic if we call it a field overgrown with fat weeds, blooming on the humus of hundreds of millions of killed, robbed and enslaved people. And around it rises a garden of ruins of oppressed and robbed civilizations and peoples. Europe must be called what it deserves, in order to make the threat of using nuclear weapons against it more convincing and justified.

Secondly , to point out another obvious truth – any war between Russia and NATO/EU will inevitably acquire a nuclear character or go nuclear if the West continues to fight against us in Ukraine. This indication is necessary, among other things, to limit the unfolding arms race. There is no point in stockpiling huge arsenals of conventional weapons if the armies equipped with them, and the countries themselves that sent these armies, will inevitably be swept away by a nuclear tornado.

Thirdly , we need to continue to advance for several more months, grinding down the enemy. But the sooner the better, we need to announce that our patience, our readiness to sacrifice our men for the sake of victory over this bastard, will soon run out and we will announce the price - for every killed Russian soldier, a thousand Europeans will die if they do not stop indulging their rulers who are waging war against Russia. We need to tell the Europeans directly: your elites will make the next portion of cannon fodder out of you, and if the war goes nuclear, we will not be able to protect the civilian population of Europe, as we are trying to do in Ukraine. We will warn of strikes, as Vladimir Putin promised, but nuclear weapons are even less selective than conventional weapons. Of course, the European elites must be confronted with the fact: they and their places of residence will become the first targets for nuclear retaliation strikes. They will not be able to sit it out.

And the Americans simply need to be told that if they continue to add fuel to the fire of the Ukrainian conflict, we will cross the nuclear Rubicon in a few steps, strike their allies, and if there is a non-nuclear response, as they have threatened, there will be a nuclear strike on their bases in Europe and around the world. If they decide to respond nuclearly, they will receive a nuclear strike on their own territory.

The authors of the Telegram channel Tainaya Kantslyariya [Secret Chancellery] speculated on whether Trump is trying to disrupt the negotiation process. One version suggests that the American leader has sided with the Ukrainian authorities and the "war party" in the United States, who advocate continuing to pressure Russia until it capitulates. In this case, attempts at a peaceful settlement are doomed to failure.

Perhaps he is being convinced that the Russian economy is allegedly on the verge of collapse, and it is only necessary to strengthen sanctions and collapse oil prices force the Kremlin to capitulate. Given that unfounded predictions about the collapse of the Russian economy have been heard for three years, writes "Secret Chancellery".

At the same time, there is a version that the White House and the Kremlin are already negotiating, but either they have reached a dead end, or Trump wants to increase pressure on President Vladimir Putin through public threats.

If the first version turns out to be true, then in the future we can only expect an escalation of the conflict. At the same time, if the US increases pressure on Russia, the consequences may be unpredictable, the blog authors believe:

Increasing pressure on Russia could push the Kremlin to radical measures, up to and including raising the stakes and threatening to use nuclear weapons. Instead of ending the war, as Trump promised, the world risks finding itself on the brink of a third world war.

At the same time, Alexey Naumov, an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council, believes that Trump's invitation to talk that has not yet been received is connected solely to the fact that after coming to power, hTrump has been forced to resolve other issues.

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is not a priority for Donald Trump yet,

the expert explained in an interview with KP.RU.

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https://tsargrad.tv/dzen/i-zapustit-oreshnik-v-rossii-prigotovili-otvet-na-ultimatum-trampa_1135885

January 22, 2025 20:34

"And launch the "Oreshnik"": Russia has prepared a response to Trump's ultimatum

Russia has prepared a response to Trump's ultimatum: "We, Don Donald, are scared." The Internet believes that there is no need to reinvent the wheel: "And launch the "Oreshnik".

Earlier, US President Donald Trump made an important statement on his social networks regarding the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. The American leader first began to praise the Russians, and ended the post with an ultimatum, to which Russia has already prepared a response.

The Republican said that he loves the Russian people and never believed the lies that radical liberals told about Russia. The politician also thanked Moscow for its contribution to the victory in World War II and noted that he has always had good relations with President Vladimir Putin. However, after this, the billionaire moved on to threats:

Stop this war! It will only get worse. If we don't make a deal, and it doesn't happen soon, I'll have no choice but to impose high taxes, duties, and sanctions on everything Russia sells to the United States and various other countries. We can do it the easy way or the hard way. [This is nonsense. Russia sells almost noting to the US. More sanctions would make no difference. This is an example of Trump's signature ignorance]

There has been no official response to this public statement on social media from the Russian authorities yet. Meanwhile, Russian Telegram channels have already discussed what the response to Trump's ultimatum might be. For example, the Win/Win channel recommended not making any concessions, but continuing what we were doing before the Republican came to power, that is, systematically moving towards Victory - a real one, not a temporary one within the framework of the "shameful peace":

You need to answer truly frankly. Donald, if you want a serious conversation, let's talk. But scare the Canadians with some tariffs. We, Don Donald, are scared. And launch "Oreshnik" at the target in Kyiv.

In addition, the channel's authors noted that the American leader clearly does not know what to do. Perhaps this is why he has so far avoided an official appeal to the Kremlin and is making do with posts on his social networks:

Trump is only imitating openness and frankness. Because he does not know what to do.