The West Point History Professor

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TRUMP’S CONFRONTATION WITH EUROPE OVER UKRAINE BACKFIRES; TRUMP’S SCHEME FOR RUSSIAN PROFITS BETRAYED BY THE AMERICAN MILITARY; FORETELLING A MOMENTOUS CLASH ON THE EVE OF THE 2026 ELECTION

A SPECIAL REPORT IN TWO PARTS

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Terrence Goggin
Dec 07, 2025
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Part I. The Secret Plot

I. INTRODUCTION

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JOHN ADAMS, the 2nd PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

In 1814 John Adams wrote that the greatest threat to the American Republic was “selfish, avaricious and ambitious men.” We are confronted today with the best example of that threat’s realization since the Gilded Age in Donald Trump’s brazen scheme to trade Ukraine’s independence and Europe’s strategic fortress for business profits in Russia. However, before we throw our dinner plate at the wall, (my Irish father’s favorite demonstration of outrage), it is important to realize the Republic and Ukraine have strong and aggressive protectors in the American Military and in the newly formed alliance of “THE FIVE”, Europe’s five strongest military powers who met in Berlin this month to pledge hundreds of billions in support, and an i…

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