“Why on earth would Trump turn “that spigot on” when Zelensky just said more than $100bn dollars is missing?”
Because Trump is not an idiot. Trump understands power politics very well.
Who does Trump trust more? Zelensky or the CIA?
Who does Trump have more control over? Zelenski or the CIA?
These are not trick or trivial questions.
Trump will, eventually, gain control of the CIA. He may not have control of the CIA yet, or of the FBI, yet.
Trump very much wants to stop the war in the Ukraine.
He is not willing to allow the Russians to take all of the Ukraine.
Trump cannot do much about US corruption which has already occurred. He can affect what is going on in the Russian-Ukraine war at present.
If you're suggesting that DJT will insist that Russia leave the four eastern Ukrainian oblasts that voted to become part of Russia, you'd be wrong.
He is not willing to allow the Russians to take all of the Ukraine.
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Only about 30%, plus they get Kursk back. Putin is doing his happy dance.
Xi Jinping is readying his troop transports because he now knows that invasion pays, and 47 is either naive or weak. PLA access to Taiwan’s foundry shortly and then to use the foundry to bring the US to its knees. Appeasement has consequences.