It seems outgoing President Obama is hell bent on making mischief for incoming Trump, by expelling 35 Russian diplomats and imposing new travel restrictions on Russian security personals. If his action was meant to mesmerize, provoke luminary Putin to react similarly, then Putin’s calm diplomacy has thrown spanners in Obama’s strategy, as Putin refused to employ “Kitchen Sink Diplomacy” stoop low to Obama’s level, drawing praise from President Elect Trump. Putin would wisely play waiting game; give leeway to Trump to negate Obama’s cold war rhetoric’s.
Trump has already mentioned that he has no faith in CIA who painted Sadam as war monger with nuclear arsenal, ready to attack West. In reality Sadam had no WMD, incapable of attacking any one. Trump even cancelled daily briefing from CIA, preferring weekly update.
Trump’s assumption that China and not Russia is real enemy, destroying West’s industrial base with heavily subsidised goods, creating mass unemployment and using vast currency reserves to buy Western utilities, to enslave and thwart competition with world domination as the main object is shared by many “Pacific Rim Nations” especially Indian PM Modi.
China has more reserves than entire world put together, with some $460 billion annual trade surplus with US and similar amount with Europe. West’s stupidity has driven Russia closer to China, thus creating dangerous situation for the world peace and prosperity. Hopefully Trump’s presidency may negate Obama’s cold war strategy.
Bhupendra M. Gandhi
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