ATTEMPTS ARE BEING MADE TO HOBBLE TRUMP

Never perhaps the period between the declaration of the result of the US Presidential election and the winning candidate assuming office has seen so much turmoil, as it is witnessing now.

- J OYEETA BASU

It appears that efforts are on to pry open the Pandora's Box so that Donald Trump, once he assumes office on 20 January 2025 as the 47th President of the United States is consumed by chaos, and is left fire-fighting, with his presidency failing even before it starts. The Russia-Ukraine front in particular is a matter of concern. Instead of advice to exercise restraint, the Biden administration appears to be encouraging Volodymyr Zelenskyy to escalate the conflict to a level where it may even spill over to become a direct confrontation between Russia and Nato. Saturday's 9/11 style attack on residential towers in the Russian city of Kazan, where the recent BRICS summit took place, is a case in point. It is not known exactly what military purpose was served through this drone attack, except for making a statement. If the attack was meant to inflict some serious damage and eventually make Putin negotiate peace from a place of weakness, it did not work. The same goes to the permission given to the use of Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to target Russia. It is an American missile that needs significant American involvement to operate, thus making it a case of a direct attack on Russia by a Nato power, which is unheard of, making things extremely risky.