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Ladies and gentlemen,
I offer an article written by Alexander Dugin (analyst, philosopher, you may have heard the name when his daughter Daria was blown up by Ukrainian terrorists).
Alexander gives an extremely interesting analysis of the Trump administration’s policies; predicts (and gives arguments for his conclusions) grandiose changes in the ideology of the United States.
The article is quite long and rich in terms and some complex speech figures. I offer machine translation from Russian to English, but if you want to clarify any places – I am at your service.
Trumpism will change the US and the world
https://ria-ru.translate.goog/20250113/trampizm-1993361454.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wappTatyana
thank you for posting that ream.
I have just read it through in one go, I found everything easy to understand.
I just about agree with all of it other, than I am not sure that Meso-Americans will no longer be treated well.
Biden is Catholic but then so are the Kennedy family.
In the U.K. we used to be very, very wary of the Catholics, I am not sure that is so prevalent, these days.
Personally, I can not abide the woke stuff. Starmer is a very man man, evil, I would say, I detest him and everything he stands for, how we allowed our country to be duped by Starmer, I have no idea, he is crushing our country.
Thanks a lot
MichaelThanks for the feedback, Michael.
I found this article interesting because it names things from the political, social and economic spheres. I didn’t know these names before, and thought that I was just noticing some trends, or intuitively catching some facts. But it turns out that these have names. It turns out that these are the phenomena being studied. So it’s good for me that the authors take the trouble to name these names and explain what they are.
Educational.As for Dugin himself, I’ve never been interested in his articles before. I’ve come across his quoted statements a couple of times, with discussions on social networks. E.g., about Russian traditions he said that business suits and miniskirts are not suitable for Russians, instead men will wear a beard, and women a kokoshnik (a traditional Russian crown). Made me laugh.
Have you seen a traditional Russian costume with a crown?
https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/ca/69/7a/ca697a7e6038742de1d36a7b347f09e9.jpg
Hard to imagine someone dressed like this, in a subway or in a supermarket 🙂Taking it at the face value, Dugin’s thought looks absurd.
But since I’m in the creative field, I thought about it for a while.
And here’s what I thought: in our fashion history, we had Zaitsev with his Russian collection, which was quite a success. Style à la Russe, traditional clothes remastered.
https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/ac/63/34/ac6334853692089a4d471df262f0c9ca.jpg
(Well, fur and Pavlovo Posad shawls have probably never gone out of fashion here)So beards and kokoshniks are being remastering by modern designers and we now have crowds of bearded young people and barbershops on every corner 🙂
https://pin.it/33eremhOv
And kokoshniks have received a new life!
https://pin.it/7ir4Hpztc—
I mean, this guy Dugin clearly knows something. His words deserve attention.To support my previous comment, here are more brands makimg it Russian style wearable today
https://pikabu.ru/story/adaptatsiya_russkogo_stilya_v_sovremennom_obraze_zhenskaya_versiya_12247050
I woulld chose #5 and probably #1 for myself 🙂Quite “funny” to watch the reaction from the EU/west after Trump began voicing his wish to annex Greenland:
No (real) condemnation, no sanctions, no outright rejection by the EU/West. Compare how the same west reacted to Russian annexation of ukrainian territories.
This proves once again what kind of puppets EU are to the US, they have really no say at all.Trump administration will cut USAID, I think this quote is very on point:
Current US foreign aid allocations are “not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values,” and “serve to destabilize world peace by promoting ideas in foreign countries that are directly inverse to harmonious and stable relations internal to and among countries,” the executive order published by the White House on Monday said.
https://swentr.site/news/611374-trump-suspends-us-foreign-aid/
We now have a glimpse of Trump’s Ideology, from his speech, yesterday.
The age of woke is over, at least in America.
“Drill, baby drill”
Trump wants America to be a Carbon fuel super power. Selling Oil & Methane to other countries.
He wants to take back ownership of the Panama Canal.
He wants America to be a manufacturing super power again.
He is going to pull out of the Paris accord.
He wants America to build I.C. cars, he will remove all subsidies from Battery cars.
This will have to upset the U.K. Labour administration, the two are poles apart.
I expect, even the E.U. will be forced to think again about Net Zero?michael norton
Of some reason he managed to sneak this into the speech too:
“My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That’s what I want to be — a peacemaker and a unifier,”
I have no expectations on Trump, I think he could be dangerous regarding Iran and might even escalate the Ukraine war, I do hope his term will energize the left/socialists/labour-parties to go back to their roots. It seems that these parties are the best when they are in the opposition, when they reach power they take on more rightwing, neoliberal policies.
Tatyana & Jack, Mr.Trump seems to got off to a blistering start.
