The Russians—Putin, Lavrov, and other senior officials—have been extremely patient, not to say long suffering, when it has come to reckless military provocations and over the top rhetoric from the Anglo-Zionists. Now Trump is making it extremely obvious that when he told the SCOTUS that he needed to slap tariffs on the world because of a deficit emergency, he was totally gaslighting them. The tariffs are only peripherally about deficits. My guess is that there are three guaranteed votes on the SCOTUS against allowing a POTUS to simply lie to them in this way, and that when the tariff cases land in the SCOTUS it’s entirely possible that that three will be joined by at least two more who will recognize that tariffs need to be voted on by Congress.
The tariffs are clearly intended for use as a bludgeon to break up BRICS, thus forcing the rest of the world to kiss the ass of King Dollar for always. That’s the meaning of shortening the sanctions/tariff “deadline” from 50 to 10 days. In the middle of negotiations with China and India, Trump announced sanctions on them if they don’t abandon Russia—i.e., if they don’t participate in the breakup of BRICS. Both China and India, joined by Brazil, are telling Trump to take a hike—and they have strong cards to play.
This, combined with Trump’s looming big defeat in Ukraine, has put Trump in a bad humor, and that—as if anything was needed—has led him to engage in some very ill considered verbal sparring with Dmitry Medvedev (Putin is simply ignoring Trump’s statements at this point). The upshot seems to be a signal from the Russian side that they’re finally losing patience.
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Trump slams India and Russia, saying he “doesn’t care what India does with Russia” and calls their economies “dead.”
Then he threatens Medvedev and warns he’s “entering very dangerous territory.”
11:28 PM · Jul 30, 2025
Which prompted this response from Medvedev:
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Dmitry Medvedev responded to Donald Trump:
“About Trump’s threats against me on his personal network Truth Social, which he banned from operating in our country:
If a few words from a former Russian president provoke such a nervous reaction from the supposedly mighty President of the United States, then it means Russia is absolutely right — and will continue on its chosen path.
And as for the talk about the “dead economies” of India and Russia or “entering dangerous territory” — let him recall his favorite movies about the “walking dead,” and also how dangerous the mythical “Dead Hand” can be .”
2:00 AM · Jul 31, 2025
Scott Ritter explains what Medvedev is talking about—the Dead Hand:
As the rhetoric heats up, we must remain cognizant of the consequences.
The sharp exchange of words between President Trump and former President Medvedev underscores just how dangerous the deteriorating relations between the US and Russia have become.
The threats being promulgated are not idle ones.
President Trump has become enthralled with the Israeli “Nasrallah” solution—leadership decapitation and middle management disruption designed to bring about the rapid collapse of a government/system.
It was tried—and failed—in Iran.
But Trump is being advised by Russophobes who believe that the US can successfully implement such a plan against Russia.
This plan begins with sanctions, as all such plans do.
It ends with a decapitation strike on Moscow.
I believe Scott is absolutely correct that this conversation between Trump and Putin that supposedly occurred during Trump and Putin during Trump 1.0 is a complete fabrication, an utter fantasy. But revealing such fantasies to one’s geopolitical opposite numbers is unwise and dangerous:
Trump’s imagined conversation with Putin, where he threatened to “bomb the sh*t out of Moscow”, is indicative of the President’s thinking in this regard.
The preferred decapitation strike is done using B-52 bombers launching cruise missiles, accompanied by Trident missiles launched from Ohio-class submarines operating off the coast of Russia, allowing for a flatter trajectory flight and shorter flight time.
Medvedev’s comment about the “Dead Hand” indicates that Russia is well aware of Trump’s plans.
The “Dead Hand”, or Perimeter system, is a long-standing fail-safe mechanism/plan which guarantees a full-scale nuclear retaliation in case any nation is foolish enough to try a decapitation strike.
It dates back to Soviet times, when a special regiment of SS-20 missiles was equipped with radio transmission devices instead of warheads. These missiles would be launched, broadcasting launch codes that would send all strategic nuclear force weapons to their targets, even if Moscow was taken out.
