Of all duplicitous politicians in the world, French Bonapartist Macron does not earnestly intend to recognize Palestinian statehood. He has given September deadline simply because he is using Palestinian statehood as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Trump admin.
After judging him to be an incorrigible sycophant, Mr. Trump
has repeatedly insulted Macron, even calling him a publicity-hungry lickspittle
following G7 summit after Macron broke fake news of imminent ceasefire during
Iran-Israel standoff.
In addition, Trump has been pressuring Macron to stop the
witch-hunt against the most popular conservative leader of France Marine Le Pen
and let her contest elections. Therefore, the slick Frenchman is cunningly
playing the Palestinian statehood card to shun Trump admin from endorsing his
political nemesis.
Macron isn’t the only conman using the unfolding tragedy in
Palestine for political ends. Ramaphosa gov’t of South Africa instituted the
Gaza genocide case against Israel in ICJ in December 2023 as electoral gimmick
because elections were due in May 2024 in which ruling African National
Congress was predicted in opinion polls to lose its majority, though despite
losing popularity, it eventually managed to form a coalition gov’t.
Similarly, President of ICJ Nawaf Salam, who pronounced the
vague judgment that it was plausible that Israel's actions in Gaza Strip could
amount to genocide, was appointed as PM of anti-Hezbollah gov’t in Lebanon in
January 2025. It’s obvious that nobody is sincere with Palestinians, least of
all duplicitous politicians, and the Palestine cause is being co-opted for moral
posturing to obtain political dividends.
Nonetheless, Macron and Starmer have instigated a
full-fledged mutiny against Trump’s authority. No European leader, liberal or
conservative, would have dared defy the authority of Obama or Biden admin.
Clearly, European leaders are frightened by universal appeal of Trump’s
alt-right movement, and Trump’s unequivocal support for Marine Le Pen and Nigel
Farage in particular.
Being paramount leader of US-subjugated “Free World” is
similar to leading a pack of wolves. A slight hint of weakness would tempt
blood-thirsty wolves to tear Trump apart. Macron and Starmer must be harshly
taught to be obedient, because if they get away by defying Trump’s authority
with impunity, then others would follow suit. These are a few steps that Trump
admin could take to re-assert its authority:
United States has deployed over 80,000 troops and military
assets in Europe, including 8,000 troops, military equipment and thermonuclear
weapons in Britain, costing hundreds of billions dollars annually to American
taxpayers to ensure Europe’s security. Mr. Trump should immediately convey to
European leaders that he intends to draw down US forces by half.
Trump admin has recently appointed Gen. Alexus the Grynch as
Commander EUCOM. He is also ex officio SACEUR, an acronym for Supreme Allied
Commander Europe since World War II, who is the de facto chief of NATO’s
military committee comprising 32 chiefs of defense staff of European armies.
Gen. Grynch should be forthwith ordered to convey to chiefs of defense staff of
France and Britain that all military co-operation with these countries will be
suspended until their governments align their foreign policy with Trump admin’s
guidelines.
Moreover, United States provides security to oil-rich Gulf
Arab States by deploying troops and military assets in the Persian Gulf to
ensure uninterrupted flow of crude oil to the industrialized world, and in
return, Gulf’s rulers award lucrative oil contracts to Western companies. Trump
admin should convey to Arab princes that oil contracts with France’s Total,
Britain’s Shell and BP should be re-negotiated and awarded to American oil companies
instead.
Furthermore, While I concede India’s tariffs are among the
highest in the world, as Mr. Trump sagaciously pointed out, and India is one of
the largest buyers of Russian oil and military equipment, in fact excluding the
fleet of French Rafale aircraft, the rest of India’s military hardware is
exclusively Russian built, still Trump admin’s reaction of imposing 25% tariffs
on Indian products was unusually stern.
