Edward Curtin on Trump bringing peace to Ukraine

The real issue is Trump and the question of whether or not he is for real in his efforts for peace in Ukraine. I am very skeptical and think it is justified. 

I am convinced that the US/NATO war against Russia will not be ending unless NATO is dissolved, which Trump is not proposing.  He only wishes to strengthen NATO with European money, not that of the U.S. NATO’s only raison d’être is to destroy Russia as an independent country and create regime change there through multiple means.  This has always been so.  This is why NATO has existed for so long and has expanded.  Open warfare in Ukraine is just one means among many they have used over the years.  You can end the overt war and continue the covert. 

If NATO is not dissolved, the undermining of Russia will continue under Trump, who seems to recognize that the proxy war is lost on the battlefield, a fact obvious for years despite U.S. government and mainstream media propaganda to the contrary – propaganda so blatantly false that it raises questions about people’s gullibility.  How many foreign leaders does such media need to call the new Hitlers before people wise up? 

Trump’s theatrical antics will persist, however, and Trump and Putin will probably eventually meet and some deal may be struck on Russia’s terms, but if Russia doesn’t want to be tricked again, it should beware the possibility of a Trump Trojan horse.

~ Edward Curtin, "Hold the Applause for Trump, the 'Peacemaker'," LewRockwell.com, February 22, 2025