Apparently he contacted M.B.S. in a request that Saudi ramp up Oil production.
Trump plans to ramp up Oil and Methane production, in or near to America, it is his idea, that more production will lower prices.
Trump want a low energy cost America, to kick start growth.
M.B.S. is pledging to invest billions in America.Came across this Guardian article earlier, posted yesterday evening:
Trump again demands to buy Greenland in ‘horrendous’ call with Danish PM
Donald Trump had a fiery phone call with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen over his demands to buy Greenland, according to senior European officials.
Speaking to the Financial Times, officials said that Trump, then still president-elect, spoke with Frederiksen for 45 minutes last week, during which he was described to be aggressive and confrontational about Frederiksen’s refusal to sell Greenland to the US.
The Financial Times reports that according to five current and former senior European officials who were briefed on the call, the conversation “was horrendous”. One person said: “He was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious and potentially very dangerous.”
According to one former Danish official, the call was a “very tough conversation” in which Trump “threatened specific measures against Denmark such as targeted tariffs”.
Trump has previously said that the US needs to control Greenland and has refused to rule out using US military force to take over the territory.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/25/trump-greenland-denmark
I must confess that prior to Trump threatening to annex Greenland a few weeks ago I knew next to nothing about the political make-up of Greenland, although I was vaguely aware that it was a Danish territory, and the only thing I’ve picked up on (in the media since Trump’s threat) is that something happened in 1953, which somehow led me to believe that THAT is when it first became a Danish territory. Anyway, after reading the article, I checked out the wikipedia entry for Greenland and, as such, learnt that I was wrong, and apparently the Danish connection goes back hundreds of years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland
And it mentions in the entry that Greenland is, in effect, part of the EU, and its population EU citizens, which I just hadn’t stopped to think about before. And I should add that just about the only stuff I’ve read or seen in relation to Greenland (as is no doubt the case for most people) are articles and TV news reports and documentaries about the effects global warming is having on the country.
Oh (I nearly forgot!), and there was this as well on the Guardian’s website, also posted yesterday evening:
‘Move closer to Europe – not Trump’ voters tell Starmer in major UK poll
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/25/move-closer-to-europe-not-trump-voters-tell-starmer-in-major-uk-poll“Deep state” try to change Trump on Ukraine aid:
US officials pushing to unfreeze aid for Ukraine – FT
Diplomats have reportedly asked the government to make an exception for Kiev, after Trump suspended most of Washington’s foreign aid programshttps://swentr.site/news/611659-us-officials-urge-unfreeze-ukraine-aid/
A sign of what to come if Trump will stand steady or will bow down…
After Trump’s comments on Gaza tonight, the ICC must surely consider an arrest warrant for complicity in Genocide, especially now the US has resumed exports of 2,000lbs bombs to the Zionists.
The man is a basket case – albeit a dangerous one. And he’s surrounded by delusional lunatics.
And we have a ‘special relationship’ with him?
I see nothing wrong with “woke”.
It is just another of those single word put downs, used by right wing fascists to instantly dismiss any policy they dont like. Their only problem with left wing policies is that they will relieve the billionaires of their money and give it to the poor – and they can’t abide that reversal of current policy.
Trump is just a US version of Hitler, and at present is not revealing his true policies in order to be feted by world leaders. He tried to implement his favourite dictatorial theme after he was defeated by Biden. I presume he will have put extra barriers in place for 4 years time.
As someone posted on social media, MAGA simply stands for Microsoft Apple Google Amazon
woke, is the most appalling, destructive, nonsensical group of ideas ever put together.
The idea, is that you obsess on those ideas and miss what the governments are doing to destroy and intimidate and suppress their peoples. They want you to be embedded with those ideas and hold those ideas as if they had been written on tablets from the mount. The people entrusted with the embedding of those ideas, do not believe it themselves, it is for the masses to believe, not for the elites. Their idea, is for your brain to be hacked, for you to be so restricted in your thinking, that you cannot think any notion, through, yourself, you must go along with the new orthodoxy.
If not you will first be ridiculed, next you will be imprisoned, lastly, you will be destroyed.When I was young, my country was trying to build communism. The image of a Soviet person, broadcast by culture, was like: a strong personality, with an inquisitive mind, with a desire to be useful to the people, and a desire to lead a healthy lifestyle. Always it was a strong personality, overcoming its weak points, namely laziness of mind and body (procrastination, apathy, depression, negative emotions). A personality with an internal motivation to be the best version of itself. A personality able to think rationally and one having willpower. Helping weak comrades, helping in studies, in work, friendly support were promoted.
What I see now in global culture is the normalization of weak points of the human personality. Are you lazy? Okay. Are you fat? Okay. Are you stupid? Okay. No need to live a healthy lifestyle and strive to develop your intellectual abilities. Everyone is okay with you as you are.
