AMB GORDON SONDLAND: Threading the needle on Ukraine, Russia and China

I READ THE WHOLE THING SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO AND LIKE I WAS SAYING TO THE WALL, SONDLAND IS BASICALLY SAYING WE ARE ALL MISSING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES BECAUSE TRUMP IS NOT JUST DOING A UKRAINE THING, HE IS DOING A GLOBAL CHESSBOARD THING. APPARENTLY THIS WHOLE UKRAINE DRAMA IS JUST THE OPENING MOVE TO COUNTER CHINA, WHICH HE CLAIMS IS THE REAL LONG-TERM THREAT. RUSSIA IS DANGEROUS, SURE, BUT THEY ARE A DECLINING POWER WITH BAD DEMOGRAPHICS, SO TRUMP IS TRYING TO REARRANGE EVERYTHING FOR THE NEXT FEW DECADES. SONDLAND ADMITS UKRAINE HAS ITS OWN MESSY INTERNAL ISSUES BUT INSISTS THEY ARE THE GOOD GUYS IN THIS INVASION. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PIVOT, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE IT MAKES EVERY DECISION LOOK TOTALLY CONTRADICTORY IF YOU ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE MAP. ANYWAY SOMEBODY HAS TO ANSWER FOR THAT.

SO THIS HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE IN HERE AND I AM TELLING YOU, THE FOX NEWS PIECE SAYS THAT TRUMP HAS THIS BIG BRAIN STRATEGY WHERE UKRAINE IS NOT EVEN THE MAIN EVENT, CHINA IS. SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT RUSSIA IS JUST A NUCLEAR-ARMED PROBLEM WE HAVE TO MANAGE WHILE WE FOCUS ON THE REAL COMPETITOR, WHICH IS CHINA. SONDLAND WROTE THAT PUTIN IS THE AGGRESSOR AND ZELENSKY IS DOING HIS BEST BUT ZELENSKY BETTER ADAPT QUICK OR HE MIGHT NOT SURVIVE THIS SHIFTING STRATEGY. IT IS SUPPOSEDLY ABOUT REARRANGING THE GLOBAL CHESSBOARD FOR THE NEXT FORTY YEARS, WHICH IS WHY TRUMP’S DECISIONS LOOK SO WEIRD RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE NOT SAID HOW EXACTLY THAT PIVOT IS SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY END THE CONFLICT, THEY JUST SAY IT IS THE LONG-TERM GOAL. OK NOW BACK TO YOUR STORY, SORRY.

Ambassador Gordon Sondland argues in a Fox News editorial that Donald Trump's strategy regarding the Ukraine-Russia conflict is designed to pivot American focus toward countering China.

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