But there appears to be an entire sequence of events
involved that compelled Mr. Trump to take Modi gov’t to task. In 2023, Canada’s
then-PM Trudeau accused Indian intelligence agencies of assassinating Hardeep
Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen of Indian Sikh origins. Later, FBI uncovered an
Indian plot of mounting assassination attempts on leaders of Sikh independence
movement residing in United States.
Subsequently, last November, Dept. of Justice implicated
Indian billionaire businessman and Mr. Modi’s political ally Gautam Adani of
orchestrating a bribery and fraud scheme, involving raising more than $250
million in United States to be paid as bribes to Indian government officials.
But on top of all that, despite calling Mr. Trump his
friend, Mr. Modi stabbed Trump in the back by endorsing Democratic presidential
candidate Kamala Harris in American presidential elections last November due to
her Indian origins and secretive Hindu faith. Now, Mr. Modi is paying the price
for betting on wrong horse in the race.
Regarding Trump admin’s trade deal with EU, I knew it after
Mr. Trump delayed imposition of 30% tariff on EU products by several months
that he won’t be able to follow through on the electoral pledge to American
constituents. Anything below 25% is a sellout, and merely 15% tariff will ruin
domestic industry and make entire United States a rust-belt state.
Behold the irony that most ingrate EU leaders too are
lamenting the agreement. It appears nothing would satisfy the greed of
freeloaders beside 0% tariff. There’s no substitute to avant-garde American
military equipment. EU states would’ve bought it anyway, unless of course if EU
leaders have agreed to bankroll billions of dollars worth weapons sent to
Ukraine.
Similarly, most American oil is shale oil and limited
reserves will run out in several years. The agreement appears to have been
struck under immense political pressure, it clearly favors EU and it’s a stab
in the back of Mr. Trump’s American constituents.
Notwithstanding, Director National Intelligence Tulsi
Gabbard has done an outstanding job by exposing Obama admin’s Russia hoax that Kremlin
interfered in American presidential elections of November 2016 on Trump’s
behalf. Her next task is to diligently scrutinize secret internal documents of
intelligence community in order to conclusively determine who was responsible
for plotting to cause mayhem during Capitol protests.
The storming of the Capitol by a frenzied mob on January 6,
2021, was clearly a conspiracy orchestrated by the US deep state in connivance
with the political establishment to undermine Trump’s leadership of the
Republican Party and forestall his re-election bid in 2024. Rumors abound that
then-Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller and Chairman JCSC Gen. Mark Milley
restricted the authority of the commander of the D.C. National Guard to send
reinforcements ahead of the Capitol riots.
Mr. Trump’s obvious intention in motivating the crowd was
that demonstrators would stage a protest in front of the Capitol to exert moral
pressure on then-Veep Mark Pence and the electors to refuse to certify Biden’s
confirmation, following rigged elections in which postal ballots played a
central role and countless dead Americans, including founding fathers such as
George Washington, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, also cast their ballots
favoring Democratic presidential candidate.
The Capitol’s security was overwhelmed by the size and
fervid passion of the crowd. The chief of the Capitol Police acknowledged on
the record that his repeated requests to send reinforcements were denied. According
to an informative
report by the Washington Post following the protests, security
establishment restricted the authority of the commander of the D.C. National
Guard to send reinforcements ahead of the Capitol riots that could have
prevented the ensuing violence and bloodshed.
The report notes: “The commander of the D.C. National Guard
said the Pentagon restricted his authority ahead of the riot at the U.S.
Capitol, requiring higher-level sign-off to respond that cost time as the
events that day spiraled out of control. Local commanders typically have the
power to take military action on their own to save lives or prevent significant
property damage in an urgent situation when there isn’t enough time to obtain
approval from headquarters.
“But Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, said the Pentagon essentially took that power and other authorities away from him ahead of the short-lived insurrection on Jan. 6. That meant he couldn’t immediately roll out troops when he received a panicked phone call from the Capitol Police chief warning that rioters were about to enter the U.S. Capitol.”
