
All of you who are wondering and perhaps even seem to be challenged in believing it: Trump and Putin actually and truly are close.
Why?
How can it possibly be that a fiend such as Putin is close to someone like Trump, after all the president of the leading nation of the ‘free world’?
It’s basically three principles that apply:
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- “Cui bono?” – The Latin phrase is age old and describes what you would look for in most questions of business and politics to get a clear picture: “Who benefits?”
- There’s history to rely on for similar examples: The Roman Empire especially and its several emperors in its later stages; corruption was common then.
- Trump as well as Putin are very much alike in terms of personality: They crave attention and power, to different degrees. They need money and more money to achieve that.
- That’s their basic common denominator or ground.
One proof was presented at the time (2016 US-presidential elections) by two newspapers, one of which cannot be trusted these days anymore because it was acquired by amazon’s founder. The proof was confirmed by the Pulitzer Prize committee (among others).
The New York Times still stands like a beacon, as yet.
Also please take into account that war especially in modern times is a means to an end. Cruel, but just that. Just as Netanyahu first aggravated and then used the conflict about Gaza to cover up the fact that the numbers of his votes were decreasing fast at the time – and the support for his internal politics declining.
For all of my readers who feel discouraged in the face of adversity and the abyss of human depravity, do not despair:
We are not the only ones worrying! The state of the world has been better – but it also has been worse, in the course of history!
Just think what the 30 Years’ War meant to Europe at the time!
Remember: Remind your democratically elected representatives of their tasks – and of what you really want.
Keep at it – and don’t forget about the breaks!
Update March 9th 2025: The New York Times has published a fine news analysis on March 7th here, confirming facts and this view on them – regarding Trump’s view on Putin.
ℹ️ Article should be paywall-free here, from my own subscription, to be purchased with a subscription for that newspaper usually:
Trump’s Affinity for Putin Grows More Consequential Than Ever
(URL taken and pasted at March 9th 2025, UTC+1, 01:03 p.m.)
For a comprehensive and concise view on Mr Trump’s biography and background that helps explain, confer to award-winning documentary producer and director Michael Kirk’s FRONTLINE-video on PBS, from 2017, in context of the 2016 elections, available from select locations:
President Trump