I read this as “nobody really cares”.And so we come to the point where a person occupies a certain high position, although her intelligence is clearly insufficient for this. And you say “hey, did she get this position on a quota for the mentally retarded?”, and you are no longer allowed to express this opinion.
And in this state of affairs there is no rationality, there are no objective reasons.
There is simply a faith of an almost religious nature – you should not say with your tongue what your eyes see.
You are allowed to say only what is recognized as “correct”.
And so your world is no longer reality, but completely virtual things, forbidden virtual things and permitted virtual things.
Congratulations, the Matrix has you.IMHO, many of the changes proposed by Trump are aimed at returning to reality.
Panama bow down to Trump ideology:
Panama to scrap key deal with China
The US has demanded curbs to Beijing’s alleged influence over the country’s key waterway“The 2017 memorandum of understanding on the Belt and Road Initiative will not be renewed by my government,” Mulino told reporters following the talks with Rubio, adding that his government will also study the possibility of terminating the deal earlier, as it is not due for renewal for a couple of years.
https://swentr.site/news/612076-panama-belt-and-road-china/
Trump have really found a way to get his way – by flagrant coercion, could be dangerous.
Such obvious attempt by the military/intelligence, trying to persuade Trump/West to attack Iran.
“Iran working on faster way to create nuclear bomb – NYT”Tehran has repeatedly denied having any ambitions to develop atomic weapons
The sources did not provide details of the new method, but described it as “a faster, if cruder, approach” involving enriched nuclear fuel. They claimed that Iranian scientists have been exploring shortcuts that would allow them to turn nuclear material into a functional weapon within months. The report added that Iran has enough nuclear fuel to build at least four bombs.
https://swentr.site/news/612143-iran-nuclear-bomb-us-intelligence/
Related?
More “Bunker buster” missiles to be delivered to Israel:
The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials familiar with the sale, reported on Monday that the proposed arms package includes 4,700 1,000-pound bombs, valued at over $700 million, in addition to armored bulldozers manufactured by Caterpillar, which are worth more than $300 million.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/04/742160/US-congressional-approval-new-arm-sale-Israel-
“woke, is the most appalling, destructive, nonsensical group of ideas ever put together.”
Ok, I’ll bite.
Woke hasn’t been “put together”. As I said before, it has just become a one word convenient put down of any policy which is slightly to the left of white supremacist Nazi-ism, which appears to have a vice like grip on the Western World. Woke has a long history in African/Carribean circles, and why they are appalling and destructive all of a sudden is beyond me. The word has simply been hi-jacked.
If anyone would like to give a full definition of the policies which make up ‘woke’ without referring to racism against black or non-white people, then go ahead.
Can I just be clear here? You appear to be saying that expressing a wish to annex Greenland is equally as bad as actually invading a country, killing large numbers of civilians and causing enormous destruction ruining millions of lives? You then use this as an argument to demonstrate your belief in the hypocrisy of the Western governments.
I would agree there is enormous hypocrisy, but using arguments as absurd as this does not help one bit.
I think Trump will try to annexe/invade any country which has large reserves of finite resources; such as oil, gas and lithium; but no appreciable defence capability.
That is what bullies do.
It is not plausible to claim that USAID funds for media outlets, had an altruistic aim of ensuring free and factual reporting. In the real world we teach our children not to smile at a crocodile.
Wikileaks has leapt back in to the worlds conscience by picking up this story and running with it. The numbers of media projects that have been receiving USAID brown envelopes is in the thousands. The starkest example is the Ukrainian media industry, it’s almost non existent. Don’t forget, Kyiev had already closed down all opposition media.
The Bill and Melinda Gates empire has been mentioned. I feel it likely that the names Blair, Clinton, Soros and others will be mentioned as this all unfolds.
LarryJohnson at sonar21.com describes it as part of Trumps plan to “Control the Money, Gut the Bureaucracy”. I prefer ‘eviscerate baby, eviscerate’This scandal is going to run and run. Here are a few starters…_
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1010695697759544&id=100064573696760
thanks for raising this issue, DiggerUK. Sorry, I don’t have access to Facebook and Twitter, maybe I’ll repeat what you posted.
Russian social networks have been having fun with this for several days now 🙂
With the end of USAID funding, many “independent” Ukrainian bloggers and media began publishing requests for donations. We immediately called this commotion the howl in the swamps
(it’s the reference to The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. The Sherlock Holmes series is very popular here, and was well-adapted to the screen back in Soviet times, so many phrases from it have become idioms.)
like this:
https://pikabu.ru/story/otvet_na_post_k_prikryitiyu_usaid_12355948
– Barrymore, what is that howl in the swamps?
