Managing the warmongers.

 SO FAR, TRUMP HAS KEPT U.S. OUT OF DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN WAR

BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO END INDIRECT INVOLVEMENT

We see that the war in Ukraine continues and most everyone believes Iran 2.0 is inevitable. Yet, so far Trump has been able to avoid direct participation in these wars, other than the dropping of some bombs on Iran, another effort to satisfy those desiring war.

Yesterday, we witnessed a white house meeting where Trump agreed to sell lots of weapons to NATO that are expected to be gifted to Ukraine, weapons that are actually not available in numbers to be very consequential. An effort that may keep the warmonger's silent at least for the next 50 days when Trump may be pressured agree to massive tariffs on China and India, an idea that will damage the U.S. more than Russia and will drive more countries into the BRICS union.

Then there is Netanyahu and the Israel lobby who spent days in Washington without, at least visibly, any commitment for the U.S. to go to war with Iran. It seems pretty clear that Trump does not want to go to war with Iran, a likely drawn out affair that would distract from more pressing issues.

It is clear that the powers in Washington desire to run foreign policy and are willing to allow presidents to have their way on domestic issues. This was very clear during the Obama and Biden administrations which seemed to have a free hand at racial baiting and then just plain domestic chaos as long as they could engage in war around the world. 

It must be very dangerous to outright reject these powers, hence the attempts to manage them without directly rejecting their desire for more war. The Ukraine thing may be more in the hands of the Russians at this point, as no amount of weapons without direct involvement of NATO will change the outcome.

As for Iran/Israel. Israel will need to regroup and resupply to re engage with Iran, which without the direct involvement of the U.S., would be a risky bet. It may take some time to produce defensive weapons for Israel to feel comfortable to attack Iran.

The reality is without U.S. involvement, war becomes a very risky affair. That applies to most of the world, at least for now. 

Trump may have a couple of months without massive pressure for war, we will see, but it seems those desiring war are very persistent and very devious in ways to trap presidents into more war.