This wasn’t theoretical—in my book Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika, I write about how the Soviets transitioned this capability to the SS-25 system once the SS-20 was eliminated under the INF treaty.
Today this mission is being handled by special regiment of SS-27 missiles.
There are other components of the “Dead Hand”.
Medvedev’s mentioning of it is a not-to-gentle reminder to Trump and his planners that it is suicide to think of a preemptive decapitation strike against Russia.
Hopefully this message gets through.
Otherwise, the “Walking Dead” allusion made by Medvedev will be the future of the United States and the world.
6:44 AM · Jul 31, 2025
Seven months into Trump 2.0 it certainly appears that the Russia side is becoming fed up with Trump. That’s not a good thing. It’’s a dangerous thing, because it’s pushing Russia to the conclusion that Anglo-Zionist aggression can only be stopped by the administration of a serious bloody nose.
Larry Johnson published two images that say a lot about the position Trump is in, because he continues to listen to fanatics and idiots. The images speak for themselves:
I never miss a chance to claim victimhood while inflicting violence.
In 1947, the United Nations handed me more than half of someone else’s land, a gift I didn’t earn, from colonial powers who didn’t own it. I accepted.
My neighbors objected. I called it war, and in the chaos, I began my cleansing. Over 700,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes—some fled, yes, but many were forced out at gunpoint, their villages razed, their names erased.
Then I planted pine trees over the ruins to hide the memory. Forests where homes once stood. Parks over cemeteries. I made it green so the world wouldn’t see the black underneath. I called it “reforestation.” They called it erasure.
I am Israel. I have never chosen peace only dominance.
In 1967, I launched a pre-emptive war and seized Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and Sinai. I claimed it was for security.
I held onto it for power. I built settlements, one by one, choking Palestinian towns. International law said it was illegal, I ignored it. My map grew. Their freedom shrank.
I am Israel. I could have ended the occupation. Many times. But I ALWAYS said NO!
In 2000, at Camp David, I offered a patchwork of disconnected enclaves surrounded by walls, checkpoints, and soldiers. I called it peace. Palestinians walked away. I called them extremists. Then I built a wall, not on my border, but deep in theirs.
I called it security. They called it theft.
I am Israel. I glorify militarism. I raise children to believe they are chosen.
My textbooks erase Palestine. My soldiers patrol streets with rifles pointed at teenagers. My media justifies bombings. My politicians joke about flattening Gaza. I send airstrikes to refugee camps, schools, and hospitals. Then I say they were human shields.
I am Israel. I elected Netanyahu. Again and again.
Not once, by mistake, but knowingly, I voted for leaders who vowed to crush the Palestinians, to expand settlements, to NEVER allow a Palestinian state.
My ministers speak of “the Arabs” as a demographic threat. My settlers burn olive trees. My mobs chant “Death to Arabs.” I call it patriotism.
I am Israel. I speak of democracy but deny it to millions under my control.
I rule over millions who cannot vote in the country that controls their lives. I build roads they cannot drive on. I issue permits for them to breathe, to move, to live. I bomb Gaza, then seal it off and say it’s their fault. I say I left Gaza, but I control its air, sea, and borders.
I say they are free…. then I starve them.
I am Israel. I demand recognition but give none in return.
I demand that Palestinians accept me as a Jewish state, while refusing to even say the word “Nakba.”
I ignore the homes, lands, and history of those I displaced. I hold their keys in museums, not their hands. I deny the refugees their right to return.
I make laws that call them “absentees,” even when they’re just over the hill.
I am Israel. I cry antisemitism, when what I fear is truth and accountability.
I call any critic a hater. I blur the line between Judaism and Zionism, using one to shield the crimes of the other.
I weaponize history to excuse apartheid. I manipulate trauma to justify conquest. I say “Never again” but let it happen to others, by my own hand.
I am Israel. I will never be secure.
The whole world agrees that Israel is not a state, but rather an organized terrorist organization supported by the American government.