– It’s the howl of progressive bloggers and the freedom-loving press, sir.and today this is what they publish about USAID’s activities:
https://pikabu.ru/story/nachalo_kontsa_12350503
Mike Benz, a former State Department official for international communications and information technology during Donald Trump’s first term, wrote on his X account:
USAID has been monitoring Zelensky since his electionAccording to Benz, USAID sponsored a consortium of 70 Ukrainian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that “threatened the president who was elected in 2019.” The former State Department employee cited an open letter from an NGO on the website of the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center (UCMC), which is funded by the US agency. It outlined 25 “red lines that cannot be crossed” by the Zelensky government under the threat of “political instability.”
Part of the list of prohibitions:
– asking the people by referendum whether it was worth negotiating with Russia;
– holding separate negotiations — without the participation of Ukraine’s Western partners — with the Russian Federation on Crimea, the LPR and the DPR;
– delaying, sabotaging or abandoning the strategic course for membership in the EU and NATO;
– facilitating the reduction or lifting of sanctions against the aggressor state by Ukraine’s international partners;
– attempting to revise the law on language;
– attempting to revise the law on education;
– attempting to revise the law on decommunization and condemnation of totalitarian crimes of the past;
– implementing any actions aimed at undermining or discrediting the Orthodox Church of Ukraine or supporting the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine;
– restoring Russian social networks and Russian TV channels in Ukraine;
– rehabilitation/encouragement of the return to politics of members of the regime of former President Viktor Yanukovych;
– providing an opportunity for the Servant of the People party to form a coalition with politicians who were the founders of the Party of Regions and the opposition;
– a bloc in the new parliament and/or any other parties that promote reconciliation with Russia.
Cut and paste from ‘X’
USAID has pushed nearly half a billion dollars ($472.6m) through a secretive US government financed NGO, “Internews Network” (IN), which has “worked with” 4,291 media outlets, producing in one year 4,799 hours of broadcasts reaching up to 778 million people and “training” over 9000 journalists (2023 figures). IN has also supported social media censorship initiatives.
The operation claims “offices” in over 30 countries, including main offices in US, London, Paris and regional HQs in Kiev, Bangkok and Nairobi. It is headed up by Jeanne Bourgault, who pays herself $451k a year. Bourgault worked out of the US embassy in Moscow during the early 1990s, where she was in charge of a $250m budget, and in other revolts or conflicts at critical times, before formally rotating out of six years at USAID to IN.
Bourgault’s IN bio and those of its other key people and board members have been recently scrubbed from its website but remain accessible at http://archive.org. Records show the board being co-chaired by Democrat securocrat Richard J. Kessler and Simone Otus Coxe, wife of NVIDIA billionaire Trench Coxe, both major Democratic donors. In 2023, supported by Hillary Clinton, Bourgault launched a $10m IN fund at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The IN page showing a picture of Bourgault at the CGI has also been deleted.IN has at least six captive subsidiaries under unrelated names including one based out of the Cayman Islands. Since 2008, when electronic records begin, more than 95% of IN’s budget has been supplied by the US government (thread follows)
“the howl in the swamps”
Or as Trump can now say “Drain the swamp baby, drain the swamp”…_
I said
many of the changes proposed by Trump are aimed at returning to reality.
Looks like I’m not alone in seeng thing like this.What Mr. Vance, the Vice President of US, said in Munich at the seccurity conference is of much interest. He talked about European democracy and values, including freedonm of speech.
The way his speech was percieved, the reaction to his words is both funny and astonishing.
Vladimir Kornilov in an article for Russian news:“Shock and awe” – this is how the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera describes Europe’s reaction to the speech of US Vice President J.D. Vance in Munich. The thunderclaps after this speech not only do not subside, but are becoming more and more menacing. It even got to the point that the French Le Monde wrote: “In Munich, Vance declared an ideological war on Europe.” Yes, yes, it even got to such rhetoric!
The Europeans, criticizing the Vice President’s speech, do not even think about how comical their angry attacks are in response to the words that they do not have freedom of speech.
Anyone who saw the faces of the audience when Vance spoke will confirm: it looked like the final scene of the classic fairy tale about the naked king. In the original, the king, in order not to look stupid, silently walked on after he heard the boy exclaim about his nakedness. And now it seems that we are experiencing a continuation of this fairy tale, when the courtiers are trying to convince those around them that the king is wearing the most fashionable and pretentious outfit. And only the despicable uneducated crowd and this insolent, talkative boy who came from overseas, cannot see the wonderful fabric of an unusual color.I like this metaphor, the naked king. It resonates very much with me personally, since I stand for truthfully calling by the right words what my eyes see.
