20 May, 13:40
Donald Trump continues to view war through an economic lens, placing his bets not on resistance to aggression, but on future trade with Russia. He sees the invasion of Ukraine not as a moral catastrophe, but as a geopolitical hiccup that could end in a “deal” — a business opportunity.
What if Roosevelt had treated Hitler the way Trump treats Putin?
Donald Trump continues to view Russia’s war on Ukraine not as a moral rupture, not as a historic test of free nations — but as a business opportunity. To him, the invasion is less a tragedy than a transaction interrupted. In recent interviews and behind closed-door meetings, Trump has suggested that ending the war quickly — on terms favorable to Moscow — would pave the way for restored trade and cooperation with Russia.
This is not just shortsighted. It’s historically suicidal.
Let’s ask a simple question:
What if the United States had treated Nazi Germany in 1941 the way Trump wants to treat Russia today?
📜 America, 1941 — Reimagined as “Economically Pragmatic”
Imagine Roosevelt addressing Congress after Pearl Harbor:
“We are concerned about Europe’s stability, but we mustn’t burn bridges. After all, Germany could become a vital trading partner once peace returns. Let’s keep dialogue open with Mr. Hitler.”
No Normandy invasion. No Allied liberation. No moral clarity.
Instead of sending troops, America sends tractors.
Instead of Lend-Lease, investment deals.
Instead of resistance, appeasement.
IBM helps digitize the Reich’s census.
General Motors opens factories in East Prussia.
Wall Street underwrites “European Reconstruction Bonds.”
While death camps operate and nations fall, the United States waits — eyes fixed not on justice, but on future contracts.
🤝 Trading With Tyrants Isn’t Strategy. It’s Surrender.
Trump’s logic — "we can work with Putin after a ceasefire" — is a mirror of that imagined past. He believes economic normalization can follow genocide, as long as it makes business sense.
But Russia is not a misunderstood power with bad PR. It is a regime that thrives on aggression, whose entire system depends on war, terror, and chaos. The Kremlin does not export stability — it exports death.
🎯 Let’s Be Clear:
Would we have tolerated future trade with Hitler — while Warsaw burned and Jews were exterminated?
Then why should we tolerate that idea today — while Ukraine bleeds and Russian fascism metastasizes across borders?
Trump’s “deal-making” instincts blind him to the one lesson history screams:
You don’t make peace with a cancer. You cut it out.
🧠 History Doesn’t Repeat — But It Rhymes
The next great betrayal of democratic values won’t come wearing jackboots.
It’ll come in a suit and tie, promising "peace through profit," shaking hands with murderers, and calling it pragmatism.
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