The US team is so far not serious about 30 day Ceasefire Negotiations-rushing out a bunch of ad hoc goose-eggs to score quick media points.

by Simplicius (extracts) at Substack on 14th March 2025 via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-Gjl shared with thanks!

Ceasefire Negotiations-rushing out a bunch of ad hoc goose-eggs to score quick media points.

They are literally not listening to any of Russia’s conditions or demands. Russia has stated repeatedly that no land can possibly be given to Ukraine, because it is now enshrined in the Russian constitution. How deluded does Trump have to be to actually even remotely believe that Russia would hand over the largest nuclear power plant in Europe to Ukraine?

The charade also continues to highlight the incredible hypocrisy of the ‘Rules Based Order’. On the very same day that Trump and the West attempted to guilt-trip Russia into an unfavorable ceasefire, Trump himself threatened to forcibly annex a fellow NATO member’s territory—in front of the Reichsmarschall of NATO himself, no less:

TRUMP ON GREENLAND: “Denmark’s very far away & really has nothing to do…What happened? A boat landed there 200 years ago or something and they say they have rights to it. I don’t know if that’s true. I don’t think it is, actually.”

Particularly egregious are continued reports that a forced military action to seize Greenland is “still on the table”. Even the Danish Defense Committee Chairman was forced to respond to this hostile act:

The Chairman of Denmark’s Defense Committee, Rasmus Jarlov responds to today’s statement by U.S. President Donald J. Trump while meeting with the Secretary-General of NATO, in which he said that he believed the U.S. annexation of Greenland would happen, with Jarlov stating, “It would mean war between two NATO countries. Greenland has just voted against immediate independence from Denmark and does not want to be American ever.”

What Jarlov references above is the new polls that show 85% of Greenlanders do not want to become a part of the US. What makes the hypocrisy even more outrageous is that in the video above, Trump even hints at a potential referendum for Greenland to join the US. So, referenda are “not democracy” when it comes to Russia in Crimea, Donbass, and elsewhere—but are fine when the US does it?

The irony was not lost on many observers, who noted that the US is now effectively more of a direct threat to NATO than Russia ever was. Russia has never so much as even hinted at forcibly seizing any NATO territory, while the US is now openly discussing this very fact.

Recall that the entire putative purpose of NATO is to ‘protect its members’—a fact the “defensive” alliance so boastfully prides itself on, when it constantly reminds us that NATO is not primarily aimed at Russia.

Nothing proves the contrary more: the alliance has now shown beyond the shadow of a doubt, its only purpose is to threaten and wage war against Russia, while the “defense” portion is a totally bogus red herring, given that one of the original founding members from 1949 is now at threat of hostile invasion, and the very head of NATO himself couldn’t be bothered to show an iota of concern.

Article 5? What Article 5?

That’s not to mention this alleged news:

The other glaring contradiction of Trump

For the first time ever Putin out on a military uniform to face the Press

How did Russia react to the American initiative for a 30-day ceasefire?

Putin politely thanked Trump for his attention to the problem and responded in great detail to all this “is the ball in Russia’s court?”

In short, “the idea is good, but not feasible.”

In just a couple of minutes, Putin, having supported the proposal, asked so many practical questions that the authors of the initiative will have to answer them for a very long time. And the first attempt will be made today by Trump’s emissary Witkoff, who flew to Moscow and who was largely supposed to answer these questions. Before throwing the ball to Russia, you should pump it up well.

Camo-Putin Emerges to Punt Ball Back to Trump

Putin’s first comment on Ukraine: “I thank Mr. Trump for paying so much attention to the settlement in Ukraine.”

Putin: “We agree with proposals to end hostilities, but we proceed from the fact that this cessation should lead to long-term peace and eliminate the root causes of the crisis.”

“We are for a 30-day ceasefire, but there are nuances.”

“Are we supposed to let the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the Kursk region if they are currently blocked there? Or will the Ukrainian command tell them to lay down their arms?”

“How will Ukraine use these 30 days? Will it continue mobilization? Will it rearm the army?”

“In general, we support the idea of ​​a peaceful end to the conflict, but there are many issues that need to be discussed.”

“We also want guarantees that during the 30-day ceasefire, Ukraine will not mobilize, will not train soldiers, and will not receive weapons.”

“The Russian army is “advancing almost everywhere, it is unclear how the situation on the contact line will be resolved in the event of a ceasefire.”

“And how will the issues of control and verification be resolved? Who will determine who violated what along the 2,000 kilometers? Who will give orders and what will be the price of these orders? At the level of common sense, this is clear to everyone, these are serious questions. These are all questions that require painstaking research from both sides.”

Summary: there will be no truce in the near future.

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