The American elite acknowledge that average people are worried about World War III.
Biden said over the weekend that “The United States stands ready to engage in talks with Russia, China, and North Korea without preconditions to reduce the nuclear threat”, but this is an insincere statement that’s only being spewed in response to Trump’s recent rhetoric on this subject resonating with voters. The Republican candidate claimed during a podcast that he was on the brink of a denuclearization deal with Russia and China, a month prior to which he warned that Kamala could spark World War III.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov rubbished Trump’s claim of a possible deal by retorting that “this does not correspond to reality. We are well aware that the Trump administration’s attempts to bring Chinese representatives to the same negotiating table with us were unsuccessful.” Nevertheless, average Americans will likely never hear what that he had to say, hence why they might believe Trump. It’s with this in mind and amidst his rising poll numbers that Biden took a stab at this issue.
The outgoing leader’s handlers also assumed that average Americans are ignorant of this subject and won’t ever hear the Russian side of the story otherwise they wouldn’t have put him up to saying what he just did about the US’ readiness to engage in talks with Russia to reduce the nuclear threat. That’s because Putin suspended participation in the New START in February 2023 and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed that it won’t resume such talks with the US till after the Ukrainian Conflict ends.
Those who follow this already know that, but average Americans don’t, hence why some might fall for Biden’s implied suggestion that Kamala would continue this peaceful policy if she wins. World War III has never been discussed by them as much as it is now after Russia’s recently revised nuclear doctrine, which the Mainstream Media greatly fearmongered about, and unprecedented Israeli-Iranian tensions. Many people are therefore very scared and thus receptive to talk about avoiding World War III.
Both Trump and Biden are lying as was explained, but the first comes off as more believable given the false perception that he was close to Putin and might accordingly have stood a chance at pulling this off, while the second doesn’t have much credibility given his well-known dementia. In any case, since most Americans don’t know that they’re being misled, they might only have the impression that Biden is desperately pulling a page from Trump’s playbook in order to help Kamala.
The takeaway is that the American elite acknowledge that average people are worried about World War III, which is why Trump has made a big deal about how he’ll allegedly prevent this if he returns to office, and then Biden was advised to make it seem like he’s already trying to do so. In reality, the greatest risk of this scenario comes from hawkish forces in the country’s permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (“deep state”), who’ve proven their ability to work behind presidents’ backs.
It's they, much more so than whoever the president may be at any given time, who hold the future of the world in their palms and could end it if they miscalculate in their proxy war on Russia. This doesn’t mean that the risk will remain forever, since presidents can partially counteract these hawkish “deep state” forces, but just that it’s still acute and somewhat beyond their power to stop. Trump might do a better job at this than Kamala, but he’s also erratic, so he might inadvertently worsen such threats.
Trump is indeed less predictable. I suspect some of his rhetorics are purely for the election. Perhaps he has learned from Clinton a little bit: Say one thing in the campaign and do other things when elected. My guess is Trump will not bring te world into WW3 for Ukraine, but he ight do so for Israel.
The number of those seeing through the deep state BS is large and growing, and many now recognize that the depth and extent to which those in control have manipulated and wrecked America is vast. The principles clearly outlined by Yuri Bezmenov were extended and fully applied by our CIA and the results are now as clear as day... a nation of imbeciles with a dangerous elite that is now out of control. Our best hope is to survive the current moment by electing Trump to stop the most dangerous nonsense. Nobody is under any illusion that Trump is a great statesmen or some kind of strategic genius and everyone recognizes he is not all powerful or free. Our hope is that his integrity is and will remain intact and that he can steady the ship while a more strategic path forward is determined. Many of us are under no illusion about how precarious the current situation is and we are highly concerned that those in control would rather implode everything rather than give up control. We currently see threats due to: 1/ global war originating in the psychopath Netanyahu probably allied with Britain urging him on, 2/ financial/economic chaos originating in US abuse of the dollar reserve currency along with our growing debt, and 3/ the possibility of post election chaos or civil war sourced in our deeply divided society and the perfidy of those in power. Thanks to Mr Putin, the threat of nuclear war resulting from escalation over Ukraine seems to be receding, and we are also somewhat reassured by some signs of sanity within our military.
I don't know how all this turns out, Andrew. I do know that ordinary Americans who have worked out what's going on hold no animus towards Russians, Chinese, or Iranians. For what its worth, we are deeply ashamed of our country. We still love the idea of America but see it being consumed by psychopathic demons obsessed with the acquisition of power and wealth. As Americans, we remain hopeful to the end of defeating them. If and when we do, you can be sure that true Americans will reciprocate the good will of Russia.