Ukraine Proxy-War: Trump Picks Up Where Biden Left Off

"Despite promises to end foreign entanglements, the Trump administration has intensified the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine as part of a broader strategy to preserve American global dominance and confront rising multipolar powers." References: CNN - Trump announces novel plan to send weapons to Ukraine and gives Russia new deadline to make peace (Jul. 14, 2025): https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/14/politics/us-ukraine-weapons-trump New York Times - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992): https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019): https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf Marathon Initiative - Strategic Sequencing, Revisited (Oct. 2024): https://themarathoninitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Strategic-Sequencing-Revisited-Final-2024-10.pdf America First Policy Institute - America First Agenda: https://agenda.americafirstpolicy.com/ Heritage Foundation - Project 2025 (full document, 2023): https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025): https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/ Axios - Trump to announce "aggressive" Ukraine weapons plan (Jul. 13, 2025): https://www.axios.com/2025/07/14/trump-ukraine-weapons-missiles-russia TWZ - JASSM Stealth Cruise Missiles Now On The Table For Ukraine: Report (Aug 2024): https://www.twz.com/air/jassm-stealth-cruise-missiles-now-on-the-table-for-ukraine-report Reuters - US close to agreeing on long-range missiles for Ukraine; delivery to take months (Sep. 2024): https://www.reuters.com/world/us-close-agreeing-long-range-missiles-ukraine-delivery-take-months-2024-09-03/ Washington Post - In squeezing Putin, Trump ‘escalates to de-escalate’ (Jul. 15, 2025): https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/14/trump-ukraine-war-missiles-russia-arms-package/ Newsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 2024): https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851 Newsweek - JD Vance Floats Donald Trump Deal To End War in Ukraine (Sep. 2024): https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-floats-donald-trump-deal-end-russia-ukraine-war-1953302 Politico - Trump’s Plan for NATO Is Emerging (Jul. 2, 2024): https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/02/nato-second-trump-term-00164517 NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html NYT - The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 2025): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html The Hill - Rubio says Ukraine conflict is part of US-Russia proxy war (Mar. 2025): https://thehill.com/homenews/5179806-russia-us-proxy-war-ukraine/ Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235